Women In Animation International is hosting its 2007 Annual Meeting at Warner Bros. Animation. The event will look back at the era of Hanna-Barbera Animation with Sander Schwartz, president of Warner Bros. Animation, and other H-B luminaries. A raffle will be held with prizes including posters, books and lunch with an industry icon.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will be presenting International Interactive Emmy Awards and a Pioneer Prize, in partnership with Reed MIDEM, for the second year in a row. The International Interactive Emmy Awards at MIPTV 2007 will take place in Cannes, France.
The three International Interactive Emmy Award categories are:* Interactive Program: for television programming that has been enhanced with interactive content.
Red Stick International Animation Festival is an annual event that brings together artists, animators, filmmakers, computer scientists and also people who just like cartoons to showcase the latest developments in Louisiana's digital arts and technology sectors, which is leading to economic development for the state and the city. The festival will take place at a variety of venues in the capital city.
IPTV World at NAB2007 is the world's leading show about the battle for dominance between telcos, cable, satellite and broadcasters. In the TV wars, the network with the best content wins. That's why IPTV World brings attendees Hollywood's leading programmers to tell you who they're cutting deals with. At IPTV World, attendees hear the latest intelligence from top programmers, operator, telcos, software providers, set-top box makers and offers in the IPTV universe. Then you do deals with them in intimate networking sessions.
Established in 2002, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) will be celebrating its fifth year anniversary, and has extended its five-day festival to run an extra day from April 17 - 22, 2007 at the ArcLight Hollywood.
MoTV, at NAB2007, is the world's leading mobile video and television event. Last year, a sold-out crowd of nearly 1,000 top programming, mobile and technology executives from companies like AT&T, Inc., Microsoft TV, Motorola and Verizon discuss topics like these:
* The race between Qualcomm's MediaFlo, Crown Castle and HiWire to bring true TV channels to phones * VOD and streaming models for mobile video * Creating video content for the small screen * Ancillary revenue opportunities for TV stations * Migrating video across multiple devices
MIPTV featuring MILIA is the world's premier audiovisual & digital content market. It's where the key decision-makers come to meet, talk and forge the business partnerships that will drive future growth on a global level.
As part of its mission to prepare tomorrow's creative leaders, the Columbus College of Art & Design will offer a four-day Women in Animation Symposium to celebrate women's achievements in animation and to encourage young women to envision themselves contributing to every part of the industry from personal aesthetic expression to the topmost echelons of production and direction. The symposium is open to the public and free of charge.
The Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (SFTV) will present The Steed Symposium: The Business of the Business, a day-long conference showcasing top industry executives in content, finance, marketing and distribution and emerging media.
The Steed Symposium is being underwritten by LMU alumnus Michael R. Steed, a member of the university's Board of Trustees. Steed is the md of Paladin Capital Partners Fund LP, a private equity firm.
The Wrexham Science Film Festival is looking for short films between 30 seconds and 10 minutes based on the theme of science. The deadline for entering your short films is the 20th March 2007. To find out more information about the film festival and the Wrexham Science Festival please visit http://www.scifilm.co.uk
ASIFA-India is hosting its annual CG Meet Up event. Participating studios include Crest Animation Studios, Maya Ent., Rhythm & Hues, Vaibhav Studios and UTV. Sessions topics include:
* From concept design to the end product* Approaches, technical details, solutions and fun stories* Cool behind-the-scenes footage
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) hosts an International Animation Festival. This year it will have 14 professional categories, two student categories and Special Jury awards. In addition to Animation & Gaming, it has also introduced Visual Effects. For more information, visit www.ficci-frames.com.
Voices.com, the industry leading voice marketplace, has announced its direct involvement and affiliation with The VoiceOver International Creative Experience - VOICE scheduled to take place at the Palace Station in Las Vegas.
The Streaming Festival is a progressive film festival that takes place exclusively on the internet. Films are streamed full screen with high image quality.
The Streaming Festival presents carefully selected independent films to a worldwide audience. Film-makers and viewers from all over the world can join in and share without any costs for tickets, subscription fees or travel costs.
