Comedienne, actress, and judge of Channel M’s K-Pop Star Hunt – Irene Ang is best known in the industry as CEO of Fly Entertainment, a regional artiste management company representing the likes of Allan Wu, who has hosted The Amazing Race Asia and now its Chinese equivalent on Shanghai Media Group’s ICS channel. Even though Fly Entertainment is not known for its production capabilities, Ang and her team led the pack at last December’s ATA Superpitch to clinch the Best … [Read more...] about Asian Television Awards 2012 – Superpitch winner, Fly Entertainment
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New Leadership at StarHub
Tong Hai TAN, Chief Executive Officer, StarHub Q: How are you growing your content/ channels? Tan: We always seek to provide the widest range of quality content for customers and their families. In addition to channels with broader appeal, we will continue to be on the lookout for niche content to cater to unique needs of our customers. For example, we recently improved our Asian content offering with the addition of Hello! Japan, which caters to viewers interested in Japanese entertainment and … [Read more...] about New Leadership at StarHub
Eye for talent
Q: Let’s start with The Amazing Race Australia. What elements are you looking for when you cast the characters? PY: You always want to have a bit of a shock value. But at the same time it needs to be something that people understand and it needs to feel as if it’s somebody that can be your friend. You engage with your audience because you need to have that air of familiarity; it could even be your next door neighbour. So it’s not always about the Goths or the b******!” Q: … [Read more...] about Eye for talent
Time and again
Lugers and lies, and beheading of spies – it sounds like a plot for a primetime drama, but in Execam’s case, truth is infinitely more interesting than fiction. Production company Execam’s Asian Television Awards (ATA) Superpitch winning documentary pitch Coast Watchers of the South Pacific looks into Australia’s Coastwatchers organisation which placed men and women in New Guinea, The Solomon Islands and other locations – including Japanese occupied territories … [Read more...] about Time and again
WE tv
Q: In March, you announced the acquisition of firstwindow exclusive rights from ITV Studios Global Entertainment to a new original drama series Rectify. This is essentially a global buy for your networks around the world. Is a “global buy” the buying strategy now? A: We come across it in different ways. Most of our programming is developed in-house, owned outright, including Rectify. Some programming is co-produced, some have deals that involve distribution to places where we do not … [Read more...] about WE tv
The little studio that could
Animation creation and development company Nada Anime is a young animation studio which has been quietly but steadily making a name for itself in the Greater China area. The 16-member team at Nada Anime may not be particularly big for an animation company, but since setting up shop in 2009 it hasn’t shied away from big projects. The Taipei-based studio recently completed a 90-minute animated feature Melody (also known as Jiao zhi shang de xing guang), which was later adapted into a … [Read more...] about The little studio that could
