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Awards
| Business
| Call for Entries
| Commercials
| Education
Events
| Films
| In Passing
| Internet and Interactive
Licensing
| People
| Technology
| Television
| Video
Awards
- Clifford Leads All Toon Nods At Daytime Emmy
- Brothers Quay Take Home Tampere Fest's Jury Prize
- Academy Of Interactive Arts Announces Nominations
- Brussels Announces Winners & Cartoon d'Or Hopefuls
- BAFTA Prize Goes To Father & Daughter
- Toy Story II Takes Home Two Grammys
- Black Soul Wins Berlin Film Festival
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Business
- AtomShockwave Taps Another $22.9 Million
- Greenlight Media To Launch $100M Animation Fund
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, March 20, 2001
- Spain's Filmax Opens Ani Arm
- Former Disney Exec Blows Whistle With $20M Lawsuit
- Disney's Go.com To Stay
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, March 13, 2001
- Czech Public Aghast Over Pokemon
- Harvey Sells All Of Its Classic Characters
- EM.TV Shareholders Demand $9.5M
- AOL Time Warner Combines TV Groups
- SimEx Set To Acquire Iwerks
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, March 6, 2001
- Disney Dishes Out $350M For Winnie The Pooh
- UGO Networks Raises $23 Million
- Pentamedia Acquires Improvision
- Heavy.com Taps $3M In Funds
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, February 27, 2001
- BKN Unionizes, DIC In Contract Talks
- Imax Lays Off 130 In Restructuring
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, February 20, 2001
- Appeals Court Upholds Copyright Extension
- Stan Lee Media Files For Bankruptcy
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Business
Call for Entries
- Students & Pros Wine Country Film Festival Calls For Toons
- Austria's Ars Electronica Wants The Art of Tomorrow Today!
- Festival Synthesis Puts Out Call For CG Toons
- Send Your Toons To The Melbourne Animation Fest!
- Telluride IndieFest Wants Your Toons!
- PlanetOut Is Looking For Gay Themed Shorts
- Students & Latin American Artists, Córdoba 2001 Wants Your Films
- Reel Film Festival Puts Out Call For Entries
- Showcase Your Toons At The IBM WIA Fundraiser Party
- Send Your Films To The Crested Butte Reel Fest
- Bradford Animation Festival Wants Your Animation Art!
- Send Your Toons To The Virgin Islands
- Send Your Toon To Krok & Let It Sail The River Dnieper
- Calgary Film Festival Puts Out Call For Entries
- Gemini Awards Showcases The Best In Canadian TV
- Your Film Could Tour With The WinFemme Film Festival
- International Emmys Want The Best From The World Of TV
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Call%for%Entries
Commercials
- iXL Throws Knives At Penn & Teller In Pizza Hut Spots
- Quiet Man Pals Around With Pandas For The World Wildlife Fund
- EyeballNYC Adds Color To Spirit 2001 Spots
- It's All In The Mix For Black Logic & Twix
- Ring Of Fire Burns Bright For TechTV IDs
- Wild Brain Produces "Fruitensity" For Jolly Rancher
- Black Logic Scratches For The New York Lottery
- iXL Brings i-Cybie Robot Dog To Life
- Motion Theory Races For Suzuki TV Campaign
- Bugshop Rams Home New Animal Planet Campaign
- Black Logic Takes Five For Nasdaq
- PDI/DreamWorks Wraps On Spots For Monster.com, MSN, Target
- Cuppa Coffee Sails With Lifetime On Romantic Spots
- ViewPoint Discovers New Spots For Wings & Civilization Networks
- Spontaneous Combustion Makes A Splash With Pepperidge Farms Goldfish
- Rhinoceros Charges Into New Colgate Campaign
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Commercials
Education
- Cornerstone Animates 48 Volumes Of Your Child
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Events
- NAB 2001 Converges The Worlds Of TV & The Net In Las Vegas
- Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project Features Beck & Elvis Costello!
- ASIFA-Hollywood Screens Rare Anime Flick, Jack And The Witch
- ASIFA-Hollywood Presents The First TV Cartoons!
- Newport Beach Film Fest To Screen Anime Feature Escaflowne
- Avant-Garde Animator Harry Smith Exhibit Comes To LA's Getty Center
- Final Cut Pro 2.0 Demo In Hollywood
- ASIFA-Hollywood Members, The March Meeting Is Coming!
- Enjoy Animation And Music At The Sprocket Ensemble CD Celebration
- Frames 2001 Convention Makes Its Debut In Mumbai, India!
- San Francisco Int. Film Festival Is The Oldest Festival In The Americas
- Sprockets Film Festival For Children Looks At All Forms Of Film For Kids!
- Larry Lauria Workshop In New Jersey
- Planet Comicon Is One Of The Fastest Growing Sci-Fi Conventions In The U.S.
- I-CON Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention Invades The Northest!
- Last Three Cities For Kinetica 2: A Centennial Tribute To Oskar Fischinger
- Larry Lauria Workshop In Orlando
- Check Out Emerging Talent At The Art Institute of Phoenix's Graduate Exhibition
- Check Out Cutting Edge Animation Art At The Project Exhibition
- The Art Institutes International's SUPERSTARS! Of Animation & Design
- Women In Animation Los Angeles General Meeting Coming Soon!
- The 14th Annual Images Festival Of Independent Film & Video Skates The Edge
- USC's Jacquelyn Ford Morie At The University of Washington
- Fantasm 2001 Is A Sci-Fi Convention To End All Sci-Fi Conventions
- ASIFA-Colorado Presents 3D Animator Zbigniew Dowgiello
- The 7th Annual Taos Talking Picture Festival
- Cartoons On The Bay Continues To Celebrate TV Toons!
