Sydney- Australia’s Seven Network has picked Bionic Woman, a remake of the 1970s classic, and Lipstick Jungle, from Sex and The City author Candace Bushnell, from its deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, which it shares with Network Ten. These series joins Seven’s upcoming US programming line-up including the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice, starring Kate Walsh as Dr Montgomery Shepherd; Dirty Sexy Money, a new series about the lives and … [Read more...] about Seven snags the new Bionic Woman
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Flying Bark stays aloft despite EM. Sport Media decision to vacate kids TV
Sydney- Evidently unaffected by the decision by parent company EM.Sport Media (formerly EM.TV) to sell its children’s and family entertainment divisions, Flying Bark Productions (formerly Yoram Gross- EM.TV) is ploughing ahead with CGI animated co-productions. Its slate includes Master Raindrop, a 26-part CGI and 2D animation action/adventure/comedy produced with New Zealand’s Flux Animation Studio, Singapore’s Big Communications and Media Development Authority of Singapore; … [Read more...] about Flying Bark stays aloft despite EM. Sport Media decision to vacate kids TV
Nine tunes up The Singing Bee
Sydney- Nine Network Australia is producing a Down Under version of The Singing Bee, NBC’s new hit variety show, where it’s not how well contestants sing but how well they know the words that counts. The Singing Bee premiered in the US on July 10 at 9.30pm and drew an average of 13.1 million viewers, making it the network’s highest-rating new show since 2003. The show challenges contestants to accurately sing the lyrics to popular songs - even when the band stops playing. If … [Read more...] about Nine tunes up The Singing Bee
HTC Care for Singapore
Singapore – HTC Corp. the world's leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile smart devices, has opened its first ‘HTC Care’ at Keppel Bay Tower in Singapore. Apart from being a service centre, HTC Care is also a showroom with the latest HTC and Dopod International’s products. “HTC believes that providing superior after-sales support is important to our continuing success, which is why we place such a high degree of importance on HTC Care. In the future, a number … [Read more...] about HTC Care for Singapore
SBS Corporation clicks with Tandberg for Internet TV
Atlanta – Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Corporation, Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, has selected Tandberg TV’s solution for Internet TV asset ingest, transcoding, management and distribution. As part of the integration, SBS will access technologies through a managed services model to publish SBS content and user generated video via the Internet. Initially the broadband video will be available on sbs.com and eventually across multiple … [Read more...] about SBS Corporation clicks with Tandberg for Internet TV
Neo Sports reaches Japan, Korea and Taiwan with The New Media Group
Mumbai- Neo Sports began live broadcast on July 1 across Japan, Korea and Taiwan following a carriage deal with Tokyo-based digital media platform developer and operator The New Media Group, K. K. (TNMG). TNMG is distributing Neo Sports on its World On-Demand IPTV platform, offering both packaged and a la carte deals. Viewers in the three territories will be able to access Neo Sports’ coverage of international and Indian cricket. TNMG will also work with Neo Sports in Q3 of 2007 to develop … [Read more...] about Neo Sports reaches Japan, Korea and Taiwan with The New Media Group
