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Wendy The Witch Brews On The Boob Tube

Wendy The Witch Brews On The Boob Tube
Wendy The Witch Brews On The Boob Tube

The Harvey Entertainment Co. has entered into a deal with Vancouver-based Studio B to produce a new TV series based on their character Wendy the Witch. Studio B has acquired the rights to the popular children's series from Harvey and has partnered with Harvey in producing 26 half-hour episodes for the worldwide television and video marketplace. The series is expected to be available for delivery beginning in January 2001. Studio B also produces D'MYNA LEAGUES, WHAT ABOUT MIMI and YVON OF THE YUKON.

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Henson Headline News

MuppeToons In 3D

MuppeToons In 3D
MuppeToons In 3D

Jim Henson Interactive (JHI), the interactive division of The Jim Henson Company, released the first of a series of MuppeToons on its Muppetworld Web site. This collaboration between Pulse Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company and its award-winning Jim Henson's Creature Shop will feature the first 3D version of Kermit the Frog and Fozzie the Bear.

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Spunky Town Visits Shockwave

Spunky Town Visits Shockwave
Spunky Town Visits Shockwave

Two new shorts from Spunky Town have set down on Shockwave.com. Two episodes of THE BEATLESS, "Zombies of Love" and "Beat Less the Devil," have come to the Netcaster. The series follows three of the world's worst rockers who investigate paranormal activity. Also premiering on Shockwave is HIX HOLLAR, USA, a new comedy cartoon about a suburban family's move to a farm town.

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Animation Headline News

Over 35 New Jobs: Animators, Technical Directors, Visual Artists and More

Over 35 New Jobs: Animators, Technical Directors, Visual Artists and More
Over 35 New Jobs: Animators, Technical Directors, Visual Artists and More

Stardust Entertainment Filmproduktion, a computer animation and visual effects studio located in Berlin-Potsdam, Germany, is looking to recruit a number of people to work on this and other upcoming productions this year. The company language is English.

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Animation Headline News

ASIFA-CANADA Upcoming Events

ASIFA-CANADA Upcoming Events
ASIFA-CANADA Upcoming Events

Chris Robinson, Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, is on tour in Canada to present a screening and discussion of the Best New Canadian Animation. The screenings will take place in Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Admission is free. The schedule is as follows: Vancouver: Wednesday, April 5th, 7:00pm at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Granville Island; Hosted by ASIFA Vancouver. Calgary: Saturday, April 8th; Contact Carol Beecher at reaper@spots.ab.ca; Hosted by the Quickdraw Animation Society (QAS).

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Drawing Headline News

Store Specials: New Vilppu Drawing Manual And Videos

Store Specials: New Vilppu Drawing Manual And Videos
Store Specials: New Vilppu Drawing Manual And Videos

Prestigious life drawing instructor Glenn Vilppu is offering two new video tapes of his classes on drawing, a PROFILE DEMONSTRATION and a FRONT VIEW DEMONSTRATION. Vilppu said: "These are the best demonstrations of head drawing that I have done so far. The two demonstrations are done using black, red and white pencils. I also have a new mike so the sound is excellent." In the Anatomy Demonstration series, now available is a DEMONSTRATION OF LEG DRAWING video. Each video is available for $24.94 plus s/h.

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Disney Teams With Gemstar Against AOL/Time Warner

Disney Teams With Gemstar Against AOL/Time Warner
Disney Teams With Gemstar Against AOL/Time Warner

On Wednesday, March 29, 2000, Disney lobbyists helped deliver Gemstar's FCC complaint against the America On-Line and Time Warner merger to members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Gemstar has agreements with TV stations in every market in the U.S., which allows the company to engrave program information into broadcast signals. VCRs equipped with Gemstar's VCR-Plus technology can then decode the signal, making it easier for users to record TV programming.

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CINAR Suspends Globe-X Lawsuit

CINAR Suspends Globe-X Lawsuit
CINAR Suspends Globe-X Lawsuit

Montreal-based CINAR Corp. has come to an interim deal with Globe-X Management, which halts the pending lawsuit against the investment firm. The agreement allows CINAR Corp. to look into investments made, without board approval, in Globe-X Management's affiliate Globe-X Canadiana. However, the deal does not finalizes the terms in which CINAR will be able to recover the nearly US$76 million invested in Globe-X. The lawsuit was filed on Monday, March 20, in an attempt to recover the funds, which were signed by former co-CEO Ronald Weinberg and senior executive VP Hasanain Panju.

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NBC's God Excommunicated

NBC's God Excommunicated
NBC's God Excommunicated

Perhaps, Neitchze was correct because GOD is dead. At least NBC's rendition of him is. The troubled toon GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB has been excommunicated from NBC's line-up. The decision to pull the series out of the line-up came in response to the lowest ratings ever for a regularly scheduled program in the Tuesday 8:30 pm time slot. Nearly 5% of the country's NBC affiliates had already pre-empted the show from their schedule for either religious concerns or they felt it just wasn't funny. Recently, advertisers were even turning their attention away from the ify animation series.

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Film Headline News

The Scene At Stuttgart

The Scene At Stuttgart
The Scene At Stuttgart

The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film was celebrated March 16-21, marking its 20th year in existence. The biannual festival presented a wide ranging programme, giving prizes worth 142,000 German marks (70,000 euros or US dollars) and enjoying a growth of 25% in the number of spectators. With approximately 42,000 spectators and some 500 films in the programme, Stuttgart calls itself, "The second largest animated film event world wide," a definition which might well be true. A new competition category this year was for feature animations.

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International Headline News

The 9th Cartoonist International Animated Film Festival & Market

The 9th Cartoonist International Animated Film Festival & Market
The 9th Cartoonist International Animated Film Festival & Market

* Friday, April 21 - Sunday, April 23, 2000. Toulon, France.

The 9th edition of the Cartoonist International Animated Film Festival & Market is expecting 30,000 participants, including production and distribution companies, as well as comic book and game companies. For more information contact Cartoonist M. Gilbert at: Residence du Port, Impasse St Dominique, 83000 Toulon, France; Tel.: ++ 33 (0) 4 94 03 12 67; or Fax: ++ 33 (0) 4 98 02 57 06.

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