Needham/Los Angeles – Echo Bridge Entertainment will acquire, through a share purchase, Alliance Atlantis International Distribution from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. The deal will allow Echo Bridge Entertainment to distribute rights to first run and catalogue programming from Alliance Atlantis International Distribution worldwide, excluding Canada. Transaction is expected to close within the next three weeks, subject to the completion of customary closing conditions. Terms of the … [Read more...] about Echo Bridge to acquire Alliance Atlantis International Distribution
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Sloan to deliver keynote at AMAZIA
Cannes – Harry E. Sloan, chairman & CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), will deliver a keynote speech in the two-day entertainment summit to open the inaugural AMAZIA, Asia’s entertainment content market, set to be held November 18-20, 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Sloan’s is the first confirmed keynote for the AMAZIA Entertainment Summit to run from November 17-18, 2008, which will feature leaders from Asian and international markets … [Read more...] about Sloan to deliver keynote at AMAZIA
Celestial Pictures’ Shaw Brothers titles reach Japan and Central Europe
Hong Kong – Celestial Pictures has signed content deals with Kadokawa Entertainment and MGM Channel Central Europe to provide Shaw Brothers titles to multiple platforms in Japan, and pay TV in central Europe. In Japan, Shaw Brothers Library titles are being offered across video, pay-TV, free-to-air TV, VOD, and mobile platforms. Movies to be made available by Kadokawa Entertainment to audiences will range across the genres of horror, fantasy, action and martial arts with titles including … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures’ Shaw Brothers titles reach Japan and Central Europe
AXN to premiere Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Singapore – AXN will premiere action series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on April 8, 2008. the effects-laden series is an extension of the Terminator franchise starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles airs Tuesdays at 10pm in Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia, and at 11pm in Hong Kong on AXN. Following from the Sarah Connor character who survived annihilation in the movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Terminator: The Sarah Connor … [Read more...] about AXN to premiere Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
BBC to introduce BBC HD SVOD via Chunghwa in Taiwan
Singapore – BBC Worldwide Global Channels will launch its first subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, BBC HD, in Taiwan via Chunghwa Telecom, the territory’s largest operator of broadband multimedia services in April. BBC HD SVOD will offer 10 three-hour blocks of multiple-genre programmes to feature drama, comedy, documentary, natural history, music and arts programming. BBC HD will be broadcast in English with traditional Chinese subtitles and will debut programme promos and … [Read more...] about BBC to introduce BBC HD SVOD via Chunghwa in Taiwan
English business news channel UTVi to launch in India
Mumbai – The Promoter group has unveiled UTVi, a new English business news channel to be launched in India. Positioned for the ‘growing business aspirations of a Young India’, UTVi aims to provide a 360-degree perspective on business, beyond stocks and shares, ‘de-jargonize’ financial markets and cater to Indian youth, entrepreneurs and senior executives. Ronnie Screwvala, CEO, UTV Software Communications Ltd, said, “Till date the first mover in the business … [Read more...] about English business news channel UTVi to launch in India
