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7 February 2012
Singapore – Fox One Stop Media (FOSM) has launched FOSM Singapore, a specialized local advertising sales team to cater to the country’s advertising sector. FOSM, the commercial branch of the advertising-integrated sales group of Pay-TV network, FOX International Channels (FIC), offers advertisers direct access to the group of 27 channels operated by FIC in Singapore via tailored and strategic 360° media solutions. With the media landscape g…
BloombergUTV joins RBNL
7 February 2012
Mumbai – BloombergUTV, a business news channel, has come on board Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd’s (RBNL) distribution portfolio. The channel will be launched through a joint venture with Germany’s RTL Group. It will be available on major DTH platforms such as Reliance Digital TV, Tata Sky, VideoCon, AirTel and Dish TV. This move further strengthens the television profile of RBNL, which currently includes the three BIG CBS channels – BIG …
Deadly Amazon
7 February 2012
London/Hong Kong/Burbank – The Walt Disney Company today announced that The River, a supernatural TV thriller, is set to premiere in South Korea on Fox within 24 to 48 hours of its US debut on February 7, and in India and Hong Kong, both on StarWorld, a few weeks later. This is the first time a series distributed by Disney Media Distribution will launch in such close proximity to the American premiere on such a scale. The show has already been…
Endemol centralizes sports output
6 February 2012
Endemol is restructuring its international sports business. This reorganization will bring its sports content in line with all other output, coming under the direct management of the group's local operating companies around the world. After three years of building and integrating sport into Endemol's global business, Managing Directors Gregg Oldfield and Lawrence Duffy will leave to pursue new ventures. Endemol Sport launched in January 2009 a…
Re-Discovering the Japanese Occupation
6 February 2012
Singapore – The events that led to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese Empire during World War II are being examined for the first time on Discovery Channel Asia, in the two-part special; 1942 – Fall of Singapore. The documentary, which debuts on February 8, marks the 70th anniversary of the then-British colony’s ceding to Japanese rule. Produced by Electric Pictures Australia, it features rarely seen archival footage and re-enactments of th…
Land of smiles
3 February 2012
Singapore – BBC Worldwide Channels Asia has launched BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies on Thailand cable and satellite television operator TrueVisions. The four channels are part of BBC Worldwide's portfolio of channels that showcase a mix of British TV across factual, entertainment, children's and lifestyle programming. They join BBC World News, which is already offered by the operator. The channels are available…
GMA Worldwide links up with FIC
3 February 2012
GMA Worldwide, Inc. (GWI), the content acquisition and distribution subsidiary of Philippine multimedia company GMA Network, Inc. (GMA), recently signed a three-year output deal with Fox International Channels (FIC) to air its content in Hong Kong. The deal comprises a minimum of 350 hours worth of locally produced programmes and 25 feature films for airing through FIC’s cable channels this year. Among the GMA productions delivered via FI…
Driving into Asia
2 February 2012
Munich / Singapore – Multi Channels Asia (MCA) has secured the exclusive distribution rights to Motorvision TV, a HD European Pay-TV channel dedicated to automobile programming. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, MCA will be responsible for launching, distributing and marketing the channel across Asia, in such territories as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Korea. Motorvision TV, which is based in Germany, …
SES-3 relocates to Asia
2 February 2012
Singapore – SES S.A. announced that the SES-3 satellite is being relocated from its former location over North America to Asia, an area experiencing great demand for the satellite’s capacity. The SES-3 satellite is being relocated to 108.2° East to provide coverage of the Middle East and South Asia regions. The drift began in mid-December 2011 and the satellite is expected to arrive at its new orbital location on February 6, 2012. Once it …
Pitching across platforms
2 February 2012
Singapore – Angel’s Gate, a business reality programme utilizing a 360-degree media platform, is making its debut on regional broadcaster Channel NewsAsia on February 6. This first season comprises eight episodes, featuring 24 aspiring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to the region’s top investors representing the Angel’s Gate Fund. The launch of this series is part of Channel NewsAsia’s focus to boost its business content. Debr…
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January 2012 Issue
Cover Story:
Roll with it
Marc Checkley, Group Editor, 1 January 2012
As I write, it has just gone a month since the year of Asian television came to a celebratory crescendo at the Awards ceremony in Singapore. Along with the new and tweaked award categories – which garnered some of the highest entries – it was also fantastic to see a number of fi rst time winners and…
Featured Stories:On the right side
1 January 2012
TVAPlus: You were a key part of last year’s ASD in Seoul. What was the response like from local and international documentary makers about the event? We saw an amazing number of exchanges and a lot of new partnerships were developed. I think what differentiates ASD from a lot of ma…
It’s a wrap
By Kelvin Ong, 1 January 2012
This ATA, change was in the air as some of the region’s powerhouse channels lost out to smaller broadcasters. Another surprise was that a record number of 14 countries participated, contributing to an increase of entries from 981 in 2010 to 1039 in 2011. Attended by more than 430 industry profes…
HD: Definitively speaking
By Mark Eyers, Chief Content Offi cer, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacifi c, Inc., Hong Kong., 1 January 2012
A quality viewing experience is everything to the modern consumer. It’s something that we all demand and PayTV providers must now supply. Television screens are getting bigger, digital TV is growing and everything is pointing to high defi nition as the answer. While we’ve seen for some time the …
My three wishes
1 January 2012
Christine Fellowes, Managing Director, Asia Pacifi c, Universal Networks International Wish 1 “There are so many things that I wish for this year. Firstly I want us to take on a lot bigger distribution – bigger distribution in Japan especially! We have the Universal Channel there wh…
