Macau – The CASBAA Convention annual conference got underway at its exciting new venue, Studio City, Macau. This year marks the 25th anniversary of CASBAA which is dedicated to representing key players from the cable and satellite broadcasting industry under the motto ‘represent, inform, connect’. Today’s sessions looked at the deals being made in the industry today, as well as the tools to aggregate and measure audiences. As ever, content was hotly discussed, with a focus on how … [Read more...] about CASBAA Convention kicks off the first conference
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Acamar’s Bing goes worldwide
London - Acamar Films and its global distribution partner Aardman have signed a string of key international broadcast deals to take the award-winning pre-school series Bing to new channels globally. Bing, Flop and his adored cast of friends continue their worldwide travels, with the series recently launching on Zappelin in Netherlands, Poland’s Canal + and BBC Worldwide in Africa. The series is also set to air on Nick Jnr in Australia, Disney Junior in South East Asia and … [Read more...] about Acamar’s Bing goes worldwide
Harbour Rights’ multiple deals
Hong Kong- Harbour Rights has sold many French and Asian documentaries across Asia. A 10-hour package was signed with Thai PBS including flagship series Human 3x52’ from France Television. In Hong Kong, a 2x52 special historical programme, Hitler’s Champion, was licensed to RTHK to be part of their special Olympic programming, as well as the Singapore celebrities travel show The Place We Live In 13x26’ sold to I-Cable. … [Read more...] about Harbour Rights’ multiple deals
Zig Zag and V9 sign doc deal
London / Leicester- Zig Zag Productions announced an agreement with Leicester City and Jamie Vardy’s V9 Academy to produce a TV documentary series. Jamie Vardy’s Having an Academy (3 x 60’) will follow the hottest name in English football as he seeks to discover non league talent and promote them to the professional game whilst providing them with a unique educational experience into what it takes to play at the sport’s top level. The V9 Academy will hold its first intake of players in May … [Read more...] about Zig Zag and V9 sign doc deal
PCCW and Türk sign MoU
Hong Kong / Istanbul, Turkey– PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT and Türk Telekom International (TTI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore service portfolio and geographic synergies between two leading telecommunications companies. Under the scope of the MoU, consideration will be given to making PCCW Global’s GTVN (Global Television Network), a managed end-to-end video transportation solution, available to TTI’s customer base of international … [Read more...] about PCCW and Türk sign MoU
Intelsat and BBC renew deal
Luxembourg- Intelsat S.A. announced that BBC World News has renewed and expanded its contract for use of multiple Intelsat premiere video neighbourhoods and the IntelsatOne terrestrial network to distribute high-quality standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) content across several continents. Under the multi-year agreement, BBC World News will be delivered to millions of viewers in the U.S. and Asia via four of Intelsat’s premiere neighbourhoods. … [Read more...] about Intelsat and BBC renew deal
