DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to the young adult book series “Wicked” it was announced by Mark Sourian and Holly Bario, Co-Presidents of Production for the studio. Aaron and Matthew Benay have signed on to write the adaptation based on their own pitch. The Gotham Group will produce.
A New York Times [...]

Shawn Levy will direct the adventure film “Real Steel” for DreamWorks Studios, it was announced by Stacey Snider, CEO and Co-Chair of DreamWorks. John Gatins is writing the latest draft of the script. Levy will also serve in a producing capacity.
Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford are producing. Steven Spielberg will executive produce, [...]

New releases of Maple and MapleSim announced
Today, Maplesoft™ announced new releases of its core products – MapleSim™, the high-performance, multi-domain modeling and simulation tool, and Maple ™, the technical computing software for engineers, mathematicians, and scientists. These products are based on Maplesoft’s core technologies, which include the world’s most advanced symbolic computation engine and [...]

On the heels of its move into non-entertainment markets, Massive hires VP Product Strategy and Director of Finance
Massive Software, developer of the Academy Award®-winning 3D animation software for AI-driven characters, today announced the appointment of Kevin Mannion as VP Product Strategy and Israel Cooper as Director of Finance.
Most recently Mannion served as CEO [...]

Over 125 Million Pairs of FREE Intel 3D Glasses to Be Distributed at Retail Nationwide
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE:DWA) and PepsiCo’s SoBe Lifewater today announced that they have joined together with Intel Corporation and NBC to create a first-of-its kind, nationwide ‘Monstrous’ 3D event for Super Bowl XLIII. This first-ever all 3D Super Bowl [...]

Company Commits to Full Wireless HP Photosmart Printer Lineup by 2010
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today introduced offerings aimed at capturing a greater share of the combined $200 billion consumer personal publishing and small business marketing collateral markets.
The HP Creative Studio, an online portal for creative projects, provides easy access to online tools from HP as well as [...]

GlobeCast to provide pay TV network Showtime Arabia with a range of services including both transport and playout
London, 24 September 2008: GlobeCast has signed a new five-year deal with Showtime Arabia to provide content management and delivery services for 13 of its global channels, with services provided ranging from multiplexing, uplink, and aggregation to playout [...]

NAB2008
HP (NYSE:HPQ) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE:DWA) previewed a display technology that helps solve a longstanding obstacle for digital content creators: affordable and consistent color accuracy between devices.
The result of an unprecedented collaboration between the two companies, the HP DreamColor Technology computer display provides accurate, predictable color and a simple color management process [...]

NAB2008
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the immediate availability of two performance-boosted versions of its high-end personal workstation computers for digital content professionals in the broadcast, film/video post-production, animation and graphic arts industries.
In addition, the company will join DreamWorks Animation to present a keynote address at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas [...]

– Todd Bradley, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Roger Enrico to Discuss How Creativity Drives Innovation —
NAB2008
HP and DreamWorks will take the stage on Monday, April 14 at the NAB Show to discuss fast-approaching technology changes that have the opportunity to dramatically influence the broadcast, film/video post, animation and graphic arts industries.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive [...]