Universal City, California – NBC has picked up the fourth and fifth cycles of the hit music competition series The Voice for Spring and Fall 2013 in the U.S. Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment, who made the announcement, also added that music stars Usher and Shakira will come on board the show as rotating coaches, joining Blake Shelton and Adam Levine in the fourth series. Current coaches Christina Aguilera, who is releasing a new album and going on tour, and Cee Lo Green, who … [Read more...] about NBC picks up The Voice for two more cycles
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Sony Pictures Television expands Last Resort distribution
London – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has pre-sold its new drama Last Resort to more than 100 countries ahead of its international distribution at MIPCOM in Cannes next month. In Asia, pan-regional broadcaster AXN Asia will air the series across 20 territories including India, China, Hong Kong and across Southeast Asia, while Canadian rights were acquired earlier this year by Shaw Global. Latest territories confirmed in Europe include Germany (Prosieben), Austria (ORF), Italy (FOX), … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures Television expands Last Resort distribution
Programmes on FOX International Channels win big at Primetime Emmys
Hong Kong / Southeast Asia – At this year’s 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, TV programmes broadcast by FOX International Channels (FIC) across Asia Pacific won ten awards. FOX Movies Premium’s Homeland and FOX’s Modern Family were the big winners of the night, taking home four awards each, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series, respectively. It is Modern Family’s third year in a row winning best comedy series, while Homeland broke Mad … [Read more...] about Programmes on FOX International Channels win big at Primetime Emmys
BBC Worldwide announces MIPCOM factual slate
BBC Worldwide has announced its first pre-sales of Brazil with Michael Palin to a raft of broadcasters, ahead of MIPCOM 2012. The travel documentary has been licensed to ABC (Australia), RTL Pay (Germany), VRT (Belgium), Czech TV, Media Entertainment’s pan-Eastern European feed, the VPRO (Holland), Yle (Finland), RÚV (Iceland), NRK (Norway) and RTV (Slovenia). Also on BBC Worldwide’s factual slate for MIPCOM is Nigellissima, to be launched by Nigella Lawson herself in Cannes. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide announces MIPCOM factual slate
StarHub TV adds two ABS-CBN channels
Singapore – StarHub TV is broadening its Filipino content offering with the addition of two ABS-CBN channels, ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) (StarHub TV Channel 143) and Cinema One Global (StarHub TV Channel 145) to its platform. ANC will be available starting today, while launch details on Cinema One Global will be revealed at a later date. ANC is an established English language news channel that provides 24/7 LIVE coverage with round-the-clock updates and in-depth analysis on key events from … [Read more...] about StarHub TV adds two ABS-CBN channels
APSCC honours top satellite execs
Seoul – The Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) has awarded the Satellite Executive of the Year in Asia-Pacific Award to Thomas Choi, CEO of Asia Broadcast Satellite, and the Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Han Hwangbo, President of Space Technology Group Inc., during the 9th annual APSCC Awards at the APSCC 2012 Satellite Conference & Exhibition in COEX, Seoul, Korea. The APSCC awards are presented eaAPch year to individuals and organisations whose contributions … [Read more...] about APSCC honours top satellite execs