Shanghai – Microsoft and PPTV, China's leading Internet TV service provider, have signed a strategic partnership memorandum to launch PPTV Asia TV Networks (ATN) platform on Windows Azure. This one-stop Internet TV service platform will offer content and service providers a new scale of business opportunities. This is also Microsoft's first cloud-based collaboration with a local Chinese new media company. According to the memorandum, PPTV will adopt Windows Azure as the core infrastructure … [Read more...] about Microsoft and China’s PPTV forge alliance
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Nickelodeon commissions 14 new productions
New York – Nickelodeon has greenlit over a dozen new live action, animation and TV movie projects – featuring top creative talent in front of and behind the camera, iconic characters from its most popular series – that will begin rolling out this fall and into 2013. The slate includes a new Nick at Nite series Wendell and Vinnie and two Nick spin-off comedy pilots, Sam & Cat and Gibby, featuring beloved characters from hit series iCarly and Victorious. The network has also … [Read more...] about Nickelodeon commissions 14 new productions
Reliance MediaWorks restructures business operations
India’s Reliance Mediaworks has announced the appointment of Venkatesh Roddam as the CEO of the Film and Media Services division, and Ashok Ganapathy as the CEO of Exhibition. Current CEO Anil Arjun has also stepped down from his post. These are part of the entertainment conglomerate’s plans to restructure operations. "The appointments will enhance the independent focus on each operating division and thereby enhance revenues and profitability," Reliance MediaWorks said in a filing to … [Read more...] about Reliance MediaWorks restructures business operations
Arianespace launches two more satellites
Kourou – Satellites launch company Arianespace has successfully launched two communications satellites: INTELSAT 20 for the international satellite operator Intelsat, and HYLAS 2 for the European operator Avanti. INTELSAT 20 will join the large fleet of satellites already deployed by this major international operator. Arianespace has worked with Intelsat in a relationship of mutual trust for nearly 30 years, launching some 53 satellites in all, including 40 over the last 20 years. HYLAS 2 … [Read more...] about Arianespace launches two more satellites
TRACE Sports partners with Sky News to air in Australia
Hong Kong – TRACE Sports programming has launched on Sky News’ Multiview Service, marking the channel’s first foray into the Australian market. While the world’s eyes are on London, subscribers to Sky News will have access to TRACE Sports, giving viewers the opportunity to view exclusive programmes on the relationships, backgrounds, home lives, training and personal stories of champion athletes, as well as daily behind-the-scenes updates on all the action. Viewers can … [Read more...] about TRACE Sports partners with Sky News to air in Australia
M. Night Shyamalan to produce new Syfy pilot
New York – Syfy has finalised a deal with feature filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) and television Executive Producer/Showrunner Marti Noxon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Mad Men) to produce the scripted pilot project Proof. The news was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. In Proof, after the tragic accident and sudden death of his parents, the son of a billionaire tech genius … [Read more...] about M. Night Shyamalan to produce new Syfy pilot