Tel Aviv, Israel – Armoza Formats announced that its prime-time format, The Gran Plan, has reached agreements in over 20 territories during MIPTV. Six broadcasters have directly taken this new format including ProsiebenSat1 in Germany, 1+1 in the Ukraine, Alpha TV in Greece. Further agreements were also made in Italy, The Netherlands, Australia, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, as well as an exclusive deal with Banijay International for Scandinavia. The one-hour comic factual entertainment … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Armoza Formats’ “The Gran Plan” picked up in 20 territories
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BBC Worldwide Australasia licenses over 50 hours of children’s content to Australia’s ABC3
BBC Worldwide Australasia announced that it has licensed a package of over 50 hours of children’s programming to Australia’s ABC3. The package features the third installment of children’s comedy Sadie J. and Steve Backshall’s Deadly Top Ten. The deal will also see the territory premiere of Serious Explorers: Series 2: Raleigh as well as relicenses of Horrible Histories, M.I. High, Trapped and the Slammer. The third season of Sadie J. sees Sadie once again trying to make … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide Australasia licenses over 50 hours of children’s content to Australia’s ABC3
BREAKING: SCRIPPS acquires Asian Food Channel
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI), which has made international expansion a top strategic priority, is strengthening its competitive position in Asia with the acquisition today of the Asian Food Channel (AFC), the region’s leading food focused pay television network. The Asian Food Channel, which is based in Singapore, reaches about 8 million subscribers in 11 markets. With the addition of the Asian Food Channel, Scripps Networks Interactive now has … [Read more...] about BREAKING: SCRIPPS acquires Asian Food Channel
Rob Norman and Jon Miller join BBC Global News Ltd
Rob Norman, Chief Digital Officer of GroupM Worldwide, and Jon Miller, co-founder, Fuel Media Capital, have been appointed Non-Executive Directors of BBC Global News Ltd, which owns and operates the BBC's commercially funded global 24-hour news channel BBC World News and bbc.com/news. Norman and Miller will join the Board of Directors for BBC Global News Ltd., which includes the Director of Global News, Peter Horrocks, and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Egan. Norman is Chief Digital Officer of … [Read more...] about Rob Norman and Jon Miller join BBC Global News Ltd
Over 60% growth in worldwide OTT video revenue reported in 2012
Arizona – ABI Research announced in its latest OTT and Multi-screen Services Research Service that the OTT video market has crossed the US$8 billion mark in 2012, with companies such as Netflix, Hulu, Apple and Amazon driving the growth. The three largest markets—North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific—experienced year-on-year growth in excess of 50% in the same year. The report states that the continued spread of connected consumer electronics and mobile devices such as … [Read more...] about Over 60% growth in worldwide OTT video revenue reported in 2012
CNN and Thai News Network sign multi-year broadcast affiliate agreement
CNN and Thai News Network (TNN), Thailand’s first 24-hour Thai- language news channel, have signed a multi-year broadcast affiliation agreement that expands on the existing multi-platform partnership CNN has with TNN’s parent company, True Visions Group. The agreement will provide TNN with access to CNN’s live breaking news coverage, premium news and feature programming, as well as CNN's video portal tailor-made for its affiliates. TNN will also benefit from the editorial … [Read more...] about CNN and Thai News Network sign multi-year broadcast affiliate agreement
