Interviews

In the tech-savvy, mature media market of Singapore, MediaCorp remains a dominant force. With its wide portfolio of channels, the broadcaster has been catering to the island nation’s diverse Malay, Chinese, Indian and expat communities with a mix of locally …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue.   For decades, Nielsen has been synonymous with ratings and research about television and advertising. It continues to track audience and consumer trends even as technology offers new ways of …

Four years in the making, David Attenborough’s ten-part natural-history series Life features footage of how different animals and plants struggle to stay alive. Many of the same groundbreaking photographic and technological advances that were used in the worldwide phenomenon Planet …

It’s been a busy few months for Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific, with a host of deals signed with broadcasters and platforms across the region. FOXTEL’s Fox 8 and W channels in Australia picked up ABC Family’s Make It …

In the tech-savvy, mature media market of Singapore, MediaCorp remains a dominant force. With its wide portfolio of channels, the broadcaster has been catering to the island nation’s diverse Malay, Chinese, Indian and expat communities with a mix of locally …

A firm fixture in the kids’ market with international hits like Life with Derek, Canada’s Shaftesbury Films has been rapidly raising its profile as a producer of prime-time series for the global market. Its recent productions include Murdoch Mysteries—renewed for …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue.   Since launching in 1996 with just over 20 channels, Malaysia’s Astro has become one of Asia’s leading pay-TV platforms. With an exclusive 20-year license for satellite DTH transmission, Astro’s …

Managing Director, American Film Market Executive VP, Independent Film & Television Alliance The 30th American Film Market (AFM) began yesterday and runs through November 11. This year’s edition hosts a record 80-plus newly accredited acquisition companies, more than double the …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue. In 2003, when the BBC decided to revive Doctor Who, it turned to Russell T. Davies. With the series Queer As Folk and The Second Coming, Davies had emerged as one …

When FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) decided to expand into the kids’ and family programming sector, the company tapped former Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Television executive Sander Schwartz to head up the new division. As executive VP and head of children …