The festival encourages the development of media technologies with a special emphasis on streaming media. The festival wants to create a platform for audiovisual art.
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The Tokyo International Anime Fair (known as "TAF") is the world's largest anime exhibition. Held every spring at Tokyo Big Sight, the exhibition features a "trade fair" with booth exhibits by anime-related companies, "events" including spectacular stage performances and theater movie showings/displays, and the "Tokyo Anime Awards" in which outstanding anime works are presented with awards. Every year the exhibition attracts the attention of people throughout the world for its extensive program.
Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) is Asia's leading international film and television market. Running in conjunction with the Entertainment Expo, from March 20-27, FILMART, now in its ninth year, provides a business-to-business platform where movie and television professionals, producers and distributors from around the world show products, network and negotiate deals. FILMART will take place at the Convention and Exhibition Centre. For more information, visit www.hkfilmart.com/hkfilmart.
BrainCamp East is an intimate two-day gathering of senior executives and creators involved in the production, licensing, marketing and sale of kids' entertainment products. Introduced in 1997, BrainCamp attracts some of the most interesting and influential people in the children's entertainment industry, both as speakers and attendees. The focus is on creating and marketing entertainment product to children. BrainCamp provides networking and deal making opportunities. For additional information, or to register, contact (212) 545-9559 or visit www.BrainCamp.com.
In closing the Dennis Nyback's Cartoon Extravaganza, there will be a screening of '70s Animation. Nyback will show GROOVY GOOLIES AND FRIENDS, Shamus Culhane's excellent PROFESSOR KITZEL, the spooky THE GHOST IN THE SHED, and others. The film day will screen 35mm films ranging from the '50s through the '90s. The screenings take place at Disjecta, 230 E. Burnside, Portland Oregon. For more information, visit www.dennisnybackfilms.com/.
Digital Media Summit, now in its fourth year, is the leading show about digital media commerce and delivery -- the business of monetizing digital music, videos, games, video-on-demand, peer-to-peer and much more. The event talks about the cutting-edge and the near future, not pie-in-the-sky projections. Digital Media Summit brings Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Madison Ave. executives together. Hear them in keynotes and panels, then make deals with them over lunch or cocktails. For more information, visit www.iHollywoodForum.com.
BOBTV Africa, is an international content convention where everything that has to do with film and TV is brought under one roof. It is a one-stop shop for selling and buying films for broudcast or distribution; a platform for training and discourse; an exhibition of TV programs, broadcast equipment, films etc; a fantastic platform for networking and business.
* The conference will feature international content providers, ISPs and broadcasters including Google, BSkyB, ITV Local, NTL & Vividas
* Combining networking area with both the IPTV World Forum and The Connected Home with over 200 companies exhibiting.
* Over 500 visitors anticipated for Tv Over Net, and over 5000 visitors expected to attend The World Forum, also over 200 exhibitors.
* The conference will feature over 30 worldwide telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues including Telefonica, PCCW, Belgacom, BT, SaskTel, Deutsche Telekom AG/T-Com, Telstra, T-Online France, NetCologne, Telekom Austria, Fastweb, BSkyB, Orange, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Siminn.
* Leading content players and broadcasters speaking
* IPTV showcase area in the exhibition featuring service demonstrations from 25 leading worldwide IPTV deployments
* Industry party in one of London's leading venues
* The IPTV World Forum is also co-hosting
The Connected Home is Europe's largest specialist show covering the connected home industry. - Leading worldwide satellite, cable, telco and mobile operators will discuss their vision of the connected home, and how it relates to their industries. - The showcase area will outline future home and connected home scenarios from the perspective of operators - Over 500 attendees expected at the show with exhibition only passes available - Co-hosted at the IPTV World Forum and TV Over Net with a joint exhibition of over 200 exhibitors.
WonderCon is the bay area's largest comicbook and pop culture extravaganza. Located at the Moscone West building, the show brings together professionals and fans of all things pop culture. The event draws more than 18,500 attendees each year.
