Cannes - NHK, MediaCorp, and KBS have selected three projects from Asian independent producers to commission as a part of their new initiative, The Asian Pitch. Receiving full funding for their HD documentary production are Supermen of Malegaon, from Indian director Faiza Ahmed Khan; Malaysia’s Justin Ong Tat Tiong for Subak; and The Mummy Theft from Toraja, from Indonesia’s Agung Mulya Setiawan. The Asian Pitch is a new initiative by the three Asian public broadcasters targeting … [Read more...] about Three Asian Pitch winners announced
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Nippon Animation’s Penelope to be distributed by TV-Loonland
Munich / London– TV-Loonland has been appointed by Japanese production company Nippon Animation to manage multi-territory distribution for its pre-school property Penelope (26 x 5’). TV-Loonland will handle rights for TV, home video, VoD, broadband, IPTV and mobile sales to Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Baltic States, Scandinavia, Israel, the Middle East as well as Africa including South Africa. Penelope is a 3-D animation series co-produced by Nippon Animation, NHK Enterprises … [Read more...] about Nippon Animation’s Penelope to be distributed by TV-Loonland
KBS World reaches China
The Chinese government started supplying Korean Broadcasting System’s (KBS) international TV channel KBS World to some 250 hotels in China from Sept. 1 2007. The distribution agreement was reached after “rigorous negotiation” between KBS and China’s regulator, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) for more than three and a half years. KBS World is beamed via SINOSAT, the only platform opened to foreign channels by the Chinese government, adding to … [Read more...] about KBS World reaches China
KBS World reaches China
The Chinese government has agreed to carry Korean Broadcasting System’s (KBS) international TV channel, KBS World, into China to be available to 250 hotels from September 1 2007. The agreement was reached after “rigorous negotiation” between KBS and China’s regulator, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) for more than three and a half years. KBS World will be carried via SINOSAT, the only platform opened to foreign channels by the Chinese … [Read more...] about KBS World reaches China
NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
Tokyo- NHK’s 24-hour international TV channel, NHK World TV, will air 14 atomic bomb related programmes this August to promote peace. The shows were broadcast by NHK in Japan between 1975 and 2004 and will air for the first time on its international TV channel. Titles to be shown are The People's Pictures: Drawings of the A-bomb Aftermath; These Things We Left, Hiroshima's Warning; Why Didn't I Help? The Memories of 7,000 Survivors; Nagasaki: A Record of Life and Death; Hiroshima: The … [Read more...] about NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
Tokyo- NHK’s 24-hour international TV channel, NHK World TV, will air 14 atomic bomb related programmes this August to promote peace. The shows were broadcast by NHK in Japan between 1975 and 2004 and will air for the first time on its international TV channel. Titles to be shown are The People's Pictures: Drawings of the A-bomb Aftermath; These Things We Left, Hiroshima's Warning; Why Didn't I Help? The Memories of 7,000 Survivors; Nagasaki: A Record of Life and Death; Hiroshima: The … [Read more...] about NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
