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Award-winning production company th1ng has been commissioned by JWT London to direct and produce twelve adverts for a global TV ad campaign for HSBC to promote its HSBC Advance account.
Created by 'Anthony Farquhar-Smith,' one of the directing trio Tom, Dick & Harry at th1ng, the ads...
On Monday, May 10th, songwriter/bandleader Louis Schwadron - former member of The Polyphonic Spree and Rufus Wainwright's band - delivered a rousing performance at New York's Mercury Lounge with his new band SKY WHITE TIGER. Sid Finch...
Lauren Lung has been named vice president and general manager of Kodak's Entertainment Imaging Division in North and South America. Prior to this role, Lung was VP of Corporate Business Development and Marketing Operations, having global responsibility for the company's business development...
AFI FEST presented by Audi officially announced its dates and call for entries today for the 24th annual event. AFI FEST will be held November 4 through 11, 2010 in Hollywood, California at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Mann Chinese 6 at the Hollywood & Highland Center, and...
Matt Miller, President and CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and T.K. Knowles, Chairman of the 2010 AICP Show, The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, and Executive Producer/Managing Director of Bob Industries, announced today the release of the...
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) issued this statement in response to a news report that FCC Chairman Genachowski is leaning toward not reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service.
"The Writers Guild of America, East is deeply troubled by the report in the May 2...
Leaders in the field of Computer Arts & Graphics from Asia were taking the MIPTV 2010 by storm when design and animation giant, IMAGIMAX from Thailand signed a lucrative deal with Elite Animation, a MSC-status company from Malaysia.
"The joint-production will beneft both countries...
Indaba Music, the leading online destination for music creation, is proud to announce the official debut of Mantis, its new web-based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Mantis enables anyone, from anywhere in the world, to record, edit and mix high-quality audio - for free. In 2009, with the...
Ruben Latre, a commercial director from Madrid, Spain now based in New York and working exclusively for Kipany Pictures, has received an unprecedented three nominations for his commercial work from 2009.
Latre's unique visual style is exemplified in his nominated commercials "Imagen" (...
Shooters Post & Transfer announced today that High-Definition post production will no longer cost its clients more than that of Standard Definition work.
How can Shooters do that? It's simple really....
Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and year-round artist development programs and exhibition events, announced additional official film selections and programming for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival,...
The International 3D Society released a 3D revenue study showing that 3D movie fans are driving opening weekend box office revenues by significant margins.
The report shows opening weekend 3D ticket revenues outpacing 2D ticket sales by margins of 2 to 1. The report states that Alice in...
Thirteen students from 10 U.S. colleges and universities have been named winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Academy members will view these films at special screenings and vote to determine the winner's placements. The...
Pixel Power, a leading supplier of broadcast graphics systems, has today announced its partnership with the Digital Media Centre (DMC), one of Europe's most advanced digital media facilities, for the delivery of 3D coverage of the Masters Golf, from Augusta, Georgia, which took place this month...
"SAINTS LA" has been launched in Downtown Los Angeles as a new, full-service, visual effects, broadcast design, and motion graphics production boutique, specializing in the creation of visual imagery for TV commercials, feature films, television programs and promos, web content, videogames, and...
Can YOU Party Down and serve 'em up? Based on the critically-acclaimed Starz comedy series, "Party Down" Starz Digital Media and AvatarLabs brings this fun game about keeping your balance while serving demanding patrons after you've had a few cocktails.
In PARTY DOWN - WAITER WOBBLE,...
Cirkus - an Internationally renowned animation company based in New Zealand, with a full-time creative director in New York, increases its reach into the US with the appointment of Daria Zeliger as North American rep to compliment...
Design house Mr. Wonderful teamed up with new media boutique Northern Lights to design, animate and edit the video portion of the Robin Hood Foundation...
Santa Monica-based Standard Time, a full-service advertising and design agency, launches with a spate of recent work for CVS/pharmacy, Williams-Sonoma, DC Shoes, Monster Energy, and LA-based fashion label Seneca Rising, among others. The...
Songs To Your Eyes (STYE), one of the leading music library companies in the world, and its founder, Opher Yisraeli, have announced that they will sub publish the IDYLLIUM Classical Music Catalogue in North America along with numerous other territories.
IDYLLIUM is a beautifully recorded...