Los Angeles- MarVista Entertainment's primetime teen drama series, Beyond the Break, will air on Star World, reaching a potential 25 million homes across 30 countries in Asia, following licensing agreements with broadcasters in Europe, the U.S. and Canada. The second season of Beyond the Break will debut this month at MIPTV with 14 new half-hours, for a total of 34 half-hours. The drama series revolves around four girls' journey to be professional surfers. The series is produced by MarVista and … [Read more...] about MarVista Entertainment’s Beyond the Break reaches Asia on Star World
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Message to digital broadcasters: Share content to attract viewers
Kuala Lumpur--Asian broadcasters should share more content as a way of attracting viewers to new digital channels, the ABU Digital TV symposium was told. Keith Pierce, Head of Technology, Al Jazeera English, told attendees that by sharing programmes, broadcasters could acquire content cheaply and boost the value of their digital channels. He related that when he worked for an Indonesian channel, programmes from Hong Kong and Mexico were popular with viewers. "We should be sharing a lot more … [Read more...] about Message to digital broadcasters: Share content to attract viewers
IMG fielding interactive World’s Sexiest Cricketer for STAR News in
Mumbai / London- IMG Media is producing World's Sexiest Cricketer for STAR News in India. While male viewers are preoccupied with the ICC Cricket World Cup, the 13-part interactive series targets females, enabling viewers to vote for contestants based on physique, hairstyle, smile, dress sense and personality. Titled Crazy Kiya Re in India, it airs twice a day on Saturdays and Sundays, hosted by MTV India's VJ Cyrus Sahukar. The series also features Bollywood stars as celebrity judges. Balu … [Read more...] about IMG fielding interactive World’s Sexiest Cricketer for STAR News in
Secured S-DMB crosses 3 million in South Korea
Seoul- Secured Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) devices in Korea have exceeded 3 million, according to content security provider Irdeto. And that doesn’t include other secure or non-secure devices in the Korean market. As the supplier of surface mounted device (SMDs) chips and subscriber identity modules (SIMs) for mobile devices that support TU Media’s S-DMB service, Irdeto also reported TU Media has 1.1 million subscribers, with take-up averaging 1,600 new … [Read more...] about Secured S-DMB crosses 3 million in South Korea
Mobile TV trials underway in Taiwan
Taipei- Taiwanese broadcasters China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) have begun testing MediaFLO, the mobile TV technology from Qualcomm, in Taipei, featuring four live channels of CNS content and up to three live channels of TTV content. “We will use the trial to evaluate our business model for building a mobile broadcasting platform in Taiwan and to better understand how to migrate the platform to a commercial service,” said Daniel Cheung, Chief … [Read more...] about Mobile TV trials underway in Taiwan
KTV topper walks the plank
Tokyo- Soichiro Chigusa, President of Kansai Telecasting Corp. (KTV) has quit, taking the rap for the use of bogus scientific data in the broadcaster’s popular Sunday night quiz/variety show Hakkutsu Aruaru Daijiten II (Encyclopedia of Living II), which resulted in KTV’s expulsion from the National Association of Japanese Commercial Broadcasters (Minporen). He’s been succeeded by Masashi Kataoka, Executive Director of KTV. … [Read more...] about KTV topper walks the plank
