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On Monday, September 7 ForeignTV.com began offering clips from the newly
remastered YELLOW SUBMARINE, which will debut on video, DVD, and laserdisc
on Tuesday, September 14 in the US. The site is offering a different clip
each day, including the newly restored "Hey, Bulldog" sequence. For more
information visit www.foreignTV.com. ForeignTV.com is an Internet
broadcaster of streaming media content from around the world, including
world news, arts, travel, sports and entertainment.

Viacom Inc., which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has offered to buy CBS
Corp., one of the Big Three US television broadcasters, for $37 billion in
stock, the largest media transaction ever. The new company, which will
still be called Viacom, will be led by Sumner Redstone who will remain
Viacom's chairman and chief executive. CBS President and Chief Executive
Mel Karmazin will be president and chief operating officer. The deal is
part of what is expected to be a wave of consolidation in the TV industry

The tradeshow for television programming producers and distributors takes
place October 4-8 in Cannes, France. Basque, Spain-based animation studio
IRUSOIN is nearing completion of KARRAMARRO (CRAB ISLAND), a made for
television animated feature with rights available for worldwide TV and
video release. The original story is about a group of kind, song-loving
pirates, focused on luckless Dimitri, a pirate who cannot sing, and a
parrot who is the only clue to tracking down a fabulous pirate's treasure.

ERIK ST. ANTHONY has been appointed director of multimedia at Los
Angeles-based INTERACTIVE TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT (ITE)-USA, where he will
head the newly formed North American multimedia division. St. Anthony will
be responsible for developing and implementing retail, on-line and
ancillary distribution of the company's CD-ROM, PlayStation and Game Boy
formats within North America. St. Anthony founded Adventure Media Group and
Trinidad Entertainment, which together acquire DVD rights, create

New York-based studioNEXT.com Corporation and Voyager Entertainment, Inc.
have announced a partnership to bring the Japanese television series, STAR
BLAZERS, to the Internet. The series first appeared on US television in
1979, and lasted for three seasons. The story of STAR BLAZERS is about a
group of heroic voyagers who, in order to save Earth from invasion, journey
on the starship Argo to battle the diabolical forces of Gamilon, the evil
stellar empire. "There has been further interest to bring back STAR BLAZERS

Buena Vista's supernatural thriller THE SIXTH SENSE, with visual effects by
DreamQuest, finished first at the US weekend boxoffice for the fifth
consecutive week, grossing an estimated $28.5 million over the US Labor Day
holiday weekend, $8 million more than the previous week. Its total now
stands at $175.5 million. No other animation related films finished in the
top ten.

Fox Family Channel, which was launched on August 15, 1998 when Fox took over the Family Channel, has
announced its fall schedule. The schedule includes four new animated
series: WEIRD-OHS is about three kids uncovering the mysteries of life;
KIDS FROM ROOM 402, based on the book, GRACIE GRAVES AND THE KIDS FROM ROOM
402 by Betty Paraskevas, is about a classroom of ten year old eccentrics;
ANGELA ANACONDA, a cut-out style animated series, is about an eight year
old girl and her elementary school problems; and MEGA BABIES, revolves

Earlier this year Image Entertainment and
Lightyear released ART AND JAZZ IN ANIMATION, a compilation DVD of more
than four hours of features and shorts by John and Faith Hubley. The
compilation includes two features, THE COSMIC EYE and OF STARS AND MEN, as
well as the shorts: OF MEN AND DEMONS, VOYAGE TO NEXT, EGGS, COCKABOODY,
THE HOLE, THE HAT, DIG, HARLEM WEDNESDAY, ADVENTURES OF *, URBANISSIMO, and
THE TENDER GAME. While some of the older films are disappointingly faded
and a bit worn, fans of Hubley or independent animation will not want to

Universal Studios Home Video is releasing ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Produced and
directed by Kathi Castillo and animated at Universal Cartoon Studios in
Universal City, California, the direct-to-video shows what happens when the
havoc wrecking chipmunks encounter Dr. Frankenstein and his creation at a
Universal Studios-type amusement park. The chipmunks were created by Ross
Bagadasarian (aka David Seville) in 1958 for the hit novelty record, "The
Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)." Seville's earlier hit, "Witch

AnotherUniverse.com, a website devoted to
comic books and science fiction, has reported that the widow and daughter
of Jerry Siegel, co-creator with Joe Schuster of Superman, have filed
papers with the U.S. Copyright Office which have the effect of returning
50% of the rights to the character of Superman to them. (Apparently, DC
will retain 50% interest in the rights unless the family of Joe Schuster
files similar papers. Whether the Schuster family, or representative, will

