STAR Chinese Channel Parent brand: FOX International Channels (FIC) Ownership in Asia: FOX International Channels (FIC) Senior executive for Asia: Joon Lee – Executive Vice President of Content & Communications, Asia-Pacific & Middle East; Managing Director of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia FOX International Channels Channel description and programming line-up: STAR Chinese Channel is Asia’s leading Mandarin general entertainment channel. The channel presents a wide range … [Read more...] about Genre Update- August – September 2015
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A slice of Korean Content at Busan
Forget a parade of stars – at the 9th International Busan Content Market, the venue was full of creative minds from executive producers, directors, creative talents to format specialist across the globe. The annual Korean content bazaar saw strong international participation from 554 companies representing 45 nations. Attended by more than 2,000 buyers and sellers over three days, the market recorded US$93.57 million of sales and signing of memorandums of new initiatives. As production … [Read more...] about A slice of Korean Content at Busan
Drama survives against all odds
Inimitable drama is a key selling point for online delivery brands as these platforms consolidate their position in the market. But while digital platforms are hungry for great stories, there’s a desire for quality drama among the pay-TV channels and large free-to-air broadcasters as well, as nothing strengthens a TV brand, digital or otherwise better than high-quality, compelling dramas. On the talent side, the titans of the film world such as Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg, two … [Read more...] about Drama survives against all odds
The Growing Thai Market
In 2013, there were 22 million households in Thailand and an estimated 98% of households had television at homes. Prior to 2012, in the absence of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) there was a regulatory vacuum in the market. Despite this void, several broadcast services have emerged and evolved swiftly. Regional cable operators and satellite players (FTA and Pay) have rapidly expanded in the market that is currently dominated by the state/ military controlled … [Read more...] about The Growing Thai Market
Melting pot of Content
Cannes – MIPTV 2015 saw 11,000 delegates from over 100 countries. MIPFormats combined with MIPDoc, drew a record 1,800 delegates with representatives from U.S., the UK, China, Turkey and the Nordic territories. Drama at MIPTV, was a major conference strand in Cannes included a closed-door international co-production summit that was attended by more than 80 senior-level decision-makers. Screenings at MIPTV demonstrated both the cinematic transformation that television drama has gone through … [Read more...] about Melting pot of Content
Sports Rights Properties
Unaware to most ‘diehard’ sports fan, sports rights agencies are at the heart and soul of the sports sector and work with the entire world’s top rights bodies to acquire content for distribution services, and work with them to support their clients’ subscription platform aspirations. There’s more, most agencies such as the world’s leading TV rights company worldwide, MP & Silva provide full suite of support to clubs and broadcasters. MP & Silva … [Read more...] about Sports Rights Properties