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
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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
Singapore at FILMART
Hong Kong – A total of 33 Singapore companies are exhibiting their strengths in producing stories with strong Asian appeal at the ongoing 16th Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART), held 19 to 22 March. Led by Yeo Chun Cheng, Director of Broadcast, Animation, Film and Music at the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), these film and television companies will bring to FILMART some 37 titles and more than 120 hours of content. Some of the highlights include TV … [Read more...] about Singapore at FILMART
Youtube improves TV offering
Youtube has reached an agreement with Indian broadcasters Sony Entertainment Television (SET), Colors, ImagineTV, Star India, and VikatanTV, to bring their content onto the video streaming website. In total, more than 19,000 full episodes of 300 programmes in six different languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Punjabi – will be offered to Youtube’s Indian viewers. A constantly updated page at youtube.com/shows allows viewers to keep in touch with the latest … [Read more...] about Youtube improves TV offering
NBCUniversal expands formats team
London – NBCUniversal International announced that Linfield Ng has joined its Television Production Formats team. Based in Singapore, he will focus on growing NBCUniversal’s format business in Asia Pacific, reporting to Yvonne Pilkington, SVP of Format Sales and Production. Ng comes to NBCUniversal with extensive television experience. He is a sales and format professional with more than 11 years of regional experience. Prior to NBCUniversal, Ng served as Director of Licensing for … [Read more...] about NBCUniversal expands formats team