Mediacorp recently acquired 52 episodes of ‘Magic Eye Is Back” that is slated to premiere on the Chinese channel starting on 6 June and will air Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

The Olympic Channel is premiering ‘The Iron Hammer’ on June 7 which tells the story of volleyball icon Lang Ping. The film is an official selection for the “We Are One: A Global Film Festival” that is currently taking place on YouTube until 7 June 2020.

A TV market reception survey conducted in the Philippines by SES revealed that households subscribed to satellite TV were ranked highest in terms of satisfaction with their TV service.

GoQuest Media struck a distribution deal for the hit Ukrainian drama “Ruby Ring” which will air in East African countries through Azam Media Channel and in Macedonia via Kanal 5.

Leading OTT video streaming service Viu has extended its collaboration with AIS PLAY to launch two new Viu Original Productions that will air in the company’s 16 markets.

New independent data has shown that BBC News sites were among the most visited among traditional news publishers at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in March and April 2020, outperforming its competitor, CNN.com.

Armando Nuñez, the former President of the ViacomCBS Global Distribution group is moving into an advisory role at the firm. He will be passing on the leadership baton to veteran licensing and distribution executive, Dan Cohen.

ABC Commercial has acquired the UK broadcast rights of the children’s action-adventure series “Itch” which will be broadacst on BBC’s children’s channel CBBC.

Abacus Media Rights has acquired a new three-part unscripted series called ‘Outback Lockdown’ that is expected to be delivered in June 2020.

Global Agency recently acquired the international rights of the game show “Home Quiz” and negotiations are ongoing for the format in several territories.

Vivian Reinoso, Head of Worldwide Acquisition, Distribution & New Projects Engagement of J2911 Media, is proud to announce and welcome Gina Dimitriadi as our new Sales Executive for the territories of France, Belgium, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and CEE.  Gina will report directly to Vivian Reinoso.

BBC Studios appoints Ding Ke, based in Beijing, as new SVP and General Manager for Greater China

Alexey Khevelev who is known as a Russian Guinness Book of Records record holder, wrote a song musical theme for one of Space Dr.Cat toy characters.

Prior to Cactus, Skinner was Head of Development at Rob Brydon’s production company, Jones The Film.

The APAC Effies is the Asia Pacific region’s preeminent award for marketing effectiveness. 

Globally recognized award underlines how Dejero exponentially improves flexibility in location coverage for newsgathering and live events crews.

Brindley is currently the BBC’s Head of commissioning for Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment, overseeing commissions for BBC One, Two and Three, totalling over 350 hours of content a year.

An expert in the field of non-scripted content production, commissioning and co-productions, Rachel was at A+E Networks UK for ten years, joining as Co-Production & Acquisitions Manager in 2007.

Atlas has over 14 years of experience in creating and executing integrated digital and social media campaigns.

The kid’s TV business is becoming ever-more challenging with education producers battling the effects of fragmentation and changing international market demand, EBS’s (Korea Educational Broadcasting System) Senior Executive Producer Dr Hyunsook Chung tells K. Dass how she narrates her education programmes for kids.