Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (TBS) announced its latest Japanese co-production venture, Find the Wasabi! at a press conference held in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on September 18. The 2nd season of Find the Wasabi!, an original format presented at MIPTV in April 2014, is being launched as a collaboration between TBS and Primeworks Studios as main co-producers, and welcoming on board Singaporean broadcaster Mediacorp and Thai broadcaster GMM Grammy as associate producers. … [Read more...] about TBS announces “Find the Wasabi!”
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Genius Brands International appoints Small Screen Distribution as exclusive sales agent
Beverly Hills, California – Genius Brands International, Inc. (OTCQB:GNUS), a global brand management company dedicated to providing entertaining and enriching ‘content with a purpose’ for toddlers to tweens, announced that they have entered into an agreement with Small Screen Distribution to exclusively represent the company’s content across all media throughout Asia. The announcement was made by Andrew Berman, Senior Vice President of Global Content Sales at … [Read more...] about Genius Brands International appoints Small Screen Distribution as exclusive sales agent
Amazon greenlights pilot episodes of five new kids shows
Seattle — Following the summer debut of its first three kids series, Amazon Studios announced August 25 it has greenlit three animated kids pilots—The Stinky & Dirty Show, Buddy: Tech Detective, Niko and the Sword of Light—and two live-action kids pilots—Table 58 and Just Add Magic—to join a new version of the previously announced Sara Solves It pilot for its third kids pilot season debuting in early 2015 on Amazon Instant Video. The … [Read more...] about Amazon greenlights pilot episodes of five new kids shows
Akamai partners with 49th Singapore NDP
Singapore – Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications partnered with the National Day Parade (NDP) 2014 Executive Committee to deliver close to 15,000 hours of online videos for Singapore’s 49th birthday. The Executive Committee had introduced richer content on both the NDP website and mobile app to bring the celebrations closer to the viewers, as well as to enhance their … [Read more...] about Akamai partners with 49th Singapore NDP
Passion shows continued success in Southeast Asia
London-based Passion Distribution announced on August 7 continued success in Southeast Asia, licensing over 420 hours of content into the region in the last 6 months. Most prominently, Passion has seen a rise in content acquisition in the Philippines; the distributor has seen a 350% growth in the region in 2014. Most recently in the Philippines, ABS CBN finalised terms for a large package deal, totalling over 187 hours of content. Package highlights include the cutting-edge food competition … [Read more...] about Passion shows continued success in Southeast Asia
Japan’s Izukyu Cable enhances its high-speed broadband services
Singapore – ARRIS Group, Inc. announced on July 31 that Izukyu Cable has selected the ARRIS E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) to enhance its high-speed broadband services. The deployment of the ARRIS E6000 CER is a critical investment by Izukyu Cable to deliver immediate high-performance results, while also positioning them well for the future of DOCSIS 3.1. Due to the unique topography of Izu Peninsula, where Izukyu Cable Network is located, to date the company has been focused on … [Read more...] about Japan’s Izukyu Cable enhances its high-speed broadband services
