Singapore – Universal Networks International (UNI) announced its plans to launch a new entertainment channel, DIVA Universal, in Asia on 19 September 2010. A vibrant and dynamic brand, DIVA Universal will replace Hallmark Channel reaching more than 20 million viewers across 21 Asian [...]
London - BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution announced the launch of BBC Showcase China, a television screening event to be held in Beijing on 25 August 2010 alongside the Beijing TV Festival. Tailored for the Chinese market, BBC Showcase China will host over 100 buyers from across [...]
FremantleMedia has secured a raft of international format deals for Whizz Kid Entertainment’s celebrity led series, Let’s Dance. In Asia, the format has been commissioned by Indosiar (Indonesia). Let’s Dance sees well known celebrities pay homage to some of the world’s most [...]
South East Asia has succumbed to the romance of the rumba, the Latin beat of the cha-cha-cha and the Hollywood grace of the waltz as two new territories pick up the glittering format Dancing with the Stars (Strictly Come Dancing). Vietnam (VTV3) and Indonesia (IVM) are the latest [...]
Popular contents of major European broadcasters and distributors will be available at BCWW2010. This year, in particular, the participation of Endemol, the distributor of the reality show Big Brother that recorded a mega hit worldwide, at the BCWW2010 as an exhibitor is having [...]
Hong Kong – The seventh season of NCIS will premiere exclusively on FOX on 16 August at 9.50pm. Viewers across South East Asia will be among the first to catch the all-new season drama. Revolving a group of talented special agents who travel the globe to investigate crimes with [...]
Singapore/Hong Kong – AXN put together a CSI three-franchise crossover that aired back-to-back in a three-hour marathon on AXN across Asia on 28 July 2010. The buzz for the CSI Trilogy pulled in over 1.4 million viewers across Asia, and trounced all competition amongst pay-TV international [...]
Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) announced a new appointment to its management team with Wenjia Fang taking on the role as managing director and chief representative of ESS China office. Wenjia will report directly to Manu Sawhney, managing director of ESPN STAR Sports. “With [...]
Seoul - Co-produced by Korea’s ToonZip Animation (ToonZip), Malaysia’s Centraline Animation Sdn Bhd (Centraline) and Italy’s Connectoon, and written by celebrated Hollywood screenwriter Jeffrey Scott, the upcoming 3D animation series, Robot ARPO, created a buzz at the recent Seoul [...]
Shanghai/Hong Kong - China Media Capital (CMC) and News Corporation announced they have signed an agreement under which CMC will acquire a controlling stake in News Corporation’s Xing Kong, Xing Kong International, Channel [V] Mainland China along with its Fortune Star Chinese movie [...]