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Thai government to push National GDP contribution of Creative Economy to 20% by 2012;
- Fosters international business alliances at ACE & VC Forum 2010
Continuing its commitment of growing the business in the Thai animation and content creation sector by the means of international co productions, alliances and collaborations, the Thai government recently organized yet another business focused event in Phuket. Read more... |
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Participants share Experience and Feedback @ ACE and VC Forum 2010 Read More...
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3 MOUs signed at the ACE and VC Forum 2010
On the concluding note, Dr.Wuttipong Pongsuwan Vice President Technology Transfer
Software Industry Promotion Agency shared, "The Asia Business Matching for Creative Economy 2010 and Venture Capital Forum Asia 2010 events have played an important role as a driving force for creative economy by the Government's national policy that stated Thailand to become a production base for digital content's knowledge exchanges and for export digital content regionally in the near future. Asia Business Matching for Creative Economy 2010.Read |
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DMA AWARD 2010 at the ACE and VC Forum 2010
Along with the Business Matching at the ACE and VC Forum, the government also organized an 'DMA Award 2010' for Film, Animation and Games category to emphasize the quality and potential of the digital content in Thailand. The judges were from 'Supannahongsa awards which is an annual event for Thai film & animation industry. This is the first year of DMA awards, and it shall continue every year.Read |
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Double Negative Singapore embellishes Sorcerer's Apprentice, Iron Man 2 & more
The Singapore division of one of the world's leading VFX facilities Double Negative which opened a year back with a team size of 8 today boasts of an impressive lineup of projects and a team of 55 and growing. Over the last one and half years the studio has significantly contributed to the cutting edge of VFX of high profile feature projects such as Iron Man 2, Green Zone, Kick Ass and most recently Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice.Read |
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 highlights- Courses from Blizzard and Industrial Light & Magic
The 3rd ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 will be held on 15-18 December 2010 in Seoul, Korea. The event will have courses providing invaluable learning opportunities in three formats: tutorials, half-day courses, and full-day courses.Read |
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The first Philippines Game Development festival to be held in September
The first ever Philippines Game Development festival will be held at the University of Philippines Diliman campus in Diliman, Quezon City from 14th to the 18th of September 2010. The festival intends to promote the Game Development profession for the youth by showcasing the various exciting achievements of the local game development industry.Read |
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Toy Story 3 Crosses $1 Billion
Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3 will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Aug. 27, 2010, joining Alice in Wonderland as the second $1 billion film this year from The Walt Disney Studios - the first studio in history to accomplish this feat.Read |
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3 MOUs signed at the ACE and VC Forum 2010
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BY ANIMATION XPRESS ASIA PACIFIC
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At the closing ceremony of the ACE and VC Forum, three MOUs were signed between Thai and the international companies.
The MOU's were between the following companies-
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"TIGA" (Thailand) and "ANTAH - UTV" (Malaysia) for Development and production "Coco Rabbit" animation series Season #3
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Byte in a Cup (Thailand) and Fatcheez Pte Ltd. (Malaysia) with Animation Xpress Asia Pacific for the Merchandising and licensing rights for 'The Salad'
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"G Motif" (Thailand) and "Bigbeak Pictures" (Malaysia) for production of "Shadow of Symphony" animation
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On the concluding note, Dr.Wuttipong Pongsuwan Vice President Technology Transfer
Software Industry Promotion Agency shared, "The Asia Business Matching for Creative Economy 2010 and Venture Capital Forum Asia 2010 events have played an important role as a driving force for creative economy by the Government's national policy that stated Thailand to become a production base for digital content's knowledge exchanges and for export digital content regionally in the near future. Asia Business Matching for Creative Economy 2010 and Venture Capital Forum Asia 2010 projects have met their objectives of becoming the digital content industry's showcase for promoting Thai producers' abilities and competencies in terms of the skills in human resources and the advancement in technology that meets with international standards which can be seen through the 10 DMA Awards categorized in film, animation, and game. Moreover, the digital content entrepreneurs from Thailand are able to participate in 360 business matching sessions that drove forces of digital content industry towards international market expansion and foreign direct investment or joint production in Thailand of over 1000 million baht investment."
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