Tagged: Animation
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Walter the Wandering Wave creator to crowdfund global TV pilot News
26.03.2013 Storybook and mobile app cartoon character Walter the Wandering Wave, created by Irish entrepreneur Shane Janssens, is set to have his own TV programme around the world....Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps -
Games Fleadh 2013 captures restless spirit of a local industry in rapid growth mode News
16.03.2013 The momentum and skill of Ireland’s rapidly growing games industry – which grew 90pc in the past three to four years – was captured in Thurles, Co Tipperary, this week when...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
40 new digital media jobs for Belfast through Jam Media expansion News
12.03.2013 Dublin digital media firm Jam Media, which specialises in kids’ animations, entertainment and mobile games, is to create 40 new jobs with the establishment of a world-class... -
Netflix to team up with DreamWorks on its first original series for kids News
12.02.2013 Having seen users stream more than 2bn hours of kids’ content in 2012 alone, Netflix is teaming up with the studio responsible for Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda to create... -
Irish cartoon The Amazing World of Gumball picks up an Emmy News
12.02.2013 Irish animation firm Boulder Media picked up the Kids Animation Award at the inaugural International Emmy Kids Awards in New York at the weekend for its cartoon The Amazing... -
Viral videos of the week – 03/02/2013 News
03.02.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a can of mixed nuts in space, Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, a very determined... -
Irish short film picks up Best Animation prize at Sundance Film Festival News
23.01.2013 An Irish Film Board-funded short film, Irish Folk Furniture, directed by Tony Donoghue, has won the prize for Best Animation at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. -
Digital animation firm Jam Media picks up a BAFTA for CBBC series 'Roy' News
26.11.2012 Dublin-based digital animation company Jam Media, which is in the midst of creating 60 new jobs as part of an €8.5m investment, last night picked up a BAFTA award for its...Categories: Software & Web Development, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Disney acquires Lucasfilm for US$4bn – Star Wars: Episode 7 in production News
31.10.2012 Digital entertainment giant Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for US$4bn in a deal that includes all of the company’s subsidiaries, including Lucasfilm Animation and its video games...Categories: Multimedia, Mergers & Acquisitions, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Deals Done, Consumer Tech -
107th anniversary of Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland receives Google Doodle treatment News
15.10.2012 Internet search giant Google has recreated the adventures of Little Nemo in Slumberland from cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay in an animated Google Doodle. -
Viral videos of the week - 14/10/2012 News
14.10.2012 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features some good choreography to recreate video games, a very special MinutePhysics... -
Two Irish-made animation firms up for International Emmy Kids Awards News
10.10.2012 Animation studios Brown Bag Films and Boulder Media have been nominated for Emmy Awards for their films Octonauts and The Amazing World of Gumball, respectively.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Rights to Colm Tobin’s ‘Science Fiction’ cartoon show snapped up by Aardman News
09.10.2012 TV and web writer and Twitter personality Colm Tobin’s ‘Science Fiction’ animation series has been selected by the UK distribution firm Aardman at MIPCOM in Cannes. -
Jam Media to create 60 new jobs on back of €8.5m investment News
08.10.2012 Dublin animation firm Jam Media is to create 60 new jobs after its TV series Roy was re-commissioned by the BBC. The re-commissioning of the series, announced from MIP in... -
Jam Media receives industry award ahead of CBeebies debut News
18.09.2012 Ireland’s emerging digital media landscape has received a boost in the form of a double whammy for animation company Jam Media, which was honoured at the 2012 Cartoon Tributes... -
One to Watch series: new animation start-up Giant Creative (video) News
20.08.2012 In the third featured start-up of our One to Watch series where we interview up-and-coming start-ups in the science, digital and technology space, we take a look at Giant... -
Ireland’s Animation Hub working with Terry Pratchett on next animated short News
26.07.2012 The Animation Hub – a collaboration between the Irish School of Animation at Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE), the Creative Arts, Technology and Culture... -
Havok’s physics engine to power new FPS game Defiance News
24.07.2012 A new first-person shooter called Defiance will be powered by Physics and Animation technology licensed to publisher Trion Worlds by Irish technology company Havok. -
Get lost in This Exquisite Forest, a collaboration between Google and the Tate Modern (video) News
19.07.2012 Google’s Creative Lab and the Tate Modern in London have teamed up to bring us This Exquisite Forest, an online art experiment that lets users contribute to short animations... -
First Angry Birds theme park attraction opens in Finland News
12.06.2012 Today, the Angry Birds world comes to life in the form of Angry Birds Land at the Särkänniemi theme park in Tampere, Finland, the first of many attractions to open across Europe.