Tokyo – NHK Enterprises (NEP) and CCTV-8, the drama channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, have closed a licensing deal that will take three NHK drama series to China with the contract signed by Tetsuo Hiraga, NEP Senior Managing Director and Han Jianqun, CCTV-8 Deputy Controller at NEP’s Tokyo headquarters. CCTV-8, launched in 1996 as an art and culture channel, extended its reach throughout China in 1999 became an all-drama channel and began broadcasting around the clock in … [Read more...] about NHK licenses three drama series to China’s CCTV-8
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NHK wins Golden Nymph at the 52nd Monte-Carlo TV Festival
Tokyo – NHK’s drama Yasu: A Single Father’s Story was awarded the Golden Nymph for Best Mini Series at the 52nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival, held 8-14 June in Monaco. The drama, set in 1960 Hiroshima, featured a heartwarming story of a strong relationship between father (Yasu) and son (Akira) after Akira’s mother died when she sacrificed her life to save the boy from a pile of heavy falling boxes. Other NHK wins at Monte Carlo include Threads of Our Hearts, which won … [Read more...] about NHK wins Golden Nymph at the 52nd Monte-Carlo TV Festival
NHNZ receives 2012 Outstanding Contribution award
New Zealand – Natural History New Zealand Ltd (NHNZ), a major global producer of factual television creating original content for National Geographic Channels, Discovery Channels, Smithsonian Channel, A&E Television Networks, 3net and NHK, has been awarded the 2012 Outstanding Contribution to the NZ Documentary Industry Award by The Documentary New Zealand Trust. The award – the biggest accolade presented during the Documentary Edge Forum Gala event – is recognition of … [Read more...] about NHNZ receives 2012 Outstanding Contribution award
NHK WORLD TV expands distribution in New York
New York – NHK WORLD TV, the stand-alone 24-hour English language TV news channel produced by NHK, is expanding its distribution in the New York ADI via Verizon FiOS (Channel 482). NHK WORLD TV debuted in the New York region last month as digital broadcast through a dedicated, over-the-air channel on Regional News Network (WRNN – Channel 48.5), making it available to six million households in the New York City area. The network is also available in HD in NYC area to Time Warner … [Read more...] about NHK WORLD TV expands distribution in New York
VIDEO: Beyond The Wave promo reel
Switzerland – International distributor First Hand Films has finalised co-production deals and pre-sales with broadcasters for the documentary film Beyond the Wave. The doco won the Best Japan Pitch Award at this year's Asian Side of the Doc. First Hand Films has entered agreements with NHK (Japan), BBC (UK) and IKON (The Netherlands) who join WDR Cologne as co-production partners. The company has also signed pre-sales with SVT (Sweden), YES (Israel) and Knowledge Network (Canada) and … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Beyond The Wave promo reel
Post-tsunami doco gains international attention
Switzerland – International distributor First Hand Films has finalised co-production deals and pre-sales with broadcasters for the documentary film Beyond the Wave. The doco won the Best Japan Pitch Award at this year’s Asian Side of the Doc. First Hand Films has entered agreements with NHK (Japan), BBC (UK) and IKON (The Netherlands) who join WDR Cologne as co-production partners. The company has also signed pre-sales with SVT (Sweden), YES (Israel) and Knowledge Network … [Read more...] about Post-tsunami doco gains international attention
