London – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced today that it has successfully acquired control of the Dutch entertainment company, 2waytraffic. The acquisition gives SPE new capabilities in the global light entertainment market, which includes games, variety and reality shows, and gives SPE one of the largest gameshow portfolios in the world. All the conditions of the public offer for 2waytraffic announced on March 13, 2008 have been satisfied or waived, and 2waytraffic has made … [Read more...] about SPE completes 2waytraffic acquisition
Channel: Companies
StarHub president appointed CEO, New Zealand Communication
Auckland – New Zealand Communication, has appointed Singapore based Mike Reynolds as its Chief Executive Officer; he will relocate to Auckland next month. New Zealand’s third mobile operator is “now on a countdown to a public launch date,” said New Zealand Communications’ chairman, Bill Osborne. He said the company had conducted a world-wide search for a telecommunications executive with the expertise to take the mobile phone company from its current infrastructure … [Read more...] about StarHub president appointed CEO, New Zealand Communication
Singapore kick-start for NBCU channels’ July launch
Singapore – The carriage deal with Singapore’s StarHub in July will be the first in a series across the region for NBC Universal Global Networks’ SCI FI and Universal Channels. The third SCI FI channel in the region, as well as the first Universal Channel, will debut on StarHub Digital Cable in July. The channels will be made available with Chinese subtitling and offer viewers local interstitials and programming. This announcement is the first in a series of deal announcements … [Read more...] about Singapore kick-start for NBCU channels’ July launch
Globo TV Int’l seals deals with Dream House Entertainment and StarHub
Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian distributor Globo TV International has expanded its Asia Pacific presence with content deals signed with Australia’s Dream House Entertainment and Singapore’s StarHub. Globo TV International closed a volume deal with Dream House Entertainment to air over 1,900 hours of telenovelas until 2010 via subscription channel La Telenovela in Australia. Offering programming in Spanish, the channel has allocated three slots to air Globo’s telenovelas, with … [Read more...] about Globo TV Int’l seals deals with Dream House Entertainment and StarHub
Jenny Tan to head up AAAN’s ad sales
Singapore – AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd (AAAN) has appointed Jenny Tan to head up its advertising sales for Southeast Asia. The network officially launched eleven months ago with The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network brands. And 27 May 2008 saw The Biography Channel launch in Singapore and The Philippines. Asked whether it was quite early in AAAN’s maturity to be pursuing advertising revenues, general manager Louis Boswell said that Tan’s duties would include … [Read more...] about Jenny Tan to head up AAAN’s ad sales
Disney-ABC’s Army Wives march into Asia
Hong Kong – Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), the international TV distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company, has announced licensing deals for Army Wives with six broadcasters including the pan-regional Hallmark Channel, Australia’s Network Ten, Fiji TV, India’s Zee Cafe, New Zealand’s TV2 and Korea’s Story On channel. The deals brings Army Wives to 20 territories across Asia Pacific on terrestrial and pay-TV following its debut on the Lifetime … [Read more...] about Disney-ABC’s Army Wives march into Asia