VICELAND announced a bold new venture placing live programming at the center of its schedule -- airing VICE LIVE two hours a night, four nights a week, starting Monday February 25 from 9-11PM ET. VICE LIVE taps directly into the core of VICE's DNA - fearless irreverence, boundless curiosity and a DIY sensibility. Originating out of VICE’s buzzing Brooklyn Headquarters, VICE LIVE will broadcast live (give or take seven seconds or so) and cover all of the day's hottest topics and … [Read more...] about Viceland to go live four nights a week
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CTE achieves stellar ratings in 2018
Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), operator of the largest bouquet of pan-Asian channels dedicated to Asian entertainment, finished 2018 on a high note with 7.6 million additional subscribers and stellar ratings for its channels. Celestial’s footprint expanded significantly in 2018, with 7.6 million additional subscribers driven by new deals in Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar, across the Network’s Celestial Movies, CCM, KIX, Thrill and Miao Mi services. New affiliates added … [Read more...] about CTE achieves stellar ratings in 2018
HOOQ partners with OVO
HOOQ, Asia’s first and largest premium video-on-demand service, announced a deep strategic partnership with OVO, Indonesia’s most widely accepted payments platform, to bring premium entertainment to millions of users in Indonesia. The partnership will see HOOQ integrated with OVO as a seamless video service and enables customers to pay for and watch HOOQ content on HOOQ from within the OVO environment. The partnership between these two leading brands underscores both companies’ … [Read more...] about HOOQ partners with OVO
Amazon Prime Video announced Season Two of the Prime Original Series Breathe
Amazon Prime Video announced that it has commenced the production of an all-new season of the Prime Original Series, Breathe. Created by Abundantia Entertainment, the second season of the hugely successful show also marks the digital streaming on-screen debut of Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan. The show will continue to be directed by Mayank Sharma and he, along with Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli and Arshad Syed, have helmed the narrative as writers of the show. Actor Amit … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Video announced Season Two of the Prime Original Series Breathe
Toonz Media Group launches Gummibär And Friends: The Gummy Bear Show Season 2 on YouTube
Toonz Media Group, in partnership with Gummybear International launced 13th the second season of their successful animated series Gummibär And Friends: The Gummy Bear Show. Toonz Media Group’s new non-dialogue comedy Boo Bah B also just launched exclusively on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app on 30th November, strengthening the partnership with the platform. The hugely successful Gummibär And Friends: The Gummy Bear Show premiered on YouTube on 24th June 2016 with immediate success. The … [Read more...] about Toonz Media Group launches Gummibär And Friends: The Gummy Bear Show Season 2 on YouTube
Fremantle promotes executives in its International content team
Global distributor Fremantle announced the promotions of Angela Neillis to Senior Vice President, Non-scripted Content, and Rebecca Dundon to Vice President of Scripted Content. Both roles will report to Jens Richter, CEO, International, Fremantle. Based in London, Neillis joined Fremantle in 2013 and has led the efforts in bolstering the distributor’s non-scripted slate. In her new role, Neillis will head the London and LA non-scripted content acquisitions teams and continue her … [Read more...] about Fremantle promotes executives in its International content team