LONDON – The BBC services for Afghanistan have grown by nearly 80% over the past four years, the BBC Global Audience Measure (GAM) for 2018 has shown. Content from BBC News Pashto and BBC News Dari as well as BBC News Persian and BBC News Uzbek now reaches a weekly audience of 11.8m – more than 60% of the country’s adult population. BBC World Service Near East Region Editor, Saleem Patka, commented: “The fact that the BBC is now serving more than 60% of people in … [Read more...] about BBC News reaches over 60% of adults in Afghanistan
BlockStudios signs with famed Japanese filmmakers following rebrand
SINGAPORE – BlockPunk has rebranded its anime crypto site CryptoAnime as BlockStudios, to reflect its long-term vision as a blockchain entertainment studio for creators and fans. With the rebrand, BlockStudios has also signed exclusive original content deals from top Japanese filmmakers Kazuto Nakazawa and Takashi Shimizu known for their work on Kill Bill: Volume 1 and The Grudge respectively. The content deals are a world first for anime content on a blockchain platform with known … [Read more...] about BlockStudios signs with famed Japanese filmmakers following rebrand
CITVC launches “China Hour” in Portugal with Porto Canal
BEIJING – The China International Television Corporation (CITVC) will launch China Hour in Portugal with Porto Canal. The weekly program titled China Hour will air in prime time on Wednesdays at 21:00, with two repeat broadcasts on Thursday and Saturday. China Hour on Porto Canal will commence broadcasting on 18 September. The news was announced by Ms. Jianing Shen, Executive Vice President of CITVC and General Manager of China Radio, Film … [Read more...] about CITVC launches “China Hour” in Portugal with Porto Canal
ITV Studios secures European deals for hit formats
LONDON – ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has secured two brand new Central and Eastern European territories for its hit format Four Weddings, together with recommissions in the region for two of its other biggest shows, Hell’s Kitchen and The Chase. Four Weddings, which follows four different brides as they each judge each other’s big day, will launch on Polsat in Poland (10x60) and in Croatia on RTL (30x60), with the number of countries the format has reached now over … [Read more...] about ITV Studios secures European deals for hit formats
Amazon Prime Video brings India a new comedy talent show
MUMBAI – Amazon Prime Video has released the trailer of their new Prime Original series Comicstaan. Produced by Only Much Louder (OML) and hosted by ace comedians Abish Mathew and Sumukhi Suresh, Comicstaan is a talent hunt to discover India’s next big comedic talent. The show brings together seven of India’s top comedians – Tanmay Bhat, Kenny Sebastian, Sapan Verma, Naveen Richard, Kaneez Surkha, Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath, to guide, mentor and judge the budding talent, as … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Video brings India a new comedy talent show
M1 and Huawei embark on first end-to-end 5G live tests in Singapore
SINGAPORE – M1 and Huawei have announced plans to jointly showcase innovative 5G use cases in Singapore, starting with the live demonstration of 360-view Virtual Reality (VR) content broadcast. The demonstration, using 5G equipment setup at M1’s MiWorld building in Jurong, is Singapore’s first end-to-end 5G live trial using Huawei’s 5G equipment operating at the 28GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) frequency band. In the recent years, creative content and exciting new … [Read more...] about M1 and Huawei embark on first end-to-end 5G live tests in Singapore