New York - AETN International announced two new licensing deals in Japan with BS-TBS and Nippon TV. AETN International has signed an output deal with BS-TBS comprising programming from the HISTORY catalog that will air as part of BS-TBS’s dedicated history-themed slot, BS History Hour. The agreement with Nippon TV is for the acclaimed series, Life After People. The acquisition of the series follows the ratings success last year of the 2-hour special also called Life After People. The … [Read more...] about AETN International drives content sales in Asia; Joanne Lim appointed Content Sales Executive for Asia
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Finding emo
Interviewing FremantleMedia Asia’s CEO Patrick Schult recently, he mentioned a show called ‘Songs that Make you Cry’, best described as a “unique fusion of emotional storytelling and music.” Licensed by FremantleMedia for all Asia from Japan’s Nippon TV (NTV), the show features a mixture of sad and uplifting stories retold, culminating in a song, significant to the story, being performed by a singing star. It cast me back over twenty years to a segment of the … [Read more...] about Finding emo
Generation gap divides TV audiences
Of the top ten rated programs in 2006, all but two were sports, ranging in ratings from 31.8% for the Torino Winter Olympics in February (NHK) to 51.7% for the Japan-Croatia match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in June (TV Asahi). The only two nonsports programs were the traditional New Year’s eve song fiesta Kohaku Utagassen (NHK) placing 5th with 39.8% and Studio Ghibli’s Ghedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea), featuring anime for theater, directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro, on … [Read more...] about Generation gap divides TV audiences
