Hong Kong - AXN BEYOND has acquired the first and exclusive TV rights for the US version of Life on Mars. The premiere date is set on 5 May 2009 on AXN BEYOND in Hong Kong, Singapore and Cambodia. Life on Mars centres on the predicament of a present day New York Police Department detective who gets hit by a car and awakes as a contemporary detective, newly-transferred to 1973. … [Read more...] about Life on Mars on AXN BEYOND
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Beyond Productions’ Weaponisers for Discovery Channel
Sydney - Beyond Productions' new series Weaponizers will premiere on Discovery Channel US on May 11 at 9pm. The new program is inspired by a different theme for each episode, and teams convert regular rides such as a shuttle bus, an ice cream van and muscle cars into vicious vehicles. … [Read more...] about Beyond Productions’ Weaponisers for Discovery Channel
Asian Food Channel, Electrolux partnership
Kuala Lumpur - Electrolux, the global leader in home and professional kitchen appliances announced an exclusive partnership with the Asian Food Channel (AFC). The partnership will see the AFC kitchen studio outfitted with state-of-the-art kitchen appliances from Electrolux. The new Electrolux-AFC partnership is set to boost Electrolux's marketing activities across the region, through special AFC-produced vignettes, which will air on the channel. AFC viewers in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the … [Read more...] about Asian Food Channel, Electrolux partnership
True Blood premieres with top ratings
Malaysia - HBO series True Blood had the highest premiere for a series across Astro's Movies Package. The premiere of the first four episodes screened back-to-back on the 24-hour commercial-free subscription channel MAX (Astro channel 412) peaked to a staggering 124,000 viewers that night, which is 93 percent share of Astro's Movies Package audience. The premiere episodes on April 9 achieved a cumulative reach of 315,000 viewers that evening, while the second week of telecast on April 16 … [Read more...] about True Blood premieres with top ratings
MDA launches SPINE
Singapore - The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) is seeking submissions from publishing companies for projects with strong cross-media or cross-platform elements, aimed at international distribution and readership. MDA will co-invest, together with publishing companies and other industry partners in programmes that present opportunities for global reach and economic returns under a cosharing of rights and revenues arrangement. The level of MDA's participation is dependent on the … [Read more...] about MDA launches SPINE
All set for Indonesia Broadcasting Summit 2009
Jakarta - The inaugural Indonesia Broadcasting Summit, taking place at the Dharmawangsa in Jakarta on May 4, will unite key media owners and investors from home and abroad in Indonesia for the first time. The Summit is organized by leading research firm Media Partners Asia (MPA) and supported by the Ministry of Communication Information Technology and Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia. "Indonesia has emerged as one of the fastest growing media markets in Asia Pacific and most of the value is presently … [Read more...] about All set for Indonesia Broadcasting Summit 2009
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