BBC Studios today announced a TVOD India exclusive content partnership with BookMyShow Stream, India’s largest home-grown TVOD streaming platform from the house of BookMyShow. This inaugural partnership will see the launch of a BBC First branded space on BookMyShow Stream, enhancing its bespoke and compelling portfolio with a dose of premium, bold, British drama. The home of quality, original British dramas, BBC First features … [Read more...] about BBC Studios announces content partnership with India’s BookMyShow Stream
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AsiaSat partners with ABU and Telstra to bring the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games live to the Asia Pacific
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), in a collaboration with Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), selected AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat’s prime occasional use (OU) platform, for live coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Asia-Pacific. During the event coverage, ABU Sports team on the ground managed the production of live broadcast signals at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Birmingham. TBS’s expert broadcast solutions team handled the turnaround, uplinking of live … [Read more...] about AsiaSat partners with ABU and Telstra to bring the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games live to the Asia Pacific
Netflix announces Korean series that reimagines Kodansha’s legendary comic book series, ‘Parasyte: The Grey’
Netflix has confirmed the production of Parasyte: The Grey, a series by visionary director Yeon Sang-ho based on Hitoshi Iwaaki's comic book published by KODANSHA Ltd. The story is about unidentified parasitic life-forms that live off of human hosts and strive to grow their power. As they start to disrupt society, a group of humans wage war against the rising evil. Hitoshi Iwaaki's original comic book series "Parasyte" about invasive life-forms that seize and control human bodies has sold over … [Read more...] about Netflix announces Korean series that reimagines Kodansha’s legendary comic book series, ‘Parasyte: The Grey’
KC Global Media unveils cultural adventure with new original production in partnership with the Hakka Affairs Council
KC Global Media, Asia’s leading network, announced the world premiere of Secrets of the Raknus Selu Trail, an original production commissioned by the Hakka Affairs Council. The one-hour Documentary Special chronicles the Hakka trail of Taiwan’s most iconic exports that is also a cultural and industrial link to the world. While paying homage to the Hakka heritage that is now seeing a cultural revival with a new generation of young Hakkas across Taiwan, it allows them to review the history of how … [Read more...] about KC Global Media unveils cultural adventure with new original production in partnership with the Hakka Affairs Council
Polish remake of ‘Servant of the People’ currently in production
Polsat has commissioned a local remake of Servant of the People, the Ukrainian comedy sensation that launched the political career of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Currently in production under the local title SŁUGA NARODU, the series stars popular Polish television actor Marcin Hycnar in the lead role, playing the part of an ordinary man who is unwittingly voted president. The adaptation is being produced by Polot Media, directed by Maciej Bieliński. The original, produced by … [Read more...] about Polish remake of ‘Servant of the People’ currently in production
Go Button Media launches ‘Bake & Make Up’ format to the international market
Go Button Media is pleased to announce that its latest original series, Bake & Make Up (5 x 30’), has been commissioned by Canada’s VisionTV and is due to premiere at 9pm ET on Monday 29th August. Bake & Make Up mixes two sweet spots from factual entertainment television – baking and emotional reunions – bringing them together in a unique new primetime format. Each episode features a once inseparable twosome – childhood friends, past loves, long-lost family – and brings them back … [Read more...] about Go Button Media launches ‘Bake & Make Up’ format to the international market