A long-time judge for the Asian Television Awards (ATA), Rajen Garabadu, the Chief Executive Producer of TV18 Broadcast, Ltd., has been associated with the ATA for the past 20 years. Rajen’s roots with the ATA started when he had back-to-back wins at the ATA in 2003 and 2004 (Best Talk Show category) for his work on The Big Fight (April 2003 - April 2005), for which he was both a Producer and Director. Following these wins, Rajen was invited to join the ATA as part of the jury panel in 2007 … [Read more...] about Asian Television Awards Alumni Spotlight: Rajen Garabadu, Chief Executive Producer, TV18 Broadcast Ltd
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Eccho Rights secures deals for Swedish drama titles to VOD platforms in Japan and South Korea
Eccho Rights has secured deals for several top Swedish drama titles to VOD platforms in Japan and South Korea. TVing in South Korea has acquired THREESOME, LOVE ME and HONOUR for its expanding line up of international content. And in Japan, WOWOW has picked up the blue-sky crime drama HAMMARVIK, joining HONOUR, which was acquired during the summer. TVing is the latest major international platform to bet on THREESOME, after deals with Channel 4 (UK), CANAL+ (France) and RTL (Germany) were … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights secures deals for Swedish drama titles to VOD platforms in Japan and South Korea
ViacomCBS International Studios partners with Wattpad WEBTOON Studios
ViacomCBS International Studios and Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, the fan-driven global entertainment and publishing arm for WEBTOON and Wattpad, announced a new global partnership to source emerging content and creatives from around the world to develop a slate of original series based on hit Wattpad and WEBTOON stories. Under the deal, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios and ViacomCBS International Studios will work together to identify stories from Wattpad and WEBTOON’s deep global IP libraries of digital … [Read more...] about ViacomCBS International Studios partners with Wattpad WEBTOON Studios
BBC secures ‘Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra’
ABC Commercial has announced the sale of the highly acclaimed documentary Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra to the BBC, for broadcast on BBC Four TV channel and iPlayer digital platform. The BBC (UK & Ireland) sale adds to the raft of sales around the world including Sky New Zealand, SVT Sweden, YLE Finland and SRF Switzerland. Marking Bangarra Dance Theatre’s 30th anniversary, Firestarter takes us through the company’s birth and spectacular growth, recognising Bangarra’s founders and … [Read more...] about BBC secures ‘Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra’
Russian films and series to be shown in South Korea
Russian film companies report several deals with Asian distributors after successful participation in Dubai International Content Market (DICM), which ran at the end of November. Over 150 meetings with professionals from the MENA region, Asia and other regions translated into several major deals, while negotiations on other possible sales are still in progress. The Russian Content Worldwide booth, organized by ROSKINO, Russian film promotion body, with support from the Ministry of Culture of … [Read more...] about Russian films and series to be shown in South Korea
ATF2021 concludes opening week with renewed optimism for 2022
The 22nd Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), Asia’s leading entertainment content market and conference, has wrapped up its Opening Week of activities. In line with the progressive resumption of in-person engagements, ATF adopted a hybrid format this year, with its in-person Opening Day held at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, taking place alongside its digital platform — ATF Online+. The event was officially opened by Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information, Mrs Josephine Teo, … [Read more...] about ATF2021 concludes opening week with renewed optimism for 2022