Cannes / Vienna, April 9 - At 3pm on Tuesday April 9th at ORF’s MIP stand, Richard Grasl, ORF’s Chief Financial Officer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ming LUO, Vice President of CCTV, Beijing, for the exchange of expertise and for the coproduction of new wildlife and nature films together with ORF’s celebrated UNIVERSUM strand. Richard Grasl said: “For more than a quarter of a century UNIVERSUM has set international standards for the highest quality natural … [Read more...] about MIPTV: CCTV and ORF sign MOU on doc co-pros
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“You Deserve It“ premieres on CCTV in China
Hong Kong / Munich – Chinese broadcaster CCTV has picked up Red Arrow International’s game show You Deserve It. Titled Wei Ni Er Zhan (I Fight for You) locally, the show premieres during prime time on CCTV 1 in January 2013. Red Arrow Entertainment Group helped set up the production for the game show in cooperation with CCTV. Together with German lighting designer Jerry Appelt and set designer Florian Wieder, Red Arrow was consulted on developing the look and feel of the … [Read more...] about “You Deserve It“ premieres on CCTV in China
ATF 2012: Cineflix Rights completes Asian deals ahead of market
Cineflix Rights, an independent UK television content distributor, has made a series of deals with regional broadcasters ahead of Asia Television Forum (ATF) 2012. Cineflix Rights has sold titles to Thailand’s True Visions such as Head Games (3 x 60’, Sharp Entertainment), House Hazards (14 x 30’, Cineflix Productions), Wildlife at the Zoo (16 x 30’, Imagination productions), Animal Science (13 x 30’, Screentime … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: Cineflix Rights completes Asian deals ahead of market
ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
BBC Worldwide’s Sales & Distribution business unit in Asia has licensed a package of over 80 hours of music programming to CCTV-15. The package includes Doctor Who at the Proms and various other BBC Proms titles, plus the Brit Awards 2012 (1 x 90’), Take That: Progress Live (1 x 75’), and the Royal Variety Performance2010 (1 x 120’). CCTV-15 is the music channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Launched in 2004, it broadcasts … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
“Dancing Nation” to be produced in Asia-Pacific for the first time
Hong Kong – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced its joint-venture with production company Huaso Productions to co-produce a local version of the dance competition format, Dancing Nation (10 x 60’), for CCTV in China. The light entertainment series is slated to premiere in February on CCTV. Supported by local governments, the show will feature charity projects and people from different communities across the country. “Dancing is a universal language that … [Read more...] about “Dancing Nation” to be produced in Asia-Pacific for the first time
CCTV hosts Change Asia, Rescue the Earth doco project
China Central Television (CCTV) hosted the initial Producers’ Meeting of Series Three of the Change Asia, Rescue the Earth (CARE) project, held this past weekend, for the first time. CCTV assumed the role of Executive Producer for this series, with Korean Broadcasting System as the Project Manager. Each participating broadcaster will be required to produce a documentary regarding youth-related issues by early next year and the programmes will be distributed to all participating … [Read more...] about CCTV hosts Change Asia, Rescue the Earth doco project
