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B. Water Asia Launches In Singapore With France TV Euro-Asia Animation Series Co-Pro

Newly established blue-chip Singaporean animation studio B.Water Asia is joining hands with public broadcasting giant France Televisions on CRAYONS – a 52×7 min hybrid 3D-live action animation to be produced and financed out of Asia and Europe in Q1 2020. B. Water Asia, a fresh joint venture between Europe’s B.Water Animation Studios and Singapore’s 108 Media,...

Other New Shows for ATF include Chang’an Meets Rome and P. King Duckling

Lynn Zhang, Vice President, CHNPEC, the TV Program Marketing Dept. of CITVC, CCTV’s international business division, announced that the finished documentary Chang’an Meets Rome will be available for the first time at the Asia TV Forum 2019 in Singapore. Chinese and Italian producers collaborated on the documentary and it...

Zee Global Content Sales Announces Content Slate For Asia TV Forum (ATF) Singapore

Geared up with a strong line-up of feature films, drama series, health & wellness shows and documentary & travelogue series for APAC audience Zee Global Content Sales, a licensing and syndication arm of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), today announced a bouquet of variety content for Asia...

‘The Dream Zone’ continues to inspire new talent and innovation

This year, SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 featured eminent industry figureheads who are at the cutting-edge of the CGI, FX and Animation industries. The theme ‘The Dream Zone’ inspired continuing dialogue about the industry’s challenges, and responsibilities, for matters such as cybersecurity for virtual worlds and characters, the impact...

Frozen 2’, ‘Toy Story 4’ among others nominated for 2020 Annie Awards

The Annie Awards have drawn up an impressive crop of nominees for its 2020 ceremony. The International Animated Film Association — an industry organization that annually recognizes the best animation in the entertainment industry — announced Monday a full list of honourees that will compete for the...

Kaley Cuoco becomes Harley Quinn

For over a decade, Kaley Cuoco charmed and delighted audiences on The Big Bang Theory, which officially aired its series finale earlier this year. Now, Cuoco is taking part in a completely different kind of comedy series, by voicing the titular character in the animated Harley Quinn series. Cuoco also serves as...

Disney scores highest numbers in OTT platforms

Walt Disney is having a great time lately after the phenomenal start for its streaming service Disney+, which received record streaming viewers than expected. This follows on the growing success of the company’s other two OTT platforms – Hulu and ESPN+. In a recent regulatory filing, the...

‘Batman’ Actress Joan Staley dies at the age of 79

Joan Staley, the film, TV and stage actress whose memorable film roles included opposite Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, alongside Elvis Presley in Roustabout, and on TV in series including Perry Mason and 77 Sunset Strip, died November 24. She was 79. Her first husband, onetime TV director Chuck Staley, announced the news on social media...

‘Black Widow’ to be released in India before US

Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow will release in India on April 30, 2020, a day before its release in the US. Marvel Studios’ Black Widow will open in India in six languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. “Over the last few years, Marvel movies have...

3D Sparrow and Bejuba! to bring ‘Booba’ on screen

3D Sparrow, the global animation studio and content creator behind children’s series Booba announces a new partnership with international children’s distributor Bejuba!. The partnership will see Bejuba! premiering the new season 3 for the broadcast community and will be promoting Booba’s broadcast presence through season 1 and...