{"id":4371,"date":"2017-05-09T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T16:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/ae-networks-asia-ties-up-with-singapores-viddsee\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T13:58:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T17:58:31","slug":"viddsee-short-films-land-on-lifetime-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/viddsee-short-films-land-on-lifetime-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Viddsee Short Films Land on Lifetime Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"
A+E Networks’ Lifetime Asia has tied up\u00a0with Singapore’s online entertainment platform Viddsee to curate and broadcast a weekly selection of\u00a0locally made short films.<\/p>\n
The Lifetime Original Movies offering will be expanded to include Viddsee’s curation of stories that celebrate the transformative experiences of modern-day women, made by up-and-coming film directors from Asia. The collaboration begins with Viddsee’s first original short film, Time<\/em>, and other short stories, debuting on May 13 at 10:35 p.m. as part of a Mother’s Day special on Lifetime in\u00a015 Asian territories. Additional short films will premiere as part of the Lifetime Original Movies programming next month.<\/p>\n Prem Kamath, the deputy managing director of A+E Networks Asia, said: “We are proud to partner with Viddsee, who supports our mission to lead entertainment through female-centric storytelling. We share a unified vision to showcase Asia\u2019s up-and-coming filmmakers through their stories by making them accessible through our network and it is part of our content strategy to deliver the best of original movie content\u2014internationally and locally.\u201d<\/p>\n Derek Tan, co-founder of\u00a0Viddsee, added: \u201cWe are excited to work with A+E Networks Asia, a global media company that shares our passion for high-quality entertainment and stories. We have curated a collection of compelling local stories and talented voices that we\u2019re honored to share with a regional and global audience. We hope to develop more opportunities for our community of content creators, as we have done with Time<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A+E Networks’ Lifetime Asia has tied up with Singapore’s online entertainment platform Viddsee to curate and broadcast a weekly selection of locally made short films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[517,801,488],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-ae-networks-asia","tag-lifetime-asia","tag-viddsee"],"yoast_head":"\n