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Youth nation
Cable, 1 May 2008

The youth segment of audiences worldwide holds arguably the greatest potential in terms of increasing disposable income levels as well as access to social networks and communities which form the basis of viral marketing and pop culture. While advertisers and marketers are all too [...]

CEO View - INX Media's Indrani Mukerjea
Cable, 1 May 2008

Mumbai-based INX Media Pvt Ltd, an aggressively expanding home-grown network, epitomizes the pace at which TV’s broadcasting sector is evolving. After launching Hindi music entertainment channel 9XM and 9X Hindi general entertainment (GE) channel in, respectively, October and [...]

Land of rising opportunity
Cable, 1 May 2008

Speaking at a media breakfast to announce TV Man Union Inc.’s collaboration with FremantleMedia, chairman and CEO of TV Man Union Inc., Yutaka Shigenobu said that Japanese media is in a constant stage of change. “With the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting in 2011, [...]

Asian TV biz set to ride out global slowdown
Cable, 1 May 2008

The three-month American Writers Guild strike took a heavy toll on many Asian broadcasters, forcing them to run repeats, delay the launches of some series and otherwise rejig their schedules. Now that the supply of US programming is flowing again, the outlook among the Hollywood [...]

NHK-led Japan Consortium wins Japanese broadcast rights for 2010, 2012 Olympics
Cable, 1 May 2008

Lausanne, Switzerland – Japan Consortium, an association of pubcaster NHK and the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) has clinched Japanese broadcast rights for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games for ¥32.5billion (US$310.8million). The [...]

BabyFirstTV to debut in China on SMG’s BesTV IPTV platform
Cable, 1 May 2008

Los Angeles – BabyFirst and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) have inked a deal to launch US-based child development channel BabyFirstTV on the latter’s BestTV IPTV platform in China from May 2008. Established in November 2005 as a subsidiary of SMG, BesTV is the first IPTV company in [...]

StarHub adds Playhouse Disney to Kids Basic Group
Cable, 29 April 2008

Singapore – StarHub will add Playhouse Disney channel to the StarHub Digital Cable’s Kids Basic Group from May 1, 2008, to be available at no extra charge to customers using the Hubstation, digital or HD set-top box. Prior to May 2008, Playhouse Disney was offered as an add-on [...]

Jeremy Carr to drive regional entertainment advertising sales at TENA
Cable, 24 April 2008

Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, Inc. (TENA) has named Jeremy Carr as vice president, regional entertainment advertising sales, to replace Soumitra Saha, who was promoted to head TENA as SVP and GM since December 2007. Based in Hong Kong, Carr oversees TV and interactive advertising [...]

Zone Reality commissions pilot of Stupid Laws from Rival Media
Cable, 23 April 2008

London – Zone Reality, one of Chello Zone’s thematic channels, has commissioned UK a pilot for reality series Stupid Laws to be produced by indie Rival Media, to air across Zone Reality’s international feeds. A full series of Stupid Law is expected to be made in the future, with [...]

SPTI and Electric Farm Entertainment to co-produce cross-platform titles
Cable, 22 April 2008

Culver City – Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Electric Farm Entertainment will jointly develop and produce cross-platform scripted comedy and action drama Woke Up Dead and Gemini Division respectively. Under the agreement, SPTI will exclusively acquire all international [...]