San Francisco-based MetaCreations Corp., which develops and markets 2D and 3D
visualization software for graphic artists and the World Wide Web, has
announced Carrara 1.0, a 3D modeling and animation solution for print,
video and the Web. Carrara will contain a hybrid Ray Tracer, advanced
shader editors, multiple modelers, real-time Metaballs, particle systems,
3D light sources, lens flares, motion blur, key framing, physical effects,
deformers and more. Carrara will introduce a workflow called SmartFlow that

The first episode of
SATURDAY NIGHT FRED, a CartoonNetwork.com Web Premiere Toon, debuted on
August 30, 1999. The cartoon features clips from the 1963 season of THE
FLINTSTONES that have been re-edited, with new voice-overs, to create new
stories featuring Fred, Barney, and the rest of the Flintstones cast from
that year. Viewers can either download the show as a QuickTime file, or
view it as a streaming file. In both cases, it is possible to interact with
the show by replying to questions whose answers determine the direction the

The Fantoche International Animation
Festival, which was held August 31-September 5 in Baden/Zurich,
Switzerland, has announced its award winners. The jury, which was comprised
of Linda Simensky (USA), Pierre Hébert (Canada), Michail Aldashin (Russia),
Franziska Oliver (CH) and Frédéric Maire (CH), awarded the following prizes:


First Prize 'Best Film'

MAJOR'S NOSE by Michail Lisowoi


Second Prize 'High Risk'

GRACE by Lorelei Pepi


Third Prize 'Encouragement-Prize'

Broderbund has released TOTALLY MAD, a seven CD-ROM compendium that
documents the history of MAD MAGAZINE. Included are the entire run of
issues up to 1998 from almost 50 years of MAD's history, along with video
clips of staff and artists, songs and animated cartoons from the current
syndicated TV show including Spy vs. Spy and 14 animated marginals drawn by
Sergio Aragones. Back issues can be browsed page by page, or searched for
articles on specific topics. This is a collector's dream. Requires Windows
95/98. Retail price is US$69.95.

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD has appointed BRIAN COMPTON Senior Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer. Compton will be responsible for
financial reporting and budgeting, planning and implementation of operating
budgets, and direction of the financial management organizations of both
Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios CityWalk. Previously, Mr.
Compton served as Director of Operations, Finance for Coach Leatherware, a
division of Sara Lee Corporation. He has held key financial posts with

Santa Barbara, California-based SANTA BARBARA STUDIOS, a visual effects
company that produces CGI for motion picture, commercial, television and
special venue markets, has hired PETE TRAVERS as CGI supervisor and VIVIEN
MINTON as sales and marketing manager. Travers is returning to the studio
where he previously worked on AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS, after which he
left to form his own company, ShadowCaster, through which he worked as
computer graphics supervisor for Oscar winner WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. Minton

Kid Rhino's BATMAN BEYOND soundtrack on CD and cassette was released on
August 31, 1999 in the US. BATMAN BEYOND is a popular series that is set
fifty years in the future, taking place after Warners' previous Batman
series, THE ADVENTURES OF BATMAN AND ROBIN. The album includes twenty
tracks. Also, the inlay and CD booklet include comments about the
soundtrack music by Bruce Timm, the series' producer, and artwork from the
series' opening sequence. The CD will retail for US$13.98, and the cassette

At the 53rd Edinburgh International Film Festival, which ran August 15-29,
The 10th Post Office McLaren Award for the Best British Animation was won
by Tim Hope for THE WOLFMAN. The award is named in honor of the great
Scottish experimental animator, Norman McLaren. The competition was judged
by a panel of six previous winners of the McLaren Award, including Ged
Haney, Phil Mulloy, Tim Webb and Sue MacLoughlin. Animation Director Bob
Godfrey accepted the award and a check on behalf of the winner from the

The Center for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS) is a leader in technical
arts education based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. CDIS is growing rapidly and
currently seeking applications for instructors in 2D and 3D Graphics, 3D
Special FX, Film/Video FX, Computer and Classical Animation, Film/Video
Production, Art and Design (Practical and Theory), Interactive Media (Web
and CD), Web Design/Development, Internet Applications, Programming for Web
and Game Applications, Game Design, and Audio Production and Theory. Job