Singapore – As part of New Delhi Television (NDTV)’s global growth strategy, BT’s Media and Broadcast sector is enabling the broadcaster to distribute to BSkyB and Direct TV in the U.K. and U.S. respectively. Since BT’s $50 million sale of its satellite broadcast business to Arqiva in April 2007, BT has invested $48 million in its media network for Asia Pacific. As NDTV’s global network supplier, BT will carry live news bulletins to multiple platforms on its fiber … [Read more...] about BT takes NDTV to the U.S. and U.K.
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Pantvaidya joins BBC Global Channels as General Manager, South Asia
Mumbai- Nachiket Pantvaidya will join BBC Worldwide Global Channels on July 11 as General Manager, South Asia, to lead the Global Channels team in the region, manage growth strategy for BBC-branded channels, and drive awareness of BBC channel brands. He reports to Christine Leo-McKerrow, SVP Global Channels Asia-Pacific. Nachiket was Executive Director, Programming and Production, for India’s Disney Channels for three years, where he managed the localization of the Disney brand with Indian … [Read more...] about Pantvaidya joins BBC Global Channels as General Manager, South Asia
BBC World announces World Challenge finalists
London- World Challenge 2007, a competition run by BBC World and Newsweek for business and community projects, has announced its 12 finalists. The finalists, who will be profiled in six 30-minute programmes on BBC World and in advertorials in Newsweek, were chosen from a record 942 nominations. They include Indonesia’s The Masarang Palm Sugar Factory– Providing an alternative to wood in the sugar industry; Vietnam’s Sa Pa Essentials – Boosting income with medicinal … [Read more...] about BBC World announces World Challenge finalists
NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
Tokyo- NHK’s 24-hour international TV channel, NHK World TV, will air 14 atomic bomb related programmes this August to promote peace. The shows were broadcast by NHK in Japan between 1975 and 2004 and will air for the first time on its international TV channel. Titles to be shown are The People's Pictures: Drawings of the A-bomb Aftermath; These Things We Left, Hiroshima's Warning; Why Didn't I Help? The Memories of 7,000 Survivors; Nagasaki: A Record of Life and Death; Hiroshima: The … [Read more...] about NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
Tokyo- NHK’s 24-hour international TV channel, NHK World TV, will air 14 atomic bomb related programmes this August to promote peace. The shows were broadcast by NHK in Japan between 1975 and 2004 and will air for the first time on its international TV channel. Titles to be shown are The People's Pictures: Drawings of the A-bomb Aftermath; These Things We Left, Hiroshima's Warning; Why Didn't I Help? The Memories of 7,000 Survivors; Nagasaki: A Record of Life and Death; Hiroshima: The … [Read more...] about NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
KBS comes on board The Asian Pitch
Singapore- Korea Broadcasting Systems (KBS) has joined Singapore’s MediaCorp and Japan’s NHK in The Asian Pitch, a pitching event for Asian documentary makers launched in November 2006 to create Asian-made HD documentaries. Park Chung Yong, Chief Producer of KBS, believes the project can provide the groundwork to develop independent production in Asia and help expose Asian content to international media. After the April 30 deadline, MediaCorp’s HD company, Caldecott Productions … [Read more...] about KBS comes on board The Asian Pitch