They’re dirty, they’re unkempt, they hunt in swamps, and they manufacture “duck calls” (the whistle imitating the sound of a duck) for a living. Meet the Robertsons of Duck Dynasty – the newest reality-TV family that has made camo-wear fashionable and spotting beards cool. Just how popular can a bunch of modern-day “Beverly Hillbillies” waddling through the marshes of the Bayou in Louisiana get? Well, if you’re Robertsons, the family that runs the … [Read more...] about Meet the Robertsons
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buyers: MIPTV
Angie Yong, Senior Manager, Acquisitions, AETN All Asia Networks “Heading into MIPTV, we are acquiring for our new channels Lifetime and H2 in addition to our existing channels, Bio and Crime & Investigation Network. Currently we are not in need of third party acquisitions for HISTORY. For Bio, we are seeking real-life, character driven series and for Lifetime we are focusing on female-skewing drama, TV movies, and reality series. While character-driven, factual entertainment series … [Read more...] about buyers: MIPTV
highlights: MIPTV
Sophie Turner Laing, Managing Director, Entertainment, News and Broadcast Services, BSkyB Sophie Turner Laing will open the MIPTV 2013 Media Mastermind keynote line-up. She has overall responsibility for Sky’s entertainment and news channels including Sky 1, Sky News, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Movies, as well as Broadcast Operations, Network Planning and the Sky Creative Agency. Felix Baumgartner, Aerial Expert Baumgartner flew 39 km into the stratosphere in a helium … [Read more...] about highlights: MIPTV
Road to ‘60s Singapore
A cabaret covered with risqué posters advertising the entertainment within; an opium den attached to a seedy bar; bustling provision shops and hawker carts on the side of the road; a big Chinese opera house that dwarfs the other houses on the block. It’s the roughand- tumble streets of post-war Singapore, and it’s also the back lot of Infinite Studios in Batam, Indonesia, where the HBO Asia Original Serangoon Road was produced. The procedural drama follows the adventures of a … [Read more...] about Road to ‘60s Singapore
Just who are the Millennials?
“The study is called The Next Normal because there are so many things that we found in this study that are no longer the ‘New Normal’ but the ‘Next Normal’. One of them is the fact that being tech-savvy is normal to Millenials, therefore it’s the ‘Next Normal,’” explains Kurz. “The study came out of a number of conversations I had with the U.S. domestic team and around the same time, we also attended a conference and it was about … [Read more...] about Just who are the Millennials?
Digital Compass
The proliferation of internet-connected devices and the introduction of 4G networks in recent times mean there are now more and more ways of consuming video content, both legally and illegally. CASBAA Chief Policy Officer John Medeiros explains that the report is indeed a result of these rapid changes in video consumption patterns, and this is particularly evident in a market like Singapore where he says “the community and the economy is so well-wired and attuned to receiving content in … [Read more...] about Digital Compass
