Ms. Lanny Huang, Founder and CEO of VR Educate Ltd signs with Mr. Torsten Hoffman, Virtual Content Group from Australia; Mr. Adrian Schmotolocha, EyeQVR from the USA and Ms. Eun Nim Park, Nineplanners from Korea. The group of worldwide content professionals and VR experts from worldwide will ensure an active supply of the latest and best VR to schools and students in Asia Pacific. Highlights of their acquisition deals include VR 360 “Children Confidence Builder Series” which induces … [Read more...] about VR Educate deals with international companies
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Fremantlemedia extends deal with Youku
MIPCOM – FremantleMedia International (FMI) announced that it has extended its multi-year digital deal with the China headquartered portal, Youku. The agreement was originally signed in 2013 and has now been extended for another three years. The deal ensures a variety of FMI’s premium entertainment and drama content continues to be available to Chinese online audiences averaging 130 million unique users a day. Second only to Youtube in terms of worldwide viewership, Youku also has an incredible … [Read more...] about Fremantlemedia extends deal with Youku
Singapore’s fresh content lands in MIPCOM
Singapore’s Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) will lead a delegation of 14 Singapore media companies to MIPCOM 2016, presenting over 650 hours of compelling Asian stories across more than 40 titles. The companies represented range from animation and factual content producers such as One Animation, Monstrou Studio and ActiveTV Asia; to content distributors like Sunrise Entertainment and Ying Group. Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific announces a major year-long … [Read more...] about Singapore’s fresh content lands in MIPCOM
Kevin Can Wait picked up by Channel 4
London – Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) new sitcom Kevin Can Wait has been picked up by the UK’s Channel 4 and will air on E4. In the US, Kevin Can Wait airs on CBS and debuted strongly, attracting over 13.2m viewers. Now in its 4th week, the show continues to be the #1 new comedy on Total TV and the #2 comedy overall with Adults 25-54, only behind The Big Bang Theory. Across Asia-Pacific, iQiy has picked up exclusive rights to the series in China; Viacom 18’s Comedy Central has picked up … [Read more...] about Kevin Can Wait picked up by Channel 4
Asian partners net co-production for Barangay 143
Cannes - Singapore based media company August Media Holdings, Philippines based animation and games developer Synergy88 Group and Japanese national broadcaster TV Asahi jointly announce their partnership to produce a new animated series Barangay 143. The announcement was made by Jyotirmoy Saha, CEO of August Media Holdings; Jackeline Chua, Managing Partner of Synergy88 Entertainment Media Inc. and Takahiro Kishimoto, Head of Animation, International Business Department of TV … [Read more...] about Asian partners net co-production for Barangay 143
COLORS Viacom18 acquires rights for Rising Star
Keshet International (KI)’s Live interactive talent format, Rising Star has been licensed to Colors TV, Viacom18’s flagship brand in the entertainment space in India. With a view to launch by early 2017, this hour-long format will take up one of the prime time slots on the Channel. After Rising Star China which aired in 2015, India is going to be the largest Asian territory to produce a local version of the trailblazing talent show. More recently the show has been licensed in Cambodia … [Read more...] about COLORS Viacom18 acquires rights for Rising Star