Hong Kong - Walt Disney Television International has relocated its regional marketing function to Singapore - resulting in five redundancies. The positions made redundant include vice president marketing Simon George and his Hong Kong based team. Said a Disney Channel spokeperson,"We have made a strategic organizational change in which our Asia Pacific regional marketing will relocate to our television operations centers in Singapore. As a result, five positions have been made redundant in the … [Read more...] about Five redundant in Hong Kong as WDTVI shifts marketing to Singapore
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Televisa’s new catalogue of licensed products at NATPE
Televisa will be presenting at NATPE the third season of the successful animated series El Chavo available now in HD. The animated series is based on the top comedy show in the history of Spanish speaking television. El Chavo is a lovable eight-year-old who lives inside a barrel in the courtyard of a community filled with loony but memorable characters, and the grownups are the usual targets of their continuous pranks. The animated series of El Chavo has three seasons, for a total of 78 … [Read more...] about Televisa’s new catalogue of licensed products at NATPE
Globo TV International’s listing for NATPE 2009
Globo TV International has revealed its slate for NATPE 2009. Game show The Spelling Game will find students of various levels competing for the chance to become a hero in their own language. Xtreme Connection is a game show where regular people and celebrities compete in a variety of challenges involving strength, intelligence and creativity. In daily quiz show The Video Game, contestants must answer questions on a wide array of topics, ranging in various degrees of challenge. The show has an … [Read more...] about Globo TV International’s listing for NATPE 2009
Running his own Race
September 2008 saw CBS series The Amazing Race continue to be the sole winner ever of the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program, having won it six consecutive years since that Award’s inception. And the show’s total seven Primetime Emmys were recently joined by the Asian Television Award Best Adaptation of an Existing Format for The Amazing Race Asia 3, produced for Sony Pictures Entertainment Asia by activeTV Asia. A new category for 2008, the format presumably … [Read more...] about Running his own Race
Indian cities on stage for new TV Globo telenovela
TV Globo, crosses to India to deliver telenovelas with the world's most beautiful and enigmatic scenery. Jaipur, known as the Pink City, and Agra, famous for the Taj Mahal, will be some of the international locations of Caminho das Índias, debuting during prime-time in Brazil in January. Shortly, this will also be part of the product catalogue offered by Globo TV International. In order to portray the day-to-day activities from India, close to 40 people from the telenovela team traveled to the … [Read more...] about Indian cities on stage for new TV Globo telenovela
TV 2.0 comes to Asia
Hong Kong - The Centre for Content Protection (CCP) announced that more than 200 executives participated in the second annual Digital Future Symposium, an anchor event of the Asia Television Forum co-organized by the CCP and the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Themed ‘This Business of Content Protection: Movers, Shakers and Direction-Makers', the event was attended by content owners, producers, media and technology professionals who are working to establish common standards that will … [Read more...] about TV 2.0 comes to Asia