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Aardman Animations shows now on iTunes UK
Aardman Animations has announced that its TV shows are now available for 1.89 GBP per episode from the iTunes U.K. store.
Shows include the Wallace and Gromit specials: A Close Shave, The Wrong Trousers and A Grand Day Out, along with the series of nine Wallace and Gromit short films. If Wallace and Gromit aren’t you’re cup of tea, you can choose from episodes of Angry Kid, Rex the Runt, and The Pearce Sisters.
Via AWN
Toy Story 2 added to iTunes store
Toy Story 2 has finally been added to the iTunes store, thus completing the collection of Pixar movies. The movie will set you back $14.99 with a file size of 1.03 GB. For those who don’t want to download it and would prefer a DVD, you can find it at any retailer for $19.99.
Aardman Animation’s Creature Discomforts
Aardman Animation has partnered up with the Leonard Cheshire Disability foundation to create a series of TV spots that bring forth the problems faced by disabled people. The name of the campaign is Creature Discomforts. If you live in the UK, you’ll see the commercials on TV. If you don’t, you can view them at the website, which also includes a behind the scenes feature.
Via Cartoon Brew
Disney to launch Cars game site
In 2008, Disney will launch an online game site based on the Disney/Pixar film “Cars,” Disney President and CEO Robert Iger said Nov. 29.
Disney is going to invest substantially in these types of sites over the next few years because of their potential in growing and maintaining interest in Disney film franchises. Instead of letting film franchises die, they can continue to live online, gaining new fans.
“You can live with and act with Lightning McQueen for years to come,” Iger added.
Via SF Valley Business Journal
Free South Park online video archive
MTV Networks has announced plans to make every clip from every episode of South Park available for free online next year.
Contrary to popular belief, offering versions of TV shows online has not hurt television ratings, and may have actually helped. “One does not diminish the other by any stretch of the imagination. That is kind of our hat trick,” said MTV Networks chairman and CEO Judy McGrath.
In August, Comedy Central signed a deal with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and agreed to spread South Park materials across the Web, on mobile phones and video games.
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