Kuala Lumpur – Multi-awards production house, Beach House Pictures (BHP) together with leading Malaysian producer Kyanite TV, join forces with Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, UKTV, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and Perbadan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (FINAS), to create one of the most hotly anticipated TV series of the year – Borneo (w/t). With unprecedented access to the most remote regions of the world’s third largest island, Borneo will explore its stunning … [Read more...] about Powerhouses from Singapore & Malaysia in co-production deal
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Asian Television Awards honours KBS’s CEO
Singapore – The organisers of the 21st Asian Television Awards (ATA) announced that Mr. Ko Dae-young, President and CEO of Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) will be the recipient of its Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television. Ko has more than 30 years of experience in public broadcasting. He joined KBS as a TV reporter in 1985 and has since held key positions including foreign correspondent to Moscow, Russia. Since then, Ko rose to the appointment of Executive … [Read more...] about Asian Television Awards honours KBS’s CEO
Genre update: Sports Channel
Parent brand: FOX Networks Group (FNG) Sub or sibling brands: FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports 3, FOX Sports News and foxsportsasia.com Ownership in Asia: FOX Networks Group (FNG) Senior executive for Asia: Simeon Dawes, Executive Vice President, Ad Sales & Partnerships, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and Managing Director of HKSEA and the Middle East Channel description: FOX Sports broadcasts top-tier football from the Bundesliga, AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, to top-tier sports like … [Read more...] about Genre update: Sports Channel
The Next Generation Of Asian digital content
WebTVAsia - Fred Chong Is there a future for Asian digital content? There’s the mainstream content and then, there’s the Asian digital creator’s content which is breaking new grounds today. Mainstream players are starting to embrace these new digital creators and using them to produce TV content, which is losing its ground. Asian digital content is going through a phase where creators are only given a small budget for their creative talent. But this is slowly gaining traction … [Read more...] about The Next Generation Of Asian digital content
Nomination for StarHub TVB Awards
Singapore – The StarHub TVB Awards 2016 has just announced its full list of nominations, kicking off a six-week long voting campaign commence from 9 September to 16 October. Fans will be able to vote for their favourite TVB artistes during this period. Winners will be revealed at the seventh edition of the prestigious StarHub TVB Awards 2016, which will be held at Marina Bay Sands on 22 October 2016. The event will start with TVB artistes strutting down the red carpet, decked out in … [Read more...] about Nomination for StarHub TVB Awards
Seeking the next big thing
Tell us about your new platform. Recently, we’ve done two things with StarHub in Singapore - first, at the beginning of April we launched BBC First, our premium drama service. We decided to launch it as an on demand service rather than as a linear channel. In other parts of the world, we have a BBC First linear channel, for example - in Australia, Belgium and South Africa. We felt that BBC First was more suited as an on-demand service in Asia, as for premium drama such as Sherlock, Luther and … [Read more...] about Seeking the next big thing
