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Window Wars

We all have a front row seat at the bar-room brawl that is the media business in 2011. In one corner, the barons of Old Media – the Ruperts, Sumners, the feisty Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner, and the (for now) low-profile but deadly Brian Roberts of Comcast. In the other corner: Netflix’s Founder/CEO Reed Hastings, Larry and Sergey from Google, patriarch Steve Jobs, and the other new gen entrepreneurs who are not afraid of where the business is going, including (in a fascinating case of the puppy taking a bite out of its master(s)) Jason Kilar at Hulu.

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VIZ Media To Stream Anime Series on Netflix

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that several of its most popular anime series will be offered to U.S. audiences by Netflix, Inc., the world’s leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows.

In Anime, Interactive, Television, Anime, Interactive, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

Media Headline News

DHX Media Acquires Shezow!

DHX Media has acquired worldwide TV and l&m rights (excluding Australia) to new animated comedy SheZow! on the eve of next week’s MIPTV.

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Media Headline News

Tiger & Bunny To Simulcast On VIZAnime.com

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, invites fans to dive into the crime-fighting action of one of the most anticipated anime series of 2011 with the simulcast premiere of TIGER & BUNNY on Saturday, April 2nd.

In Anime, Interactive, Television, Anime, Interactive, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

Media Events

Expert Game Designer Lorne Lanning and Director Spencer Halpin Join New Media Film Festival

Begins: May 20, 2011

Video game creator Lorne Lanning (Oddworld Series including Oddworld: ABE’S ODDYSEE), and director/filmmaker Spencer Halpin of the controversial violence in videogaming documentary Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat, will be joining founder/director Susan Johnston for the 2nd Annual New Media Film Festival, to be held May 20-21, 2011.

In Event Types: Screenings, New Media

Media Headline News

VIZ Media Announces New Vampire Knight, Bleach, Pokemon DVDs

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced their new DVD releases for this month. These include the first episodic volume of VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY (the second season of the hit gothic melodrama VAMPIRE KNIGHT), the latest Box Set for BLEACH, and 3 new releases from the latest installment of POKÉMON, POKÉMON DP GALACTIC BATTLES.

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Media Headline News

Voltron Revs For New Consumer Products Partners

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, and World Events Productions (WEP), a top animated television production company, today announced new consumer products partners in the U.S. for Voltron for the relaunch of the iconic franchise.

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Media Headline News

The MEDIA Programme Is In Danger

The European Commission under President Barroso's presidency is considering ending the MEDIA Programme.

In Business, Event, Business, Event | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

Media Headline News

Hive Media, Discovery Announce Deadliest Catch Facebook Game

Hive Media, Inc. and Discovery Communications, Inc. announce a new way for fans to engage with their favorite captains and boats with the launch of Deadliest Catch The Social Game, which was released on Facebook on February 14, 2011.

In Games, Interactive, Television, Games, Interactive, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

Media Headline News

VIZ Media To Shop My Giant Friend To U.S. Market

VIZ Media has acquired the rights to shop the eagerly anticipated MY GIANT FRIEND to prospective television partners in the United States.

In CG, Television, CG, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Media Headline News

Another Stan Lee Media Billion-Dollar Suit Tossed

Stan Lee Media Inc.'s $1 billion lawsuit against Marvel Ent. in regards to the copyrights of characters created by its namesake has been tossed out of court, writes The Hollywood Reporter.

In Books, Business, Films, Games, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Television, Books, Business, Films, Games, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

Media Events

Comic Con India 2011

Begins: February 19, 2011

Why a Comic Convention?

Because of our love of comics! The straight forwardness of the illustrated medium, the way it is approachable to almost anyone. The many different styles and techniques there are to this art form, and the fact that it takes the reader experience to a whole new level, be it fantasy or even non-fiction.

In Event Types: Exhibits, Comics

Singular Software Releases Plural Eyes for Avid Media Composer

Singular Software, developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, has announced that its flagship product PluralEyes has expanded its support for non-linear editing applications to include Avid Media Composer software.

In Business, Interactive, Technology, Business, Interactive, Technology | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Software Headline News

Singular Software Releases Plural Eyes for Avid Media Composer

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Media Headline News

Postman Pat Delivers New BBC Commitment Through 2015

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, today announced that it has secured an ongoing commitment from premium children’s platform, CBeebies, for the UK’s favourite postie and popular pre-school series, Postman Pat®, until 2015.

In Short Films, Television, Stop-Motion, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe

Media Events

Banff World Media Festival 2011

Begins: June 12, 2011

Building on the knowledge and expertise of more than thirty years, the Banff World Media Festival is the world's premier forum for professionals working in content creation, distribution and broadcast in Television and Digital Media.

In Event Types: Conferences, Competitive Festivals, Discussion, Exhibits, Animation, Documentaries, Features, Interactive, Live Action, New Media, Short Films, Television, Web / Internet

Gravity Headline News

Walden Media Acquires Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper

Walden Media has acquired the screen rights to Michael Reisman's YA series SIMON BLOOM: THE GRAVITY KEEPER, reports Deadline.com.

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Films Headline News

Relativity Becomes Immortal on 11-11-11

Relativity Media announced today that it will theatrically market and distribute its 3-D epic Immortals, in association with Universal Pictures International, in North America.

In CG, Films, Visual Effects, CG, Films, Visual Effects, 3D | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Screen Headline News

Screen Media Picks Up Ghost From the Machine

Screen Media Films has picked up the rights to PHASMA EX MACHINA, now retitled GHOST FROM THE MACHINE, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Media Headline News

Classic Media Teams With RadioShack For The Holidays

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, and RadioShack, a leading national retailer of innovative mobile and technology products, today announced that DVDs of popular television specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman are available at 4,600 RadioShack stores nationwide this holiday season.

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Syfy Headline News

Syfy Greenlights Alphas To Series

Syfy has enlisted Alphas (working title) to join its slate of original scripted series by greenlighting the wry, action-adventure project from writers Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk) and Michael Karnow, it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head of Original Content for Universal Cable Productions.

In Television, Visual Effects, Television, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

Media Headline News

DHX Media Signs New International Deals For Rastamouse

DHX Media, a leading international producer and distributor of television programming and interactive content, has signed a hat trick of deals to bring much-anticipated new preschool show Rastamouse to new international territories.

In Stop-Motion, Television, Stop-Motion, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: Australia, Europe

Media Headline News

DHX Media’s Preschool Proves Popular In Asia

DHX Media, a leading international producer and distributor of television programming and interactive content, has signed a score of broadcast and home entertainment deals from its extensive preschool slate in Asia, as it prepares for ATF next month.

In Visual Effects, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: Asia

Animation Headline News

Omnilab Media And Oktobor Officially Open Oktobor Animation Studio

Omnilab Media and Oktobor, its award winning visual effects, animation and digital creative convergence studio, today officially opened their new Auckland-based Computer Generated (CG) animation studio - Oktobor Animation, which it has created and launched in conjunction with Backyard Animated Pictures (USA).

In Business, CG, Television, Business, CG, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: Asia, North America

Media Headline News

Red-Nosed Reindeer Flies With U.S. Postal Service

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, and the U.S. Postal Service today announced that DVDs of iconic holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will be available at more than 5,000 post offices nationwide as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s A Simpler Way to Holiday program.

In Licensing, Television, Licensing, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America