London – Zone Reality, one of Chello Zone’s thematic channels, has commissioned UK a pilot for reality series Stupid Laws to be produced by indie Rival Media, to air across Zone Reality’s international feeds. A full series of Stupid Law is expected to be made in the future, with both the pilot and series to be distributed globally by Zone Distribution. To commence production in spring 2008, Stupid Laws features local residents and law enforcement agencies in various US states, … [Read more...] about Zone Reality commissions pilot of Stupid Laws from Rival Media
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SPTI and Electric Farm Entertainment to co-produce cross-platform titles
Culver City – Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Electric Farm Entertainment will jointly develop and produce cross-platform scripted comedy and action drama Woke Up Dead and Gemini Division respectively. Under the agreement, SPTI will exclusively acquire all international rights to the projects across all media including TV, theatrical and DVD releases, Internet, digital sell-through, as well as gaming and mobile rights. Marie Jacobson, EVP, programming and production, … [Read more...] about SPTI and Electric Farm Entertainment to co-produce cross-platform titles
JimJam reaches the Middle East and North Africa
London – Pre-school channel JimJam has launched in the Middle East and North Africa on DTH pay TV service Showtime (DTH), airing 12 hours daily, with various programmes dubbed in Arabic. Targeting children aged 1-6, JimJam offers a programming mix of animation, song and dance series, story-telling, puppets and claymation. The channel also provides English language learning segments with basic English words introduced, along with learning blocks on colours, numbers and shapes. JimJam … [Read more...] about JimJam reaches the Middle East and North Africa
TNMG and Info-fresh to offer IPTV content to US-based Japanese
Tokyo – The New Media Group, KK (TNMG), owner of the World On-Demand IPTV platform, and Info-fresh, Inc., operator of www.info-fresh.com a community and information website for overseas Japanese, have partnered to develop and market bundled IPTV content offerings for Japanese in the US market. Scheduled for launch in July 2008, the service initially targets Info-fresh’s 50,000 members at www.info-fresh.com, with Japanese content to be co-developed by the partners, and delivered via … [Read more...] about TNMG and Info-fresh to offer IPTV content to US-based Japanese
STAR and BT in three-year managed service IP network deal
STAR and BT’s Media and Broadcast sector have signed a three-year managed service IP network solution contract. The service will run across BT's Global Media Network, an MPLS-enabled IP network designed to carry broadcast traffic. BT’s media IP network has 300 points of presence in 170 countries. STAR will initially carry eight channels including STAR Plus, STAR One, STAR News, Vijay, STAR Gold, STAR Chinese Movies, STAR Chinese Channel and [V] Taiwan from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. … [Read more...] about STAR and BT in three-year managed service IP network deal
Arqiva and SAT-GE to offer a satellite-based HD video distribution platform into Asia Pacific
Washington DC – Arqiva’s Satellite Media Solutions division is partnering SAT-GE, a subsidiary of General Electric to provide a satellite-based HD video platform into Asia Pacific. Collaboration and co-ordination work has commenced for the new platform that will enable broadcasters to distribute HD and SD channels to Asia-Pacific broadcasters and cable headends. From Arqiva’s Digital Media Center and teleport facilities in Los Angeles, the new HD platform will be uplinked onto … [Read more...] about Arqiva and SAT-GE to offer a satellite-based HD video distribution platform into Asia Pacific