Singapore – HBO’s new original series produced by the Duplass Brothers, ROOM 104, has been set to debut same time as the U.S. on Saturday July 29, with same day primetime encore, exclusively on CINEMAX. The series will also be available on HBO GO. The twelve-episode, half-hour anthology series is set in a single room of an average American motel and tells a different story of the assorted characters who pass through it in each episode. Cast members include Hugo Armstrong, … [Read more...] about ROOM 104 premiers on Cinemax
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BBC Persian TV launches #Shoma
In the run-up to the elections in Iran, BBC Persian is launching its digital-first TV programme. #Shoma invites audiences across platforms to share their opinions and stories. Saturday to Wednesday live interactive programme, #Shoma (#You) delivers innovative and creative ways to engage with the audience on TV, the website and via social media, bringing an even greater variety of stories to the BBC Persian output. It will specifically target young digital audiences and women as well as wider … [Read more...] about BBC Persian TV launches #Shoma
Critical Content adapts and produces Left hand of Darkness
Los Angeles, CA – Critical Content has optioned the television rights to produce and adapt a scripted limited series based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s award winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness. Tom Forman, Andrew Marcus and Ray Ricord will executive produce with Le Guin serving as a consulting producer. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary’s mission to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants have a complex and … [Read more...] about Critical Content adapts and produces Left hand of Darkness
$8.8 million for seven dramas and four features
Australia -Screen Australia announced its support of seven television dramas and four feature film projects. In total, $8.8 million in funding will be allocated to a range of screen stories, which in turn will trigger production to the value of $63.5 million. The slate includes brand new dramas for SBS and Network Ten and a new film from brothers Clayton and Shane Jacobson, who will reunite to co-star in a follow-up to their 2006 comedy hit Kenny. Rising talents Ellie Beaumont and Drew … [Read more...] about $8.8 million for seven dramas and four features
Discovery launches first Hindi general entertainment channel
Mumbai - Discovery Communications announces its plan to roll out Discovery JEET, a new entertainment channel across India, starting in late 2017. The new channel will be the flagship for the network’s ambitious investment into original local productions in India, super serving super fans and nurturing communities around a range of programme genres including true crime investigations, small-town heroes and gritty survival. Discovery is scaling up investment in over 200 hours of local content … [Read more...] about Discovery launches first Hindi general entertainment channel
GMA Network wins three Gold medals
GMA Network recorded an unprecedented feat in Philippine broadcast history, winning no less than three Gold Medals in just one festival year alongside three finalist certificates at the 2017 New York Festivals World’s Best TV and Films Competition held in Las Vegas, U.S.A. last April. Bringing honor to the country anew were multi-awarded GMA Public Affairs programs Reporter’s Notebook, Front Row, and Reel Time. GMA-7’s investigative program Reporter’s Notebook bested other nominees in the … [Read more...] about GMA Network wins three Gold medals