Mobile and Wireless

ClickFire Designs iOS Game for Man Vs. Food

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ClickFire Media recently designed their first iOS game, based on the popular Travel Channel show, Man Vs. Food which is now live in the Apple AppStore for iPhone and iPad and available on the Android platform.

EA Buys Plants vs. Zombies Creator

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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced an agreement to acquire PopCap Games, a leading provider of games for mobile phones, tablets, PCs and social network sites.

New Television Network Launched by Veteran Disney Studios Executive

With the use of smartphones and tablet computers growing exponentially, former Disney Studios Vice President of New Media Technology, Gary Kleinman, has announced the launch of FirstRun.tv – a new television network designed to provide new and original programming for online and on-the-go viewers.

SIGGRAPH Asia Launches Symposium on Apps

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SIGGRAPH Asia has announced the addition of a new program to our list of top-notch conference programs, the Symposium on Apps.

Baby Genius Going Mobile

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Baby Genius, the award winning brand of musical edu-tainment for infants and toddlers created by the founders of Pacific Entertainment Corporation (OTCQB: PENT), is going mobile with the release of the first two interactive 3D animated apps for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, it was announced today by CCO Larry Balaban.

LEGO Star Wars TV Special in the Works

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ComingSoon.net got the word from Licensing International Expo that a LEGO STAR WARS TV special is in the works. Details are few, but the special will arrive in late September.

Sony Launches Battle: Los Angeles App

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today announced its Battle: Los Angeles Layar app is now available in the U.S. in the Android Marketplace and the iTunes App Store, making it the first Home Entertainment studio to leverage the latest Layar software release for a promotional campaign.

Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters Now Available

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced the North American release of Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters.

Image Metrics Releases PortableYou Platform For Customizable 3D Avatar Creation

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Image Metrics (OTCBB: IMGX), a leading provider of facial animation technology, today announced the availability of PortableYou, a groundbreaking new platform for developers as well as online and mobile entertainment, social network and communications companies.

Primal Screen Conjures Transmedia Experience For Sesame’s Electric Company

Further building Atlanta-based Primal Screen’s (www.primalscreen.com) portfolio of dynamic, multiplatform media for the children’s broadcast market, the creative studio announced it completed another integrated entertainment and education program – this time for The Electric Company’s math-literacy segment Prankster Planet, involving on-air animation paired with online learning games and a printed activity workbook.

Cartoon Network Takes Augmented Reality with Gen Rex App Across Asia

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Cartoon Network is giving kids an unprecedented chance to check if their bodies are hosting nanites – microscopic machines – via a new augmented reality (AR) application created for its awesome new series, Generator Rex.

VIZ Manga App For iPhone, iPod Touch Launches

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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, continues the digital integration of its vast library of manga (graphic novel) properties with the latest announcement of the availability of the VIZ MANGA APP for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices.

South Park Avatar Creator App Released

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South Park Digital Studios LLC, the joint venture between "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and COMEDY CENTRAL, a division of MTVN Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), announced today the launch of the new “South Park” Avatar Creator on SouthParkStudios.com and the start of “South Park” Facebook Week.

Majesco Releases Left Brain Right Brain App

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Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of games for the mass market, announced its Left Brain Right Brain App is now available on the App Store.

National Film Board of Canada Launches App for BlackBerry PlayBook

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The highly anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will come pre-installed with a free app from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).

Inchworm Animation Races Toward Release on Nintendo DSiWare

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It's not a game, and it's not for kids, though artists of all ages will enjoy digging into the creative toolbox unlocked by Inchworm Animation.

Pandoodle's WishStix Contest Turns Animation Into An App

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Pandoodle Corporation is looking for animation to convert into their new WishStix app and they are inviting all animation studios and animators to join their WishStix personalized animated contest for a chance to win a grand prize of $5000, plus a share of any direct profits.

VeggieTales To Be Available On Mobile Devices & Channels

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Big Idea Entertainment, a leading studio and producer of children’s and family programming, characters and brands, announced today delivery of mobile-based VeggieTales content to fans and audiences nationwide via a VeggieTales channel on Sprint TV.

Cuppa Coffee Launches Interactive Division

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Cuppa Coffee Studios is taking a big leap into the world of interactive entertainment with Lemon Squeezy Interactive, a branch focused solely on mobile and online content.

Tartakovsky's Animated Priest Opening Online

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The Genndy Tartakovsky animated opening sequence for the live-action summer tentpole PRIEST is now online.