In advance of its series premiere, FOX Entertainment has renewed its all-new animated comedy Krapopolis for a second season. From Emmy Award-winning creator and executive producer Dan Harmon (co-creator of Rick and Morty), Krapopolis marks FOX Entertainment’s first wholly owned animated series and is produced by FOX’s Emmy-winning animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment. The announcement was made today by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX … [Read more...] about FOX orders second season of upcoming animated series Krapopolis, from Emmy Award-Winning creator Dan Harmon
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Global Entertainment Powerhouse CJ ENM Drums Up Anticipation at APOS with Premium Korean Content and Asian-Language Scripted Series
Leading entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM continues to strengthen its position as the leading global entertainment powerhouse with the introduction of its upcoming Asian original content at APOS last week. In addition to its stellar Korean programming line-up, CJ ENM’s local offices CJ ENM Hong Kong and True CJ Creations are set to present an exciting slate of Mandarin scripted series and Thai-language content respectively, bringing the best of local content to the global audience. At the APOS … [Read more...] about Global Entertainment Powerhouse CJ ENM Drums Up Anticipation at APOS with Premium Korean Content and Asian-Language Scripted Series
Astro Malaysia goes live with Synamedia Clarissa for business insights clarity
Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, today announced that Malaysia’s leading content and entertainment company, Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro), has gone live with Synamedia Clarissa to gain a deeper understanding about how business decisions impact viewer behaviour and content consumption, with the goal of boosting engagement. Astro is investing heavily in content and the user experience: using Clarissa’s all-encompassing view of … [Read more...] about Astro Malaysia goes live with Synamedia Clarissa for business insights clarity
Cignal TV unveils enhanced Cignal Play on cloud-native Quickplay platform
The Philippines’ leading premium content provider, Cignal TV, has transformed user experiences for viewers of its Cignal Play streaming service, using Quickplay’s cloud-native OTT platform. The announcement was made on September 28 at the APOS conference in Singapore. Cignal Play has leveraged the flexibility, agility, and scalability advantages of the Quickplay platform to significantly improve streaming quality, navigation and discovery, and control for viewers of the service’s rich … [Read more...] about Cignal TV unveils enhanced Cignal Play on cloud-native Quickplay platform
KC Global Media invests in first script development of sci-fi action series with support from IMDA
KC Global Media, the leading entertainment network in Asia, unveiled its first script development of a sci-fi live action series, Jonesy, with support from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)’s Capability Partnership Programme (CPP). Completing its first script development, Jonesy, is a highly appraised sci-fi fantasy thriller action-comedy series set in the year 2029 (8 episodes of 15-20 minutes per episode) with award-winning Singapore-based production agency, Monochromatic … [Read more...] about KC Global Media invests in first script development of sci-fi action series with support from IMDA
CJ ENM announces investment in US-based VR concert platform AmazeVR
Leading entertainment company CJ ENM announced its investment in the US-based VR concert platform ‘AmazeVR’. With this investment, CJ ENM will be able to expand the lifetime value of its IPs creating synergy with AmazeVR's technology to create VR content, which will enable to company to expand business opportunities related to VR platforms. CJ ENM has hundreds of music and concert IPs within their vast content library that can be developed into VR contents. On top of the company's vast content … [Read more...] about CJ ENM announces investment in US-based VR concert platform AmazeVR