FRANCE 24 has concluded a series of new distribution agreements, allowing the channel to strengthen its worldwide distribution in Denmark, Burma, Singapore, Thailand and Australia. In Asia, the English version of FRANCE 24 has just launched on Burma’s new IPTV network Skynet (channel 45), allowing the channel to be available to 50,000 subscribers across the country. An agreement with Indonesia’s TelkomVision makes the French channel available 24/7 on the operator’s cable, … [Read more...] about FRANCE 24 expands distribution in Asia, Europe and Oceania
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ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
BBC Worldwide’s Sales & Distribution business unit in Asia has licensed a package of over 80 hours of music programming to CCTV-15. The package includes Doctor Who at the Proms and various other BBC Proms titles, plus the Brit Awards 2012 (1 x 90’), Take That: Progress Live (1 x 75’), and the Royal Variety Performance2010 (1 x 120’). CCTV-15 is the music channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Launched in 2004, it broadcasts … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
Havoc Television launches in Asia
Singapore – Multi Channels Asia (MCA), Asia-Pacific’s distributor of independent pay TV channels, has launched the linear channel, Havoc Television (Havoc 247), in the region. Through several carriage deals with ABN (Malaysia), Mediacorp Toggle (Singapore), Skymedia (Mongolia), Sky (Sri Lanka), Phnom Penh Cable Television (Cambodia), Skynet (Myanmar) and MeTV (Thailand), Havoc 247 becomes the first linear social TV channel to launch in Asia-Pacific.Havoc 247 is a HD channel … [Read more...] about Havoc Television launches in Asia
Hot Guys Who Cook returns on December 3
Singapore – DIVA Universal’s original unscripted reality show, Hot Guys Who Cook, will return with a second installment on December 3, at 7pm. The format, produced by NBCUniversal International Television Production Asia, will feature three half-hour episodes on DIVA Universal across 20 countries in Asia. The series will see nine good looking guys from all around Asia, with three of them pitting against one another in each episode to win the favour of a mystery judge or risk having … [Read more...] about Hot Guys Who Cook returns on December 3
ATF 2012: New deals for Endemol’s Your Face Sounds Familiar in Asia
London/ Hong Kong – Endemol has signed new deals in Asia for talent competition programme, Your Face Sounds Familiar, which features celebrities performing as iconic musicians. Vietnamese broadcaster VTV3 is now the second channel in Asia to order a primetime series of Your Face Sounds Familiar from Endemol. The broadcaster has commissioned 10 episodes, to be produced locally by Song Vang Production and Advertising Ltd. and to premiere in 2013. “It’s a hugely entertaining and … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: New deals for Endemol’s Your Face Sounds Familiar in Asia
ATF 2012: BRB Internacional to present entire catalogue
BRB Internacional (BRB) will attend the upcoming edition of Asia TV Forum, held in Singapore from December 4-7. BRB will present for the first time its new animated series Invizimals, Mica and Khuda-Yana. The company, which will takes its entire catalogue to the Asian market, hopes to increase its presence in East Asia on the strength of its close ties in the region over the years and the excellent reception of some of its newer series, such as Zoobabu and Suckers – both acquired by Disney … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: BRB Internacional to present entire catalogue