MIPCOM, Cannes – Ovation, America’s Only Arts Network, announced the global sales for The Art Of (13x21’), an original series from Ovation’s production arm Ovation Studios. FremantleMedia International has secured the sales, with Foxtel in Australia, Cineplex in Thailand, and Skylife TV in Korea having taken the first series of the show. The Art Of is a weekly half-hour series that profiles three artists who are creating boundary-pushing work in media that are … [Read more...] about “The Art Of” reaches international audience
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SkyLife partners with Alticast for Cloud-based service
Broomfield, Colorado – Alticast announced on February 26 that its Alticast Media Cloud Platform has enabled Korean Telecom (KT) SkyLife (SkyLife), a South Korean satellite television broadcaster, to launch its "SkyLife on Demand" (SOD) service, the world's first large-scale deployment of a Cloud-based personal video recorder (PVR) service. SkyLife's olleh TV SkyLife service — which combines direct-to-home (DTH) television programming with KT's video on demand … [Read more...] about SkyLife partners with Alticast for Cloud-based service
CJ HelloVision to carry Unitel Classica HD
Seoul/Munich – Korean cable TV operator CJ HelloVision is launching Unitel Classica HD on its cable and web TV services. Unitel Classica HD, together with its existing carriages on SkyLife and KT, brings the total reach of the channel to more than one million households in the Korean market. Starting June 23, Unitel Classica will present the live broadcast of AIDA from the Arena di Verona, the Festival Summer 2012, showing highlights of this year’s festival, as well as operas … [Read more...] about CJ HelloVision to carry Unitel Classica HD
Sports gets more action
Hong Kong – Eurosport has unveiled a new high-definition (HD) channel available to operators and viewers across Asia-Pacific. This offering will extend to the Eurosport and Eurosportnews channels, currently distributed in 19 countries and territories across the region. Distribution platforms TFN Media and Kbro in Taiwan and SkyLife in South Korea have already taken up the new channel, with more platforms to follow before the end of the year. The Eurosport HD channel will be a near … [Read more...] about Sports gets more action
