Los Angeles– Star Media Group, Studio Kvartal-95 and Inter TV channel have signed the format sale option for the Ukrainian mass dance series Go Dance! with Metan Development Group for the Greater China territory. This marks the first Ukrainian deal of the region. Created and broadcasted in Ukraine, Go Dance! has already seen three seasons on Inter TV channel. It features hundreds of dancers from various cities in a competition to be crowned as their country’s ‘Dance … [Read more...] about Studio Kvartal-95, Star Media and Inter TV ink format sale option with Metan
China
CASBAA Convention 2012: Twiston Davies honoured with Chairman’s Award
Hong Kong– Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA, has been awarded the Annual CASBAA Chairman’s Award during the final day of the CASBAA Convention 2012. He is set to step down from his current role on December 31, and will be succeeded by a new management team led by in-coming CEO Christopher Slaughter. "Under Twiston Davies's management, CASBAA has become a central industry voice for the multichannel TV industry across 18 Asia Pacific markets running from Japan to Pakistan, China to … [Read more...] about CASBAA Convention 2012: Twiston Davies honoured with Chairman’s Award
YOU On Demand enters VOD agreement with NBCUniversal
New York – YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc., China's leading national Pay-Per-View (PPV) and VOD platform, has entered a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for the VOD rights in China to a broad selection of current, library and upcoming NBCUniversal feature films. The titles will be available to subscribers on both YOU On Demand's Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) and Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) platforms. YOU's customers will now have … [Read more...] about YOU On Demand enters VOD agreement with NBCUniversal
APAC leads global TV market, to hit 1bn TV sets in 2012
The Asia Pacific region is now the world’s largest TV market, and is forecast to pass the one billion TV sets mark this year, according to market analyst Informa Telecoms & Media. The research firm added that the region – mainly driven by China and India – tops the pay-TV subscription market, with 394 million households subscribed to pay-TV services by the end of last year. When it comes to revenues, however, APAC lags behind other regions. In particular, China and India … [Read more...] about APAC leads global TV market, to hit 1bn TV sets in 2012
The Future is Now
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster, has secured distribution of several lifestyle and culture programmes on four leading Chinese video portals –v.huanqiu.com, youku.com, tudou.com and ku6.com. These new partners place great importance on offering high quality, interesting, relevant, international programming to their audiences and reach approximately one million viewers throughout China. Among the titles that have been chosen are the Chinese editions of Global … [Read more...] about The Future is Now
Chinese college drama
Beijing – China’s Mei Tian Mei Yu (Mei Tian) and H& R Century TV (H&R), in conjunction with Metan Development Group (Metan), Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) and the creative team behind the TV series Gossip Girl, have come together to develop a modern new teen drama series (30x60min) set in China. Instrumental in bringing the parties together, Metan together with WBITVP, will provide development and production consultation on the project. Set to … [Read more...] about Chinese college drama
