Sydney- The Nine Network has commissioned a further 13 episodes of the Australian drama Sea Patrol, focusing on a Royal Australian Navy patrol boat operating in the Pacific. LA-based Australian actor Alan Dale (Neighbours, OC, Ugly Betty) is joining the cast as Ray Walsman, an international mining entrepreneur. Regular cast members headed by Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake, Steve Bisley and Saskia Burmeister are returning. Filming begins in two weeks at Mission Beach, Cairns and on the Gold Coast. … [Read more...] about Sea Patrol sails again for Nine Network
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The History Channel launches VOD services in Korea
Los Angeles- The History Channel® has launched Video on Demand services in Korea via Gretech's GOM TV and Hanaro Telecom's Hana TV. The channel has a branded service on the Info & Entertainment offering of GOM TV, an advertising-supported broadband video player which launched in April 2006 and has 4.5 million unique viewers daily. Available in the Korean language, the line-up includes Modern Marvels, Declassified and Beyond the Da Vinci Code. The History Channel VOD service is carried in the … [Read more...] about The History Channel launches VOD services in Korea
Navis Media to buy Beyond International
Sydney-- The board of Beyond International Limited (BYI) announced today it had agreed to a takeover offer from private equity firm Navis Media Pty Ltd (Navis Media). Navis Media will acquire all of the shares in BYI for $A1.22 cash per share, valuing the Australian television producer-distributor at $A74.6 million ($US62 million). The deal is subject to approval by shareholders at a meeting expected to be held in November. That trumps a bid by Mariner Financial Limited on September 14, which … [Read more...] about Navis Media to buy Beyond International
Beyond nabs North American documentaries
Sydney- Beyond Distribution has been appointed worldwide distributor of the documentaries Independent America: The Two Lane Search for Mom and Pop, and Cracked Not Broken, produced by Toronto-based Open Door Co., and will launch both at MIPCOM. Independent America... (81’ and 52’) follows former NBC foreign correspondents and married couple, Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes, as they hit the road and travel 13,000 miles through 32 US states in search of “Independent … [Read more...] about Beyond nabs North American documentaries
Cash injection enables Rive Gauche Entertainment to add new divisions, execs
Los Angeles-- – Independent television distributor Rive Gauche Entertainment (RGE) has established new business units and recruited two senior sales executives thanks to a multi-million dollar investment from Cedar Lane, a New York-based private fund. RGE Chairman Jon Kramer said the new capital (exact amount wasn't disclosed) will be allocated towards corporate expansion as well as increasing the company’s acquisition, development and co-production activities. RGE has established … [Read more...] about Cash injection enables Rive Gauche Entertainment to add new divisions, execs
AXN Beyond to take off on SkyCable
Manila - SkyCable will be one of the first cable providers in the world to carry Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia’s brand new channel AXN Beyond by Jan. 1, 2008. A spin-off channel of the widely popular action adventure station AXN, AXN Beyond will spotlight more sci-fi, supernatural, paranormal and out-of-the-ordinary shows. The line-up includes first-run deals for The Dresden Files, a mystery/fantasy series based on the books by Jim Butcher and exec-produced by Nicolas Cage. … [Read more...] about AXN Beyond to take off on SkyCable