Jakarta – PT Mega Media Indonesia, the country’s newest player in direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast services, has selected Irdeto’s conditional access (CA) solution to launch ‘Parabola Orange TV’ pay TV services. Parabola Orange TV broadens Indonesia’s access to digital TV broadcast services through a combination of post-paid subscription and a “Prepaid Plus” concept while offering unlimited free-to-air viewing. Irdeto provided Mega Media Indonesia … [Read more...] about All orange for Irdeto
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Digging up the past
ABC Commercial's The Digger (1 x 83' HD) has won the Gold award at the Cannes Corporate Media and Television Awards in the History and Civilization category. The programme revisits the world's most infamous battle scenes - from the Boer War to the El Alamein front, following the rise of tough-as-nails soldiers and their well-earned reputation for wartime heroics and off-duty insubordination. The historical documentary was produced by Bearcage Productions and broadcast on Foxtel's History … [Read more...] about Digging up the past
No laughing matter
BBC Worldwide has licensed the new comedy programme starring Steve Coogan, Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters, along with a host of other comedy titles, to Australian network Foxtel’s The Comedy Channel. The recently concluded deal sees series one and two of Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters (S1 6x25’, S2 6x25’ A Baby Cow Production), premiering on the channel in early 2012. After an eight year absence, Alan Partridge is back as he hosts daytime radio show … [Read more...] about No laughing matter
Crimes of passion
Miami – Somebody's Watching, one of the highest rated productions in Hispanic network Telemundo’s history, has premiered in Indonesia on PayTV operator Vision2. The telenovela, filmed in Chicago and Miami, is based on the original story by TVN Chile and revolves around the lives of four friends who witness the murder of a well-known socialite – the third such death in the city. The story is written by Pablo Illanes, creator of the international hit telenovela, Missing. To date, … [Read more...] about Crimes of passion
Talking heads
Hong Kong – Key television industry figures are speaking at this year’s CASBAA convention, themed TV365: Watch Closely! Some of the topics that will be discussed are “China TV at home and abroad”, “A Vision for Pay-TV” and “Talking TV”. This year's top-tier line-up of speakers include Jeff Shell, President, NBC Universal International; Liang Xiao Tao, President, CITVC; and Blair Westlake, Corporate VP, Media and Entertainment Group, Microsoft. "The … [Read more...] about Talking heads
New Distribution Director at KidsCo
KidsCo has appointed Kimberly Huttenstine as its Distribution Director. Huttenstine will focus on exploring and developing opportunities in the Nordic market, assisting the existing team with European opportunities, as well as identifying and developing opportunities in Latin America. She joins KidsCo from The Walt Disney Company where she was Senior Manager for six years, working to negotiate content distribution agreements across Europe. … [Read more...] about New Distribution Director at KidsCo
