Tokyo - The sixth edition of the annual Tokyo International Anime Festival opened on March 22 with a record 270 exhibitors, including 55 from overseas, occupying 750 booths at Tokyo Big Sight. Out of 457 entries, Kadokawa Movies' feature film The Girl Who Leapt through Time was declared the year’s best anime and its director Mamoru Hosoda took the best director's award. One innovation this year is the Robot Animation Expo, exhibiting 55 robot anime from the early days of … [Read more...] about Record exhibitor turnout for Tokyo International Anime Festival
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Technical solution to facilitate Anytime TV’s regional expansion
Singapore – VOD provider Anytime will launch Anytime Absolute, an end-to-end broadband TV technical solution providing distribution, content management, commerce, and customer support abilities for use with Anytime’s VOD service across Asia Pacific. Anytime Absolute is the result of Anytime’s collaboration with four technology, network infrastructure and e-commerce providers. Akamai offers an interactive storefront with media and software downloads. Entriq manages the pay media … [Read more...] about Technical solution to facilitate Anytime TV’s regional expansion
Digital media powerbrokers converge on Mumbai
Singapore- X|Media|Lab, an international think tank and creative workshop, today announced it will stage a three-day workshop in Mumbai as part of the Ficci-Frames convention.Entitled X|Media|Lab Mumbai Digital Entertainment and running from March 26– 28, it will see a group of international mentors joining local media companies and project teams to provide support and advice to help digital projects get to market. … [Read more...] about Digital media powerbrokers converge on Mumbai
Thailand’s iTV receives last minute reprieve
Bangkok – iTV, the debt-ridden station that was set to be shut down from Wednesday, gained a new lease of life after interim prime minister, Surayud Chulanont, allowed transmissions to continue by having them relayed through the Public Relations Department (PRD) that would enable the channel's programming to continue uninterrupted. Surayud's order, made late Wednesday this week, closely followed an initial ruling by the Council of State that … [Read more...] about Thailand’s iTV receives last minute reprieve
All goes dark at Thailand’s iTV
Bangkok – Thailand’s only independent TV station iTV has halted broadcasting ‘temporarily’ until any light is shed on its future. Equally in the dark appear to be the Thai Cabinet, deciding to pull the plug after having failed to reach a decision on the channel’s future. The core of iTV’s problems lie in debts of US$3.85million, incurred via fines, fees and interest. … [Read more...] about All goes dark at Thailand’s iTV
Galey heading up Bloomberg TV for Asia
Singapore - Shawn Galey is to direct a wide range of Bloomberg Television’s commercial affairs in the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Galey assumes regional responsibility for distribution, new media, business development and marketing. He replaces James Ross, who left Bloomberg Television mid-2006 to head up Granada International’s Hong Kong-based regional operations. Prior to joining Bloomberg Television, Galey was a senior vice president for legal and business affairs at … [Read more...] about Galey heading up Bloomberg TV for Asia