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VIZ Takes Manga Digital With iPad App
Manga is joining the digital comics revolution, as VIZ Media announces the release of a digital manga application for the Apple iPad. The free app has launched through the Apple iTunes Store, and allows users to buy and download manga titles directly within the application at a cost of $4.99 [...]
Kabillion Joins Time Warner Cable Lineup
L.A.-based multi-platform kids network Kabillion is now available on the Time Warner Cable lineup. The platform, which launched in January 2007, will not have a footprint of over 35 million digital cable households, which is 90% of the top 25 TV markets in the U.S. Kabillion is also available on [...]
Stiller to Produce Animated Zoolander Web Series
Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films has made a two-year, first-look deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment to develop live-action and animated webisodes and multi-platform social media games, reports Variety. Mike Rosenstein will oversea the new division of Red Hour. An animated spinoff of Stiller’s 2001 feature Zoolander and a tie-in social [...]
Henson Producing 2nd Season of Wilson and Ditch
The Jim Henson Co. is beginning production on a second season of its web-only animated social studios series Wilson & Ditch: Digging America for PBSKidsGo.org. The series features two brothers who tour the country in a green-powered van and visit major cities, parks and other attractions. The new season will [...]
Thomas & Friends Site Gets Overhaul
HIT Entertainment has given a complete overhaul to its Thomas & Friends website as it celebrates the animated preschool icon’s 65th anniversary. The redesign complements the switch to CG animation for a new Thomas & Friends series debuting this year. It also adds more than 90 new activities, 65 new [...]
Hero: 108 Online Game in Beta; iPad Prize Offered
Hero: 108 is getting into online gaming and is offering a 16 GB Apple iPad as a prize to players to reach level 25 during the open beta. The massive multiplayer online game is now in open beta, with a commercial launch set for the end of summer. The open [...]
Canada’s NFB Comes to the iPad
The National Film Board of Canada has arrived on the iPad. The organization has made the app available to users of the tablet computer device free of charge through the Apple iTunes store and the NFB’s download page at nfb.ca. The app allows users to watch more than 1,000 films [...]
Bagpuss, Clangers and Ivor Come to iTunes
Distributor Coolabi has cut a deal to make three classic children’s TV properties available through through Apple’s iTunes store. Bagpuss, Clangers and Ivor the Engine have all entered the top-five in the kids’ store chart for iTunes within days of their release. ‘By tapping into the huge iTunes market with [...]
DC Unveils Digital Comics Initiative
DC Comics has announced a digital publishing initiative that will make its popular comic book titles available through dedicated applications on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and through Sony’s PlayStation Network for the PSP. DC’s entry into digital publishing comes after much speculation about when and how the publisher would [...]
France Televisions Buys Three 3D Series for Web
France Televisions has acquired a trio of 3D animated series to broadcast on its website, according to Variety. The series are: ‘ Charlot, based on the films of Charlie Chaplin, this 104 x 6 min. series is set up at Method Animation and co-produced by MK2 and DQ Entertainment. ‘ [...]
BBC Says Good-Bye to...
The BBC Trust has confirmed that children’s programs will no longer be shown...
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