- SKYY Short Film Awards Launch Films Sky High
- MIP TV Is The Place To Sell Your Toons Around The Globe
- KC Filmmakers Jubilee Brings Indie Spirit To The Midwest
- Michel Gagné Signs New Book, Insanely Twisted Rabbits
- Go To Cal Arts To Help With "The One Second Film"
- Entertainment Graphics Organization 2001 (EGO 2001)
- The 14th Annual Dallas Video Festival To Honor Mike Judge
- FanimeCon 2001 Is The Anime Convention For Fans From Fans!
- TEAM X Awards Highlight Student Tobacco Awareness PSA
- Flashcore Presents An Online Entertainment Forum At InternetWorld!
- Upcoming Panel Discusses "Women On The Web"
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Events
Films
- Threshold & Dimension Team On Duke Nukem Feature Film
- Hannibal Stays Tough With More Traffic At Int. BO
- Enemy At The Gates Crashes Into Second
- Oniria Starts Production On 2nd CGI Feature
- WB Dumps Manex For Matrix F/X
- Hong Kong's Golden Harvest To Make First Toon Feature
- Hannibal Claims More Countries Around The Globe
- VeggieTales Theatrical Feature Starts Production
- See Spot Run Back Into Third
- Peter Pan II Flies To The Big Screen
- Groove Grapples With Hannibal In Sweden & the UK
- Adam Sandler's Feature Toon Gains New Name
- Hannibal Slips To Second At US Box Office
- Hey, Hey, Hey, It's A Fat Albert Feature
- Hannibal Takes Teeth Hold At Int. BO, Groove Dances In Sweden
- Hannibal Takes Third Helping At The US Box Office
- Inkwell Images Uncovers Rare Sound Fleischer Toons
- Hannibal Takes A Slice Of The International Box Office
- Hannibal Claims U.S. Holiday Box Office
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Films
In Passing
- Voice Of Underdog's Polly Purebread Passes Away
- Warner Composer Richard Stone Passes Away
- Snuffy Smith Cartoonist Passes
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=In%Passing
Internet and Interactive
- This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, March 16, 2001
- THQ Gains John K's Ripping Friends Gaming Rights
- This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, March 9, 2001
- This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, March 2, 2001
- This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, February 23, 2001
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Internet%and%Interactive
Licensing
- Mickey Mouse & Others To Hock Coca-Cola Drinks
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Licensing
People
- TV-Loonland Gains Head Of Development
- EyeballNYC Grabs Armstrong As Designer
- Cartoon Network Italy Appoints Director Of Content
- Cinesite Names New Executive Producer Of Visual Effects
- Nickelodeon Promotes Shapiro To Exec VP
- The Flux Group Signs Director Simon Holden
- Viacom CFO Steps Down
- ATTIK Names Monica Perez Creative Director
- Black Logic Gains Five New 3D Artists
- Nicolas Gorse Joins Turner Broadcasting System France
- Goodspeed & Associates Names Design Director
- Terra Networks Losses COO, Gains President
- AARGH! Animation Co-Founder Resigns
- Disney's Hallett Promoted To Exec VP/CFO
- Digital Pictures Gains New Marketing Director/Executive Producer
- Kirch Exec Takes Over Sales Post At EM.TV, Others Removed
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=People
Technology
- Criterion Announces RenderWare Platform
- NDL Announces NetImmerse 4.0
- pmG Launches New Website
- Ascension Previews ReActor At GDC
- ExpressionTools Releases English Version Of ETShade
- Alias|Wavefront Become Official Xbox Developer
- Giant Studios Make Fruits Of Labor Using BOXX
- BBC Science Cause Tremors For Nothing Real
- QEDSoft To Support Kaydara FBX Format
- Adobe Takes After Effects To Another Dimension With 5.0
- REALVIZ & Alias|Wavefront Offer ImageModeler For Maya
- Kelseus Announces CLOTH 1.0 For 3D MAX
- Web3D Consortium Announced Rich Media 3D Initiative
- Sony Selects Vicon 8 Motion-Capture System
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Technology
Television
- U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of March 12 - 18, 2001
- BKN Summons New Spells Series
- EM.TV Teams With Spain's Planeta 2010 On 9 Series
- U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of March 5 - 11, 2001
- Kids WB Announces 2001-02 Schedule
- ABC Adds Olsen Twin Toon To Saturday Line-Up
- Disney Calls On Teamo Supremo For One Saturday Morning
- U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of February 26 March 4, 2001
- U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of February 19 25, 2001
- Cartoon Network Rolls Out 2001-2002 Schedule
- U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of February 12 18, 2001
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Television
Video
- Sword In The Stone & Bedknobs Arrive On DVD
- Necronomicon Steams Up Home Video
- Lady & The Tramp II Scores $50M In First Week
- Harlock Saga Sails Onto Home Video
- Direct-To-Vid Sequel For Lady & The Tramp
- Romantic Tales From The NFB Hits DVD
- Two New Monster Rancher Titles Come To Video
- Manga To Release Entire Street Fighter II Series On DVD
- 8th Volume In Martian Successor Nadesico Hits Stores
- Special Edition Of Pet Shop Of Horrors Hits DVD!
- CGI Series Shadowraiders Comes To Stores
- War Breaks Loose On Video With Release Of A.D. Police
http://www2.awn.com/spotlight/news.php3?item=Video
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