Fugitive is delighted to announce that it has bolstered its catalogue with two of Channel 4’s most popular factual specials from 2020. The company has picked up the international rights for Bright Button Productions’ Prue Leith: Journey with My Daughter (1 x 60) and Pulse Film’s Hair Power: Me and My Afro (1 x 60). Prue Leith: Journey with My Daughter is an intimate and revealing film that follows the Great British Bake-Off judge and her adopted daughter, Li-Da, to Cambodia to search for her … [Read more...] about Fugitive to represent Bright Button and Pulse Films documentaries
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Abacus Media Rights announces raft of international sales in Asia
Distribution company, Abacus Media Rights (AMR), set up by Managing Director Jonathan Ford, announces sales of a number of documentary features and non-fiction series as the Asia TV Forum & Market launched on 1 December. Rhys Darby: Big in Japan, Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip, Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip and The Helper have been signed up by National Geographic. Outback Lockdown, Alone Across the Arctic and Surviving the Outback have been sold to The Outdoor Channel (Asia), … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights announces raft of international sales in Asia
Harbour Rights’ multiple deals
Hong Kong- Harbour Rights has sold many French and Asian documentaries across Asia. A 10-hour package was signed with Thai PBS including flagship series Human 3x52’ from France Television. In Hong Kong, a 2x52 special historical programme, Hitler’s Champion, was licensed to RTHK to be part of their special Olympic programming, as well as the Singapore celebrities travel show The Place We Live In 13x26’ sold to I-Cable. … [Read more...] about Harbour Rights’ multiple deals
RTHK launches full DTT channels
With the launch of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in January 2014 by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), the public is enjoying more choices in addition to the services delivered by the existing commercial-free TV broadcasters. The three high-definition channels – namely RTHK TV 31, RTHK 32 and RTHK 33 – provide a wide variety of programmes. RTHK TV 31 is an integrated channel offering programmes on current affairs, education, information, culture, arts and dramas. … [Read more...] about RTHK launches full DTT channels
RTHK boss criticised for not fighting harder for new HQ
The South China Morning Post and Hong Kong’s The Standard reported that Roy Tang Yun-kwong, Radio Television Hong Kong's (RTHK) director of broadcasting, has been criticised for allowing the government to withdraw a HK$5.3 billion funding request for a new headquarters, after it became clear that the Beijing loyalists in the Legislative Council, whose votes were needed, would oppose it. RTHK Programme Staff Union chairwoman Choy Yuk-ling said had the director been … [Read more...] about RTHK boss criticised for not fighting harder for new HQ
RTHK launches digital terrestrial television signal test
Digital TV tests in Hong Kong have gone underway. Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) recently conducted formal signal tests for digital terrestrial television (DTT) channels by broadcasting the services from the Temple Hill station. According to the company, about half of all TV households in the city-state should have been able to receive broadcasting signals from one HD and two SD RTHK channels in this test. The other three transmission stations located at Golden Hill, Castle Peak and Kowloon … [Read more...] about RTHK launches digital terrestrial television signal test
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