Singapore/ Beijing – Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia, a division of Viacom Inc. and Sohu Video, a division of Sohu.com Inc., have announced a strategic collaboration for online video-on-demand and video syndication in China that will enable over 389 million Chinese online video users (source: CNNIC) to access free streaming of Mandarin-dubbed and subtitled Nickelodeon programming on tv.sohu.com over the next twelve months. Sohu Video will start to offer … [Read more...] about VIMN and Sohu Video announce strategic collaboration
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Electus acquires global rights to docu-series
Los Angeles - Multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC has announced that its global distribution arm, Electus International, has acquired international rights to Years of Living Dangerously, premiering on SHOWTIME in April 2014. This multi-part docu-series event tells the biggest story of our time: climate change and its impact on people. Over the course of up to eight episodes, the series travels to Texas, Kansas, California, Colorado, New York, … [Read more...] about Electus acquires global rights to docu-series
Former Nick exec to head DreamWorks’ TV efforts
Marjorie Cohn Glendale, California - DreamWorks Animation has named children's programming leader and former Nickelodeon executive Marjorie Cohn as its first-ever Head of Television, overseeing the production and development for DreamWorks Animation's television efforts. A 26-year veteran of Nickelodeon, Cohn most recently held the role of President, Content Development, completing a Nickelodeon tenure during which she was engaged in the development, creation and production of some … [Read more...] about Former Nick exec to head DreamWorks’ TV efforts
Indonesia’s Global TV and VIMN renew relationship
Indonesia – Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia has announced a three-year exclusive renewal of Nickelodeon’s branded block package with one of MNC Media’s subsidiaries, a free-to-air Indonesia broadcaster, PT Global Informasi Bermutu popularly known as Global TV, that includes Nickelodeon properties like SpongeBob Square Pants, Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Avatar, The Legend of Aang and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The deal also appoints another MNC Media … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s Global TV and VIMN renew relationship
ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures GO ahead with “Thunderbirds”
ITV Studios and New Zealand-based Pukeko Pictures, in collaboration with Weta Workshop (Avatar, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings), are set to co-produce Thunderbirds are Go! (26 x 30’), a new children’s series debuting on ITV and UK’s CITV Channel in 2015. Featuring one of the world's most famous family of heroes, Thunderbirds are Go! will blast the five brave Tracy brothers back on to television screens piloting their incredible vehicles into impossible rescues across the … [Read more...] about ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures GO ahead with “Thunderbirds”
Sex and Zen now
Hong Kong – Celestial Movies has premiered stereoscopic 3D movies 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy and Child's Eye, in Hong Kong on its On Demand service. It is the first channel in the country to offer such content. 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy broke Hong Kong’s first day box office record for 3D movies earlier this year, which James Cameron’s Avatar previously held. This remake of an iconic erotica, is about a scholar who is torn between his wife and the numerous women at a … [Read more...] about Sex and Zen now
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