Mobile and Wireless

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.

Evil Dead Game Coming to iPhone, iPad

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Ghost House Pictures and Trigger Apps have teamed to create an EVIL DEAD game for the iPhone and iPad, writes The Hollywood Reporter.

NFB Launches Enhanced iPad App

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The National Film Board of Canada is making app news once again with the release of version 2.0 of NFB Films for the iPad — selected by iTunes Canada as the iPad App of the Week.

Capcom Confirms New Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

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Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of videogames, today announced Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, is in development for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC.

Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition Now Available

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The legendary game franchise, Street Fighter is now available in full 3D, supporting global WiFi multiplayer matches in Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system in North America.

StorySmyth Launches Oxford Titles on iTunes

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StorySmyth Ventures Ltd, the producers of the StorySmyth Tales range of digital mobile children’s stories, has today launched a range of titles featuring children’s books from Oxford University Press (OUP).

Warner Bros. Interactive Announces Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced their debut title for the Nintendo 3DS handheld system: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters.

Angry Birds Rio Launches In App Stores Worldwide

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Rovio today announced the availability of their latest game, Angry Birds Rio, on iOS, Mac and Android platforms.

DHX Media Gets Busy With Apps

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DHX Media has launched a new iOS app based on the hit animated preschool show Animal Mechanicals, at the same time as its Grandpa in My Pocket app goes global, further strengthening the position of the interactive division as an award-winning developer of games for online and mobile devices.

Majesco Ships Monster Tale For Nintendo DS

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Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today released Monster Tale for Nintendo DS to retailers nationwide.