World Screen

HONG KONG: GMA Worldwide has supported the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) over the last ten editions and is heading to the event this year with the drama highlights Wish I May, Because of You and Little Mommy.

SINGAPORE: FOX Sports Asia is making all 411 matches of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of 2016, available live on its network to tennis fans in Asia.

MIAMI: The drama When We Go to War, one of Escapade Media’s NATPE highlights, is about the impact a war has on a New Zealand family and a Maori brother and sister.

Diane Min, senior sales manager at CJ E&M, speaks to TV Drama Weekly about some of the company's Korean dramas, which have been increasing in popularity around the globe.

SINGAPORE: Singtel has entered into an exclusive tie-up with Netflix to give customers promotional offers to access TV shows and movies on the streaming service.

MIAMI: Deep-rooted customs are central to the lives of India’s people, and the documentary Spirit of India, which is among Zee Entertainment Enterprises’s NATPE highlights, takes a look at the country’s many festivals.

MIAMI: Inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West, Here Comes Trouble is a travel reality show being presented by CJ E&M Corporation.

MIAMI: Following on the success of Surfing the Menu is Surfing the Menu: Next Generation, which is part of the ABC Commercial catalogue. Former MasterChef Australia contestants Dan Churchill and Hayden Quinn host the new program, which combines travel, cooking and adventure. The pair “have amazing on-air chemistry and an …

AMSTERDAM: Former GroupM executive Eric Snelleman has joined Zoomin.TV as global head of agencies and managing director of Asia. Snelleman previously served as head of digital trading at media-investment company GroupM. The new role will see the exec lead Zoomin.TV’s 2016 expansion into Asia. Zoomin.TV is an independent producer of …

SYDNEY: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has registered a new commercial television industry code of practice, part of which now allows programs rated M to air an hour earlier, from 7:30 p.m. The code allows commercial broadcasters greater flexibility in what they air and when, as well as …