Animation publisher and licenser VIZ Media has announced that one of its parent companies, Japanese publisher Shueisha, has made an investment in Shogakukan Production Company., the licensing and merchandising subsidiary of Japanese publisher Shogakukan, Inc., another of VIZ Media's parent companies.
ShoPro will be renamed Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions.
b.TWEEN is the U.K.'s biggest interactive media industry gathering. Keynotes by industry dignitaries will set the scene for two days of presentations, workshops, sessions, one2ones, Q&As, and break-outs. Speakers feature an array of creative and business pioneers. For more information, visit www.just-b.com/between.
Robert Oswaks has been promoted to president, marketing for Sony Pictures Television (SPT). This was announced by Steve Mosko, president, SPT, to whom he reports. In this position Oswaks directs the development and strategic implementation of advertising, marketing, promotion and the media and client relations efforts for network, syndication and cable and new media programming, as well as corporate brand marketing activities.
There's a fun event to know about and to go to -- it's being given by Women In Children's Media. It's a Bingo Night and the host is Joe from BLUE'S CLUES. There will be great prizes and lots of time to network and best of all, play bingo.
RSVP to Women In Children's Media ASAP or by May 19 -- go to http://womeninchildrensmedia.org/submit_rsvp_auth.php?eid=39
Monday, May 19 from 6:30-9:00 pm at The Professor's Loft on the 2nd Floor of Professor Thom's, 219 2nd Avenue (between 13th and 14th streets), New York, New York.
Interactive agency 65 Media has been named Webby Award Winner and People's Voice Winner in the Movie and Film category in recognition of its work creating www.SimpsonsMovie.com. 65 Media will be among the winners honored at the star-studded Webby Awards ceremony hosted by SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Seth Meyer in New York City on June 10.
HarperCollins Children's Books and Walden Media, the film studio behind THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA and BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, have formed a strategic partnership to establish a new children's book imprint called Walden Pond Press.
The announcement was made by Susan Katz, President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books and Micheal Flaherty, Co-Founder and President of Walden Media.
Marvel Ent. has appointed Ira Rubenstein to the position of Executive Vice President of Marvel's newly launched Global Digital Media Group. In this newly created position, Rubenstein will oversee Marvel's digital distribution strategy across all media and platforms. Rubenstein will relocate to Marvel's New York headquarters and report to John Turitzin, Executive Vice President, Office of the Chief Executive.
The "Creating Successful Media for Teens Panel" will be moderated by Amy Friedman, SVP, Development/Creative Director, The N, Cindy Eagen, Editorial Director, Poppy Books (Gossip Girl and The Clique) and Josh Bank, VP of Development Alloy Entertainment.
MyToons.com will mark its first anniversary by collaborating with Adobe to deliver content to Adobe Media Player. High-quality, member-created animation from MyToons.com, along with video from television broadcasters and leading content publishers, will now be available on Adobe Media Player.
As children everywhere tap into the new digital playground through gaming, mobile devices and the Internet, educators, researchers, policymakers and high-tech industry leaders are joining forces to examine how these latest technologies are shaping the education of today's children.
Adobe Systems is showcasing new technologies and initiatives that are helping to drive innovation across dynamic media content creation, delivery and playback at the 2008 NAB Show, beginning today.
Adobe is spearheading an effort to begin defining an industry wide open file format for digital cinema files, which is planned to be called CinemaDNG and delivering native support for the Sony XDCAM EX camera format in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 software.
The NAB Show is the world's largest professional digital media industry convention. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has been hosting this event for over 80 years for all traditional broadcast, entertainment and emerging platform industries, including TV, Radio, Film, Internet and many others.
CTC Media, Russia's leading independent media company, has concluded a major, multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company's international TV licensing arm, Disney-ABC International Television.
