NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY: Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise Combate Americas and TV Azteca have entered into an exclusive year-long deal to air live world championship MMA events in the U.S. and Mexico.
Read More »Singapore’s YuuZoo to Become Largest Shareholder in Relativity Media
SINGAPORE: YuuZoo has signed an agreement to buy 33.3 percent of Relativity Media, with an option to increase its investment to a majority stake over the next 24 months.
Read More »Mattel Signs On for ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks
LOS ANGELES: Bagdasarian Productions has secured Mattel as the master toy licensee for the CG-animated series ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks.
Read More »43 Countries On Board Eurovision Song Contest 2017
GENEVA: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has revealed that next year's Eurovision Song Contest will feature participants from 43 territories, matching the record set in 2008 and 2011.
Read More »U.S. Syndicated Series Page Six TV to Return in Fall 2017
NEW YORK: Page Six TV, a daily show from the New York Post and Endemol Shine North America, will return to FOX following its successful three-week preview last summer, with a U.S. debut set for FOX Television stations in 17 markets.
Read More »MTV to Air New Docuseries Just Tattoo of Us Globally
LONDON/NEW YORK: MTV International has greenlit a new docu-reality show, Just Tattoo of Us, to air across its network of 62 channels and digital platforms.
Read More »CASBAA Spotlight: HBO Asia
MACAU: In addition to having deals with a number of Hollywood and independent studios, HBO Asia offers original programming produced exclusively for HBO viewers.
Read More »New Survey Explores Asian Consumers’ Views on OTT
Day-and-date content, user interfaces, access to bundled packages and problems with dubbing and subtitling are top of mind for OTT subscribers in six key Asian markets, according to a broad consumer survey conducted by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The Asia Video Consumer Panel surveyed a total of 6,000 consumers, 1,000 each in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Read More »New Indie Producer Red Sky to Focus on Factual
GLASGOW: Jane Rogerson, former director of commissioning at UKTV, and Ross Harper, executive producer at IWC Media, have teamed up to launch the independent production company Red Sky Productions, which will focus on factual and factual entertainment.
Read More »Sky 1 to Launch in Germany
LONDON: Sky's flagship entertainment channel, Sky 1, is making its debut in Germany and Austria.
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