International cooking format Junior MasterChef, is returning to kids channel CBBC later this year, after a two-year hiatus. The BAFTA-nominated series is back to give some of Britain's best young cooks the chance to follow in the footsteps of 2010 champion, Georgia Bradford, and become Junior MasterChef 2012. Based on the hugely successful MasterChef series, the format will feature 15 half hour episodes, consisting of eight heats, two quarterfinals, four semis and a final cook-off. Junior … [Read more...] about CBBC begins search for the next Junior MasterChef
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Promotions at A+E Networks
Singapore – Ling-Sze Gan has been promoted to Senior Director of Content Sales, Asia. Based at A+E Networks’ Singapore office, she will oversee content distribution throughout the region to both standard and non-standard television platforms. Since joining A+E Networks in 2007, Gan has grown content distribution revenues in the region by 700 per cent, and has expanded distribution into the terrestrial market in Japan and has closed significant output deals in Korea, China and … [Read more...] about Promotions at A+E Networks
New Creative Director at Ten Alps TV
London - Ten Alps Plc announced the appointment of Fiona Stourton as Creative Director of Ten Alps TV. Fiona will be responsible for all creative and editorial strategies across the TV assets of the Group which include Blakeway, Blakeway North, Brook Lapping, Below the Radar, Films of Record and Ten Alps Asia. Fiona joined the Ten Alps group in 2006. Before joining Ten Alps, she was Executive Producer for Current Affairs at the BBC. During her tenure at both Ten Alps and the BBC, Fiona has been … [Read more...] about New Creative Director at Ten Alps TV
Showtime for GlobeCast
London - GlobeCast has signed a new five-year deal with Showtime Arabia to provide content management and delivery services for 13 of its global channels, with services provided ranging from multiplexing, uplink, and aggregation to playout from GlobeCast's central London Technical Operations Centre. Dubai-based Showtime Arabia, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, has a three-year working relationship with GlobeCast and has now expanded that relationship to include … [Read more...] about Showtime for GlobeCast
