TEL AVIV – Armoza Formats has announced that hit prime time singing competition, The Four, is headed to Kazakhstan. Starting in September, 12 episodes of the series will air on leading broadcaster Khabar TV. The second season of the US adaptation of the Armoza-created format is performing above FOX’s summer ratings, with the latest episode leading to a Thursday night timeslot win for the channel tying with CBS in demo ratings and ranking number one among all US networks in the … [Read more...] about “The Four” commissioned in Kazakhstan
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WikiLeaks announces documentary film
Mediastan tracks the WikiLeaks team's journey as they travel through Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and other 'stans in 2011 in their attempt to release US diplomatic cables to media outlets around the world. "Mediastan is an acid-test, where depending on how the film is treated by the media you can understand where their boundaries and allegiances are," said Johannes Wahlstrom, Swedish journalist and the film's director. … [Read more...] about WikiLeaks announces documentary film
“Got Talent” breaks record with 55 local versions
London - FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment celebrate Got Talent's 55th local adaptation – a record unequalled by any other talent show in history. Afghanistan’s Got Talent will launch later this year on 1TV Media and comes on the back of the recent launches of Brazil’s Got Talent (Got Talent Brasil) on Rede Record, and Kazakhstan’s Got Talent (Жұлдызды Ñәт) on Kazakhstan 1, earlier this … [Read more...] about “Got Talent” breaks record with 55 local versions
ATF 2012: Seen and heard
Singapore – Attendance at this year’s Asia Television Forum (ATF) increased an estimated 14% from last year’s market, according to organiser Reed Exhibitions. There has been a significant increase in buyer participation from South Korea, Hong Kong and China, along with buyers from new markets like Kazakhstan and Mongolia, according to Reed. Several international content distributors who TV ASIA Plus spoke to, echoed that Day One of the market has been a … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: Seen and heard
Failed Russian launch for Indonesian Telkom-3 satellite
The Russian Space Agency Roskosmo declared that a failure has occurred on the most recent ascent mission of a Briz-M Vehicle carrying two communications satellites to geostationary orbit after successfully being launched by a Proton-M launch Vehicle at 19:31 GMT on August 6, 2012. One of the satellites, the Telkom-3 satellite — a $200 million communications satellite built by Russia for Telekomunikasi Indonesia, went missing from its planned orbit shortly after taking off from the Russian … [Read more...] about Failed Russian launch for Indonesian Telkom-3 satellite
