Real Lifestyle Network’s FOOD first, a 24/7 channel dedicated to food, today announced its partnership with leading international content distributors, Shine and Optomen, to acquire exclusive premium content. It has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to a range of international programmes featuring some of the best, most renowned and most entertaining personalities from the world of food such as celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Gwyneth Paltrow, amongst others. The HD ready channel, FOOD … [Read more...] about FOOD First ties up exclusive content partnership
India
India gets new reality game show Minute To Win It
SPE Networks – Asia launches its latest original production with reality game show format Minute to Win It for AXN India today. Based on the award-winning game show format from US television network NBC, AXN India’s Minute to Win It offers contestants the chance to win prize money of up to 1 crore (approx. US$220,000) through a series of physical challenges. The minute-long challenges involve regular household items and can range from balancing balls while blindfolded, to knocking … [Read more...] about India gets new reality game show Minute To Win It
BIG CBS Prime goes On Air 29 November, with near live American content for the very first time in India
BIG CBS Networks Pvt. Ltd., an equal joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network Limited and CBS Studios International, today announced the launch of its first premium English general entertainment television channel, BIG CBS Prime. It will feature America’s top rated television shows from CBS Studios international, with the USP of airing almost concurrent to the United States, delivering its promise of the latest, freshest and hottest shows. Delivering more hours of fresh programming … [Read more...] about BIG CBS Prime goes On Air 29 November, with near live American content for the very first time in India
BIG CBS acquires movies from Sony Pictures Television
Mumbai - BIG CBS Networks Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network and CBS Studios International in India has announced its acquisition of films from the Sony Pictures Television (SPT) movie library, which will include popular titles such as Zathura, XXX: State of the Union, Mona Lisa Smile, 13 Going on 30, Vertical Limit and air exclusively on its soon-to-be launched premium entertainment channels. This deal with Sony Pictures Television will see BIG CBS Prime, the first of … [Read more...] about BIG CBS acquires movies from Sony Pictures Television
BIG CBS seals deal with Den Networks
BIG CBS Networks Pvt. Ltd., the joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. and CBS Studios International, has signed a distribution deal with India's DEN Networks Ltd. With the closure of this deal, DEN Networks will distribute the 3 premium channels of BIG CBS – BIG CBS Prime, BIG CBS Spark and BIG CBS Love on its analogue and digital cable television platforms. DEN Networks Limited is India’s leading cable TV distribution company. Says Ashutosh, COO, BIG Broadcasting, … [Read more...] about BIG CBS seals deal with Den Networks
Latens continues expansion in India
Hyderabad, India - Latens, leader in software conditional access and middleware for pay TV, continues to grow and strengthen its presence in India. Since opening its new research and development facility in Hyderabad, Latens has significantly increased its work force in India and continues to recruit. Latens CAS is a standards compliant, downloadable solution offering pay TV operators a more dynamic and secure anti-piracy strategy at a much lower cost than traditional card based systems. Built … [Read more...] about Latens continues expansion in India