Singapore - BBC Worldwide Channels has inked a deal to launch CBeebies in South Korea for the first time. The channel, targeted at pre-schoolers from 0 – 6 years was made available on KT’s IPTV service, QOOK TV on its basic tier starting 15 May, reaching more than 1.2 million of the platform’s subscribers. “The inaugural launch of CBeebies in Korea is an important one for our long term growth strategy in Asia.” Said Mark Whitehead, Senior Vice President and General … [Read more...] about CBeebies lands in South Korea
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BBC Worldwide bulks up sales side with new hire
Hollywood - BBC Worldwide has hired Paul Davis-Miller for a newly created position as senior vice president of fiction in the company's reconfigured sales and distribution division. Davis-Miller will team up with Greg Johnson, who was named the division's senior VP of factual last week. Their goal is to assess programming needs in their respective areas and strategise to meet them -- working in part with independent as well as BBC inhouse producers. Both will report to BBC Worldwide Americas … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide bulks up sales side with new hire
MediaCorp to air Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Singapore - MediaCorp today announced it will be the official free-to-air broadcaster for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Its network of television, radio, newspaper, and online platforms will deliver the content for YOG to the homes of Singapore viewers, listeners and readers from 14 to 26 August 2010. Starting 31 May, online portal www.xinmsn.com/yog goes live with news, blogs, telecast schedules, medal tallies, trivia, Team Singapore athlete profiles, photos and videos, … [Read more...] about MediaCorp to air Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Indonesia first to see RED
JAKARTA, Indonesia – HBO Asia yesterday launched RED, its newest Asian movie channel. Also known as SCREEN RED, the channel features 24 hours of Asian movies aired in association with MATV, the leading Hong Kong-based producer and distributor of Chinese-language movies. RED, which will air the region’s latest Asian blockbuster movies, television series, and features celebrity interviews, entertainment news, is available first to Indovision subscribers in Indonesia. "We are very … [Read more...] about Indonesia first to see RED
BBC Worldwide bulks up sales side with new hire
Hollywood - BBC Worldwide has hired Paul Davis-Miller for a newly created position as senior vice president of fiction in the company's reconfigured sales and distribution division. Davis-Miller will team up with Greg Johnson, who was named the division's senior VP of factual last week. Their goal is to assess programming needs in their respective areas and strategise to meet them -- working in part with independent as well as BBC inhouse producers. Both will report to BBC Worldwide Americas … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide bulks up sales side with new hire
MediaCorp to air Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Singapore - MediaCorp today announced it will be the official free-to-air broadcaster for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Its network of television, radio, newspaper, and online platforms will deliver the content for YOG to the homes of Singapore viewers, listeners and readers from 14 to 26 August 2010. Starting 31 May, online portal www.xinmsn.com/yog goes live with news, blogs, telecast schedules, medal tallies, trivia, Team Singapore athlete profiles, photos and videos, … [Read more...] about MediaCorp to air Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games