Recently added articles from Television Asia:
Are we there yet?
Oct 01, 2009; ... A year on from the Lehman Brothers collapse that has been adopted by the media as the official start of the recession, everyone is looking for indicators that recovery is on its way. But if sentiment about MIPCOM 2009 is anything to go by, the optimists' bet on Q4 2009 as the ...
Reality TV contestant dies.(news)
Oct 01, 2009 ... BANGKOK -- A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show has drowned during a challenge, the show's sponsor has confirmed. 32-year old Saad Khan was swimming across a lake while wearing a 7kg backpack when he called out for help and then disappeared underwater, said Fareshte ...
Tiger Gate announces series of launches for new KIX and Thrill channels.(news)(Tiger Gate Entertainment )(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... HONG KONG -- Tiger Gate Entertainment announced that action channel KIX and thriller/horror/suspense channel Thrill are now available on three platforms in Indonesia: Indovision, Okevision, and Aora. The channels are expanding their distribution as part of a strategy to serve ...
MediaCorp consolidates production business.(news)(MediaCorp TV Singapore Private Ltd.'s International Production Unit merged with Caldecott Productions International )(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... SINGAPORE -- MediaCorp announced that its International Production Unit and Caldecott Productions International will be merged into a single unit. The new business entity--Caldecott Productions International (CPI)--will sharpen MediaCorp's efforts to focus on growing and ...
TV5MONDE launches online in New Zealand.(news)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HONG KONG -- French-speaking generalist network TV5MONDE has launched on New Zealand's newest WebTV platform, Ziln. Access to TV5MONDE Pacific will be limited to NZ users only. "We've been following the progress of Ziln for almost two years, ...