FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has launched TVComedyClassics.com, a direct-to-consumer web portal as the digital home for FME's portfolio of comedy programming. The website hosts comedy selections from FME's archives including titles featuring Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd, Eric Sykes, Sid James, Penelope Keith and Jim Davidson. With new content to be added regularly, titles available from launch for download to own or rent include Tommy Cooper Half Hour, The Howerd Confessions, George and … [Read more...] about FremantleMedia Enterprises launch direct-to-consumer web portal to offer comedy programming
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The Singing Office tunes up Down Under
Sydney- Foxtel has acquired local rights to the Dutch format The Singing Office, and production of a 13-part series is underway, hosted by comedian Nick Giannopoulos. The series aims to turn everyday Australians into singing and dancing superstars. Each episode introduces five workers from two very different Australian companies, who will audition, learn to sing and dance in a ‘boot camp,’ then take part in a sing-off. Also aboard are comedienne Julia Morris, who has returned from … [Read more...] about The Singing Office tunes up Down Under
The Singing Office tunes up Down Under
Sydney- Foxtel has acquired the local rights to the Dutch format The Singing Office, and production of a 13-part series is underway, hosted by comedian Nick Giannopoulos. The series aims to turn everyday working Australians into singing and dancing superstars. Each episode introduces five workers from two very different Australian companies, who will audition, learn to sing and dance in a ‘boot camp.’ then take part in a sing-off. Also aboard are comedienne Julia Morris, who has … [Read more...] about The Singing Office tunes up Down Under
Korean animation gets creative
The Korean animation industry is rapidly transforming itself from a services-for-hire business for U.S., European and Japanese producers, to a creative hotbed producing original content in its own right and in co-productions. The Korea’s toon industry is the third largest behind the U.S. and Japan, according to the Korea Culture and Content Agency (KOCCA). Aided by agencies such as KOCCA, the industry in Korea has been overhauled and the demand for original Korean animation is on the rise. … [Read more...] about Korean animation gets creative
fix8 brings user-generated reality to Stickam Japan
Kyoto– fix8, provider of rich, interactive media tools for user generated content, and online video communications player developer Stickam Japan, announced their partnership at the Red Herring Japan technology conference held July 22 – 24, to combine the former’s interactive avatar creator with the latter’s live video broadcast technology. The collaboration will enable Stickam Japan users to animate live video with virtual costumes and props as well as to create … [Read more...] about fix8 brings user-generated reality to Stickam Japan
Broadband telco subscribers predicted to surpass cable subscribers
The number of subscribers worldwide who get their broadband Internet connections from telecommunications companies will reach 413 million in 2010, outnumbering cable subscribers. That’s according to iSuppli’s Broadband Paradigm Shift or Just an Interim Step to Fiber? report. More than 70 million of these telco broadband subscribers will have fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections by 2009, posing a competitive threat to cable companies because fibre connections can carry television … [Read more...] about Broadband telco subscribers predicted to surpass cable subscribers