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• Eccho Rights to present new Russian crime drama

  Eccho Rights have signed an deal with Amedia Production to distribute new crime drama The Pretender. The 12-parter set after the Revolution of 1917 will air on Russia's Channel One later this year. Eccho Rights will present a first look for international buyers at MIPCOM this...

• Liberty Global joins HomeGrid Forum as support grows for G.hn standard

  HomeGrid Forum today announced that leading international TV and broadband company, Liberty Global has become the latest member of the Alliance, alongside other industry leading service providers including AT&T, BT, CenturyLink, China Telecom and Verizon.

• KIX to premiere new reality series “Extreme Ends”

  Action entertainment network KIX will premiere its original production Extreme Ends on 17 October. In collaboration with Hong Kong Tourism Board, this series follows four Southeast Asian celebrities to experience the extreme opposite sides of the vibrant city Hong...

• HBO anthology series “Room 104” to return for second season

  The anthology series Room 104 will return for its 12-episode second season, debuting in Asia two episodes back-to-back, same time as the US on Saturday, November 10 at 12.30pm, exclusively on HBO GO and Cinemax.

• Fujifilm launches projector with world’s first two-axial rotatable lens 

  Fujifilm has launched the world's first projector equipped with a high-performance, rotating Fujinon lens that can project images in various directions without moving the main unit. The “two-axial rotatable lens” is newly designed with Fujinon lenses' cutting-edge optical technology.

• Singtel TV adds Discovery’s HGTV, AFC and Food Network to suite of lifestyle channels  

  Singtel TV has announced the launch of three additional lifestyle brands from the Discovery portfolio on Singtel TV and Singtel TV GO. The highly rated US home improvement channel HGTV, Asian Food Channel (AFC), and Food Network will return to Singapore on...

• Channel 4′s Michelle Chappell joins Endemol Shine North

  Endemol Shine North, part of the Endemol Shine Group, has named former Channel 4 executive Michelle Chappell as its creative director. Based in Media City UK, Manchester, Endemol Shine North produces adventurous TV and brand stories for TV, digital and social.

• Scoot cabin crew hopefuls to participate in epic interview in Athens or Berlin

  Scoot’s latest recruitment campaign will see its newest batch of cabin crew hopefuls take part in an exceptional all expenses paid journey from Singapore to either of Scoot’s European long-haul destinations, Athens and Berlin, for the final round of...

• MGM promotes Brian Edwards to President for TV Operations

  Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s (MGM) has elevated Brian Edwards, former COO of Mark Burnett‘s One Three Media, to the post of President for Television Operations, extending his employment contract through to mid-2022.

• Lifetime greenlights Thinkfactory’s wedding series

  A+E Networks-owned Lifetime has greenlit My Great Big Live Wedding, an eight-part live series from LA’s Thinkfactory Media. The show will feature eight couples as they work together with wedding and event planner David Tutera to plan out the...

• “Flight of the Concords” comedy special debuts exclusively on HBO GO

  Musical comedians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are returning to HBO for an all-new comedy special. Debuting on 7 October exclusively on HBO GO, Flight of the Conchords: Live in London was taped before a live audience at the Eventim Apollo.

• Haus der Musik deploys JMA Wireless for cellular connectivity

  JMA Wireless, global leader of wireless communications solutions, will be enabling mobile communications with its advanced in-building cellular connectivity solution at the Haus der Musik (House of Music), which will be opening its doors in Innsbruck, Austria in October...

• SRF goes for Prime’s “Close Up” series for Switzerland

  Producer and distributor Prime Entertainment Group is glad to announce a major deal just signed with the Swiss broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) for the series Close Up (10x30’) to be aired on the SRF 2 television channel...

• Singtel TV secures rights to air FA Cup, Dutch League, Chinese Super League

  Singtel TV has secured rights to air live matches of the FA Cup, Eredivisie (Dutch League) and the Chinese Super League, enriching Singtel TV’s line-up of football content. Value packs also bring football fans live Premier League matches on...

• Synamedia sets out corporate vision, strategy and investment focus 

  Synamedia, the new company that will be formed from the sale of Cisco’s video processing and video solutions business to private equity firm Permira funds, has revealed its vision and investment focus as an independent entity.

• Adobe unveils next generation of video innovation

  Adobe has unveiled new video features coming to Adobe Creative Cloud that will speed up production timelines, enable more seamless workflows and deliver powerful capabilities to bring filmmakers’ and video professionals’ creative visions to life.

• CJ ENM reveals tvN’s new winter shows for 2018

  CJ ENM has unveiled its winter 2018 lineup for their flagship channel tvN, packed with dramas, variety shows, and renewals of famous hits including New Journey to the West, Café Amor and more.

• EditShare releases new Flow

  EditShare, technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, has announced that its new Flow software-defined media asset management release will be available through a subscription-based model at the end of September.

• myCinema announces world’s first use of h.265/HEVC compression in digital cinema

  NAGRA has announced a world-first in the history of digital cinema with the successful use of cloud technology and HEVC compression with myCinema, a cloud-based Content as a Service that brings together content creators, cinema owners, and movie lovers to...

• Singtel achieves Asia’s fastest five-carrier aggregation LTE speed

  Singtel has achieved peak LTE speeds of 1.5 Gbps using five-carrier aggregation (achieved in a lab environment on a Viavi Solutions and Stellent Networks’ TM500 test system). This is the fastest in Asia and 50 percent faster than prevailing...