Montreal – Distraction has closed its first Chinese deal with Beijing New Century Media for Dirty Rotten Cheater, a game show format that combines strategy and cheating. Dirty Rotten Cheater is based on deception and double-crossing as six players compete to answer a series of questions. The monetary returns vary with the level of difficulty of the questions. A ‘Cheater’ will be planted in the group with all answers fed to the player and contestants will have to expose the … [Read more...] about Distraction’s Dirty Rotten Cheater heads to China
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MTV Japan partners Shockwave to offer multi-platform advertising solutions
Tokyo/ Singapore/ Hong Kong - MTV Networks Japan K.K, a unit of Viacom, has partnered with Shockwave Entertainment, Inc. to co-develop and market advertising products, as well as create a new advertising business model for Japanese advertisers and consumers. The collaboration is expected to increase the reach and traffic of Shockwave, an entertainment website in Japan for casual gamers and animation fans, and MTVJapan.com, MTV Japan's online music portal. The alliance encourages the transfer of … [Read more...] about MTV Japan partners Shockwave to offer multi-platform advertising solutions
MediaCorp Raintree unveils five film slate
Hong Kong - Singapore's MediaCorp Raintree Pictures new slate of five films will see three to be directed by local filmmakers and the remaining two to be co-produced with Hong Kong's Salon Films. The new co-productions extends the company's partnership which started with their collaboration on US$15million Painted Skin set for release in October 2008. New films to be directed by Singaporean helmers are a biography of Rose Chan nicknamed 'Queen of Stiptease', to be helmed by Zhao Wei Films' Eric … [Read more...] about MediaCorp Raintree unveils five film slate
Portman Film & Television to offer Criminal Justice
London – Portman Film & Television, part of the Digital Rights Group (DRG) will offer new BBC drama series Criminal Justice to international broadcasters at MIPTV. Criminal Justice (5 x 1hr) is psychological thriller starring Ben Whishaw, Con O’Neill and Pete Postlethwaite. The series follows the protagonist’s tryst-turned-murder encounter and the struggle against the conspiracy to incriminate him. Criminal Justice is a BBC in-house production for BBC1, directed by Otto … [Read more...] about Portman Film & Television to offer Criminal Justice
MediaCorp in pole position to cover F1
Singapore – MediaCorp is set to provide extensive coverage of the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Races, including the inaugural 2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix over multiple media platforms including TV, radio and print. MediaCorp’s range of F1 offerings rolled out from March 14, 2008, and will culminate in the live telecast of the Singapore races held from September 26–28, 2008, on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, the official free-to-air broadcaster in Singapore. … [Read more...] about MediaCorp in pole position to cover F1
MediaCorp in pole position to cover F1
Singapore – MediaCorp is set to provide extensive coverage of the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Races, including the inaugural 2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix over multiple media platforms including TV, radio and print. MediaCorp’s range of F1 offerings will roll out from March 14, 2008, and will culminate in the live telecast of the Singapore races held from September 26–28, 2008, on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, the official free-to-air broadcaster in Singapore. … [Read more...] about MediaCorp in pole position to cover F1