Telemundo Studios and Keshet International (KI) announced a scripted deal to co-develop and produce a new original Spanish-language series to air on Telemundo Network. The series will be the first Spanish-language original production to be developed under the KI banner and will be co-produced with Telemundo Studios. The development of the Spanish-language series will be led by Perla Farias, Senior Vice President, Scripted Development for Telemundo Studios. The series will be produced by … [Read more...] about Telemundo and Keshet join forces
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Inmarsat makes key appointment
India- Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma to head its operations in India. Mr Sharma joins Inmarsat having most recently held a series of senior international positions with telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei. He becomes managing director for India at Inmarsat; a market with significant strategic importance for the UK-listed company. … [Read more...] about Inmarsat makes key appointment
CATCHPLAY in Indonesia
In order to provide diverse entertainment options for IndiHome customers, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (TELKOM) with CATCHPLAY announced a partnership to bring the CATCHPLAY over-the-top video on demand service to Indonesia. TELKOM’s IndiHome subscribers will be the first group of customers to enjoy access to the service’s significant blockbuster collectionfor up to 6 months fully sponsored by TELKOM. … [Read more...] about CATCHPLAY in Indonesia
ABS-CBN use Telestream
Nevada City, CA– Telestream has announced several orders for its Vantage media processing platform with ABS-CBN Corporation. Vantage will provide ABS-CBN with an extensive future-proof transcode farm, which will act as the central file ingest and conversion hub for all the company’s needs. The Vantage transcode farm will be installed at the customer’s Quezon City-based iPost (Integrated Post Production) post production facility. The order was secured by Telestream working in partnership with … [Read more...] about ABS-CBN use Telestream
FilmBox on TNT SAT in Africa
SPI International is launching six thematic channels on TNT Sat Africa, a Mali-based DTH platform broadcasting from the SES 4 at 22.0°W satellite The pack is comprised of six movie and thematic channels: FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Art House, Fast&FunBox, FashionBox, DocuBox, and MadscreenBox. With the launch of the FilmBox brand channels TNT Sat subscribers shall enjoy a variety of rich programming including some of the popular BBC dramas, which SPI has recently acquired from the British … [Read more...] about FilmBox on TNT SAT in Africa
Inmarsat appoints MD
Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma to head its operations in India. Mr Sharma joins Inmarsat having most recently held a series of senior international positions with telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei. He becomes managing director for India at Inmarsat; a market with significant strategic importance for the UK-listed company. … [Read more...] about Inmarsat appoints MD