Singapore - Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) has teamed up with Singapore media company Ufinity and Chinese company Prime Time Entertainment to produce a drama - A Starry Night - which will be broadcast simultaneously in trains and train stations in Singapore and China. Singapore's Threesixzero Productions has been commissioned to undertake the creative process of the project and it is slated for debut in the second half of this year. Commuters in Singapore can enjoy the drama on … [Read more...] about A Starry Night on the subway
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Echo Bridge Entertainment appoints Vice President of International Sales for Asia Pacific
Los Angeles - Independent global distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has appointed Natalie Yuen to the newly created position of vice president, international sales, Asia Pacific, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Dan March, executive vice president, Echo Bridge Entertainment, to whom Yuen will report. Yuen will be responsible for managing programming sales across all platforms throughout the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, … [Read more...] about Echo Bridge Entertainment appoints Vice President of International Sales for Asia Pacific
TV5MONDE Asia ink three IPTV deals
TV5MONDE Asia has reinforced its IPTV distribution across the APAC region with two new deals and a renewal. In India, the French-speaking channel has been available since January 1 on Aksh Optifibre's service in the basic tier in Delhi, Mumbai and 20 other major North-western Indian cities. The service currently has 20,000 subscribers, according to the operator. Aksh Optifibre tied up with public ISP Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) in 2006 to roll out their IPTV service in Dehli and Mumbai … [Read more...] about TV5MONDE Asia ink three IPTV deals
Bennett Media’s MEN7 brand to establish footprint in Asia with SyQic’s YOONIC
Los Angeles - Bennett Media Worldwide, a leader in male-targeted content, announced a broadband licensing agreement of its MEN7 brand to SyQic Capital, a Malaysian-based media group regarded as the top broadband TV solutions and content provider in Asia. The 150 hours of content in the MEN7 Digital Network will become part of SyQic's rich media broadband TV platform YOONIC. The delivery has started in Malaysia in February and will extend to Indonesia no later than May 2009. SyQic retains an … [Read more...] about Bennett Media’s MEN7 brand to establish footprint in Asia with SyQic’s YOONIC
Asian youths driven by media and music: poll
Singapore - A survey has revealed that most of Asia's youth spend an average of 10 hours a day consuming some form of media. Listening to music is very important to the lives of two thirds of young Asians and 34 percent said that they had spent more time listening to music in the last year. The annual Synovate Young Asians study, which polled some 13,000 people aged between 8 and 24, revealed their media consumption, purchase habits, attitudes, favourite singers and cartoons. Miranda Cheung, … [Read more...] about Asian youths driven by media and music: poll
AXN BEYOND and SET expand reach in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - The latest channel brands from SPE Networks - Asia (SPENA), AXN BEYOND and Sony Entertainment Television (SET), are set to expand reach in Hong Kong as both join AXN and Animax in a four-channel launch on the Basic Tier of Hong Kong pay-TV platform, TVB Pay Vision, on April 1. The new carriage deal with TVB Pay Vision brings SPENA's quartet of channels to a total of four pay-TV operators in Hong Kong, the others being PCCW's nowTV which also has all four linear channels; as well as … [Read more...] about AXN BEYOND and SET expand reach in Hong Kong