London – Diverse, part of the Zodiak group of companies, has appointed Hannah Wesson as Development Executive. She joins new hires Mark Roberts from Channel 4 and Ed Crick from TLC in the company’s expansion. Wesson joins from Silver River where she completed work on the Natural Born Sellers for ITV1. Her credits include Baby Borrowers, Filthy Rich and Homeless and Channel 4 documentary Can’t Stop Eating, BBC’s Dog Borstal as well as The Week the Women Went format. … [Read more...] about Diverse names Hannah Wesson as Development Executive
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CCTV’s Spring Festival Evening Gala to be available on mobile TV
Wolverhampton, England – ROK Entertainment Group Inc., UK-based mobile technologies, applications and entertainment developer, is broadcasting on mobile TV, CCTV’s Spring Festival Evening Gala in cooperation with China Central Television (CCTV)-affiliated corporation, CCTV International Network Company. The Spring Festival Evening Gala is China’s premier TV event featuring drama, dance, and song held on the eve of Chinese New Year annually. ROK will broadcast the Spring … [Read more...] about CCTV’s Spring Festival Evening Gala to be available on mobile TV
BBC Worldwide, Hardy & Sons and Left Bank Pictures in co-venture
London – Independent producer, Hardy & Sons, will re-launch as a new production company in partnership with Left Bank Pictures and BBC Worldwide. BBC Worldwide and Left Bank each hold a 15% stake in the JV, with the remaining 70% held by Hardy & Sons owner and Creative Director, Justin Hardy. The new venture is yet to be named and will focus on producing drama and documentary, drawing on Left Bank’s expertise in contemporary drama and film, and Hardy & Sons forte for historical drama … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide, Hardy & Sons and Left Bank Pictures in co-venture
FME named as CBS Consumer Products’ exclusive licensing agent Down Under
New York – CBS Consumer Products has appointed FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) as its exclusive licensing agency for Australia and New Zealand. FME will build merchandising programs for CBS’s signature brands including current franchises Star Trek and Australia’s Next Top Model and classic library properties such as Happy Days, Brady Bunch and Beverly Hills 90210. Liz Kalodner, Executive Vice President and GM for CBS Consumer Products said, “The new partnership will … [Read more...] about FME named as CBS Consumer Products’ exclusive licensing agent Down Under
Charting the content flow
The past ten years have seen GlobeCast’s evolution from a capacity reselling division of France Telecom, to a satellite service provider, to a content management and delivery company. Fifteen teleports and technical operations centres on five continents feed more than 100 transponders on up to 40 satellites. Each hub is interconnected, via proprietary fibre, to move content along any point on the network for one-hop delivery to the company’s channel distribution platforms. GlobeCast … [Read more...] about Charting the content flow
Manu of the match
With The Golf Channel; Goal TV, Neo Sports and Eurosport aiming to make in-roads into the Asia Pacific region, new channels dedicated to individual sports, and digital media, are just two of ESPN STAR Sports’ (ESS) emphases for the coming year. Exactly which other sportsspecific channels can be expected are still under wraps, but ESS’s September 2007- appointed MD Manu Sawhney highlights the success of STAR Cricket, which became the network’s fifteenth channel upon its June … [Read more...] about Manu of the match