Singapore- Mediacorp congratulates Christine Lim and Joanna Ortega from DDB Singapore for clinching the country's first-ever gold in the Young Lions Cyber Competition at the 63th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2016 in France. Lim and Ortega broke away from the crowd with their Break The Silence campaign that helps victims to report abusers in a secured and easy manner similar to clicking a "Report A Problem" tool within the cyber social space. The creative concept was predicated on … [Read more...] about Singapore wins big at Cannes competition
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Season finale of Game of Thrones
Singapore– The season six finale of HBO’s epic series, Game Of Thrones, premieres the same time as the U.S. exclusively on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601), with a same day primetime encore at 9pm. The series will also be available on HBO On Demand. Titled The Winds of Winter, the season finale is written by D.B. Weiss and directed by Miguel Sapochnik, also responsible for this week’s phenomenal penultimate episode, Battle of the Bastards. As Game Of Thrones concludes its sixth season, binge viewers … [Read more...] about Season finale of Game of Thrones
The Long Story Short initiative
Screen Australia and ABC announced five successful projects for the Long Story Short initiative. Each project will receive funding to create and produce a short-form, digital-first scripted series for audiences aged 18-35 to screen on ABC iview. The five successful creative teams were chosen from more than 250 applications. With a mix of comedy and drama series, and the diverse backgrounds of the creative teams, Long Story Short promises to deliver five exciting and unique shows. From a … [Read more...] about The Long Story Short initiative
Mediacorp wins at PromaxBDA and SOPA
Singapore– Mediacorp took home seven wins at the 2016 PromaxBDA Global Excellence Awards, a competition which stand for marketing excellence in the media marketing space and an Excellence in Information Graphics award at the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards. At PromaxBDA 2016 awards, Mediacorp bagged 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze awards. MediaCorp’s haul of Gold awards came from Channel NewsAsia in the ‘News/Information Programme Spot’ forBring Back the Girls documentary … [Read more...] about Mediacorp wins at PromaxBDA and SOPA
now TV picks up Boomerang
Hong Kong– Boomerang will be distributed in Hong Kong on now TV as part of the platform’s Junior Pack. Effective July 1, the agreement increases its distribution in Asia Pacific to over 30 million households since the channel’s relaunch in late 2014. The all-animation network boasts an impressive line-up of iconic series and movies programmed for both kids and their families, including Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes. Channel highlights in July are Bunnicula, Shaun the Sheep and new … [Read more...] about now TV picks up Boomerang
TRACE acquires Buni.tv
TRACE has announced the acquisition of pan-African VOD service Buni.tv, in preparation for the launch of its own VOD platform TracePlay, which is scheduled for later this year. As part of the deal, TRACE secures the Pay-TV and VOD rights to highly sought-after comedy shows Ogas At The Top (Nigeria) and The XYZ Show (Kenya), produced by Buni.tv’s sister company Buni Media. Previously a company of pan-African studio Restless Global, Buni.tv was launched in 2012 as one of the first ever VOD … [Read more...] about TRACE acquires Buni.tv