Bangkok - A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show has drowned during a challenge, the show's sponsor has confirmed. 32-year old Saad Khan was swimming across a lake while wearing a 7kg backpack when he called out for help and then disappeared underwater, said Fareshte Aslam, information officer for Unilever Pakistan, sponsoring the show to promote its Clear shampoo brand. Co-contestants and crew rushed to try to save him but could not find him in the Bangkok lake where the show was being … [Read more...] about Reality TV contestant dies
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News Corporation Asia staff announced
Hong Kong - News Corporation has named the 5 key executives tasked with leading the Hong Kong office. The company did not comment on the fate of the other Hong Kong based staff. In an internal memo, James Murdoch, chairman and chief executive, Europe and Asia, News Corporation announced the following: With immediate effect, Ella Betsy Wong will assume the role of general counsel Asia, News Corporation reporting to Jeffrey Palker, general counsel Europe and Asia, News Corporation. Anthony Day … [Read more...] about News Corporation Asia staff announced
Tiger Gate announces series of launches for new KIX and Thrill channels
Hong Kong - Tiger Gate Entertainment announced that action channel KIX and thriller/horror/suspense channel Thrill are now available on three platforms in Indonesia: Indovision, Okevision, and Aora. The channels are expanding their distribution as part of a strategy to serve the pan-Asian marketplace of more than 600 million pay-TV homes. As the first step in its planned territory-by-territory rollout, Tiger Gate launched KIX and Thrill in Indonesia on August 1 on Indovision and Okevision, the … [Read more...] about Tiger Gate announces series of launches for new KIX and Thrill channels
BBC Worldwide signs major deal with Ten Alps
Following Ten Alps' acquisition of Singapore-based Uproar Asia, BBC Worldwide has agreed a three-year distribution partnership deal with the factual media company which will see all Ten Alps' broadcast companies distributed through a single distributor. The deal includes leading TV documentary production companies Brook Lapping, Blakeway, Below the Radar and Films of Record, covering landmark documentary, contemporary history, current affairs and observational documentary series respectively. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide signs major deal with Ten Alps
China’s NDRC, SARFT announce cable DTV pricing rules
China - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) have released a notice to local authorities mandating tighter regulation of cable television fees, reports Marbridge Daily. The notice requires local administrative departments to eliminate unreasonable charges related to subscribers' application to open, relocate, suspend, reactivate, or transfer their accounts. In addition, the notice mandates that cable subscribers … [Read more...] about China’s NDRC, SARFT announce cable DTV pricing rules
HISTORY HD launches on SK Broadband in Korea
New York/Seoul - HISTORY HD has launched on SK Broadband in Korea, the result of an agreement between AETN International, a division of A&E Television Networks (AETN), and SK Broadband. HISTORY HD broadcasts 100 percent HD content, and is fully languaged in Korean. The channel offers programs that cover a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from ancient to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as military history, science, archaeology and pop culture. HISTORY HD … [Read more...] about HISTORY HD launches on SK Broadband in Korea