Hong Kong- Following its grand event at the HKFilmart for the TVB 2016 Drama Parade Press Conference, TVB held the TVB 2016 Variety Parade cum Overseas Business Collaboration Press Conference yesterday. During the press conference, TVB screened trailers for 12 variety titles including Do Did Eat, Sunday Stage Fight, Eat La Men, Not Far But Away- Cuba, Back to School, among others. TVB also announced plans for TVB and TVBI’s global expansion. TVB and KBS will further develop their … [Read more...] about TVB announces global plans
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Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union appoints Vice President
Macau – The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union concluded its annual General Assembly with electing Hikaru Doumoto, Executive Vice President of NHK, as their Vice President. Doumoto will serve until the end of December 2017. President and CEO of Korea’s KBS, Cho Dae Hyun was elected as ABU’s President. Officially assuming the post today, Doumoto commented, “I wish to fulfill my duty as Vice President, supporting the President, implementing the range of proposals discussed at … [Read more...] about Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union appoints Vice President
BBC Worldwide secures deals with key players in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea – BBC Worldwide announced deals with three TV operators in South Korea on April 3, ahead of MIPTV. The deals were linked with pay TV operators, Hyundai Media and YTN, and free-to-air TV operator, KBS. Consisting of predominantly natural history, factual, and science genres, the deals are expected to carry programmes to a combined 40 million households in South Korea. This will mark BBC Worldwide’s first foray into Hyundai Media’s newly launched factual … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide secures deals with key players in South Korea
5th Asian Side of the Doc sold out
The 5th edition of Asian Side of the Doc, the 4-day factual market bringing together broadcasters, producers and financiers from Asia and the rest of the world to coproduce documentary and specialist factual, held in Chengdu this year, is now sold out. 632 delegates have already registered, including 130 decision makers. This year, there’ll be many more delegates coming from Asia, Europe, Australia, and some from North America: 65 producers and distributors from France, 35 from Australia, … [Read more...] about 5th Asian Side of the Doc sold out
Looking Glass series picked up in Asia
Melbourne – Looking Glass International (LGI), the Australian-based distribution company specialising in factual programming, has sold over seventy hours of programming to several broadcasters in Asia. The deals were brokered by Sales Manager Karen Lee from LGI’s Beijing office. With natural history programming in demand, KBS (Korea) together with CCTV (China) has picked up blue chip wildlife documentaries The … [Read more...] about Looking Glass series picked up in Asia
ABU announces lineup for Global News Forum
In September 2013, senior news leaders from the region and around the world will be attending a Global News Forum in Seoul organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). Headlined ‘Breaking the News in the Media 3.0 Era’, the forum will bring together experts from around the world to discuss the current challenges faced by broadcasters in the digital and online age and find new ways of attracting and keeping global audiences. … [Read more...] about ABU announces lineup for Global News Forum
