Sydney - Beyond Distribution will be representing two new titles from Temple Street Productions which will launch at MIPTV. Mr Friday (13x30min) is a new series that follows Derek Friday as he switch places with a hardworking person every Friday in order to earn a trust fund cheque from his mother. Spoiled Rotten (13x30min) follows affluent families who are taken from their comfortable surroundings and dropped into challenging situations. … [Read more...] about Beyond & Temple Street at MIPTV
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Kunal Dasgupta leaves Multi Screen
Mumbai - Sony Pictures Television International's (SPTI) television networks business in India, Multi Screen Media Private Limited (Multi Screen), announced that its chief executive officer Kunal Dasgupta is resigning from the company for personal reasons. The announcement was made by SPTI's president, international networks, Andy Kaplan. The Multi Screen Board has appointed Man Jit Singh, chairman of the board of Multi Screen, to assume Dasgupta's CEO duties on an interim basis, and Singh will … [Read more...] about Kunal Dasgupta leaves Multi Screen
RTM renews agreement with MEASAT
Kuala Lumpur - MEASAT announced that Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) has renewed an agreement with MEASAT for the distribution of its services on the MEASAT-3 satellite. "We have had the privilege of supporting RTM with MEASAT-1 C-band capacity for over 10 years and we are delighted to continue this long term relationship with the provision of capacity on the MEASAT-3 satellite," said Yau Chyong Lim, senior director, sales and marketing, MEASAT. "With an extensive satellite footprint, RTM will … [Read more...] about RTM renews agreement with MEASAT
Power rolling out across Asia and the Middle East
London - Producer and distributor Power has recently confirmed a pan-regional deal with NBC Universal (Asia) across 23 territories. Titles included in the deal, which amount to almost 50 hours from Power's co-production slate are the 13 part action-adventure series Crusoe, which recently aired on NBC in the US and The Day of the Triffids, the epic apocalyptic drama currently filming in the UK for the BBC. The pan regional deal follows the pan regional output deal secured with Fox Middle East in … [Read more...] about Power rolling out across Asia and the Middle East
Government to finalize HITS policy soon
New Delhi - The latest digital TV technology of Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) will be finalized shortly, the minister of state for information and broadcasting Anand Sharma said. With its wider operational coverage area through satellite, HITS will help spread digital distribution of signals throughout the country at one go with lower investments by cable operators, compared to the present cable networks. Sharma also pegged the projected annual growth of the television industry at 22 percent and FM … [Read more...] about Government to finalize HITS policy soon
Top US business team unveil Metan Development Group in China
Los Angeles - Former News Corporation executive Martin Pompadur, E! Entertainment Television co-founder Larry Namer and Amerilink founder Jean Zhang have launched Metan Development Group LLC (Metan), a new venture created to develop and distribute entertainment content and media specifically for the Chinese market. The announcement was made by Metan's founders. "Our goal is to create and acquire high quality content for the Chinese audience developed from a Chinese perspective," said Namer. "We … [Read more...] about Top US business team unveil Metan Development Group in China