Asia – FOX International Channels’ (FIC) The Walking Dead Season 3 premiere received impressive ratings performance across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, defeating other cable competition in its time period with regards to Total Viewers. The debut made FOX Movies Premium (FMP) one of the top Western movie channels in its timeslot among pay-TV viewers in Malaysia and Singapore. It also outperformed FMP’s year-to-date prime time average by about 54% and 194% in Malaysia and … [Read more...] about The Walking Dead third season premieres on high note across Asia
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SPT’s ONE turns two
Singapore– Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia announced that its Korean general entertainment (GE) channel, ONE, which just turned two, continues to achieve strong ratings across the region. Among pay-TV 4+ audiences, from January 1 to October 10 2012, ONE has garnered 43% of the viewing share between all 19 HD channels in Malaysia. The channel also drew an average viewing duration of 125 minutes per viewer each day, among pay-TV networks on Astro, according to AGB Nielson … [Read more...] about SPT’s ONE turns two
Astro Malaysia debuts on Bursa Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro Malaysia) has listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) under the “Trading/Services” sector. The market capitalisation of Astro Malaysia, based on the initial public offering (IPO) price of RM3.00 per share, was RM15.6 billion. Total amount of funds raised is approximately RM4.6 billion, of which the amount raised by the company is RM1.4 billion. Total demand for the … [Read more...] about Astro Malaysia debuts on Bursa Malaysia
CNN tracks the web’s most buzzed about stories
CNN has launched CNN Trends, a news discovery dashboard that enables users to track and explore the Web’s most buzzed about stories. Fueled by Zite technology and sponsored by Lexus, CNN Trends identifies the most conversation-provoking news topics to pair with a CNN story and content from up to ten additional sources. Utilising technology from Zite, CNN Trends monitors conversations through the social Web and surfaces the topics of greatest relevancy. To provide context for the … [Read more...] about CNN tracks the web’s most buzzed about stories
Bake Off format comes to America
CBS has ordered a new alternative series, Bake Off (working title), based on the hit UK format The Great British Bake Off, for broadcast next year. The series will feature skilled amateur Americans competing in baking challenges, with one ultimately being crowned the winner. The Great British Bake Off has become a ratings sensation in the UK. The third season finale, which aired on October 16, was one of the highest-rated BBC2 originated shows in the last six years, earning a 25.3% … [Read more...] about Bake Off format comes to America
MIPCOM: Shine Group inks two deals with Shanghai Media Group
Cannes – New Corporation’s Shine Group has sold two entertainment formats – Minute to Win It (11x90’) and a second series of MasterChef – to Shanghai Media Group (SMG). Minute to Win It will be produced for SMG-owned network Dragon TV, while cooking format MasterChef will return to the channel for a second season. Series one of MasterChef, which premiered in August, ended last weekend having attracted a peak audience of 118 million. Both shows have begun … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Shine Group inks two deals with Shanghai Media Group