Monthly Archive: March 2020

Bob Iger gives up his salary, cuts top executive’s pay to cope up during Coronavirus pandemic

Walt Disney executive chairman Bob Iger will forgo his entire multi-million dollar salary and other top executives will take pay cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to the LA Times, senior executives, including Iger, would slash their salaries to “shoulder the burden” during the company’s response to...

Indian Information and Broadcasting Ministry re-telecasts iconic 80s shows during the lockdown

Coronavirus outbreak and 21-day lockdown in India recently spurred on the government to treat the nostalgia-stricken Indian to 80s’ and 90s’ iconic shows — Ramayana and Mahabharat and the recent entrant is fan favourite Shaktiman. While the broadcasting of epics Ramayan and Mahabharat began on 28 March on public demand, Shaktiman actor and producer announced in his live...

Tencent Games joins hands with Chinese mobile company Huawei to design games

Tencent Games, that has designed hits like PUBG: Mobile and Arena of Valor, is creating a cloud gaming platform with Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei. The service, to be called GameMatrix, will leverage the power of Huawei’s Kunpeng series of processors, reports news portal wccftech. GameMatrix will predictably make its debut in...

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle to lend her voice on a Disney documentary

Meghan Markle is narrating an upcoming Disney nature documentary titled The Elephant. Markle has landed her first job for Disney since she and husband, Prince Harry, announced they were stepping back from royal duties. Disneynature, an offshoot of Disney that makes nature documentaries, took to their Twitter page...

Frozen star Kristen Bell to host a special Nickelodeon episode addressing COVID-19

Frozen fame Kristen Bell is helping kids and families to come over their anxiety about the coronavirus outbreak. Nickelodeon will present #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall, an exclusive hour-long special offering a kid’s-eye view of life today amid Covid-19, on 30 March. The special will also feature a...

Kross Komics app to launch 500+ comics free for comic lovers

Social distancing, quarantining, isolation, house arrest are a few words we are hearing or reading almost everyday in recent times. But staying indoors is the best we can do to combat the virus. Of course it’s boring to stay home all the time, but there are a...

Voice Artist William Dufris dies at the age of 62

American voice actor William Dufris, who voiced iconic kids’ character Bob the Builder in the U.S. and Canadian versions of the hit series for its first nine seasons, has died of cancer at age 62. His passing was confirmed on social media Tuesday by Pocket Universe Productions,...

DC Universe to release ‘Birds of Prey’ online on 16th April

Dimensional Ink Games senior community manager Ted Stone recently announced that DC Universe Online is getting a Birds of Prey episode on 16 April.  For a limited period, the entire episode will be available as a free-to-play event for all players. The event adds four new characters, Harley Quinn, the...

Amazon launches ‘1001 Nights’ on its OTT Platform

Big Bad Boo’s original series 1001 Nights has launched on Amazon Prime Video — giving fans of Shahrzad and the gang the chance to binge on tales of genies, mermaids, sultans and other wonderous characters at any time. Viewers with a Prime subscription can now watch both seasons on-demand...

Ameba TV and Toonz Media partners for new programmes

North American kids streaming platform Ameba has added, Indian animation studio and production company, Toonz Media Group as its newest content partner, adding 300+ episodes to its expanding roster of programs. Immediately available to Ameba’s young viewing audience are Toonz’s popular series: Cat and Keet (92 Episodes);...