The highly-anticipated 22nd Asian TV Forum & Market (ATF) has officially kicked off today, December 1, 2021, at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Present at the opening ceremony were Mr. Yip Je Choong, Managing Director Singapore & Indonesia & Senior Vice President Commercial APAC at RX and Mrs. Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information Singapore who delivered the opening address. Mr. Choong highlighted two key themes that cut across ATF’s programming this year. … [Read more...] about The Asian TV Forum & Market officially kicks off on 1 December
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BBC Studios brings premium British content to Singapore through a partnership with Singtel
BBC Studios announced on 1 December that it will launch linear channels BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies and BBC World News together with on-demand channel BBC First and multi-genre SVOD service, BBC Player on Singtel TV, Singapore’s leading network and pay-TV provider. The linear and on-demand channels will be available from 1 December 2021 on Singtel TV, Singtel TV GO and video streaming platform CAST while the multi-genre SVOD service will be made available sometime in early 2022. Phil … [Read more...] about BBC Studios brings premium British content to Singapore through a partnership with Singtel
CBS Studios partners with Stampede Ventures for international limited-event series ‘Tango’
CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures have partnered under their international first-look agreement on a new limited-event series TANGO, which examines the tumultuous events surrounding the making of the 1973 feature film Last Tango in Paris. Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve, The Girl Before) and José Padilha (Narcos, Elite Squad) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and JP Sarni of Stampede Ventures to executive produce. Meghan Lyvers, Senior Vice President of International Co-Productions and … [Read more...] about CBS Studios partners with Stampede Ventures for international limited-event series ‘Tango’
Kansai TV and KC Global Media Asia’s new co-production ‘Budget Trip in Japan’ Season 2 to premiere across pay-TV and streaming platforms
Japanese commercial broadcaster, Kansai TV and KC Global Media Asia, the network that owns and operates the leading Japanese entertainment channel, GEM, have co-produced the new season of Budget Trip in Japan S2. The GEM Original travelogue series features Japanese celebrities taking viewers on a journey to discover the hidden gems of Japan, including travel tips and tricks to enjoying an authentic Japanese travel experience with only a budget of 50,000 yen for two! The program will premiere on … [Read more...] about Kansai TV and KC Global Media Asia’s new co-production ‘Budget Trip in Japan’ Season 2 to premiere across pay-TV and streaming platforms
David Smyth appointed CEO at Beyond Rights
Beyond Rights is delighted to announce that seasoned international TV executive David Smyth will be joining the business as its new CEO on 3rd January. David’s most recent role was founder and CEO of YouLook.tv, the UK’s first multi-channel AVOD service. Before that he worked for lengthy periods at both Twentieth Century Fox where, latterly as SVP and managing director, he initiated the ground-breaking BBC/FX deal, and at Sky 1, where he was head of acquisitions. He has also worked at both … [Read more...] about David Smyth appointed CEO at Beyond Rights
Asia Video Summit wraps up a week of events highlighting the resilience of the industry
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) ended off the year with a series of virtual conferences attended by over 1600 delegates across Asia Pacific, and its first in-person industry conference and dinner in over two years, Resilience 100, at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. The Asia Video Summit which was supported by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor was honoured to have Mr. Edward Yau, GBS, JP, Secretary for Commerce and … [Read more...] about Asia Video Summit wraps up a week of events highlighting the resilience of the industry