Cannes, MIPTV - Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) and Gaumont, one of Europe's largest film production and distribution companies announced the development of ‘Section 8' - an interactive web series exclusively distributed in the US by social portal, MySpace. Endemol will handle worldwide distribution, product integration and brand partnerships. Section 8 is an interactive short-form serial thriller set to introduce online audiences to an online experience that engages them in … [Read more...] about Paramount Digital Entertainment partners with Gaumont to produce Section 8
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Orient Express
Vice-President (Creative Multimedia) at Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Kamil Othman sees the government body’s responsibility clearly and simply, to grow MSC (Multimedia Super Corridor) Malaysia companies’ market share and profitability. For the content industry, he says, they need to encourage local content to be exportable and marketable. Another target is to market MSC Malaysia status’ companies’ products and services abroad - and to make … [Read more...] about Orient Express
China in focus
As the dust settles on the dramatic events of 2008, China’s TV industry is getting back down to business as usual, The Beijing Olympics is now starting to recede into memory, and broadcasters are again focusing on the nitty-gritty business of catering to the world’s largest TV market by audience. Around 96.95 percent of China’s 1.3 billion-strong population can receive TV signals, mainly via basic free-to-air cable services. A total of 163 million households are connected to … [Read more...] about China in focus
Taiwan in focus
Where does opportunity lie? Irdeto expects a lot of opportunities with the MSOs currently as they are in the active process of digitizing their cable networks. Irdeto is fully on board to provide our solutions in Conditional Access, DRM, Middleware, Billing and Subscriber Management technologies to help MSOs address key requirements. We believe that the momentum for mobile TV services will grow in Taiwan once frequencies and licenses are allocated. There is tremendous potential in the telco … [Read more...] about Taiwan in focus
Less slumdog, more millionaire
Technically a British film, Slumdog Millionaire’s recent sweeping success at all the major awards shows – the Academy Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA’s – as well as at the Box Office, will surely be touted as further proof of audiences’ appetite for Asian content. (Frankly it’s a relief from the amount of times Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Kung Fu Panda are mentioned as examples of Asian movies that have successfully made the … [Read more...] about Less slumdog, more millionaire
FME and Asian Union forge first ever factual programming joint venture in China
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and Asian Union (AU), one of China’s most established production companies has announced the formation of Vision Ventures Media Ltd. (VVM). VVM will be dedicated to increasing the trade of factual programmes to and from China. Liu Xiao Lin from Asian Union will be chairman of Vision Ventures Media Limited, and Ganesh Rajaram, VP sales Asia, FME, will be a board director and responsible for the programming relationship between FME and VVM. Through the … [Read more...] about FME and Asian Union forge first ever factual programming joint venture in China