Singapore – HISTORY, operated by AETN All Asia Networks across Southeast Asia, continues to rate well in the Malaysian factual entertainment segment. The channel gained the highest viewership in prime time on the Astro Learning Pack. According to Nielsen, the channel recorded a 21 percent increase in year-on-year viewership. HISTORY led the Malaysian prime time from 8pm to 12am against key factual entertainment brands, winning the daypart across 6 nights of the week with programmes … [Read more...] about HISTORY leads factual entertainment channels in Malaysia
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BBC Knowledge tops factual channel chart
BBC Worldwide Channels Asia announced that BBC Knowledge has topped viewership charts in June to emerge as the top factual channel in Singapore, beating all 11 channels in the factual entertainment category, which according to Kantar, includes Discovery Channel, History Channel, Nat Geo, Crime & Investigation, Animal Planet and truTV. BBC Knowledge soared to the top of the factual channel charts during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend. Momentum carried through the month with … [Read more...] about BBC Knowledge tops factual channel chart
More A+E in Australia
New York/ Sydney – A&E Network, a flagship channel of global media content company A+E Networks, is launching in Australia on FOXTEL on 16 February. The factual entertainment channel will carry original, unscripted entertainment series. It is the latest channel from A+E Networks to be offered by the FOXTEL Channels Group, which currently operates History, Crime & Investigation Network and Bio in the country. A&E Australia will also offer “home grown” content. It has … [Read more...] about More A+E in Australia
Soaring to the top
New York/ Mumbai - History channel in India has become the number two factual entertainment channel, since its launch in October. This has led to a growth in the country's factual entertainment genre viewership by 30 per cent, according to TAM Media Research. The Indian research firm also reported that History India scored the highest time spent watching per viewer among all factual channels, beating established competitors such as Discovery and National Geographic. Ajay Chacko, President A+E … [Read more...] about Soaring to the top
DCD Rights joins factual trend
London – International distributor DCD Rights is presenting a line-up of new factual entertainment (factent) productions at MIPCOM 2011. The slate of new programming includes among others: Glitterboys & Ganglands (1x60’), a competition where 14 contestants battle it out for the title of Miss Gay Western Cape in South Africa's biggest female impersonator pageant; and Destination Fear (13x30’), a chilling and amusing series that follows unsuspecting guests going on a paranormal … [Read more...] about DCD Rights joins factual trend
