GoQuest Format, the formats’ arm of GoQuest Media based out of India has optioned their exciting cooking reality format, Kitchen 50-50 to YAM112003, part of Endemol Shine Group Italy. It is confirmed by GoQuest that this deal was a fruition of MIPTV meetings held in April 2017. Kitchen 50-50 is a cooking reality format where two home cooks or professional chefs fight it out in ONE kitchen to win a cash prize of USD 10000 in every episode. The speciality of this Kitchen is that there is … [Read more...] about India’s GoQuest sets deal
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BBC Pashto launches art supplement
The BBC Pashto flagship TV programme, BBC Naray Da Wakht (BBC World Right Now), is launching a weekly arts supplement. The weekly slot, Hunary Shabay (Art Moments), will focus on art and literary news from Afghanistan, Pakistan and from around the world. BBC Pashto TV Editor, Emal Pasarly, commented: “The region has a vibrant and amazingly diverse cultural scene, and there is a need for an art news programme on TV in Afghanistan and Pakistan to reflect it – and also to bring … [Read more...] about BBC Pashto launches art supplement
Game Of Thrones Season 7 trailer released
Singapore – As anticipation intensifies with the premiere of GAME OF THRONES (#GameofThrones) Season 7 (#GoTS7) on 17 July at 9am (SIN), HBO has unveiled another new trailer from the seven-episode seventh season. Watch the latest trailer here trailer here https://youtu.be/IaDQYgpN69k. Exclusively in Asia, HBO Asia is also releasing a video of interviews with GAME OF THRONES cast members that took place earlier last month in London. Watch the video … [Read more...] about Game Of Thrones Season 7 trailer released
Third edition of SAFF
Singapore – With two successful runs under its belt, ScreenSingapore, in partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), launches the Call for Submissions for its third edition of the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market 2017. Established in the industry as the year’s highlight to look out for, the SAFF Project Market aims to match promising feature-length projects with a global network of media financiers, distributors, and collaborators who can bring … [Read more...] about Third edition of SAFF
Channel 4 commissions Baghdad Central
Baghdad, 2003. Saddam has fallen and Baghdad lies at the centre of the coalition’s efforts to secure the region. Political insurgents battle, while the occupying forces seek to make the impossible possible – with no plan of how to achieve it. Baghdad Central is a brand new 6-part crime thriller from BAFTA nominated writer Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom, House of Saddam) based on the novel by Elliott Colla. In the midst of the chaos, crime and paranoia, Muhsin … [Read more...] about Channel 4 commissions Baghdad Central
FUN Union finances co-production
On Tuesday July 4th,FUN Union and the Riki Group signed a coproduction agreement with China Central Television (CCTV) Animation approving the development and production of a new animated series for primary school children, called Krash and Hehe.The agreement was signed during the state visit led by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow. Its first season will include 52 episodes of 11 minutes and will be made in 3D CGI with 2D inserts. The production will be released in early … [Read more...] about FUN Union finances co-production