World Screen

MUMBAI: Indian content sales agency GoQuest Media Ventures has licensed the family drama series Strange Love to a pay-TV channel in Nigeria. My TV picked up the series after successfully airing another drama from GoQuest, Bade Achhe Lagte Hai. It will premiere the show later this month. "Television networks in …

BEVERLY HILLS/MUMBAI: Relativity Media and the Bollywood network B4U have formed a new joint venture that will focus on creating and distributing entertainment and sports content in India across film, TV and digital. The newly formed JV will distribute future Relativity films and other entertainment content in India and the …

SINGAPORE: StarHub TV and RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network have secured a carriage agreement for RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD. RTL CBS Entertainment HD is a general entertainment channel that features exclusive new seasons of top-rated international titles. This includes House of Cards, Elementary, Under the …

SEOUL: A third season of Show Me the Money, a battle rap reality show, is slated to begin airing on CJ E&M's Mnet in Korea this summer. Show Me the Money looks on as professional and amateur rappers compete and perform with famous singers. The winning crew is selected by …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has secured two program-sales agreements in Thailand for content from the natural history and factual genres. Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) picked up the natural history titles David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (seasons one and two), Hidden Kingdoms and Tarsier Tails. Also part of the deal were …

SYDNEY: Both Network Ten and Seven Network have welcomed the decision handed down by the Supreme Court of New South Wales that says programmer John Stephens still has a valid contract with Ten, though he is not to be restrained from working for Seven. Stephens previously announced he was leaving …

MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani's Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has said it will acquire a majority stake in Network18—which counts Viacom and CNN among its local partners—for about $680 million. The deal will be conducted through the Reliance subsidiary Independent Media Trust (IMT). Once completed, IMT will own around 78 percent of …

SINGAPORE: Scripps Networks Interactive has kicked off Food Hero, a talent search meant to track down the new faces of Asian Food Channel and Food Network in Asia. The four-month-long campaign allows Asia-based participants between the ages of 18 and 35 to submit audition videos through the Food Hero website …

SINGAPORE: Clozette TV is a first-of-its-kind IPTV channel set to go live in Singapore this September, formed through a partnership between Brand New Media and the social networking and shopping portal Clozette. Clozette TV is a channel that features fashion and beauty content that is produced locally and also sourced …

TOKYO: Following on its acquisition of Hulu's operations in Japan, Nippon TV has formed a new digital division, Cyber Business Strategy (CBS), to integrate its TV and Internet businesses. CBS is being led by Hiroyuki Oho, currently the chairman of Hulu Japan and divisional president of CBS. The new unit …