Switzerland – International distributor First Hand Films has finalised co-production deals and pre-sales with broadcasters for the documentary film Beyond the Wave. The doco won the Best Japan Pitch Award at this year’s Asian Side of the Doc. First Hand Films has entered agreements with NHK (Japan), BBC (UK) and IKON (The Netherlands) who join WDR Cologne as co-production partners. The company has also signed pre-sales with SVT (Sweden), YES (Israel) and Knowledge Network … [Read more...] about Post-tsunami doco gains international attention
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Thomas & Friends HITs Japan
London/Japan – HIT Entertainment has announced a major deal that will see the new CGI series of Thomas & Friends air on Japanese public broadcaster NHK for the very first time. Broadcast distribution on NHK will significantly increase the presence of the brand in the country. As part of the multi-year agreement, Thomas & Friends will air weekly on NHK’s children’s entertainment block starting this month. The content will include all of the new CG-animated series as well … [Read more...] about Thomas & Friends HITs Japan
BIG RTL launches new action channel
Mumbai – BIG RTL, the television joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network and RTL Group, is launching action channel THRILL by the third quarter of this year. Positioned as the first action entertainment channel, it is the result of a detailed audience mapping and insight mining among Indian audiences to determine entertainment need gaps. The joint venture channel will address this need gap and serve international content from across the globe, dubbed in Hindi. With several options … [Read more...] about BIG RTL launches new action channel
APAC leads global TV market, to hit 1bn TV sets in 2012
The Asia Pacific region is now the world’s largest TV market, and is forecast to pass the one billion TV sets mark this year, according to market analyst Informa Telecoms & Media. The research firm added that the region – mainly driven by China and India – tops the pay-TV subscription market, with 394 million households subscribed to pay-TV services by the end of last year. When it comes to revenues, however, APAC lags behind other regions. In particular, China and India … [Read more...] about APAC leads global TV market, to hit 1bn TV sets in 2012
NHK WORLD TV goes on air in NYC
New York – NHK WORLD TV, a stand-alone 24-hour English language TV news channel, is now available for the first time to more than seven million TV viewers in the New York City region. NHK WORLD TV is available as digital broadcast through a dedicated, over-the-air channel on Regional News Network (WRNN -- Channel 48.5). The network will also be available in HD to Time Warner Cable subscribers (Channel 771 in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Channel 792 in Bergen County, NJ and … [Read more...] about NHK WORLD TV goes on air in NYC
SES unveils new IP-based technology
Singapore – SES, together with leading industry partners, has introduced SAT-IP, a new IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution to any IP-enabled device. Unveiled at the annual SES Industry Days, a LIVE demo of SAT-IP multiswitches showing the distribution of satellite programmes over various IP-based infrastructures (CAT5 Ethernet, Power Line, Plastic Optical Fibre and WiFi) was presented to more than … [Read more...] about SES unveils new IP-based technology
