World Screen

PREMIUM: Kim In-Kyu, the president and CEO of KBS who will receive the International Emmy Directorate Award this year, shares with TV Asia Pacific his strategies for navigating Korea’s complex terrain. TV ASIA PACIFIC: What is the role of KBS as a public-service broadcaster in the fragmented Korean market today? …

HONG KONG: A new study from the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) points to a significant discrepancy between regulations placed on traditional pay-TV providers as compared with the new crop of OTT providers and calls for measures to "block growth of the illegitimate OTT sector." The trade …

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights, the new distribution outfit of Sparks Network and Eccholine, has secured three deals for formats and finished shows across Asia. In Vietnam, HTV went for another 26 episodes of Clueless. Original from Poland, the format has also sold to Greece, Spain, the Czech Republic and the Middle …

CANNES: Over the last year, ABS-CBN has seen considerable uptick in demand for its slate of dramas, “especially from Malaysia and the rest of Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East,” according to Evelyn “Leng” Raymundo, the VP for program acquisition, distribution and DTT channels at the Filipino broadcaster. …

SINGAPORE: Outdoor Channel in Asia has inked a deal with outdoor-production specialists Spontaneous Combustion Productions (SCP) for the broadcast rights to the Ordos Adventure Challenge and Wulong Mountain Quest, both of which take place in China. The deal will also see Outdoor Channel working with SCP to develop other outdoor …

CANNES: This year, Shine International set up a new Asian headquarters in Singapore, “with a clear mandate to grow the business into a regional content hub and become the market leader in production, development and program syndication,” says Matthew Ashcroft, the company’s senior VP of sales for the Asia Pacific. …

CANNES: FINAS is leading a delegation of more than 30 companies to MIPCOM this year, delivering content across the documentary, animation and feature-film genres. “As a result of the implementation of various government incentives and the development of the industry, FINAS will be bringing almost 200 new titles” to the …

CANNES: The Singaporean delegation at MIPCOM, under the Media Development Authority (MDA) umbrella, will be showcasing more than 400 hours of factual, drama and animation content at the market, reports Yeo Chun Cheng, the chief information officer and director of broadcast, animation, film and music. The 21 companies on site—a …

SINGAPORE: Koh Lin-Net has been tapped as the new CEO of Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA), effective November 1, succeeding Aubeck Kam. Koh is currently the deputy secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. She was previously deputy secretary at the Ministry for Information, Communications and the Arts. Kam, who …

SINGAPORE: Asia TV Forum will run for four days this year, kicking off on Tuesday, December 4, with a pre-market conference covering topics such as animation, branded entertainment and formats in China. The conference program will run across all four days, under the banner ContentNOW. Speakers slated to participate include two …