BBC Worldwide Asia has announced a Video-on-demand (VOD) deal with BTV (an IPTV service in South Korea provided by SK Broadband). The two year deal comprises over 600 hours of content ranging from drama, factual and natural history titles. This is the first time SK Broadband has procured BBC dramas for their TVOD service, and the first time BBC’s programmes will be available on the service. It is also the first time SK Broadband has acquired BBC landmark natural history titles including … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide deals in South Korea
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9 Story licenses with DHX
Toronto, Canada– 9 Story Media Group announced that it has licensed the animated series Nature Cat (40x22’) to DHX Television’s kids channel Family CHRGD in Canada. The series premiered in November 2015 on PBS KIDS in the U.S. and is expected to premiere on Family CHRGD this summer. 9 Story handles international distribution and consumer products outside of the U.S. while HiHat Media handles brand licensing within the U.S. … [Read more...] about 9 Story licenses with DHX
Inmarsat and Actility partners
Inmarsat announced its partnership with Actility to enable an end-to-end IoT solution to connect assets over public and private networks, anywhere in the world. This partnership combines Inmarsat’s global connectivity with Actility’s ThingPark IoT management platform to deliver an integrated solution for IoT, linking connectivity, services and IoT devices from a single application and service management point, to connect objects deployed anywhere on the planet, even in the most … [Read more...] about Inmarsat and Actility partners
MP & Silva granted rights for World Baseball
MP & Silva has been granted the global media distribution rights for all games of the 2017 World Baseball Classic and Qualifiers, the premier international baseball tournament featuring many of the world’s greatest players. The worldwide agreement– excluding Japan, Puerto Rico and the United States– grants MP & Silva distribution rights for the tournament across all forms of television, internet, mobile and radio. For the first time, Canada will also be included in the territories … [Read more...] about MP & Silva granted rights for World Baseball
Bomanbridge deals with Celestial
Singapore- Bomanbridge Media announced that it has sold the recently-acquired, Venevision title, XRC to Celestial Tiger Entertainment, for its pan-Asian action entertainment channel KIX. Bomanbridge holds the exclusive Asian rights to this top rated, extreme-action series owned and produced by Cisneros’ Venevision. XRC was created from a vast library of thousands of spectacular scenes, including high-speed pursuits, police shootouts, cliffhanging rescues, devastating fires, and much … [Read more...] about Bomanbridge deals with Celestial
BBC Worldwide deals with Mango TV
BBC Worldwide has signed a new digital deal with Mango TV. The deal will see Mango TV subscribers having access to specially curated documentary and preschool content from BBC. Some of the prorgammes include Tigers About the House, Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (Series 1 and 2) and The Numtums. Prior to this, Mango TV had bought the exclusive rights to a series of premium sports-related documentaries including David Beckham For The Love of The Game. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide deals with Mango TV