Singapore – Cable operator StarHub will add the Eurosport channel to its offerings, to be available from April 15, 2008, to its Sports Group customers using the digital set-top box, HubStation or HD set-top box, at no additional cost. Eurosport is a 24-hour sports channel covering more than 60 sports genres to offer variety and choice. It is a sports multimedia platform in Europe that delivers sporting events including the Africa Cup of Nations Football, WTA Tour, ATP Tour Events, ULEB … [Read more...] about StarHub to bring on Eurosport
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MTV Asia to debut Featured Artist segment
Singapore/Hong Kong – MTV Asia is introducing from April 1, 2008, Featured Artist, a new programming feature to spotlight more ‘personal dimensions’ of the lives of music personalities as part of its new music strategy. Reflecting music trends with an artist-centric focus, Featured Artist replaces the current Artist of the Month and Buzzworthy segments on MTV Asia, and is modeled after the 52/52 music strategy from MTV US. Featured Artist presents two artistes per month in … [Read more...] about MTV Asia to debut Featured Artist segment
Nelvana offers The Backyardigans’ global home entertainment rights to FME
Nelvana Enterprises has offered worldwide home entertainment rights for The Backyardigans to FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), excluding Canada and the US. The deal includes up to 60 episodes of the CGI series available internationally on DVD for the first time. Season 1 will be available in Japan, with Seasons 2 and 3 to be offered in territories except Canada and the US where those are already available. Produced by Nick Jr. and Nelvana Studios, The Backyardigans is a musical-adventure series … [Read more...] about Nelvana offers The Backyardigans’ global home entertainment rights to FME
Distraction’s Dirty Rotten Cheater heads to China
Montreal – Distraction has closed its first Chinese deal with Beijing New Century Media for Dirty Rotten Cheater, a game show format that combines strategy and cheating. Dirty Rotten Cheater is based on deception and double-crossing as six players compete to answer a series of questions. The monetary returns vary with the level of difficulty of the questions. A ‘Cheater’ will be planted in the group with all answers fed to the player and contestants will have to expose the … [Read more...] about Distraction’s Dirty Rotten Cheater heads to China
ABC to establish ABC Resources
Sydney – Australia Broadcasting Corporation will establish ABC Resources, a new division that combines Production Resources and Resource Hire to improve the ABC’s responsiveness to the digital media environment. ABC Resources aims to improve efficiency and manage ABC’s shift to new technology. The move follows a TV production methodology and practice review which highlighted ABC’s challenges as having to “keep faith with (traditional) audiences on radio and TV, … [Read more...] about ABC to establish ABC Resources
X|Media|Lab to kick off 2008 in Suzhou
X|Media|Lab (XML), an international digital media event targeting to get ideas to market through creative development, business matching, and access to industry professionals, is starting its 2008 run from May 8-10, 2008 in Suzhou, China. Labs in Wellington, Seoul, Melbourne, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai, and an inaugural session in the Middle East will follow in the year. XML’s keynote conference features digital media practitioners speaking on each Lab’s chosen theme. The Suzhou Lab … [Read more...] about X|Media|Lab to kick off 2008 in Suzhou
