Broomfield, Colorado – Alticast announced on February 26 that its Alticast Media Cloud Platform has enabled Korean Telecom (KT) SkyLife (SkyLife), a South Korean satellite television broadcaster, to launch its "SkyLife on Demand" (SOD) service, the world's first large-scale deployment of a Cloud-based personal video recorder (PVR) service. SkyLife's olleh TV SkyLife service — which combines direct-to-home (DTH) television programming with KT's video on demand … [Read more...] about SkyLife partners with Alticast for Cloud-based service
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​Korea’s MBC ​appoints new president
Seoul – Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that the newly elected president of South Korea's second-largest TV network MBC took office on February 25, 2014, vowing to rebuild the company's status as one of the nation's most popular TV channels by providing differentiated programming. Ahn Kwang-han, who led MBC's cable TV unit, MBC Plus Media, was officially elected MBC's president in a shareholders' meeting on February 21. MBC's largest shareholder, the Foundation for Broadcast … [Read more...] about ​Korea’s MBC ​appoints new president
CJ E&M sells formats to Europe and Latin America
Seoul, Korea – Leading the globalisation of Korean entertainment content beyond Asia, CJ E&M announced on February 20 that it has sold formats of its audition programme Super Diva, quiz programme Crazy Market, revenge drama Ice Adonis, and romance drama Crazy Love to partners in Europe and Latin America. The successful deals for formats of these shows reflect CJ E&M’s push to introduce … [Read more...] about CJ E&M sells formats to Europe and Latin America
Korean “Homeland” in the works
Keshet International, the global distribution arm of Keshet Media Group, has sold its successful drama Prisoners of War, on which Emmy® Award winner Homeland is based, to Korea’s Star J Entertainment, marking its entry to a fourth continent worldwide. The local adaptation of the show will be produced in partnership with Youngbeom Jeong, Sebastian Lee and Teddy Zee. Nam-gil Kim is also attached to star. He is best known for his role of Bidam in the hit … [Read more...] about Korean “Homeland” in the works
UHD TV​ sets to enter market sooner than expected
Dublin – Research and Markets’ report states that LCD UHD TVs shipped close to 1.2M pcs from January to August of 2013 in the panel base. The UHD TV panel shipment penetration accounts for 0.8% (Korea 4.7%, Japan 0.6%, Taiwan 81.4% and China 13.3%) of the total TV panel shipment. In August, this panel shipment rose to 353K pcs per month. This research foresees that the increase panel shipment trend could result in a total figure of 2.6M units … [Read more...] about UHD TV​ sets to enter market sooner than expected
TVB’s regional copro to premiere globally
Hong Kong – As Valentine's Day approaches, TVB has produced cross-boundary Valentine’s specials which will be broadcast to audiences in different regions through partnerships with a number of TV broadcasters or production units in Japan (Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd / Media Asia Group Holdings Limited), Korea (KBSN), Singapore (StarHub) and Malaysia (Astro) for the first time. With the theme of A Time Of Love, the programmes will include four hourly music … [Read more...] about TVB’s regional copro to premiere globally