Beijing / Hong Kong– Italian sports apparel manufacturer Kappa is partnering with MTV Networks China to sponsor MTV Dance To Kill, a dance competition series to seek out China’s best street dance talents. Co-produced with Chongqing Satellite TV, MTV Networks China will host auditions in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan and Harbin to select 60 participants to compete for a place in the finals in Beijing in January 2008. The winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip … [Read more...] about Kappa and MTV Networks China join hands for MTV Dance To Kill

Scottsdale, Arizona- LCD will increasingly dominate the worldwide digital TV (DTV) market, while sales of HD TVs will rocket in the Asia Pacific over the next four years. That’s according to high-tech market research firm In-Stat, which predicts LCD will have almost 75% of the global DTV market in 2011, with plasma fading to less than 15%. After surveys in North America, Japan, Korea, the UK, France and Germany, In-Stat found 40% of consumers in Korea and 44% in France were strongly … [Read more...] about LCD to eclipse plasma as the king of DTV

Sydney- The History Channel Australia will present the world premiere of the documentary Visions of Leadership on September 7 at 7.30 pm EST. The producers, Georgia Carnegie and Karin Puels, say they have secured interviews with most of the dignitaries who will be in Sydney for three days in September at the 2007 APEC Leaders Conference. Among those who’ve agreed to participate are President Bush, Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, … [Read more...] about Visions of Leadership set for world premiere on The History Channel

Beijing- In the fiercely competitive Guangzhou TV market, where more than 100 channels are vying for eyeballs, the top five channels are all Cantonese, according to CSM Media Research. CSM’s latest survey ranked Jade Channel as the leader, with a provincial and city share of 24.09%, followed by Guangzhou TV (12.82%), Guangdong TV Zhujiang Channel (10.72%), TVS Movie & Drama Channel (6.68%) and Guangzhou TV News Channel (3.87%). Local channels in Guangzhou have a slim 2% market share. Hong … [Read more...] about Guangzhou audiences prefer Canto channels