Children’s wildlife series, Bindi: The Jungle Girl will premiere in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, following sales closed by ABC Commercial. The deals have come within four months of the series’ international launch at MIP Junior in October 2007. In the natural history program which focuses on conservation, Bindi travels across the world to feature local wildlife and highlight how animals should be treated. Bindi: The Jungle Girl premiered on ABC TV in July 2007 and … [Read more...] about ABC Commercial brings Bindi out of the jungle
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BroadcastAsia to return from June 17-20, 2008 at the Singapore Expo
Singapore - BroadcastAsia, the regional broadcast trade exhibition and conference event is set to return June 17-20, 2008 at the Singapore Expo. Organized by Singapore Exhibition Services (SES), the event attracted more than 12,750 visitors in 2007, with over 47% from overseas. A highlight of BroadcastAsia 2008 will be NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories’ Super Hi-Vision (SHV) technology, which will feature for the first time in Asia outside of Japan. SHV is an 8k system which … [Read more...] about BroadcastAsia to return from June 17-20, 2008 at the Singapore Expo
activeTV to ask Asia Who Do You Think You Are?
Singapore – activeTV, producer of reality series The Amazing Race Asia, has optioned format rights to the BBC celebrity ancestry series Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA) from UK indie Wall To Wall, for an Asian version of the show. Each one hour episode of WDYTYA follows a celebrity’s journey back through their family tree which usually springs twists and turns, as well as reveals secrets and historical insights. Apart from being commissioned for a fifth series in the UK, the … [Read more...] about activeTV to ask Asia Who Do You Think You Are?
Singapore finale for The Contender Asia
Singapore – The final showdown of Muay Thai reality show The Contender Asia will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday April 12 2008, according to one of the show’s executive producers, Imagine Omnimedia’s Riaz Mehta. The finale will be staged to coincide with the last episode of the show, which is currently airing across Asia on AXN. The winner will be crowned Contender Champion and take away a prize pool of US$250,000. The victory will also be recognized by … [Read more...] about Singapore finale for The Contender Asia
MediaCorp Believes in localizing Ripley
Singapore – MediaCorp TV Channel 5 will debut a localized version of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! on February 19, 2008 at 8.30pm, following deal concluded with Sony Pictures Television International for the format. The show which features bizarre and amazing events, people, artifacts and trivia will be hosted by local talent Allan Wu who also fronted the recently concluded season two of The Amazing Race Asia on AXN. Singapore’s version of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! will … [Read more...] about MediaCorp Believes in localizing Ripley
MEASAT in multi-transponder deal with SkyVision for AFRICASAT-1 capacity
Kuala Lumpur – MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd will provide SkyVision Global Networks LLC, a global provider of Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fibre optic systems, with C-band capacity on the newly commissioned AFRICASAT-1 satellite. Under the multi-transponder agreement, SkyVision will lease C-band transponders on the AFRICASAT-1 satellite from April 2008 for the provision of broadband services to SkyVision customers between Europe and Africa and across the African … [Read more...] about MEASAT in multi-transponder deal with SkyVision for AFRICASAT-1 capacity