Sydney – Beyond Distribution will be bringing celebrity chef and TV personality Chuck Hughes to MIPTV to launch two new titles Chuck’s Week Off: Mexico and Chuckmas. Chuck will be hosting a cocktail event with Beyond on the Monday night where invited guests will be able to witness his unique style firsthand and sample his tasty creations! Chuck will also be appearing on the red carpet and attending Reed Midem’s Opening Night event. In the new series launching at MIP, Chuck … [Read more...] about Hughes cooks up a storm at MIP
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Super Sunday speakers
The Super Sunday MIPTV 2012 programme of conferences is focusing on connected devices and connected audiences. Speakers from leading international digital companies will share their knowledge and perspectives on the global digital ecosystem. Anthony Bay, Vice President, Amazon.com, will give insight of Amazon's digital media strategies; Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing Officer, Rovio, will share the marketing and brand strategies of the company responsible for Angry Birds; and Jean-Briac … [Read more...] about Super Sunday speakers
Five’s a charm for Beach House
Five of Beach House Pictures’ productions from 2011 have been selected as finalists in the New York Festival Awards. This is the first time the company has entered in the awards. Among the programmes nominated are; Hidden Cities - Indonesia (HISTORY, AETN All Asia Networks) in the History & Society category; Asia's Deadliest Snakes (National Geographic Channel) in the Nature & Wildlife category; and Innovasians - Social Robots (National Geographic Channel) in the Science … [Read more...] about Five’s a charm for Beach House
Roll with it
As I write, it has just gone a month since the year of Asian television came to a celebratory crescendo at the Awards ceremony in Singapore. Along with the new and tweaked award categories - which garnered some of the highest entries - it was also fantastic to see a number of fi rst time winners and a real diversity in programmes being awarded. A bigger highlight of the day were our Showcase and Superpitch events. Not only did the day-long programme garner a healthy turn out - up from 137 in … [Read more...] about Roll with it
And the winners are…
Singapore – The winners of this year’s Asian Television Awards have been announced. Thirty-nine awards were given out during a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Shangri-La Hotel. CNN International won five awards, the most of the night. The network was named Cable & Satellite Network and Channel of the Year, along with other wins for Bangladesh Begging Boy, Nepal’s Stolen Children and Anna Coren for World Report. Japan’s NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) General … [Read more...] about And the winners are…
And the nominees are…
Singapore – The finalists for this year’s Asian Television Awards 2011 (ATA) were announced today by organizing publication Television Asia Plus. A total of 224 entries spanning 13 countries have been short-listed for the 16th annual presentation of the region’s industry honours. This year’s entries surpassed those in 2010, with close to 1,040 submissions received across various television genres and performance categories. The awards also garnered first time entries from … [Read more...] about And the nominees are…
