Endemol announced that its Asian operation and leading Indonesian broadcaster P.T. Indosiar Visual Mandiri (IVM) have signed their first deal together. IVM has commissioned Endemol Asia to produce a local version of the global hit game show 1 vs. 100. The 52 episode run will [...]
Singapore - Eurosport announced it has signed an exclusive three-year deal with ESPN STAR Sports to broadcast the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tournament in Pan-Europe and the United Kingdom. The new rights deal includes rights to broadcast the tournaments on-air and online, [...]
Beijing, China - Television audiences in China and Singapore can look forward to more programmes co-produced by the two countries, including telemovies, documentaries and a televised concert featuring their beloved film and TV theme songs. These were among the outcomes of a business [...]
Hong Kong - Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (CABLE TV) and Disney Media Distribution jointly announced that they have entered into a distribution agreement to launch a Disney Channel Pack on CABLE TV. The Disney Channel Pack, comprising the renowned Disney Channel and Playhouse [...]
Kuala Lumpur - Astro brought to Malaysia the first-ever 3D live telecast of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Astro B.yond customers with 3D TV and subscribing to the Sports package were able to watch the 3D live telecast of the final match free on a temporary Astro Channel 830. [...]
Mumbai - ABP Pvt. Ltd, publisher of newspapers such as The Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika, plans to start a Bengali general entertainment channel by the year-end. The television channel being set up by the Kolkata-based media group is among several similar projects in [...]
The Asia-Pacific region passed two significant milestones in June of this year. According to a report from Informa Telecoms & Media, it exceeded both 150mn digital TV homes and 10mn IPTV households. Despite the global macro-economic difficulties, last year more than 35mn homes [...]
Beijing - MTV Networks China has expanded its agreement with CCTV to provide episodes of Nickelodeon’s animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants, to mobile users in China via the CCTV Mobile Phone Channel. The mobile component marks a historic multi-platform deal for MTV Networks China, [...]
Hong Kong - Cartoon Network has launched the region’s ultimate virtual playground with its new Cartoon Network Club. Being buddies with alien-morphing boy hero Ben 10, the ever-mischievous Chowder or sea-faring Flapjack has never been easier as Cartoon Network Club (www.CartoonNetworkAsia.com) [...]
Los Angeles - The DeAngelis Group (DAP), RAI Italy, Future Films UK, Play Productions France, the Irish Film Authority in Ireland, Wilshire Films USA, and The Fremantle Corporation are collaborating on the production of the landmark 12-hour television series, Titanic: The Untold [...]