BBC Global News announced the launch of their first digital distribution deal in China. The deal is with the no.1 travel company in China, and owner of Sky scanner, Ctrip. From the middle of February onwards, there will be a total of 2 hours of BBC Travel Show short clips streaming on the Ctrip APP, providing a fantastic variety of global and local travel content to Chinese consumers. 38 Shows from BBC Travel Show including videos from Asia and around the world will be … [Read more...] about BBC Global News announces first digital distribution deal in China
CINEMAX renews action series Strike Back for Seventh and Final season
CINEMAX has renewed the action series STRIKE BACK for a seventh and final season, it was announced by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and CINEMAX Programming. STRIKE BACK season 6 is currently airing with new episodes debuting, same time as the U.S., every Saturday at 11am with a same day encore at 10pm, on HBO GO and CINEMAX. The sixth-season finale is scheduled for Saturday, 30 March. The show follows the explosive escapades of Section 20, an elite, multinational, covert special ops … [Read more...] about CINEMAX renews action series Strike Back for Seventh and Final season
GMA Network Invests Almost USD 20M in Digitization Project
GMA Network, Philippines’ leading media giant invested almost USD 20M to complete the second phase of its digitization project which involves the production, post-production, content management and distribution of GMA programs. GMA is also about to complete the upgrade of its Electronic Field Production capabilities to further improve its High Definition (HD) image capture to Full 2K/4K HD, elevating GMA Network’s output to global standards. In line with this, the requisite … [Read more...] about GMA Network Invests Almost USD 20M in Digitization Project
Arthur And The Minimoys finds home on Disney Channel Russia
Disney Channel Russia has acquired Arthur and the Minimoys from Studio 100 Media | m4e and will launch the CGI-animated boys-action series in April. The series (26 x 24’) is based on the fantasy novels for children and the successful Arthur movie trilogy created and directed by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element). It was co-produced by Besson’s Storia TV with Studio 100 Animation, Lagardère Group and Disney Channel Germany. Arthur and the Minimoys tells the story of a … [Read more...] about Arthur And The Minimoys finds home on Disney Channel Russia
Quantum unveils latest Xcellis appliance for demanding video workflows
Quantum Corp. announced the availability of the latest Xcellis appliances powered by StorNext, Quantum’s award-winning file system. The new offerings reinforce Xcellis as the solution of choice to ingest, edit, share and store media content and provide an improved technical foundation for organisations to run their operations. The new appliances are based on a next-generation server architecture that includes dual 8-core Intel Xeon CPU’s, 64 GB memory, SSD boot drives, and dual … [Read more...] about Quantum unveils latest Xcellis appliance for demanding video workflows
Blue Ant International grows their kids’ catalogue with two new series
Blue Ant International brings six kid series to the Kidscreen Summit including two new series available for the first time ever - BBC’s groundbreaking Mimi On A Mission: Sex Ed and ZooMoo’s cheeky Kooki’s Crafty Show. A division of Blue Ant Media, Blue Ant International is a worldwide distributor of premium content. Highlights from Blue Ant International’s catalogue available at Kidscreen include: Mimi On A Mission: Sex Ed (5 x 22’ HD; Peggy … [Read more...] about Blue Ant International grows their kids’ catalogue with two new series