This agreement covers the licensing of features, live action series, animated series and made-for-TV movies for the CTC television network. The CTC Network -- the flagship of CTC Media -- is the fourth-most watched broadcaster in Russia with an average audience share of 11.3% in its wide target demographic (everyone aged 6-54) in 2007.
VIZ Media and Manga Entertainment, an entertainment company specializing in the marketing and distribution of Japanese animation, announced an exclusive DVD distribution deal for the UK and Ireland beginning in April 2008.
On April 28, Manga Entertainment (a division of Starz Media) will begin distributing in the UK and Ireland a wide range of DVD titles based on VIZ Media's successful top selling licensed manga series.
The International Media Art Forum for Youth "IMAFY", the most recent event on the Sector of Fine Arts' agenda for 2008, comes to serve as an interdisciplinary platform for youth age 35 and under, who use digital medium for implementing and designing their creative ideas and projects.
Vizrt, a leading provider of real-time, integrated broadcast graphics software, announces the signature of a heads of agreement to purchase Escenic, a world leader in content management and publishing for the Internet.
HP today unveiled new customizable desktop PCs that offer a wide range of personalized features and options to fit the needs of every consumer.
The company also announced the availability of a digital storage device, the HP Media Vault mv2120, which is designed to store, protect and share digital media, as well as advanced monitors and accessories to enhance the digital lifestyle.
Michael Bostick has been named Co-CEO of Walden Media; Anschutz Film Group CEO David Weil announced.
Bostick, who until now has served as head of Tom Shadyac's Shady Acres Entertainment, will share CEO responsibilities with Walden Media's Cary Granat.
Bostick, who joins on April 16, will be responsible for the acquisition and development of all future Walden Media and Bristol Bay films, other than the company's current franchise, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, and a few other specific projects that Granat will oversee.
The 2008 Media Summit New York is the definitive international conference for media, entertainment and technology leaders. The Media Summit is presented by The McGraw-Hill Companies, co-sponsored by BUSINESSWEEK and Standard & Poor's and produced by Digital Hollywood. The event will occur at McGraw-Hill's headquarters, 1221 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan.
The Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the University Art Museum (UAM) of California State University, Long Beach will host an innovative two-day conference called 5D - The Future of Immersive Design.
It will be the first-ever conference dealing with the convergence of visual storytelling and design technology across all narrative media and will take place October 4-5.
Adobe Systems Inc. is hosting the eighth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The awards honor talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world's top institutions of higher education. Reflecting the growth in the interactive design field and the importance of the integration between design and development, Adobe has added several new categories in three media areas: Interactive Media, Motion Media, and Traditional Media.
Representations of children in today's media intersect with contextual issues that demand scholarly consideration. As the academic and commercial markets' attention to children's literature and media increases, the need to explore how children are used, targeted, explored, and represented in books, films, games, and toys grows.
The members of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) put their final stamp of approval Wednesday on the deal that ended their 14-week strike, giving writers new rights and protections for work distributed on and created for the Internet and other new media platforms.
An overwhelming majority of the WGA membership voted in favor of ratifying the three-year contract by 93.6 percent of 4,060 votes cast in Los Angeles and New York. The term of the agreement is from February 13, 2008 through May 1, 2011.
EM.Entertainment GmbH and Studio100 Media have agreed an extensive co-operation running until the end of 2008 and covering international distribution of the wide-ranging EM.Entertainment rights portfolio within the TV, home entertainment and video on demand (VOD) sectors, the companies announced Tuesday.
The distribution partnership that EM.Entertainment agreed March 2007 with London-based media house Sparrowhawk Distribution Ltd. expires March 31, 2008 due to the takeover of the company by NBC Universal and its subsequent organizational restructuring.
Leading children's book publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing today announced that it has partnered with Starz Media to develop and produce a series of RAGGEDY ADVENTURES movies. The movies, based on the publisher's RAGGEDY ANN AND ME! books, will unveil a new and updated look that will target young children, exposing a new generation to the venerable characters.
