Dr. W - Mago Audiovisual Production S.L
Dr. W
26 x 4'
Children's - Animation
Mago Audiovisual Production S.L

Dr. W is a delirious doctor who's always searching for the truth of the natural facts of life. He hosts a general knowledge TV show where he explains things in his own funny and sarcastic way.

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David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - Passion Distribution
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
1 x 60'
Documentary - Biography & Profiles
Passion Distribution

This extraordinary documentary was shot over three years bringing us an unprecedented record of a major painter at work. It is a unique portrait of what inspires and motivates one of the world's greatest living artists.

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Fireflies - m e i s l e r . c o m
Fireflies
1 x 82'
Documentary – Documentary
m e i s l e r . c o m

Gili Meisler searched for his brother Giora, War MIA, twice in the past. First with his family, during the war, and ten years later in the Far East. Now Gili departs on a third journey...

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In Real Life - Apartment 11 Productions
In Real Life
13x60'
Children's - Entertainment
Apartment 11 Productions

In the exciting new reality series "IN REAL LIFE", eighteen kids – aged 12-14 – race across North America and compete in a series of thrilling real-life tasks...

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Hero:108 - Moonscoop
Hero:108
52 x 11'
Children's - Animation
Moonscoop

Both groundbreaking and visually stunning, Hero:108, the new animated comedy/action series, is a one-of-a-kind collaboration of artists from Asia, Europe and Hollywood.

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Street Kids of Mumbai - Digital Rights Group
Street Kids of Mumbai
1 x 60'
Factual - Documentary
Digital Rights Group

India is home to the largest number of street children in the world. UNICEF's estimate of 11m is considered to be a conservative figure. 10 - 15,000 children arrive in Mumbai alone every year. This film tells the stories of just a few...

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Disney frozen out of studios' digital JV

A consortium of leading studios, including Warner Bros, Sony, NBC Universal, Fox Entertainment, Paramount and Lionsgate, has teamed up with Microsoft to develop an industry-standard digital media framework – excluding Disney because of its association with Apple.

Initially, more than 20 companies will be involved in the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) – a digital rights management initiative to standardise the acquisition and playback of content across a range of services and devices. This could lead to the development of a rival to Apple's digital entertainment retail store iTunes.

Disney's exclusion from the joint venture will be seen as a pre-emptive attack on iTunes – Apple CEO Steve Jobs is Disney's largest single shareholder, with about 7% of the company's stock.

In addition to the above studios, other DECE launch partners will include Alcatel-Lucent, Best Buy, Cisco, Comcast, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Philips, Toshiba and VeriSign.

The consortium will aim to "address growing consumer confusion around buying, downloading and playing digital content offered by multiple services by working towards a simple, uniform digital media experience."

Mitch Singer, former exec VP of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Digital Policy Group, will serve as DECE president.

"To open up the market for digital distribution, we are developing a specification that connects a wide variety of services and devices," said Singer. "DECE is taking the lessons learned from the successful 'buy once, play anywhere' experience that we enjoy with CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray today, and using a similar approach in developing the next-generation digital media experience."

Over time, DECE will issue a licensable specification, along with a recognisable brand and logo for compliant products and services, which it says will "assure consumers that content they download will play on their devices."

The specification, based on mutually agreed industry standards, will outline the hardware and software requirements for companies to follow.

Adam Benzine
15 Sep 2008
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