Singapore/Hong Kong - MTV today unveiled plans for the 2012 launch of a local version of MTV Sessions, the multiplatform music showcase, that will be shot in front of a LIVE audience in Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa. The first episode of the four-part series features Taiwanese
Los Angeles – Starz Entertainment has green-lit a new original adventure series, Da Vinci’s Demons, developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. This is the first project to enter production under the multi-year agreement Starz signed with BBC Worldwide Productions earlier
London – Travel Channel International is launching Travel Channel Asia HD in the Asia Pacific on the DishHD Asia platform. It is the latest addition to Dish HD’s channel line-up. Available via MEASAT 3 satellite, this service launches on 8 December. The channel’s flagship programming
Casbaa, Hong Kong – Cartoon Network today announced a new dedicated high definition (HD) channel, the first amongst kids’ broadcasters in the Asia Pacific. Rolling out first in South East Asia from January 2012, Cartoon Network HD will offer content in native HD that includes
Armoza Formats has licensed its first broadcast deal in Asia for its game show Upgrade, to South Korean network Channel A. A local version of the format will be produced by Box Media Productions, as part of Channel A's starting lineup of programming, set to launch in early 2012.
ABC Commercial's The Digger (1 x 83' HD) has won the Gold award at the Cannes Corporate Media and Television Awards in the History and Civilization category. The programme revisits the world's most infamous battle scenes - from the Boer War to the El Alamein front, following the
Life Inspired (Li) gave a taste of its second original production, The Maverick Chef, during an exclusive tasting session at the Mandarin Hotel on Tuesday. The series, co-produced by Ochre Pictures, Li and the Media Development Authority of Singapore, visits six Asian countries,
BBC Worldwide has licensed the new comedy programme starring Steve Coogan, Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters, along with a host of other comedy titles, to Australian network Foxtel’s The Comedy Channel. The recently concluded deal sees series one and two of Alan Partridge’s
Miami – Somebody's Watching, one of the highest rated productions in Hispanic network Telemundo’s history, has premiered in Indonesia on PayTV operator Vision2. The telenovela, filmed in Chicago and Miami, is based on the original story by TVN Chile and revolves around the
Hong Kong – Key television industry figures are speaking at this year’s CASBAA convention, themed TV365: Watch Closely! Some of the topics that will be discussed are “China TV at home and abroad”, “A Vision for Pay-TV” and “Talking TV”. This year's top-tier line-up of speakers
