Animation & Graphics

Integrated telecommunications company Bharti Airtel ("Airtel') today announced the launch of its operation in Rwanda, expanding its footprint on the African continent to 17 countries. Airtel has already said that it will invest over US$100m in its operations over the next three years and generate direct and indirect employment opportunities.

Bharti Airtel has announced significant milestones in its endeavor to build a "green’ environment friendly mobile network and reduce its carbon footprint in Africa. The company said that over one year, it has reduced the number of telecom sites running solely on diesel by more than 50% by overcoming the challenge of lack of grid connectivity through use of innovative models such as Hybrid Battery Bank.

Chyron and German software developer Ventuz Technology AG have entered into a strategic technology partnership.

Orad, a leader in broadcast graphic solutions, has announced the release of the latest version of the Maestro enterprise graphics solution. Maestro addresses all of broadcasters’ graphics needs for real time, pre- and post-production environments.

Johannesburg-based MediaCloud Networks, through an exclusive deal with Vodacom, is an innovative new business solution that provides a single intelligent broadband network with the aim of creating a national cloud based service, linking all media entities into a value added service that allows users to stream, send and store data.

Masters & Savant Worldwide recently purchased Autodesk Smoke, a complete finishing system for visual media, aimed at television and film production.

Arad Productions and 41 Entertainment LLC ("41e') have granted the US television rights to Disney XD for the brand new animated action comedy series tentatively entitled PAC-MAN - The Adventure Begins (26 x 22’) in time for a fall 2013 airing.

Some 2,300 participants are expected at the 2012 edition of the International Animation Film Market (Mifa), which over the past 25 years has established itself as the leading event on the industry calendar.

ObjectVideo, a leader in Intelligent Video, has announced the general availability of version 6 of its industry-leading video analytics product. ObjectVideo (OV)6 contains a major science revision of the software’s core content analysis engine, which significantly improves target detection, separation, tracking and classification of objects within the video scene.

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has completed a project to assist the National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana with the development of its 5-year Strategic Plan. The Plan will help the NCA to continue facilitating the fast growth that the country’s ICT sector has witnessed over the last decade, over which period, for example, Ghana’s mobile penetration rate grew from 0.67% to 81%.