London – Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball continues its winning streak at international animation awards. The series from Turner Broadcasting’s European development studio scooped two major honours at the British Animation Awards on March 15 in London – winning Best Children’s Series and also the children’s jury-judged Children’s Choice Award. In making the decision, the judges described the show as “innovative and fresh, with … [Read more...] about More Gumball wins in 2012
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Asian Side of the Doc reveals best pitches
The recently concluded Asian Side of the Doc has announced this year’s winning ideas. Best Japan Pitch Award went to Beyond the Wave (Kyoko Miyake/Japan, Friedemann Hottenbacher/Germany), Best Asia Pitch Award went to Home Floating Away (Bin Li/ China), Best International Pitch Award was given to Love & Engineering (Tonislav Hristov & Kaarl Aho, Making Movies Oy/ Finland) and Best ASD Pitch Award was won by Home Floating Away (Bin Li/ China). Held in Tokyo from March 19 to 22, the … [Read more...] about Asian Side of the Doc reveals best pitches
ATF co-locates with ScreenSingapore
Hong Kong – Reed Exhibitions (Reed) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) jointly announced the co-location of ScreenSingapore at the upcoming edition of Asia Television Forum (ATF) from 5 to 7 December at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Yeo Chun Cheng, Director (Broadcast, Animation, Film and Music), MDA, said, “The year-on-year growth of ATF is a strong indication of Asia’s rising role in the global content market and we believe that the co-location of … [Read more...] about ATF co-locates with ScreenSingapore
Bloomberg customises down under
Hong Kong and Sydney – Bloomberg Television has announced a major investment in a separate, dedicated feed that will be customised for audiences in Australia. The new offering, available in June, will provide advertisers the ability to localise insertions to reach this key business market. Bloomberg Television is the most widely distributed business news service in Australia with more than 2.6 million households. Bloomberg Television is available on Pay-TV platforms Austar, Foxtel, … [Read more...] about Bloomberg customises down under
MIPTV: AFC brings original content to market
The Asian Food Channel (AFC) will be presenting its catalogue of more than 70 hours of Asian food and lifestyle programming, for the first time at this year’s MIPTV. Some of the productions include Great Dinners of the World and E&O Search For AFC’s Next Celebrity Chef. Both programmes spotlight the deep culinary talent pool available in Asia. Great Dinners of the World, AFC’s first production filmed outside of Asia, features four rising chefs from Asia who cook their way … [Read more...] about MIPTV: AFC brings original content to market
Outdoor expands in the Philippines
Singapore – Multi Channels Asia (MCA) announced that Outdoor Channel has launched on the Philippines’ largest Multiple System Operator Sky Cable. Outdoor Channel HD will join Sky Cable’s expanded range of HD channels as part of its “All In HD” package, as well as the HD Mini packages. This latest carriage agreement gives Outdoor Channel an unrivalled level of distribution in Metro Manila with the channel now available on every major system operator in the … [Read more...] about Outdoor expands in the Philippines