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ANW7 to air this summer on two U.S. networks

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American Ninja Warrior (ANW), the U.S. spin-off of the TBS sports entertainment programme Sasuke, is back! All new Season 7 to start airing this summer on 25 May. Last summer, Season 6 of ANW was a notable success, winning its time slot during 11 of 14 weeks in the coveted 18-49 age demographic. Versus the prior summer, ANW grew by 18% in 18-49 and by 7% in total viewers. As it did last season, ANW will air as a two-hour programme in prime time on two national television networks − the … [Read more...] about ANW7 to air this summer on two U.S. networks

TBS and Dentsu announces agreement

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Cannes, France – On the first day of MIPTV in Cannes, France, TBS and Dentsu announced they have entered into a format rights agreement for the sports entertainment programme SASUKE. Under this agreement, Dentsu acquired the rights to sell the format throughout Europe (excluding four Northern European countries) for two years. By marketing SASUKE in Europe, Dentsu will help TBS build on the high popularity and momentum the format currently enjoys around the world. Since … [Read more...] about TBS and Dentsu announces agreement

More anime for WeChat

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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS)’s anime character business continues to grow globally. TBS agreed to supply stickers featuring 16 characters from its popular anime series Beyond the Boundary to the free voice call and messenger smartphone application WeChat, which is operated by Tencent, China’s largest IT company. 境界の彼方 (Beyond the Boundary) Based on the ‘light novel’, as termed in Japan which targets teens and young adult demographic, by … [Read more...] about More anime for WeChat

“Find the WASABI! –NORIKA’s Hunters–” to launch in 2015

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Find the WASABI! –NORIKA’s Hunters– Tokyo – Tokyo Broadcasting Systems (TBS) Television will be airing Find the WASABI! –NORIKA’s Hunters– from January 2015 (11 episodes). This series is the 2nd edition of the original Find the WASABI! series, which was a co-production with Singapore’s MediaCorp, and premiered on 7 January in Japan and on 18 February in Singapore. The current series is a co-production with Malaysia’s Primeworks Studios, with … [Read more...] about “Find the WASABI! –NORIKA’s Hunters–” to launch in 2015

TBS announces “Find the Wasabi!”

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Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (TBS) announced its latest Japanese co-production venture, Find the Wasabi! at a press conference held in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on September 18. The 2nd season of Find the Wasabi!, an original format presented at MIPTV in April 2014, is being launched as a collaboration between TBS and Primeworks Studios as main co-producers, and welcoming on board Singaporean broadcaster Mediacorp and Thai broadcaster GMM Grammy as associate producers. … [Read more...] about TBS announces “Find the Wasabi!”

Primeworks Studios announce Japanese co-productions

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Kuala Lumpur – Primeworks Studios announced two of its latest Japanese co-production ventures, Welcome to the Railworld Japan and Find the Wasabi!, at a press conference held in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Welcome to the Railworld Japan, a collaboration between Primeworks Studios and 8TV Malaysia with Nippon Television and Sumitomo Corporation, is currently in its production stage. The variety-game series Find the Wasabi!, on the other hand, sees the collaboration between … [Read more...] about Primeworks Studios announce Japanese co-productions