London – Distraction has acquired Peace Arch’s entire format catalogue for international distribution. The catalogue is especially recognised for its light entertainment reality formats, including weight loss programs and interior home makeovers. The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp is a format that propels women through an intense fitness and nutrition regimen that dramatically resizes them in record time. A new comical format that will launch in January 2008, Bulging Brides is a brash take … [Read more...] about Distraction acquires Peace Arch’s light entertainment catalogue
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The History Channel launches VOD services in Korea
Los Angeles- The History Channel has launched Video on Demand services in Korea via Gretech's GOM TV and Hanaro Telecom's Hana TV. The channel has a branded service on the Info & Entertainment offering of GOM TV, an advertising-supported broadband video player which launched in April 2006 and has 4.5 million unique viewers daily. Available in the Korean language, the line-up includes Modern Marvels, Declassified and Beyond the Da Vinci Code. The History Channel VOD service is carried in the … [Read more...] about The History Channel launches VOD services in Korea
Sea Patrol sails again for Nine Network
Sydney- The Nine Network has commissioned a further 13 episodes of the Australian drama Sea Patrol, focusing on a Royal Australian Navy patrol boat operating in the Pacific. LA-based Australian actor Alan Dale (Neighbours, OC, Ugly Betty) is joining the guest cast as Ray Walsman, an international mining entrepreneur. Regular cast members headed by Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake, Steve Bisley and Saskia Burmeister are returning. Filming begins in two weeks at Mission Beach, Cairns and on the Gold … [Read more...] about Sea Patrol sails again for Nine Network
CNBC and Carlton Hotel Singapore sign sponsorship deal
Singapore – CNBC and the Carlton Hotels Singapore, have collaborated for the sponsorship of six weekly segments titled ‘On the Move’, a lifestyle segment, examining the needs of busy executives. Each segment will be aired twice, with the first play-out on Squawk Box and the second on CNBC’s Cash Flow starting Sept. 21. The program sponsorship will be complemented by an eight week on-air advertising campaign. … [Read more...] about CNBC and Carlton Hotel Singapore sign sponsorship deal
Bharti selects Tandberg for Indian DTH satellite launch
Bharti Telemedia, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Ltd, has chosen Ericsson Group’s Tandberg Television’s advanced IP head-end for the launch of a new Direct to Home (DTH) satellite TV service in India. Bharti Telemedia's DTH system will use a range of solutions including the iSIS 8000 IP head-end and MPEG-4 AVC standard definition encoders. The system is one of the first satellite DTH platforms in the world to benefit from the compression efficiencies of standard definition MPEG-4 AVC, … [Read more...] about Bharti selects Tandberg for Indian DTH satellite launch
TrueVisions uses Omneon MediaGrid content library
Thailand's cable satellite TV operator TrueVisions has selected an Omneon MediaGrid content library to provide central line storage for its facility. TrueVisions, previously known as UBC, provides original and syndicated programming on more than 90 channels to 1 million subscribers in Thailand. The MediaGrid provides the facility with 192 TB of raw storage space and bandwidth to allow more than 100 clients simultaneous and unrestricted access to the content via a Gigabit Ethernet network. At … [Read more...] about TrueVisions uses Omneon MediaGrid content library