Endemol is launching a new centre of operations in Kuala Lumpur with Endemol South East Asia Sdn. Bhd. registered as a local operating company in Malaysia. The Malaysian office will become Endemol South East Asia's new headquarters with the company's former centre in Bangkok continuing to operate as a regional base. So far this year Endemol has licensed over 30 programmes in 6 countries across SEA. This includes the first ever local version of Fear Factor in the Philippines, which was recently … [Read more...] about Endemol SEA expands into Malaysia
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Leo-McKerrow announcement surprises global execs
MIPCOM, Cannes – Statement issued from Singapore Wednesday regarding the resignation of Christine Leo-McKerrow as BBC Worldwide Channels Asia’s senior vice president and general manager, took a few senior executives by surprise here in Cannes. While it was known internally of Leo McKerrow’s intention to leave end January 2009, execs were not expecting the Singapore-issued press release which came the day of a big BBC Worldwide EMEA party. Asked about the news by Television Asia … [Read more...] about Leo-McKerrow announcement surprises global execs
NHK calls for co-production partners
Cannes – NHK is on the look-out for co-production partners in the factual entertainment space. A dinner held the evening of October 14, during MIPCOM 2008, saw NHK assemble many of the world’s best factual programming producers and present to them a number of projects for possible co-productions. Representatives from the likes of AETN International, BBC Worldwide, Caldecott Productions International (MediaCorp’s HD division), Discovery, KBS, National Geographic and Off the … [Read more...] about NHK calls for co-production partners
TV’s ‘feel-good factor’ will ride crisis
MIPCOM, Cannes – Senior execs attending MIPCOM this week are remaining upbeat about the impact of the financial crisis upon the TV and industries. Consistently the message has been that TV consumption tends to rise in times of recession because people cut down on going out and other luxuries. Discovery Communications’ president and CEO David Zaslav said that because 50 percent of revenues are derived from cable subscriptions, and 30 percent come from outside of the US, he is … [Read more...] about TV’s ‘feel-good factor’ will ride crisis
Viacom 18’s Colors channel makes global debut on World On-Demand
Tokyo - The New Media Group K.K., parent of the World On-Demand IPTV platform, announced with Viacom 18, the launch of their latest channel - Colors onto the World On-Demand service. This carriage agreement represents the first ever global launch of a major entertainment channel on IPTV as customers across the globe will be able to preview COLORS for 1 week at no cost, courtesy Viacom 18 and World On-Demand. From October, World On-Demand members will be able to catch up on all of the latest from … [Read more...] about Viacom 18’s Colors channel makes global debut on World On-Demand
Disney Channel’s Camp Rock licensed to Australia and New Zealand
MIPCOM, Cannes - New free TV, pay TV and basic cable agreements for Disney Channel’s original movie Camp Rock have been announced by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, and will include Australia. Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has concluded agreements which will see Camp Rock reach 78 territories to date, with launches upcoming on channels such as The Movie Network Australia, Seven Network Australia and TVNZ New Zealand. Camp Rock stars pop sensations Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, and follows the … [Read more...] about Disney Channel’s Camp Rock licensed to Australia and New Zealand