Mumbai – Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) today announced that it is launching Discovery Kids in the region, starting with India, Indonesia and the Philippines as the first markets. Discovery Kids seeks to entertain and educate children with content that triggers their curiosity and helps to develop their cognitive, social, and emotional skills, bringing families together by promoting co-viewing with parents. The target audience for Discovery Kids is children aged from four to twelve … [Read more...] about Discovery Kids debut in Asia
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Life on BBC Knowledge
BBC Worldwide Channels Asia is premiering Life, a ten-part natural world documentary series on April 12 on BBC Knowledge’s Asia feed. This is the series’ Pay-TV debut. More than four years in the making and filmed over 3,000 days, the series explores the great variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics that animals and plants have developed to stay alive. The ten episodes will focus on themes such as reptiles and amphibians, mammals, birds and … [Read more...] about Life on BBC Knowledge
Malaysia Xplores gaming
Kuala Lumpur – The iOS game “Lightopus”, made by Kuala Lumpur-based game studio AppXplore, and available for the iPod, iPhone and iPad platform, has been released worldwide. Since its release on March 8, the game has quickly risen on Apple’s iTunes AppStore game rankings in the US, getting to the Top 100 Games there. Adam Ham, Executive Director & Co-Founder of AppXplore, said that “Lightopus” is expecting major downloads from North America, Latin America … [Read more...] about Malaysia Xplores gaming
BIG CBS appoints new National Sales Head
Mumbai – BIG CBS Networks has appointed Yashraj Rao as the National Sales Head for its channels – BIG CBS Love and BIG CBS Spark. In his new role, Rao will be responsible for growing sales and leading the team across the country, to grow client base and revenues for these channels. In his current profile, he will report to Vishal Rally, Business Head – BIG CBS Networks. With almost nine years of sales experience across industries, Rao began his career with Monster.com, … [Read more...] about BIG CBS appoints new National Sales Head
Alive, not Dead
Season two of The Walking Dead is resuming exclusively on Fox Movies Premium in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia on March 9. The news comes with the added confirmation that the series will be back with a third season later this year, consisting of 16 episodes. In Asia, the season two premiere on Star Movies (the channel has since been changed to FOX Movies Premium) last October made the channel the number one rated cable channel in Singapore and the number one rated Western movie cable channel in … [Read more...] about Alive, not Dead
Alien attacks
Hong Kong – The CG-animated television movie Ben 10 – Destroy All Aliens, premieres on the Cartoon Network channel across Asia Pacific on March 11.This is the first CG-animated production in the Ben 10 franchise. A trans-Pacific collaboration between Cartoon Network Asia and Cartoon Network Studios US, Ben 10 – Destroy All Aliens is written by Marty Isenberg, directed by Victor Cook and executive produced by Silas Hickey, Regional Creative Director of Turner Broadcasting System … [Read more...] about Alien attacks
