Sydney- Australia’s Seven Network has picked Bionic Woman, a remake of the 1970s classic, and Lipstick Jungle, from Sex and The City author Candace Bushnell, from its deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, which it shares with Network Ten. These series joins Seven’s upcoming US programming line-up including the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice, starring Kate Walsh as Dr Montgomery Shepherd; Dirty Sexy Money, a new series about the lives and … [Read more...] about Seven snags the new Bionic Woman
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SBS Corporation clicks with Tandberg for Internet TV
Atlanta – Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Corporation, Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, has selected Tandberg TV’s solution for Internet TV asset ingest, transcoding, management and distribution. As part of the integration, SBS will access technologies through a managed services model to publish SBS content and user generated video via the Internet. Initially the broadband video will be available on sbs.com and eventually across multiple … [Read more...] about SBS Corporation clicks with Tandberg for Internet TV
Neo Sports reaches Japan, Korea and Taiwan with The New Media Group
Mumbai- Neo Sports began live broadcast on July 1 across Japan, Korea and Taiwan following a carriage deal with Tokyo-based digital media platform developer and operator The New Media Group, K. K. (TNMG). TNMG is distributing Neo Sports on its World On-Demand IPTV platform, offering both packaged and a la carte deals. Viewers in the three territories will be able to access Neo Sports’ coverage of international and Indian cricket. TNMG will also work with Neo Sports in Q3 of 2007 to develop … [Read more...] about Neo Sports reaches Japan, Korea and Taiwan with The New Media Group
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
Vietnam Government wants more local content
Hanoi – Vietnam’s local film and TV industry received a boost as the Government ruled that cinemas and television should show more local films and serials. The recent Decree 96 makes it mandatory for cinemas to screen original Vietnamese language films at least 20% of the time - and 30% of all films and serials shown on TV must be locally made. The ruling was made after a careful study of the film industry and screening of imported films in neighboring countries by the Ministry of … [Read more...] about Vietnam Government wants more local content
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