Hilversum - Matt Creasey, previously Head of Sales, Finished Programmes at Endemol International, has been promoted to Director of Sales, Distribution. Creasey will continue to report to International Director of Scripted Programming and Distribution, Caroline Torrance. Recent deals include the sale of Endemol UK’s one hour documentary special Extraordinary Ten Year Olds to a further eight territories including Australia’s Nine Network iand BBC Knowledge, Asia. Teen Transexual has … [Read more...] about Creasey upped at Endemol International
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Seven snags the new Bionic Woman
Sydney- Australia’s Seven Network has picked Bionic Woman, a remake of the 1970s classic, and Lipstick Jungle, from Sex and The City author Candace Bushnell, from its deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, which it shares with Network Ten. These series joins Seven’s upcoming US programming line-up including the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice, starring Kate Walsh as Dr Montgomery Shepherd; Dirty Sexy Money, a new series about the lives and … [Read more...] about Seven snags the new Bionic Woman
Flying Bark stays aloft despite EM. Sport Media decision to vacate kids TV
Sydney- Evidently unaffected by the decision by parent company EM.Sport Media (formerly EM.TV) to sell its children’s and family entertainment divisions, Flying Bark Productions (formerly Yoram Gross- EM.TV) is ploughing ahead with CGI animated co-productions. Its slate includes Master Raindrop, a 26-part CGI and 2D animation action/adventure/comedy produced with New Zealand’s Flux Animation Studio, Singapore’s Big Communications and Media Development Authority of Singapore; … [Read more...] about Flying Bark stays aloft despite EM. Sport Media decision to vacate kids TV
Nine tunes up The Singing Bee
Sydney- Nine Network Australia is producing a Down Under version of The Singing Bee, NBC’s new hit variety show, where it’s not how well contestants sing but how well they know the words that counts. The Singing Bee premiered in the US on July 10 at 9.30pm and drew an average of 13.1 million viewers, making it the network’s highest-rating new show since 2003. The show challenges contestants to accurately sing the lyrics to popular songs - even when the band stops playing. If … [Read more...] about Nine tunes up The Singing Bee
HTC Care for Singapore
Singapore – HTC Corp. the world's leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile smart devices, has opened its first ‘HTC Care’ at Keppel Bay Tower in Singapore. Apart from being a service centre, HTC Care is also a showroom with the latest HTC and Dopod International’s products. “HTC believes that providing superior after-sales support is important to our continuing success, which is why we place such a high degree of importance on HTC Care. In the future, a number … [Read more...] about HTC Care for Singapore
SBS Corporation clicks with Tandberg for Internet TV
Atlanta – Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Corporation, Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, has selected Tandberg TV’s solution for Internet TV asset ingest, transcoding, management and distribution. As part of the integration, SBS will access technologies through a managed services model to publish SBS content and user generated video via the Internet. Initially the broadband video will be available on sbs.com and eventually across multiple … [Read more...] about SBS Corporation clicks with Tandberg for Internet TV