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Proving that cartoons not just for kids
A childhood love of drawing that led to an expertise in animation is paying off handsomely for academic turned businessman K.C. Wong. Dr Wong, 46, started Sparky Animation six years ago with $500,000 and has built it into a major player in the entertainment industry.
MDA streamlines funding schemes
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has announced on Channel News Asia of its latest move to sharpen the funding process by streamlining its suites of funding programmes to provide a more systematic approach to support an increasingly sophisticated media industry. This is based on feedback from (more…)
From Muppets to dinosaurs
The 40 episodes of Dinosaur Train’s debut season aired on PBS Kids in the US and on Okto channel in Singapore in the last two months. Work has started on the second season.
Ms Henson says she and her staff had also looked at other companies in (more…)
MIPCOM 2010: First two commissions for Walker
Walker Productions has signed up its first two commissions with leading broadcasters.
Cbeebies will be the home of new pre-school series Tilly and Friends from 2012, which has been adapted from Polly Dunbar’s book series published by Walker Books. The TV production division of the company is (more…)
Dubai Freej animator decides to draw curtains on cartoon series
The cultural sensation’s final season is currently being produced and will be completed by December, although an exact date to air the show has not been disclosed.
Dubai:
Despite the booming success of Freej, that has being following its creator Mohammad Hareb for four years, the animator has (more…)
Playhouse Disney UK & Canada Broadcasters pick up ‘Mr Moon’
SINGAPORE:
Playhouse Disney (UK), TVO, Knowledge Network and SCN (Canada) have all acquired ‘Mr Moon’, The preschool show, which is produced by Singapore based Sparky Animation in association with Skaramoosh (London) and Title Entertainment (Ottawa) with support from the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
The distributors of the (more…)
The First 3D Animation Series in the Gulf
Freej is the title of the upcoming Arabic 3D animated series to be aired on Dubai TV starting Ramadhan 2006. Freej means ‘Neighbourhood’ in the Khaleeji dialect and would tell the comic story of four old ladies living in a small traditional neighbourhood in the outskirts (more…)
