Hong Kong – Pay TV ownership and viewership are both up on last year amongst affluents in eleven Asian markets, according to the latest PAX results from Synovate. The regional average of pay TV ownership is now 66.6%, up from 65.9% for the same period last year. And viewership of pan-regional channels, past seven days, is at a regional average of 61.3% up from 60.3% last year. Terrestrial TV in Singapore, Seoul and Taipei is also up year on year. And four in ten affluent Asians are … [Read more...] about Pay TV – and non-TV – viewing up amongst Asia’s elite
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2waytraffic brings first two reality formats to MIPCOM
2waytraffic International is bringing new reality formats F.A.B.S.: Search For A Video Model and 6 Handshakes Away to MIPCOM. Both formats are the first of the reality genre to feature in the 2waytraffic catalogue while the former has been commissioned by Veronica, SBS Broadcasting’s youth channel in the Netherlands. F.A.B.S.: Search For A Video Model is a new reality talent format in which ten girls compete for a cash prize, a new car, and a chance to star in a music video of a popular … [Read more...] about 2waytraffic brings first two reality formats to MIPCOM
SPTI seals ‘day-and-date’ VOD licensing deal with Korea’s Hanaro Telecom
Hong Kong- Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) clinched a ‘day-and-date’ VOD licensing deal with South Korea’s second-largest broadband provider, Hanaro Telecom, and licensed electronic sell-through (EST) rights for current and library features to the telco. Under the terms of the 'day-and-date' VOD deal, SPTI’s upcoming theatrical features will be available to subscribers of the telco’s pre-IPTV service HanaTV on the same day the movie is released locally … [Read more...] about SPTI seals ‘day-and-date’ VOD licensing deal with Korea’s Hanaro Telecom
Leena Lele Dutta heads SPTI’s new TV licensing office in Mumbai
Mumbai- Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has opened a new TV licensing office in Mumbai and has appointed Leena Lele Dutta as Director of Licensing to head the new Indian office. Reporting to Ross Pollack, Senior Vice President, Distribution, Asia, SPTI, Dutta will be responsible for the licensing of SPTI’s series and features, along with the company’s growing lineup of international productions, to traditional and new media partners in India. She will also support … [Read more...] about Leena Lele Dutta heads SPTI’s new TV licensing office in Mumbai
2waytraffic International to distribute YTV’s The Real Fame Game
2waytraffic International has acquired global distribution rights to The Real Fame Game, the hit gameshow format from Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV), and will be bringing it to MIPCOM. Under the terms of the deal, 2waytraffic will adapt the show for western audiences, distribute the format globally, and leverage the format across multiple platforms. The Real Fame Game was successful on Japan’s YTV since launch in 1997. It is a light-hearted and irreverent look at celebrities and … [Read more...] about 2waytraffic International to distribute YTV’s The Real Fame Game
E! Entertainment’s expansion set for AsiaSat 2
Hong Kong – The E! International Network is set to be distributed through AsiaSat 2’s wide C-band coverage beam and full transponder C-band MCPC platform. Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and US entertainment network E! Entertainment Television Inc. have signed a contract for E! International Network to be distributed via AsiaSat 2, to Asian cable and satellite networks, terrestrial stations and pay TV platforms. “The AsiaSat 2 MCPC platform gives us … [Read more...] about E! Entertainment’s expansion set for AsiaSat 2