Singapore – Singapore announced Asia’s Wild Treasures, a high definition documentary series featuring Asia’s remote National Parks. This Singapore-Germany co-production highlights a special edition episode to be shot in 3D stereoscopic, one of the first in the world for television, to combine the excitement of 3D stereoscopic and the thrills of wildlife. The six-part series is collaboration between EIKON Media GmbH (Germany), Wilde Bilder Fernsehproduktion GbR (Germany) and Oak3 Films (Singapore), in co-production with leading German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR Hamburg) and in co-operation with ARTE (France and Germany) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore. The series has already been presold to Italy, France, Switzerland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia. Other European territories are in discussion to pre-buy the proposed series. There is interest for the 3D episode from Japan, France and Canada. Featuring some of the planet’s endangered species living in remote locations, the programme will transport audiences to far-off wilderness for an enriching and revelatory journey. Asia’s Wild Treasures takes the viewers on a personal and intimate journey to explore Asia’s National Parks, namely Nagarhole National Park, India; Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Borneo; Great Gobi National Park, Mongolia; Kanchenjunga and Singalila National Parks, India; Cuc Phuong National Park and Halong Bay, Vietnam and the Commander Islands, Bering Sea. The 3D episode will be shot in Nagarhole National Park and will feature elephants. Aside from its 3D offerings, Wild Asia is set to explore its brand extension onto other digital platforms giving the audience a 360 degrees unique experience by combining technology and content. Asia’s Wild Treasures will be aired in Germany at a prime time slot on the ARD network, in Germany and France on a primetime slot on ARTE; in Switzerland in a primetime slot on Swiss TV. UK’s leading independent factual distributor, TVF International has taken on world sales.