The 21st Bucheon International Animation Festival, which runs October 18-22 in Bucheon, South Korea, is now open for submissions. By AWN Staff Editor | Friday, March 15, 2019 at 10:25am The Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF 2019), an Academy Award-qualifying festival, is now open for film submissions. The festival, held October 18-22 in Bucheon, South Korea, accepts animated[…..] […]
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Netflix Grows Anime Programming Slate with New Partnerships
Partnerships with leading Japanese production studios Anima, Sublimation, and David Production join deals with Production I.G and bones. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, March 11, 2019 at 5:42pm TOKYO — Internet entertainment giant Netflix is expanding its anime programming, entering new partnerships with Anima, Sublimation. and David Production, joining Netflix’s earlier deals with Production I.G and bones in[…..] […]
Fortnite adjusts cross-platform play to separate out Switch and mobile users
Xbox One and PS4 players will be together by default with Switch and mobile in their own pool. In its patch notes for Fortnite today, Epic Games announced it was adjusting how cross-platform play pools are set up by default in the game. Before, the game’s cross-platform capabilities put Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android[…..] […]
Ninja reportedly earned $1m for promotion of Apex Legends
Top streamer Tyler Blevins one of the few paid for promotion of EA and Respawn’s surprise release battle royale. Author: Rebekah Valentine | Wednesday 13th March 2019 How much is it worth to have the internet’s most popular video game streamer promote a surprise video game release? $1 million, if you’re EA. A source speaking to[…..] […]
Crunchyroll & Adult Swim Expand Programming Partnership
Cable network Adult Swim and anime brand Crunchyroll to collaborate on licensed content, co-productions and distribution opportunities. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 12:53pm Adult Swim, the number one cable network in the U.S. for young adults, and Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, has announced a new programming partnership and expanded distribution deal.[…..] […]
the Mouse House Finally Reached the $71.3-Billion Deal to Acquire 21st Century Fox America, Inc., Which Will Take Effect on March 20
Editor:Turing On March 12th, Marvelous Realm released a message on Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox on Twitter, a foreign social platform. Disney’s $17.3 billion acquisition of Fox’s assets has gained authorized approval, with the closing date to be “12:02 am on March 20 (ET) ”. Founded in 1934, Fox is one of the oldest[…..] […]
Asteri Unveils Large-Scale User Testing to Western Content Creators
From: Liz Pieri | Tuesday, March 12, 2019 ASTERI DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED CONSUMER TESTING TO DIGITAL CONTENT CREATORS Telemetry-Based Analytics Drive Organic, Actionable User Feedback Loop as Early as Week One Stop by for a Demo in GDC Booth N3306 Shreveport, Louisiana – March 12, 2019 – In preparation for Game Developer’s Conference (GDC), Asteri Holdings today announced its[…..] […]
Chinese think tank announces search for UK producer for £1.2m documentary project
(11th March 2019 – London) The China Institute for Innovation & Development Strategy (CIIDS), a non-governmental think tank, today announces it is searching for a UK specialist production company to partner with on a new documentary project. The Senior Producer of the documentary project Ms Huang Wei is visiting London this week as a participant in Pact’s UK China Creative Exchange programme[…..] […]
Winners Announced for 2019 Cartoon Movie Tributes
‘Buñuel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles’ director Salvador Simó, Amsterdam production studio Submarine, and German distributor Sola Media honored at 21st edition of European pitching and co-production event for animated features. By Jennifer Wolfe | Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 4:59pm Bordeaux, FRANCE — CARTOON MOVIE has announced the winners of the 2019 Cartoon Tributes, which are[…..] […]
Disney+ Will Open Full Film Vault to Fans
By Mercedes Milligan | March 7, 2019 If you weren’t already planning to adjust your monthly entertainment budget around the launch of Disney’s in-house streaming service, Disney+ (coming late 2019), company CEO Bob Iger has revealed that shortly after its debut the new platform will contain “the entire Disney motion picture library.” That’s right — no longer[…..] […]