Hong Kong – Celestial Pictures has announced a strategic deal with Beijing Netmovie Co., Ltd. (Netmovie) to distribute 662 Shaw Brothers films through various cinema lines centered on VV8.com, such as China Internet Cafes Cinema Line, China Cyber Cinema Line, China Campus Cinema Line and China Domestic Cinema Line. The deal will also encompass 170 hours of original TV dramas from Celestial Pictures. Netmovie, China’s largest digital entertainment content provider, has licensed the … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures to reach 30,000 Internet Cafes in China via Netmovie
Channel: Genre
World Fashion Channel struts its stuff on ABS-1
Hong Kong - Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and World Fashion Channel (WFC) announced that they have entered into a long term agreement for capacity on the ABS-1 satellite to improve and extend the channel’s distribution in Asia. WFC has launched two customized versions of their channel on ABS-1 satellite: NTSC format via the ABS-operated DVB-S, MCPC platform for Asian broadcasters; PAL format via the ABS-operated DVB-S2 MCPC platform for European broadcasters Both feeds are encrypted and … [Read more...] about World Fashion Channel struts its stuff on ABS-1
MDA awards Niche TV licence for SPH’s Razor TV service
Singapore - The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has issued a Niche TV Licence to Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), which plans to launch Razor TV, an interactive Web TV service with a strong emphasis on local content offering both live and video-on-demand programmes. The five-year Niche TV licence will facilitate SPH's entry into the local IPTV market, establishing it as the first media company in Singapore to develop a new genre of TV with live web studio streaming and real time … [Read more...] about MDA awards Niche TV licence for SPH’s Razor TV service
Urban legend
may 2008 saw Trace TV add SingTel mio TV to its increasingly strong distribution in the region that also includes True Digital in Thailand, Astro in Indonesia, Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, The New Media Group in Japan and Dish TV in India. Originating in France, the channel’s initial international opportunities stemmed from countries in Africa, the Middle East and the French West Indies that had historical links with France. Targetting the world’s multicultural, multiethnic young … [Read more...] about Urban legend
Korea’s content opportunities
Linfield Ng Senior TV Manager, BBC Worldwide Asia KBS, BBCW’s biggest client in Korea, has added Mistresses, series three of Doctor Who and Diana – Last Days of a Princess, to previous buys Primeval and Robin Hood. OBS will air Bodies, while The Office and Extras have been sold to Fox Life in Korea. Drama shows, including Miss Austen Regrets, Sense and Sensibility, Frankenstein, and factual fare like Michael Palin’s New Europe, A Year in Tibet and India with Sanjeev Bhaskar … [Read more...] about Korea’s content opportunities
Major day & date deals for SingTel mioTV
Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) has signed a deal with three major studios - Disney - ABC International Television, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The deal will make it possible for its mioTV service to screen over 50 top US series within a day of their US premiere on a subscription - based model. Lauded as a world first, certainly in terms of the volume of content available, Rob Gilby, senior vice president and managing … [Read more...] about Major day & date deals for SingTel mioTV