Burbank, California – Walt Disney Records has announced that the Sofia the First soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon, and will be fully available on February 12. The soundtrack features 11 songs from the hit Disney Junior animated television series with the same name, which premiered in January this year for the female market both young and old. The soundtrack also includes bonus tracks from the animated television movie Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess. Modern … [Read more...] about Disney’s “Sofia the First” soundtrack goes on sale
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TV ASIA Plus: 2012 in review
TV ASIA Plus recaps the headlines that matter this past year. For full stories, click on the links below! JanuaryBPL goes 3D in Hong Kong Todd Miller heads up Celestial Tiger Entertainment StarHub and Sky News launches HD news channel Schofield and Yap step up at AAAN Cartoon Network’s Dulce Lim Chen passes away FebruaryA+E launches in Australia’s Foxtel BBC Worldwide adds channels to TrueVisions SES-3 satellite relocates to Asia BIG CBS Networks enters Sri Lanka Gerhard Zeiler … [Read more...] about TV ASIA Plus: 2012 in review
Shine America to develop global entertainment franchises with Nigel Lythgoe Productions
Los Angeles, California – Shine America has entered into an exclusive, multi-year production partnership with Nigel Lythgoe Productions (NLP), to cooperatively develop and produce entertainment franchises with the Shine Group for the global TV marketplace. Nigel Lythgoe Productions will continue to be based in Los Angeles. The deal, which commences January 1, 2013, was brokered by ICM Partners and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. "I am thrilled to be teaming up with Shine … [Read more...] about Shine America to develop global entertainment franchises with Nigel Lythgoe Productions
“12-12-12” LIVE concert goes global
New York – The producers of “12-12-12” have announced that the concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2012 to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy will enjoy global distribution, similar to that of the Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, and the Grammys. Almost 2 billion people in over 190 countries will be able to access “12-12-12” on television, radio and the internet. The concert, presented by Chase, will be available to television … [Read more...] about “12-12-12” LIVE concert goes global
ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
BBC Worldwide’s Sales & Distribution business unit in Asia has licensed a package of over 80 hours of music programming to CCTV-15. The package includes Doctor Who at the Proms and various other BBC Proms titles, plus the Brit Awards 2012 (1 x 90’), Take That: Progress Live (1 x 75’), and the Royal Variety Performance2010 (1 x 120’). CCTV-15 is the music channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Launched in 2004, it broadcasts … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
Havoc Television launches in Asia
Singapore – Multi Channels Asia (MCA), Asia-Pacific’s distributor of independent pay TV channels, has launched the linear channel, Havoc Television (Havoc 247), in the region. Through several carriage deals with ABN (Malaysia), Mediacorp Toggle (Singapore), Skymedia (Mongolia), Sky (Sri Lanka), Phnom Penh Cable Television (Cambodia), Skynet (Myanmar) and MeTV (Thailand), Havoc 247 becomes the first linear social TV channel to launch in Asia-Pacific.Havoc 247 is a HD channel … [Read more...] about Havoc Television launches in Asia