Los Angeles, CA – Saban Brands and MarVista Entertainment will officially debut the upcoming season, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, to the international television market at MIP Jr. this year. Power Rangers Super Megaforce Following the August 2013 announcement of the UK’s Channel 5 acquisition of Saban’s PowerRangers Megaforce, Saban Brands and MarVista Entertainment have finalised licensing … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Saban and MarVista to debut “Power Rangers Super Megaforce”
Viacom adopts Brightcove Video Cloud Platform
Singapore – Brightcove Inc., a leading global provider of cloud services for video, has announced that Viacom is using Brightcove Video Cloud to deliver native app video experiences across multiple device platforms. Viacom media brands including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, are using Video Cloud and Brightcove native video player solutions for Apple iOS, Google Android and Xbox devices to deliver high-quality, long-form video experiences that include support for … [Read more...] about Viacom adopts Brightcove Video Cloud Platform
Fourth Emmy win for Ericsson in TV advertising
Ericsson has announced it will receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its pioneering development of dynamic ad insertion for Video on Demand (VOD) content. This marks Ericsson’s fourth Emmy. Ericsson has been a leading developer of VOD technology for over ten years and was an early mover in the dynamic, on-demand advertising space. In the early 2000’s, Ericsson recognised the impact that time-shifted TV … [Read more...] about Fourth Emmy win for Ericsson in TV advertising
Discovery Kids to create studio in Singapore theme park
Singapore – Family entertainment company KidZania has announced the first six of 30-plus industry partners to be part of its educational and entertainment theme park. The partners are Maybank, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Yakult, Canon and The Soup Spoon. Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific will create a Discovery Kids studio within the park, where children will experience the behind-the-scenes work that goes into being a Discovery Channel filmmaker. KidZania will not have any … [Read more...] about Discovery Kids to create studio in Singapore theme park
MIPCOM: Technicolor to co-develop CGI series
THE DEEP Paris, France – Technicolor, ABC Television Australia and Australian producer Avrill Stark’s A Stark Production have finalised a partnership for the development of the award-winning graphic novel series (published by Gestalt Comics), THE DEEP, as a CGI animated children’s series. Technicolor, ABC Television and A Stark Production will develop episodes of THE DEEP targeting kids 8-12 and their families, with a view to securing finance to produce … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Technicolor to co-develop CGI series
MIPJunior: Beyond to launch two CBBC series
Beyond Distribution will launch two new CBBC tween series, Hero Squad and Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom, at MIP Junior. The first ten-part series of Hero Squad and Absolute Genius will launch in October, with a second series for each confirmed to follow in early 2014. In Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom (10 x 30’), the comedy duo look at the geniuses that invented or created something that helped make our world what it is, while … [Read more...] about MIPJunior: Beyond to launch two CBBC series