Singapore - MediaCorp announced the results of its Viewers’ Choice 2010. Following seven weeks of voting via SMS, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports’ Filial Piety emerged the winner for the local category. Promote Mandarin Council for Speak Mandarin Campaign – Noemie is first runner-up, and second runner-up is Canon Singapore Pte Ltd for Canon EOS 550D DSLR – Fascinate The World. PepsiCo International Pte Ltd for Pepsi-Cola – Oh Africa 2010 … [Read more...] about Winners for Viewers’ Choice 2010 announced
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MediaCorp wins at Asian Rainbow TV Awards
Singapore - MediaCorp bagged three awards at the inaugural Asia Rainbow TV Awards organized by HK Televisioners Association and China TV Production Committee, held in Hong Kong. Channel 8 programme Life Transformers 2 claimed the award for Best Infotainment while gameshow Gatekeepers is Best Game & Quiz Show. Quan Yifeng is the Best Programme Host (Female) through her performance in Life Transformers 2. Channel 5 police drama Point of Entry also received a nomination in the Best Action Drama … [Read more...] about MediaCorp wins at Asian Rainbow TV Awards
BBC Worldwide at MipTV
London - BBC Worldwide will be taking six new formats to MipTV. The six new formats on offer at MipTV next month include The House That Made Me, Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands, Toughest Place To Be, Generation Gap, Cook Off and A Farmer’s Life For Me. The House That Made Me is innovative new biographical format, where famous figures take an emotional but frequently uplifting trip back to meticulous recreations of the homes they were brought up in. Junior Doctors: Your Life In … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide at MipTV
101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow on ABC
London - US network ABC has commissioned a prime time run of Endemol's 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow. The worldwide format is scheduled to air this summer on ABC in the US. 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow has been sold to a total of eight territories so far including Argentina (Channel 13), UK (BBC One), Germany (RTL), Turkey (Fox), Sweden (TV3) Brazil (TV Globo) and Israel (Reshet) with further deals in major markets pending. All productions, apart from the US version will be filmed on … [Read more...] about 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow on ABC
Italy buys Opera!
London - BBC Worldwide is to provide Italy with the history of Italian opera, it was announced at the 35th annual BBC Showcase in Brighton. Public broadcaster RAI has acquired Opera Italia, a three-part documentary presented by famed conductor Antonio Pappano that takes the viewer on a whistle-stop tour through the country’s opera history, from Monteverdi and Rossini to Verdi and Puccini. Further music titles secured by the broadcaster include Rolling Stones documentary, Stones in Exile … [Read more...] about Italy buys Opera!
300 hours of VOD drama deals for Korea
London – BBC Worldwide’s Sales & Distribution business in Asia has announced nearly 300 hours’ worth of drama has been sold to digital cable VOD service HomeChoice and telecoms company SKTelecom (SKT). SKT is the number one mobile service operator in South Korea with a subscriber base of 26 million. This is BBC Worldwide’s first mobile deal in Korea, and subscribers will be able to view content on their mobile device and TV and PC screens with one purchase. The same … [Read more...] about 300 hours of VOD drama deals for Korea