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Leading kids’ entertainment specialist Cake has announced a deal with Cartoon Network for a fourth season of multi-award winning comedy hit series Angelo Rules.

The forthcoming series of 52 x 11 minutes will premiere on Cartoon Network (as well as other Turner Kids channels in select markets) in EMEA and APAC in 2018 and promises to keep fans on the edge of their seats with new plot twists, on-trend technology including virtual reality, crowdfunding, Skype and social media as well as introducing brand new characters, who add a fun new dynamic to Angelo’s gang.

Cake CCO and managing director Ed Galton said, “Angelo Rules has broadcast continuously on Cartoon Network since launch and we are thrilled to team up with them once again on the fourth series, which we will be launching internationally at MIPCOM this year.”

Angelo Rules revolves around 11-year-old Angelo, a sweet-talking genius with a knack for getting out of trouble and became an instant hit when it debuted in 2010. Aimed at six to 12 year olds, it has aired in over 100 countries and has been widely recognised within the animation industry, receiving a Pulcinella Award at the 2010 Cartoons on the Bay Festival for the best kids TV series. Three mobile (Android and iOS) games: Angelo Rules – A Busy Day, Angelo Skate Away and Angelo Run and several mini games accompany the series.

Based on the French series of books Comment Faire Enrager, Angelo Rules is a Teamto-Cake co-production with TeleTOON+ in collaboration with France Televisions and Super RTL, written by Sylvie de Mathuisieulx and illustrated by Sebastien Diologent.

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MEAI (Media & Entertainment Association of India) has once again put together an Indian delegation to Gwangju Ace Fair this year. The delegation, headed by MEAI president Sushil Bhasin is the largest Indian delegation to Gwangju Ace Fair.

Sushil Bhasin

Sushil Bhasin comments, “It has been an endeavour of MEAI to increase the exposure of Indian production studios and one of the ways has been through building international delegations. We are glad to put together the biggest delegation to Ace Fair and hope that the delegation concludes business.”

Indian representative for Ace Fair 2017 and Chitkara University dean Vineet Raj Kapoor comments, “I find Ace Fair as the most affordable way for an Indian Indie Studio to learn about international content markets. With a package costing less than a lakh of rupees including air ticket, hotel and stall, there is no way you can find an easier way to interact with international buyers. I thank MEAI and AnimationXpress for their support for the delegation.”

Delegates:

1. 7Mantle Studios, Michele Sereno
7Mantle Studios is full service development and production studio that converts storytelling and education into an exciting medium of visual excellence and information.

2. Bhasin Studios, Sushil Bhasin

Bhasinsoft produces 2D and 3D animation for clients in Europe, Middle East and USA. It also produces apps and games for iOS, Android and Windows.

3. Drum Attack, Brijesh Sereno

Drum Attack is an educational system that helps aspiring drummers and professional drummers by providing an ecosystem that comprises hardware and software tools, offline and online drum classes to assist the drummer.

4. Encore Films, Ankur Bhasin

Encore Films is one of India’s largest independent  distributors of children’s content. Its portfolio encompasses of animated and live action tv series, movies, shorts and web series. It also invests and produces feature films and OTT content.

5. iLO Entertainment, Rinu K.R. and Aruna Kumar
iLO Entertainment (Singapore and India) is a global animation and feature film production, distribution and entertainment company.

6. Jugnu Kids, Kamal Pahuja
Jugnu Kids is a YouTube channel for kids and preschoolers with rhymes which are 3D animated and designed to give your kids best and enjoyable learning.

7. Pencillati Studios, Vivek Singh Sidhu
Pencillati is a fast growing production studio that specialises in game art, CGI and animation films. The studio focuses on creating a high-quality visual experience through efficient customised workflow design.

8. Pencillati Interactive, Tarun Jain
Pencillati Interactive is an art production studio designed to provide services to creative agencies. It provides the complete solution in animation, interactive, games, augmented reality, virtual reality and VFX.

9. Rocksalt Interactive Games, Deepak Jadhav
Rocksalt is a production studio that provides high quality services to the gaming and animation industry.

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Viacom 18’s video-on-demand streaming service VOOT, has won the coveted International Broadcasting Convention 2017 (IBC 2017) Innovation Award for content distribution for its progressive web app (PWA) product- VOOT Lite.

IBC, which annually awards the latest innovations in media and technology, recognised VOOT’s pioneering initiative in giving mobile web users an app like experience in consuming digital video.

VOOT was the only online video service that was shortlisted for the awards, along with other leading organisations, amongst 190 plus entries from around the world.  VOOT won the award at a prestigious ceremony in Amsterdam yesterday.

VOOT is the first video platform in the world to have launched a progressive web app (PWA) product and that includes offline page caching functionality, fast loading, responsive interface and push notifications. VOOT was an early adopter of this technology which led to a huge jump in users and video watch-time on its mobile web. The Add To Home Screen feature of PWA allows the user to launch the page from their home screen like a native app and a service worker decreases load times.

Speaking about the awards, Viacom 18 Digital Ventures COO Gaurav Gandhi added, “To win the IBC 2017 Innovation Award for content distribution is a huge honour for us at VOOT. In the video steaming business, both content and technology play an equally important role. While Viacom 18 is well known for pioneering efforts and leadership in the content business, it is indeed great to have our company feature on the global technology leaderboard as well. In this business particularly, partnerships and alliances are key to achieving big milestones and we would like to thank the team at Google for providing us support in our PWA.”

VOOT by Viacom 18, launched in 2016 currently hosts over 40,000 hours of content on its streaming service and has over 25 million monthly active users. It has a plethora of popular content—including blockbuster movies, largest library of premium kids’ shows, VOOT originals, online-only features, and a huge library of popular TV shows across languages made available for streaming across India. The ad-supported VOD service, besides being the singular destination for the Viacom 18 network content, also has a big focus on digital originals, besides being the leader in the kids’ digital video space.

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Video of the trip we did to China together with Aryz last year, where he was invited to paint a wall. During our stay there, we had plenty of problems… which just a few can be seen in the video…but we hope that after seeing this you’ll get a small taste of what happened there. Special thanks to Seth, Bin, Alex and all the guys who got involved in the project. Film and Edit By : Germán Rigol Artwork By : Aryz Music By : Aesop Rock aryz.es Chongqing, China 2016

Le clip officiel du tube de Dorothée en 1982.

JF Porry /G. Salesses
© 1982 AB Group / Believe music