South East Asia’s leading broadcaster and playout service provider, PSI Broadcasting, extends its facilities with the purchase of PlayBox Neo’s MultiPlayout Manager for integration, including the latest updates to its Channel-in-a-Box HD servers. The Channel-in-a Box (CIAB) server upgrades incorporate the comprehensive PlayBox Neo suite that includes AirBox Neo-20 playout software, TitleBox Neo-20 graphics and Capture Suite ingest management. PSI Broadcasting is a PSI Group company, … [Read more...] about PSI Broadcasting stays ahead of the game with PlayBox Neo MultiPlayout channel and branding systems
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Sphere Abacus sells true crime feature documentary Murder & Madness: The Cult Conspiracy to Prime Video
Sphere Abacus (SA) has sold Murder & Madness: The Cult Conspiracy (1 x 98) a feature-length documentary produced by Sphere Media to Prime Video, which is set to launch in January 2025. Murder & Madness: The Cult Conspiracy, from award-winning director Jason Lapeyre (I Declare War), is an exposé of the criminal activity that took place in the Hare Krishna movement in America in the 1970s and ‘80s, adapted from the New York Times bestselling book by John Hubner and Lindsey … [Read more...] about Sphere Abacus sells true crime feature documentary Murder & Madness: The Cult Conspiracy to Prime Video
FIFTH SEASON inks strategic partnership with Front Street Pictures for TV movies slates
Global film and TV studio FIFTH SEASON has inked a new strategic partnership with the Vancouver-based production company Front Street Pictures to represent international rights across its slate of leading TV movies. The partnership extends FIFTH SEASON’s long-term collaboration with Blink49 (Wild Cards, Sight Unseen, Queen of the Castle) – the global content venture backed by FIFTH SEASON and majority owner of Front Street Pictures – as well as marking the distributor’s expansion into a new … [Read more...] about FIFTH SEASON inks strategic partnership with Front Street Pictures for TV movies slates
Taiwan Hosts Asian Animation Summit for the First Time Bringing Together Major Buyers Netflix and Warner Bros.
The Asian Animation Summit (AAS), the representative event with the greatest focus on the development of children’s animation in the Asia Pacific, was held in Taipei for the first time from November 19 to November 21. This year’s AAS was jointly organized by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and Kidscreen, the world’s leading animation magazine in the children’s entertainment industry. The event aimed to promote investment by European and American broadcasters in the development or … [Read more...] about Taiwan Hosts Asian Animation Summit for the First Time Bringing Together Major Buyers Netflix and Warner Bros.
Sphere Abacus appoints Toby McCathie as Finance Director
Sphere Abacus (SA) has announced the appointment of Toby McCathie as Finance Director, a newly formed role at SA, who will join the team on 3rd December 2024. Toby will report directly to Denis Rozon, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sphere Media, and will contribute his widespread experience to this new position, having previously worked as Head of Finance at HiddenLight Productions, as well as various financial/consulting roles with other media companies including Neo … [Read more...] about Sphere Abacus appoints Toby McCathie as Finance Director
yes Studios to represent thrilling new Icelandic drama HAZE
yes Studios has announced that it has gone into partnership with Sigurjón Kjartansson’s production company S800 and has become the international distributor for HAZE, an eight-part crime drama commissioned by Icelandic broadcaster RUV. yes Studios will formally launch the series – which has actor Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Succession, Game of Thrones) attached - to buyers at next week’s Content London, where it will be initially seeking pre-sales. HAZE creator Kjartansson (Trapped S1 … [Read more...] about yes Studios to represent thrilling new Icelandic drama HAZE
