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Cartoon NetworkBuzz Watch: “The Clone Wars” - First Animated Star Wars Film By Lucasfilm AnimationAuthored by Jay Baage on May 23, 2008 - 6:21am.
The theatrical trailer for “The Clone Wars”, the first animated Star Wars film by Lucasfilm Animation, was just released. I didn't even know that there was an animated Star Wars movie in the works before I read about it on Laughing Squid, but it makes sense. Advance word is that this is the film that should have served as the prequel to Star Wars. The movie hits theatres August 15 and will be followed by the weekly The Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network. Smashing Ideas to Develop Mobile Games for Cartoon NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 12, 2007 - 12:34pm.
Atlanta - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) Cartoon Network and Smashing Ideas on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership for the development and distribution of multiple Cartoon Network mobile games, animated screensavers and wallpapers. Under the deal, Smashing Ideas will distribute the jointly-created Cartoon Network content across North America through carriers supporting Flash Lite content. Free Adult Swim College Concerts to Feature Ghostface, Trail of DeadAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2007 - 10:12am.
Atlanta - Adult Swim, the young adult animation network owned by Time Warner's Cartoon Network, this week announced that it will produce two free college concert tours this fall. They include a 12-campus hip-hop tour featuring Ghostface Killah and Witchdoctor, and another 12-campus rock tour with And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, and Dethklok, the latter of which is featured on the network's "Metalocalypse" series. Tickets to the free concerts are available from AdultSwimPresents.com. Sega Developing Two Games Based on Adult Swim Anime "Bleach"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 9, 2007 - 4:01pm.
San Francisco - Japanese game developer Sega has announced plans to publish two titles based on VIZ Media's anime series "Bleach," which appears in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. "Beach: Shattered Blade" is in development for the Nintendo Wii, while "Bleach: The Blade of Fate" will be released for the DS. Cartoon Network, AFI Digital Content Lab Port Web Games to ConsolesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2007 - 4:29pm.
Atlanta - The new media division at Time Warner's Cartoon Network said on Tuesday that it partnered with AFI's Digital Content Lab on a new service that will deliver the games offered on the network's website to broadband-enabled video game consoles. The MEGA Series service, expected to launch by early 2008, will be compatible with the PlayStation 3 and Wii and offer Flash-based games designed to be played simultaneously with streaming video, and delivered episodically. Cartoon Network to Offer Cartoon Character RingtonesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2007 - 2:23pm.
Los Angeles - Cartoon Network New Media, a unit of Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting, on Wednesday announced plans to introduce CallToons, a mobile application bundle that will include cartoon character-specific wallpapers, ringtones and other content. Career Moves: February 9, 2007Authored by dmw on February 9, 2007 - 2:58pm.
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Jim Samples, General Manager of Cartoon Network, Friday resigned under pressure following a promotional fiasco that snarled traffic in Boston and cost parent Turner Broadcasting $2 million to settle. A Turner spokeswoman declined to comment on whether Samples was forced to resign. Until a new head of the network is announced, the senior team members will report directly to Mark Lazarus, President of Turner Entertainment Group. Buzz Watch: Boston Ad Pranksters Speak Out... About HairAuthored by Jay Baage on February 2, 2007 - 11:22am.
Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, representing the New York-based marketing firm Interference gave a press conference today to explain their marketing campaign that shut down a highway and caused the deployment of bomb squads throughout Boston on Wednesday evening (see the DMW story from yesterday here). I guess they were adviced by their lawyer not to talk about the charges they face after the ad campaign went awry. So instead, they talk about hair through the ages (let's hope Fox News don't pull this clip down from YouTube - on Friday it already had over 350,000 views):
Outdoor Electronic Advertising Blitz Leads to Bomb Scare in BostonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2007 - 11:51am.
Boston - A multi-city advertising blitz for the Cartoon Network TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" that employed electronic displays placed in conspicuous public spots led to the shutting down of a highway and the deployment of bomb squads throughout Boston on Wednesday evening. CNN, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network TV Shows Added to iTunesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 1, 2006 - 3:23pm.
Los Angeles - Turner Broadcasting System announced on Tuesday that it has made new episodes of TV programming from CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network available for purchase and download from Apple's iTunes Store. Episodes of programs including "CNN Presents," "Johnny Bravo," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "The Venture Bros." and "Sealab 2021" will sell for $1.99 each.
Korea's Grigon to Develop Online Multiplayer Game for Cartoon NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 19, 2006 - 12:32pm.
