Roper Technologies to Acquire Foundry in $544M Deal

Foundry’s name and brands to remain unchanged under the continued leadership of CEO Craig Rodgerson in all-cash deal expected to close in April 2019. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 3:13pm SARASOTA, FL — Diversified technology company Roper Technologies has reached a definitive agreement to acquire CG content creation software developer Foundry in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly[…..] […]

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Image Engine Brings ‘Lost in Space’ to GTC 2019

Using assets from the award-winning Netflix series, NVIDIA teams with Autodesk and Vancouver VFX studio Image Engine to showcase real-time GPU-accelerated rendering workflows with RTX Server and Quadro vDWS. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, March 18, 2019 at 5:30pm Using real-world assets from Netflix’s award-winning show Lost in Space , NVIDIA this week is showcasing the flexibility and impressive rendering speed[…..] […]

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Unity and NVIDIA Bring Real-Time Ray Tracing for 3D Production to the Table

By Mercedes Milligan | March 18, 2019 Unity Technologies (unity3d.com), creator of the world’s most widely used real-time 3D development platform, is working closely with NVIDIA to offer production-focused early-access for real-time ray tracing in the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) starting Monday, with an optimized preview solution available for customers in the second half of 2019.[…..] […]

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Call for Entries: BIAF 2019

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[…..] […]

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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[…..] […]

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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[…..] […]

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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.[…..] […]

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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[…..] […]

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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[…..] […]

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