Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian distributor Globo TV International has expanded its Asia Pacific presence with content deals signed with Australia’s Dream House Entertainment and Singapore’s StarHub. Globo TV International closed a volume deal with Dream House Entertainment to air over 1,900 hours of telenovelas until 2010 via subscription channel La Telenovela in Australia. Offering programming in Spanish, the channel has allocated three slots to air Globo’s telenovelas, with … [Read more...] about Globo TV Int’l seals deals with Dream House Entertainment and StarHub
Content Distribution
TNMG World On-Demand IPTV service adds Hindi and Arabic content
Tokyo/Sydney – The New Media Group, KK (TNMG) owner and operator of the World On-Demand IPTV service has tied up a long term carriage deal with Network18 for IBN7; and a separate content distribution and marketing agreement with Sydney-based IMTV, the Asia-Pacific distributor of Middle Eastern multi-channel packaging company, Orbit. The deal with Network18 will allow TNMG to offer the India-based Hindi news and information channel IBN7 in East Asia and Australia for the first time. … [Read more...] about TNMG World On-Demand IPTV service adds Hindi and Arabic content
FME delivers Satisfaction worldwide
London – FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has made further international sales of Australian drama Satisfaction (10x60’) following the series’ 2007 premiere on premium movie channel Showcase Down Under. FME sold Satisfaction to, Canada’s Allarco, Bulgaria’s TV2, Estonia’s Kanal 2, Poland’s TVN Style, adding to Korea’s Kenny and Co, New Zealand’s TVNZ, Ireland’s TV3, Denmark’s TV2 Zulu, Norway’s TV Norge, Belgium’s VTM, … [Read more...] about FME delivers Satisfaction worldwide
Jenny Tan to head up AAAN’s ad sales
Singapore – AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd (AAAN) has appointed Jenny Tan to head up its advertising sales for Southeast Asia. The network officially launched eleven months ago with The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network brands. And 27 May 2008 saw The Biography Channel launch in Singapore and The Philippines. Asked whether it was quite early in AAAN’s maturity to be pursuing advertising revenues, general manager Louis Boswell said that Tan’s duties would include … [Read more...] about Jenny Tan to head up AAAN’s ad sales
Bell Rings again for Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand
Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand will offer a second run of As the Bell Rings, the locally-made series of sitcom shorts based on Disney Channel Italy's short form series Quelli dell'Intervallo, to premiere on Disney Channel Australia in early 2009. 26 six-minute episodes of As the Bell Rings Series 2 are being shot in Melbourne from June 2008 and production is scheduled to conclude mid-July 2008 at the ABC Studios, Elsternwick in Victoria. As The Bell Rings is being directed by David … [Read more...] about Bell Rings again for Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand
SBS unveils Top Gear Australia hosts
Australian multicultural and multilingual pubcaster Special Broadcasting Service has unveiled its presenters for Top Gear Australia, localized version of BBC’s motoring entertainment show. Top Gear Australia is the first of a global roll out of the BBC Worldwide franchise. Charlie Cox, Warren Brown, Steve Pizzati were selected out of 4,000 auditions to host Top Gear Australia, to be produced by BBC Worldwide’s JV partner Freehand productions to premier in 2008. Cox is a presenter and … [Read more...] about SBS unveils Top Gear Australia hosts