NHK’s international educational TV program contest, the Japan Prize, will start on October 23 at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo, with the Awards Ceremony to take place on October 29. Established in 1965, the 2007 edition of the contest received 262 entries from 150 organizations in 56 territories worldwide. The number of Asian and African submissions registered an increase while 45 organizations will make their debuts in the event. Entries will be judged by an international panel of … [Read more...] about NHK’s Japan Prize to be awarded on October 29
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Disney localizes in Hindi for Star Plus debut
Cannes – Disney-ABC International Television has announced an agreement with basic cable channel Star Plus for Disney’s Platinum animation titles, which will be localized for the Indian market. This is the first time that Disney’s Platinum titles will air on a general entertainment (GE) channel in India, dubbed in Hindi using the voices of Bollywood superstars. The Incredibles premieres on October 14 on STAR Plus, featuring Shah Rukh Khan as the voice character of Mr … [Read more...] about Disney localizes in Hindi for Star Plus debut
Disney-ABC Int’l TV and Usen to provide VOD service
Cannes - Disney-ABC International Television Japan (Minato-ku, Tokyo: Managing Director Paul Candland) and USEN CORPORATION (USEN, Minato-ku, Tokyo: President & CEO Yasuhide Uno) announced that they have successfully signed a Video On-Demand rental agreement to provide major titles from DAIT’s portfolio over USEN’s broadband entertainment service “GyaO”, “GyaO NEXT” and “ShowTime”. Serial broadcasting commenced from September 8, 2007. With this … [Read more...] about Disney-ABC Int’l TV and Usen to provide VOD service
EarthTV circles the globe
Cannes - Telcast Media Group, the company behind earthTV, has signed the first deal to distribute its content in Japan as well as launching several new program strands and formats. Japan's Nippon BS will air earthTV programming 12 times daily, starting in November. In China, its content will get much wider distribution when it moves soon from the weather channel CWTV to CCTV's main news channel. EarthTV's programming World Weather, Motion Time Lapse and What a World! is available in more than 50 … [Read more...] about EarthTV circles the globe
Vuze views Japan and Korea
Cannes - Online entertainment platform Vuze will target Japan and Korea as the first markets in Asia as it expands from the beachheads it has established in the US and Western Europe. Launched just eight months ago, Vuze claims an installed base of 10 million viewers and that it's adding 500,000 per week. The Palo Alta, California-based start-up says it has sourced content from 90 content partners including A&E, BBC, The History Channel, National Geographic, PBS, Showtime and Starz Media. In … [Read more...] about Vuze views Japan and Korea
Disney-ABC Int’l TV launches SVOD channel on SingTel’s mio TV
Cannes - Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) is launching is first subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) movie service, The Film Factory, on SingTel’s IPTV service mio TV. Available from October, The Film Factory channel provides over 100 library feature titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, and Miramax Films on-demand including Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, The English Patient and Pretty Woman. At a monthly subscription fee of $S12.84 … [Read more...] about Disney-ABC Int’l TV launches SVOD channel on SingTel’s mio TV
