Cannes, France & Hong Kong –The Weinstein Company has signed an exclusive five year pan Asia pay-TV output deal with STAR. STAR movies has picked up titles including 1408, Sicko, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, The Reader, Crossing Over and Superhero Movie. Announcement furthers The Weinstein Company’s commitment to the Asian market. In addition to the films produced and distribution throughout the world, TWC formed a US$285 million Asian Film Fund and the fund’s inaugural major … [Read more...] about The Weinstein Company and STAR ink output deal
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ITV rides on Silverback
London/Stockholm – ITV plc has acquired Swedish independent production and programme formats business Silverback AB. The deal includes a cash consideration of £5.2million (US$10.3milliion) and a further payment of a maximum £8.8million (US$17.4million) pegged to profit performance over a three-year period. The acquisition is part of ITV's strategy to grow its production, format creation and distribution businesses across international territories to help double global content revenues by … [Read more...] about ITV rides on Silverback
Zeal Entertainment to Amaze with new formats
London – Format and events programming distributor Zeal Entertainment, part of the Digital Rights Group (DRG), has secured global distribution rights to independent UK production house Amaze TV’s new formats One of the Boys, Vicious Circle and Ladies and the Tramps. One Of The Boys uses prosthetics, voice and acting coaching to have a woman go undercover as a man and through interaction with a selected group of men allow her to decide which man she will further her relationship with. … [Read more...] about Zeal Entertainment to Amaze with new formats
Brazil’s Rede Record Internacional TV reaches Asia
Sunrise, Florida – GlobeCast, content management and delivery subsidiary of France Telecom has signed a deal with Brazilian network Rede Record Internacional TV to launch its exclusive channels across Asian markets including China, Japan and India via SatLink’s AsiaSat 2 multiple channels per carrier (MCPC) platform. Rede Record Internacional’s carriage into Asia adds to its channels’ availability in the US, Canada, Europe and Africa. The network offers a range of … [Read more...] about Brazil’s Rede Record Internacional TV reaches Asia
AMAZIA set for axe
Speculation is mounting that REED MIDEM's cross-platform content show AMAZIA is to be cancelled. Scheduled for 17-20 November 2008, at the HKCEC in Hong Kong, many exhibitors were confused at AMAZIA's timing so soon after MIPCOM, just before the CASBAA Conference, and in apparent competition with Reed Exhibitions' Singapore-based Asia TV Forum, happening 9-12 December 2008. AMAZIA was touted as the first business-to-business exhibition and international conference dedicated to the creation and … [Read more...] about AMAZIA set for axe
The Weinstein Company and STAR ink output deal
Cannes, France & Hong Kong –The Weinstein Company has signed an exclusive five year pan Asia pay-TV output deal with STAR. STAR movies has picked up titles including 1408, Sicko, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, The Reader, Crossing Over and Superhero Movie. Announcement furthers The Weinstein Company’s commitment to the Asian market. In addition to the films produced and distribution throughout the world, TWC formed a US$285 million Asian Film Fund and the fund’s inaugural major … [Read more...] about The Weinstein Company and STAR ink output deal