New docu-series premieres on the Olympic Channel
Featuring the United States’ Morgan Hurd, Russian Federation’s Angelina Melnikova and China’s Chen Yile, the behind-the-scenes documentary series premieres on the IOC’s Olympic Channel.
Yvan Lucas reunites with Quentin Tarantino
The film visits late 60’s Los Angeles with colour and vitality realised by cinematographer Robert Richardson.
tvN celebrates Singapore’s National Day with exclusive line-up
Viewers can enjoy the latest drama, express variety shows, including the much-loved Na PD shows, as well as global K-pop music shows.
Barbie Forteza returns to Filipino primetime TV
Award-winning Filipino actress Barbie Forteza returns to primetime via GMA Network’s latest show Inday Will Always Love You. Produced by GMA News and Public Affairs, the newest rom-com series also showcases the unique beauty and rich culture of Cebu.
SatADSL announces new partnership with Global Telesat and RascomStar
Global Telesat will manage the services and connect its iDirect Evolution hub to SatADSL’s innovative Cloud-based Service Delivery Platform (C-SDP), enabling it to offer a range of services for communities, businesses and administrations – without investment in a physical infrastructure.
big big channel – TVB’s Live Streaming App
Asia’s most celebrated app comes alive with the launch of TVB’s big big channel.
FOX+ takes on Asia
With a commitment to satisfying curiosity and entertaining viewers with high-end programming, FOX Networks Groups
Asia has grown from the fl agship channels it once launched to a leading Asia-Pacifi c programmer whose portfolio of
content reaches thousands of cumulative subscribers around the region. As its President, Zubin Gandevia tells K. Dass,
“FOX has now extended its play and gone deeper at the individual level with FOX+, offering consumers content at their
own convenience.”
Unique Drama is a Key Selling Point
Globally, every TV outlet, digital or otherwise, is looking for the next big drama. And audience demand for engaging,
quality scripted programming has never been so high.
Mediacorp’s programming is in demand abroad but who is buying and where is the market heading? K. Dass checks with
Suzie Wang, Head of Content Distribution, Mediacorp Studios about how they are serving the rising appetite for drama
series across the region.
The Fight Against a New Breed of Pirates
BroadcastAsia’s conference speaker, Pablo Argon, Senior Director Technical Strategy, TV Platforms, Media Solutions at Ericsson shares on the fight against IPTV piracy.
Local content drives traffic
Across all platforms, local content still rules according to Craig Johnson, Managing Director-Media at Nielsen. But he also cautioned that brands are seated in the driver’s seat. My primary role is to comprehend today’s technology and examine how Nielsen could implement measurement services to broadcasters, OTT providers and pay-TV operators. At Nielsen we look at people, which is what we call the ‘watch-side’. So, our job is to unite ‘what people watch, what people buy’ and bring these information together statistically to provide data to advertisers and brand owners. K. Dass reports.
