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News: IMIRA ENTERTAINMENT AND TP VISION PARTNER TO LAUNCH iMIRAPLAY APP ON PHILIPS SMART TVS

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Content portal iMIRAPLAY to feature new programming 

Madrid, 01 December 2014: Imira Entertainment, Spain’s leading production and distribution company specialising in kids & youth programming, has signed a deal with manufacturer TP Vision to launch its multiscreen multi-language kids content platform iMIRAPLAY through Philips Smart TV. TP Vision manufactures Philips TV across Europe and Latin America, and this partnership will see the publication of the app on all new Philips Smart TVs across both territories. The app is also available to be installed on most existing Phillips devices. The dual-language iMIRAPLAY app has been developed by Spanish programming firm Fractal Media.

 

Imira has also expanded the range of programming available to consumers. The app initially included five original Imira Entertainment series, both in English and Spanish languages; Lucky Fred (52 x 12’), Sandra, the Fairytale Detective (52 x 13´),Lola & Virginia (52 x 12´), Saari (39 x 3´) and Vitaminix (104 x 2´), but has now extended the offering to include Tuba Entertainment’s Larva (104 x 2´ and 52 x 4´), the adventures of tiny penguin Pororo (52 × 7′), preschool-skewed City of Friends (52 x 10´and 2 x 30´), Argentinian sing along Horatio & the Plasticines (78 x 7´), hapless line drawing Mr. Simple (91 x 30’) and mischievous Mimi & Mr. Bobo (33 x 22’).

Following its launch earlier this year, the app is already available on a variety of connected devices and Smart TVs. After the recent deal between Imira and Toonz Entertainment, and the subsequent merger of the two programming catalogues, a range of Toonz content will soon also be available via the platform. Worldwide users can download and purchase content through the iMIRAPLAY app using the MYMOID payment service via mobile phone or tablet.

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News: New Moleskine sketchbooks beam your scribbles to Adobe’s Creative Cloud

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Engadget is reporting that Moleskine has released a sketchbook that works with Adobe’s creative Cloud and your iPhone. The Moleskine Smart Notebook uses your iPhone’s camera to capture sketches. Printed markings on each page help the iOS companion app transform captured JPGs to SVG files for later tweaking. Once you’re back at a computer, the images are stored in the cloud for easy access in Photoshop or Illustrator.

One might say, “Soooo essentially it’s a standard notebook you take pics of… what’s so great about that?” Ahhh, but it’s not JUST a notebook because it also converts the drawing to a vector, and the paper has a detectable grid so it corrects for angle and lens distortion. So a step or two past just taking a photo. Still don’t know if I’d use it myself but you might!

You can read the whole article here.

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News: DHX MEDIA AND CHINA’S CNTV TO LAUNCH NEW CHILDREN’S CONTENT PLATFORM

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DHX MEDIA AND CHINA’S CNTV TO LAUNCH NEW CHILDREN’S CONTENT PLATFORM

– DHX providing more than 700 half hours of Mandarin content –

Halifax, November 7, 2014 – DHX Media Ltd. (“DHX” or the “Company”) (TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B), a key player internationally in the creation of content for families and children, today announced it has entered into a cooperation agreement with China National Television (CNTV), the new-media broadcast division of China Central Television (CCTV), China’s state broadcaster, to launch a new streaming service exclusively dedicated to offering DHX’s children’s entertainment content across multiple platforms nationally in China. In the revenue sharing deal, DHX will provide more than 700 half hours of children’s content initially for the new service, which is expected to offer video on demand (VOD), advertising video on demand (AVOD) and subscription video on demand (SVOD) services. Some of the series DHX will be providing in Mandarin for the new streaming service include, Teletubbies, Inspector Gadget, Madeline and Sonic the Hedgehog, to be followed by additional DHX titles such as Caillou, Super Why!, Monster Math Squad and others. The as-yet-unnamed service will be available nationally in the People’s Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R. and Taiwan). A launch date has not yet been set.

The deal was announced today at a signing ceremony attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, in Beijing. DHX President and Chief Operating Officer, Steven DeNure, who represented DHX as a delegate in the Government of Canada’s official trade mission, stated: “Launching a new children’s streaming service with China’s official state broadcaster represents a tremendous opportunity to deliver DHX brands to a massive, emerging market. We are delighted and honoured to have been able to sign this cooperation agreement in Beijing today, as part of Prime Minister Harper’s trade delegation.”

 

Michael Hirsh, Vice Chairman of DHX Media, added: “Over the coming years we look forward to growing DHX’s global footprint, and critical to that will be expanding into China, one the world’s largest markets. In partnering with CNTV on this new streaming service, we feel we have the best possible collaborator for making that expansion a reality.”

DHX anticipates providing content on a continual basis to the new service as new series are produced at its animation studios in Halifax, Vancouver and Toronto, and through external production partners. In addition, the Company anticipates expanding the platform’s offering as additional series in its existing library of more than 10,000 half hours are dubbed into Mandarin.

About DHX Media Ltd.

