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Drone Cameras: the news will find you everywhere
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ABC
Wednesday 22 February, 2012 (Australia)

Three thou gets you a flying eyeball, in HD, on a tiny chopper. The new invisibility cloaks being developed cost rather more, so the battle for privacy just became asymmetrical.

DreamWorks: to take Panda home
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Screen Hub
Friday 17 February, 2012 (U.S.A.)

DreamWorks Animation (DWA), producer of the Kung Fu Panda and Shrek franchises, is tomorrow expected to announce a new venture with Shanghai Media Group and China Media Capital. The announcement is expected to be made during a Hollywood visit by China`s vice president, Xi Jinping.

NHNZ: Image Recognition Project
NHNZ
Friday 17 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

The University of Otago and NHNZ Moving Images have signed a research agreement that could revolutionise production footage logging practices and footage archives around the globe.

Canon: appoints A2Z as NZ dealer
Wednesday 15 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

Canon New Zealand is proud to announce the appointment of A2Z Technologies as a Canon authorised dealer in the New Zealand market for the recently announced EOS C300/C300 PL Digital Video Camcorder, for high-resolution motion picture production. From today, A2Z Technologies will handle the sales, service support and integration for the EOS C300/C300 PL and related lenses.

Ghost Rider: Marvel at IP cruelty
Bleeding Cool
Monday 13 February, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Gary Friedrich created (maybe sort-of), the Ghost Rider character for Marvel. Recent lawsuits about his income and rights to exploit the character are turning into a PR nightmare for the company.

Videocraft: EOS C300/C300 PL Interchangeable-Lens Digital Video Camcorder
Friday 10 February, 2012 (Australia)

Videocraft have announced that they are now an official Canon Cinema EOS dealer. Videocraft will also handle the sales, rental, service support and integration for the EOS C300/C300 PL and related lenses. The company also recently held demonstrations of the new, revolutionary Canon Cinema EOS C300 camera in its Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra offices.

Deluxe: buys a chunk of the Hong Kong industry
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Screen Hub
Friday 10 February, 2012 (Australia)

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, headquartered in Los Angeles, has bought Centro Digital Pictures, based in Hong Kong. It will actually be run from the company formerly called Atlab, based in Sydney. Therein lies a fascinating tale of our role in a global cultural marketplace.

IPTV: 300,000 mesmerised
Advanced TV
Wednesday 8 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

Ten percent of subscription services now delivered over broadband. Maybe not if they had actually finished cabling Australia.

Lemac: joins Canon at the barricades for camera revolution
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Screen Hub
Friday 10 February, 2012 (Australia)

Having bent the camera market into a small revolution with the 5D and 7D, Canon hopes to do it again with a new range of cameras. The landing ground in Australia is Lemac, resurgent after tragedy.

Marc Swadel: captures FujiRock
NZCS
Wednesday 8 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

Marc Swadel reports on shooting the Chemical Brothers in Japan.

Annies 2012: `Tintin` takes two
Screen Hub
Wednesday 8 February, 2012 (U.S.A.)

It was, perhaps, no surprise that the film voted the favourite of the organisers` members also came away with the highest number of best in category awards. Rango took out five gongs including Best Animated Feature, as many as Tintin, Apes and Penguins picked up between them.

Global Television: building a nest for a fox
Screen Hub
Monday 6 February, 2012 (Australia)

With the contract to provide facilities for the Fox HD AFL coverage for the next five years, Global Television is remodelling its Melbourne headquarters to incorporate two studios exclusively for Fox.

Brief: Deluxe acts on release print plan
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Screen Hub
Friday 3 February, 2012 (Australia)

The word is out that Deluxe is finally moving its release print business offshore. It is an important symbolic moment.

Sky: launches closed captions
Wednesday 1 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

It`s a giant step forward for the deaf and hearing impaired communities on February 1st 2012, when SKY Television launches closed captioning on 13 popular channels.

Nullarbor: Mathers and Munton on the ABC
ABC
Tuesday 31 January, 2012 (Australia)

Independent animators score serious interview on ABC News Breakfast.

VES: FX little change to board
Screen Hub
Friday 27 January, 2012 (New Zealand)

A couple of Animfx regulars have again been elected to the board of the Visual Effects Society (VES).

Berlinale: which Australia feature made the cut?
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Screen Hub
Friday 27 January, 2012 (Germany)

This is right on so many levels. We have one Australian project which is a co-production with Finland and Germany, and has been crowd-sourced. The film`s story only adds to the charm of Iron Sky in wintry Berlin.

Independent Cinemas: two players try to step into one hole
Screen Hub
Friday 27 January, 2012 (New Zealand)

Cinedigm and Edge Digital Cinema (EDC) are offering independent exhibitors rival options for going digital with the help of US studio money. Will one come out on top, or is there room for both of them?

Going digital: assistance package announced
Wednesday 25 January, 2012 (New Zealand)

Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss today announced details of the Government’s Going Digital Targeted Assistance Package.

VFX: the tricks propping up the Boardwalk Empire
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Vimeo
Monday 23 January, 2012 (U.S.A.)

VFX before and after shots for the second series of Boardwalk Empire demonstrate just how little is real in the frame.

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