Tokyo- Toei Animation Co. Ltd. and Spanish brand management company Elastic Rights have secured sales for seasons one and two of animated series Pretty Cure with Spanish broadcasters. Disney’s Jetix acquired pay TV rights for Pretty Cure, with the series scheduled to run from June 25 to September 8. Cuatro secured free TV rights, with the second run of both seasons to start in early July. Clan TVE acquired free dtz rights for the series and will begin broadcast on June 28. Pretty Cure is a … [Read more...] about Toei Animation and Elastic Rights secure Pretty Cure distribution in Spain
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Shanghai Media Group partners Intel on HD wireless and mobile technology
Shanghai- The Shanghai Media Group is joining forces with Intel Corp to develop wireless broadband and mobile technology for high-definition TV programs. The partnership aims to allow audiences to watch HD programs anywhere, any time, on personal computers or mobile devices, the Shanghai Daily reports. "We are at a crucial time when the traditional media and new media are converging," Zhang Dazhong, vice president of SMG, told the fourth China International New Media Forum before the signing … [Read more...] about Shanghai Media Group partners Intel on HD wireless and mobile technology
AETN All Asia Networks’ channels launching in Southeast Asia
Kuala Lumpur- AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd (AAAN), a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and ASTRO All Asia Networks, will launch The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand on June 15, 2007. Both channels will be carried on Astro in Malaysia and Brunei, on StarHub in Singapore and on Truevision in Thailand. The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network will be fully language-versioned in Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia, … [Read more...] about AETN All Asia Networks’ channels launching in Southeast Asia
How to drive HDTV in Asia: collaborate and showcase
The development of High Definition Television (HDTV) has been a long and difficult journey. First developed in the 1960s in Japan by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK), the analogue MUSE HDTV system was trialed during the 1970s and 1980s. Despite significant interest, it was a media technology before its time with commercial development hindered by insufficient bandwidth in transmission systems, lack of HD compatible televisions and the shortage of compelling content. The start of … [Read more...] about How to drive HDTV in Asia: collaborate and showcase
WorldTV brings seven South Asian channels to Europe
London- WorldTV is delivering a bouquet of seven South Asian pay TV channels, Sony Entertainment Television Asia, Star Plus, Star One, Sahara One, Max, Star Gold and FILMY, to Europe, excluding the UK and Ireland, for EUR299 (US$400) per annum. WorldTV, an aggregator and distributor of international television and radio programming in the US, is a subsidiary of content management and delivery company, GlobeCast. It delivers more than 210 TV and radio channels in 35 languages representing 42 … [Read more...] about WorldTV brings seven South Asian channels to Europe
No growing pains for BabyTV
Hong Kong- Fox International Channel's BabyTV is continuing to roll out in Asia, having launched on Phnom Penh Cable TV in Cambodia on May 1; the channel airs on now TV in Hong Kong, Indovision in Indonesia and on News Broadcasting Japan's FOXlife HD channel. Deals are "under discussion with all leading pay TV operators around the region," says Zubin Gandevia, Managing Director and EVP of Fox International Channels Asia. The exec reports the Hong Kong channel, which launched on March 7, had … [Read more...] about No growing pains for BabyTV