Australia's ABC TV has launched its free internet TV service, ABC iView, offering high-resolution, full-screen viewing on their computer. Viewers can watch ABC content from five channels including: ABC CatchUp - showcasing weekly programs from ABC1 and ABC2; ABC News - the latest news from Australia and worldwide, and weekly current affairs programs; ABC Kazam! - the kids' fantasy channel offering a mix of action, adventure and animation; ABC Docs - a selection of natural history programs, … [Read more...] about Australia’s ABC launches iView
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Kiwi version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
2waytraffic International announced that TV New Zealand, New Zealand's biggest free-to-air broadcaster and the nation's public broadcaster, has commissioned a home-grown version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? to play weekly in primetime. The series will be produced in Melbourne (Australia) where it will be recorded in front of a Kiwi audience and fronted by a New Zealand host, with production scheduled to commence in late August. The series will feature the three standard Lifelines, Ask The … [Read more...] about Kiwi version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
SPTI enhances mobile content with ZAC Toons distribution deal
Hong Kong - Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution deal with ZAC Toons, an animation studio producing premium entertainment properties for mobile, online and TV. Under the agreement, SPTI will distribute five of ZAC Toons' cartoon properties to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and India. The UK-based animation studio ZAC Toons produces creative content featuring original and irreverent characters and cartoons. Its … [Read more...] about SPTI enhances mobile content with ZAC Toons distribution deal
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
Breakthrough expands TV movies division
Toronto - Peter Williamson and Ira Levy, executive producers and partners at Breakthrough Films & Television announced the expansion of their television movies division to encompass original development and production. The company has also named Marina Cordoni as head of sales and business development, Theatrical & TV movies to oversee the division's growing slate of in-house productions. Cordoni's role will encompass a variety of tasks, including the acquisition of movie scripts, the … [Read more...] about Breakthrough expands TV movies division
Singapore government initiates fund matching for startups and investors
Singapore - In an initiative aimed at bridging funding gaps in the local Interactive Digital Media (IDM) sector, IDM start-ups and companies will get a boost in their search for more investment with the launch of i.MATCH. This was announced by RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, senior minister of state for education and information, communications and the arts at the i.JAM Networking Session organised by the multi-agency Interactive Digital Media Research and Development Programme Office (IDMPO) which is … [Read more...] about Singapore government initiates fund matching for startups and investors