DHX Media Ltd. (www.dhxmedia.com), a leading creator, producer, marketer and broadcaster of family entertainment, is recognized globally for such brands as Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Teletubbies, In the Night Garden, Inspector Gadget, Johnny Test, and the multi-award winning Degrassi franchise. DHX Media Ltd. is the owner of Family Channel, the most-viewed children’s television channel in Canada, as well as the channels Disney Junior (English & French) and Disney XD in Canada. The Company markets and distributes its library of more than 10,000 half-hours of entertainment programming worldwide, and licenses its owned properties through its dedicated consumer products business. DHX Media Ltd.’s full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group Ltd. (CPLG), represents numerous entertainment, sport and design brands. DHX Media Ltd. has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Munich and Amsterdam, and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols DHX.A and DHX.B.

About CNTV/CCTV

China Network Television (CNTV) is owned by CCTV International Network Ltd., which started broadcasting from December 28, 2009; its websites are www.cctv.com and www.cntv.cn. CNTV Services cover multiple terminals, such as video streaming websites, IPTV, mobile TV (mobile phone and tablet), OTT TV, with coverage in more than 190 countries. CNTV has six international language channels, which are English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian and Korean, additionally five local language channels, which are Mongolian, Uygur language, Kazakhstan language and Korean. CNTV broadcasts to all internet-based video distribution platforms.

Disclaimer

This press release contains forward looking statements with respect to DHX including the timing of the launch date of the as-yet-unnamed new children’s streaming service. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on information currently available to the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, among other things, include risks factors discussed in materials filed with applicable securities regulatory authorities from time to time including matters discussed under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s short form prospectuses dated November 14, 2013 and December 31, 2013, Annual Information Form, and annual Management Discussion and Analysis. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

For more information, please contact:

Investor relations, please contact:
Joann Head – Manager, Investor Relations, DHX Media Ltd.
joann.head@dhxmedia.com 
+1 416-977-7018

Media, please contact:
Shaun Smith – Director, Corporate Communications, DHX Media Ltd.
shaun.smith@dhxmedia.com
+1 416-977-6071

Or Aimee Norman, DDA Blueprint Public Relations

aimee@ddablueprint.com

+44 (0) 20 8985 4708

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News: Motion Computing CL920 Rugged Windows Tablet PC Overview

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If you’ve ever owned a Motion Computing product like the LE1600 or the LE1700 you know that until recently no one even came close to them in the Tablet Pc market and I would argue that even the Surface Pro 3  doesn’t quite get it right as far as my tests have revealed. In contrast, the old school LE1600 still pretty much works perfectly well as a digital sketchbook armed with Sketchbook Pro as long as you don’t choke it to death with the bloated XP Service packs Microsoft churned out to fix their security holes.

Anyway, today a Motion Computing partner CTS-Complete Tablet Solutions sent me an email about Motion’s newest endeavor the CL920 and at first glance it looks pretty sweet which doesn’t surprise me. At 1.9 lbs, (which is admittedly a bit bulky) armed with SSD drives, a 10″ Gorilla Glass 3 10 finger touch screen,  a spiffy Intel® Atomâ„¢ N2600 Dual Core Processor, sleek stylus, 8 hours of battery life, front and rear digital cameras, SD cards slot as well as micro HDMI, it’s really like a space age version of my old LE1600 FINALLY amped up for the 21st century. What also doesn’t surprise me is you can’t find anything on the site about pricing so I’m quite sure it’s going to be hella expensive. But still, with the Gorilla Glass and rugged chassis it likely won’t be scratching like the reports I’ve had about the Citniq Companion and the Surface Pro 3 screens are apparently doing. I’ve inquired about price and as soon as I know more I’ll update this post.

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News: Apple’s Next Hit Will Be a Surface Pro 3 Clone?

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Bloomberg is reporting that Apple’s next big product will be a tablet with a stylus something Mac artists have been salivating over for many years. They point to a number of factors, one being the success of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 as well as Samsung’s stylus pen line such as the Note 2, Note 4 Note 10.1 as well as the Note Pro 12.

Samsung debuted its first, much maligned and hugely successful Galaxy Note — the first phone with a bigger-than-5-inch screen — in September, 2011. For two years afterwards, Apple was content to present incremental improvements to the iPhone. Compared with the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5s just added a fingerprint sensor and an improved camera (plus a few other features that most consumers didn’t care about).

Meanwhile Apple carefully observed the “phablet” market, watched other handset makers follow Samsung’s example and erode its market share, and experimented with ways to make a big phone easier to navigate one-handed. It struck just when Samsung started posting lower profits, because of the increased competitive pressure.

This time it isn’t a Samsung product Apple is watching, but Microsoft’s Surface Pro.

Another article from back in January over at Business Week states that Apple has filed for patents using a stylus in conjunction with a tablet. Interesting!

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I think it would be in Apple’s best interest to create a product like this considering their biggest announcement this season was a higher resolution screen and some thinner iPads. Bleh. An Apple tablet with a stylus would blow the doors off of the Mac line and it’s likely set everyone into a fever pitch about styluses something us artists would love to see happen. What do you think? Would you like to see Apple finally come out with a Tablet?