Q: In the past year, which types of formats have done well and are seeing increased interest in Asia? A: Traditionally, game shows. However, recently clients have been interested more and more by factual entertainment and reality, which is great because a lot of our leading producers such as Lion TV and Objective Productions are making great factual entertainment. Q: Which territories in particular have seen strong growth? A: Korea has seen a strong growth recently for us as well as Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Rolling into Asia
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Trade Up or Shut Up!
Ever wonder if the junk at home might actually be worth something? Well, according to the hosts of the latest A&E series Barter Kings, they just might. The premise of the show is simple – post an item online (start small, and cheap) for trade and wait for a potential buyer. With plenty of persuasion and a little bit of luck, you’ll trade in your item for something of a higher value. Follow that with a “trade string” of more items, each time “trading up,” … [Read more...] about Trade Up or Shut Up!
Whitechapel goes blood-red
Will Gould, Executive Producer, Tiger Aspect Productions Q: Why Jack the Ripper? A: When the project came to us, we asked ourselves “why do that when it’s done many times before?” So the first goal really was to find a new angle that people would be interested in. The first thing we said was we weren’t going to do a hunt for Jack-the-Ripper story and one of the first decisions made was to set this show six months after the last of the Jack the Ripper killings so we … [Read more...] about Whitechapel goes blood-red
Astro v Lippo: Enforcement in Arbitration
The dispute between the Astro Group and the Lippo Group that was recently before the Singapore Courts highlights important lessons for parties with crossborder contracts and disputes as it demonstrates both the strengths as well as weakness of the enforcement regime in arbitration pursuant to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “New York Convention”). It is important to understand that the substantive dispute between the parties … [Read more...] about Astro v Lippo: Enforcement in Arbitration
New Frontier: Mongolia
Profile Mongolia is a large country of approximately 1.6 million square kilometres and a population of 2.7 million (2009 census). The majority of the people (1 million) live in the capital Ulaanbaatar. The remainder are scattered through more than 400 settlements of varying sizes ranging from centres of provincial government (Aimag centres), local government centres (Soums), and smaller villages in isolated dwellings. The population is well served by analogue television, and six programmes are … [Read more...] about New Frontier: Mongolia
It’s No Picnic Down Under
In the past 12 months, Australia’s television industry has seen a vast shake-up, in fact there has not been as much corporate activity in the local media sector since the late 80s/early 90s when a flurry of overseas interest forced the government to make cross-media ownership laws to stop too much of the country’s media being swallowed up. One of the key focuses of the recent corporate moves in the sector has been Consolidated Media Holdings, an organisation that is controlled by … [Read more...] about It’s No Picnic Down Under
