Hilversum - Matt Creasey, previously Head of Sales, Finished Programmes at Endemol International, has been promoted to Director of Sales, Distribution. Creasey will continue to report to International Director of Scripted Programming and Distribution, Caroline Torrance. Recent deals include the sale of Endemol UK’s one hour documentary special Extraordinary Ten Year Olds to a further eight territories including Australia’s Nine Network iand BBC Knowledge, Asia. Teen Transexual has … [Read more...] about Creasey upped at Endemol International
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Bloomberg Television’s news airs on Ho Chi Minh Television’s HTV7
Ho Chi Minh- Bloomberg Television’s news segment started airing on July 9 on Ho Chi Minh Television’s HTV7 in a programming co-operation which also involves technology conglomerate FTP and content distribution and production house Q.net. Bloomberg Television provides summaries of global and regional business and financial news as well as clips of key interviews, which are versioned into Vietnamese and incorporated by Q.net into a 10-minute segment which broadcasts daily at 6:00 p.m. … [Read more...] about Bloomberg Television’s news airs on Ho Chi Minh Television’s HTV7
MEASAT introduces new HDTV distribution platform for Asia
Kuala Lumpur- MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has introduced an HDTV distribution platform for international broadcasters distributing HD content across Asia-Pacific. Recently showcased at the CommunicAsia 2007 exhibition in Singapore, the new platform addresses content acquisition, MPEG-4 compression, encryption, uplink and content distribution via the MEASAT-3 satellite. Developed with play-out and uplink services providers Ascent Media and Pacific Century Matrix (PCM) from Singapore and … [Read more...] about MEASAT introduces new HDTV distribution platform for Asia
China Mobile to increase shareholding in Phoenix TV to extend mobile TV service
Hong Kong- Local media reported that China Mobile is looking to obtain a controlling stake in Phoenix TV to expand its mobile TV service to provide nationwide coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 via 3G technology. China Mobile Group acquired 19.9% of Phoenix TV's shares in June 2006 and is currently its second largest shareholder. The two companies have been co-operating on developing and promoting wireless content, products, service and application and to expand the wireless media … [Read more...] about China Mobile to increase shareholding in Phoenix TV to extend mobile TV service
X|Media|Lab Melbourne to act as a bridge to Beijing
Sydney- The X|Media|Lab Melbourne creative workshop to be held August 10-12 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, themed "Digital Worlds: Social, Virtual, Mobile," is attracting an illustrious list of practitioners including film director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth), Dr David Liu, founder/ CEO of Beijing’s Cyber Recreation Development Corporation, Kamar Shah, Worldwide Head of Industry Marketing at Nokia, and Marcelino Ford-Livene, Head of Interactive Advertising for Intel’s … [Read more...] about X|Media|Lab Melbourne to act as a bridge to Beijing
South Korea leads the world in social networking
South Korea leads the world in the popularity of social networking, with 55% of adult Internet users having visited at least one site, according to Ipsos Insight. Three out of every 10 Koreans belong to Cyworld, which markets itself as the Ultimate Place for Trusted Friendships and Creative Self-Expression. Ipsos found 27% of adults in urban China had visited social network sites, compared with 24% in the US, 16% in India and 9% in Japan. Another research firm, eMarketer, estimates that … [Read more...] about South Korea leads the world in social networking