Singapore – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has ordered a second season of Hannibal. The second season will run for 13 episodes and launch next year. In its debut season, Hannibal tripled Cable A 4+ viewers in India and drew 224 percent of the timeslot’s average ratings in 2012. In Singapore, the show delivered six times more Cable 4+ audiences and drew more than double the PMEB viewers in its timeslot. Hannibal was also a success in South … [Read more...] about SPT orders “Hannibal” S2 for AXN
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New Zealand’s MediaWorks in receivership
MediaWorks NZ, the broadcaster whose stable includes TV3 and Four, and radio stations including Radio Live, the Rock and MoreFM, was placed into receivership on June 17, 2013. Mediaworks NZ Limited funders have appointed Brendon Gibson and Michael Stiassny of KordaMentha – a financial advisory firm, to oversee the receivership of the company and its subsidiaries. Gibson and Stiassny both reassured customers of no further changes during the on-going process of the receivership. … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s MediaWorks in receivership
TV ASIA Plus WEB-EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Brightcove’s Dennis Rose
PART ONE In the first part of the interview, Rose introduces Brightcove’s services and give examples of companies that have enjoyed their services. Q: Where is Brightcove today and how has it been entering television space? A: Brightcove is best known for our Video Cloud online video platform, but we’re much more than that. Brightcove provides cloud content services that help organizations of all kinds to publish and distribute professional digital media. We actually do two … [Read more...] about TV ASIA Plus WEB-EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Brightcove’s Dennis Rose
AIB condemns deliberate harmful interference to international broadcasters
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) has condemned attempts that are being made to interfere with the broadcasts of international broadcasters on short wave in the Asia region. English-language broadcasts from the BBC World Service, Radio Australia and Voice of America beamed towards China are being deliberately interfered by the jamming of a number of frequencies. Such jamming makes it difficult or sometimes impossible to listen to the broadcasts that include news, current … [Read more...] about AIB condemns deliberate harmful interference to international broadcasters
“The Adventures Of Figaro Pho” wins at Kidscreen Awards 2013
The Adventures Of Figaro Pho (13 x 22' HD and 39 x 8' HD), distributed by ABC Commercial, has won two awards at the Kidscreen Awards in New York for Best Design and Best Animation, in the Creative Talent Category. The awards follow a win at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts Awards (AACTA) for Best Children’s Television Series in January. Figaro Pho is a warm-hearted, adorable, quirky and mischievous character who just happens to be afflicted with a multitude of weird and … [Read more...] about “The Adventures Of Figaro Pho” wins at Kidscreen Awards 2013
BREAKING: MDA fines SingTel mio S$180,000 for TV service disruption
Singapore – The Media Development Authority (MDA) has fined SingTel S$180,000 for a disruption to its mio TV service on 13 May 2012. Investigations revealed the island-wide disruption affected some 115,000 mio TV subscribers who were tuning-in to the concluding matches of the 2011/2012 Barclays Premier League (BPL) season on 13 May 2012. Some of the affected areas included Yishun, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Bukit Timah, Toa Payoh, Marine Parade, Punggol and Pasir Ris. Viewers … [Read more...] about BREAKING: MDA fines SingTel mio S$180,000 for TV service disruption