Atlanta - Time Warner's Cartoon Network announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Korea-based Grigon Entertainment to develop its first massively multiplayer online game.
Cartoon Network to Launch U.K. Broadband TV ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2006 - 12:42pm.
London - Premium TV, a U.K.-based provider of broadband and mobile delivery technology, announced on Thursday that Turner Broadcasting Systems has hired the company to create a U.K. broadband TV service for its Cartoon Network.
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CNN, Cartoon Network Sue Cablevision Over Network DVR ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 30, 2006 - 1:38pm.
New York - Time Warner's Cartoon Network and CNN networks have joined the major Hollywood movie studios and TV networks in suing Cablevision, over the cable TV provider's planned network-based digital video recorder service, Reuters reported.
Cartoon Network to Launch Broadband Streaming Anime ChannelAuthored by dmw on April 25, 2006 - 1:25pm.
Atlanta - Time Warner's Cartoon Network announced on Tuesday that it teamed with manga publisher VIZ Media on Toonami Jetstream, a new broadband streaming video service for anime. Set to launch on July 17, the service will provide on-demand, full-length streaming episodes of anime series featured on Cartoon Network, including "Naruto," "Samurai Jack," "Hikaru No Go" and "The Prince of Tennis".
Cartoon Network to Launch Broadband Streaming Anime ChannelAuthored by dmw on April 25, 2006 - 1:25pm.
Atlanta - Time Warner's Cartoon Network announced on Tuesday that it teamed with manga publisher VIZ Media on Toonami Jetstream, a new broadband streaming video service for anime. Set to launch on July 17, the service will provide on-demand, full-length streaming episodes of anime series featured on Cartoon Network, including "Naruto," "Samurai Jack," "Hikaru No Go" and "The Prince of Tennis".
Hasbro Multimedia Player to Offer Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon ContentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 14, 2005 - 6:53am.
Pawtucket, R.I. - Toymaker Hasbro's Tiger Electronics unit announced on Monday that it has signed license agreements with Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, to feature content from the networks' animated TV series on its new portable video player for the "tween" market, the VUGO Multimedia System. The $119 device, available this fall, will feature a 3-inch color screen and 128MB of memory to store TV shows, music and photos. Content available through the licensing deals will include episodes of "Dexter's Laboratory," "Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends," "SpongeBob SquarePants," "Danny Phantom" and "Jimmy Neutron."
Denmark's The Game Factory to Develop Cartoon Network TitleAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 27, 2005 - 4:13am.
Braband, Denmark - Danish video game developer The Game Factory announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Time Warner's Cartoon Network, to develop a new racing game for PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS based on the network's original animated series. The title will feature characters from "The Powerpuff Girls," "Cow & Chicken," "Courage, the Cowardly Dog," "I Am Weasel," "Johnny Bravo" and "Dexter's Laboratory." The as yet untitled game is slated for release in the fall of 2006.
AOL, Cartoon Network Launch Contest for Online Game DevelopersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2004 - 7:45am.
Atlanta -- Time Warner subsidiaries AOL and Cartoon Network on Thursday announced a contest that will let a video game developer create an online game for CartoonNetwork.com. The "Project Goldmaster" contest will be offered in conjunction with the Independent Games Festival, which will determine ten finalists from which Cartoon Network will choose a winner. The winner will then develop a game based on a Cartoon Network property such as "Codename: Kids Next Door," "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" or "Samurai Jack." Development of the title will be chronicled in an online AOL Journal, which will post video vignettes, early storyboards, screen images and interviews with the game-makers for AOL members.
Game Developer Take-Two Gets "First-Look" Rights to Cartoon Network SeriesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 11, 2004 - 9:18am.
New York -- Take-Two Licensing, a unit of the video game publisher responsible for the "Grand Theft Auto" game franchise, announced on Wednesday an agreement with cable TV channel Cartoon Network allowing Take-Two 'first-look' rights to develop and publish video games for all new Cartoon Network properties. Cartoon Network has previously licensed its properties to a number of different developers, including Bam Entertainment, Majesco and Amaze Entertainment, who have created games based on series including "Powerpuff Girls" and "Samurai Jack." The first property licensed by Take-Two under the agreement will be the network's series "Codename: Kids Next Door." "This partnership will harness the strengths of both companies to build on existing brands and create new ones. Ultimately, we hope to see the simultaneous launch of a new series with a multi-platform video game," said John Friend, senior vice president of Cartoon Network Enterprises.
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