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
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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
Yoshinori Imai returns to NHK as Executive Vice President
Tokyo – Shigeo Fukuchi, NHK’s newly appointed President has named former staff Yoshinori Imai as Executive Vice President. Imai returns to the pubcaster from retirement to replace Taeko Nagai who resigned after serving her three-year term. Imai was NHK’s Chief Commentator since 2003 and retired last December. Having joined the pubcaster since 1968, Imai has held various positions including Bureau Chief at NHK’s General Bureau for Europe (London) and Director-General of … [Read more...] about Yoshinori Imai returns to NHK as Executive Vice President
Shigeo Fukuchi helms NHK as President
Tokyo – Shigeo Fukuchi has taken the helm of troubled Japanese pubcaster NHK as its new President, replacing Genichi Hashimoto who stepped down at the end of his three-year term on Jan 24 although he resigned earlier to take responsibility for alleged insider trading by three members of NHK’s staff in a case that is still being investigated. Speaking at the press conference at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo, Fukuchi said that his position with NHK will be the final and “most … [Read more...] about Shigeo Fukuchi helms NHK as President