Hong Kong – Celestial Pictures took its first step into the gaming business today by launching the first-ever game application for a Chinese movie. It was developed with leading independent Chinese game developer, Art Coding. Available from today, My Kingdom Game can be played via the game’s website or downloaded for free from Apple’s iTunes store (for iPhones and iPod Touches. An iPad compatible version will be released later). Through a simple, casual rhythm-based game, the … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Celestial enters new frontier
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Saugato Banarjee joins A+E Networks
New York/ Singapore – Alan Hodges, Managing Director, Asia Pacific for A+E Networks, announced today that Saugato Banerjee has joined A+E Networks as Director, Strategy and Business Development, Asia. Based in Singapore, Banerjee, who will report to Hodges, will oversee the creation and execution of the company’s strategic business development efforts to ensure the sustained expansion of the company’s brands across the Asia Pacific. Banerjee has had extensive experience working … [Read more...] about Saugato Banarjee joins A+E Networks
Zuku Zees Indian content potential
Zuku, the service package from Wananchi Group, today announced it will carry Zee channels across Wananchi’s cable and DTH platforms from now, as part of a drive to increase TV offering. The three year carriage agreement with Zee Network will see three channels - Zee Cinema, Zee Zing and Zee Punjabi, carried across all cable and DTH platforms. The agreement with Zee marks the presence of a big brand in Indian entertainment for Wananchi, reaching out to the substantial Indian community in … [Read more...] about Zuku Zees Indian content potential
Control shift
The option of choice has expanded exponentially over the past decade, due to one factor: high-speed internet. Allowing massive amounts of data to be pumped through fi breoptic connections in an instant has up-ended the table. Not only can content be streamed through the internet in real-time now, content does not have to be dependent on strict schedules also. TV is now about watching regardless of location and time. The trio of expanded televised content systems that have spun out of the … [Read more...] about Control shift
Shaolin meets Africa
Hong Kong – Shaw Brother’s classic Kung Fu movies are landing in Africa, following a landmark deal between Celestial Pictures and Sony Max, Sony Pictures Television’s 24-hour action and reality channel in Africa. The deal gives exclusive cable and satellite broadcast rights to Sony Max for a package of titles from Celestial’s Shaw Brothers Film Library. Sony Max, which launched in February 2011 on digital pay TV platform Multichoice, currently has 3.3 million subscribers … [Read more...] about Shaolin meets Africa
Multi-platforms draw multi-million viewers
Multi-platform offerings of the 2011 Formula One season on ESPN STAR Sport’s various channels (STAR Sports, ESPN HD and online via the ESPN Player), have resulted in the content provider drawing more than 20 per cent of total pay-tv audiences in Malaysia. The inaugural race at the Australian Grand Prix confirmed Malaysia’s reputation as a major motorsport-viewing nation, as the event saw nearly 25 per cent more male cable viewers aged 15 years old and above tuning in to the live … [Read more...] about Multi-platforms draw multi-million viewers