http://worldscreen.com This is a RSS feed related to tvasia en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:30:41 GMT http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39800 LONDON, June 19: The days of rapid growth in pay-TV revenues are over, according to a Digital TV Research report, which predicts that global revenues from subscriptions and on-demand TV and movie services will rise just 3.2 percent this year, with growth rates slowing to below 2 percent from 2015 onwards. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39800 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39793 SEOUL, June 19: Korea's Daewon Media is teaming again with Japanese publisher Kodansha to produce a second season of GON, following strong ratings for the debut season on TV Tokyo and EBS. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39793 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39810 MEXICO CITY/KUALA LUMPUR, June 19: Astro Ria in Malaysia has signed up for a new season of its adaptation of the Mexican talent series La Academia Azteca. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39810 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39791 SINGAPORE, June 19: Discovery Kids Asia Pacific has licensed the rights to the Australian series Bushwhacked for premiere across the region in 2014. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39791 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39772 LONDON, June 18: ZenithOptimedia has slightly increased its ad-growth forecasts for 2014 and 2015 while downgrading its expectations for 2013 to a rate of 3.5 percent. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39772 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39780 JAKARTA, June 18: Marking its expansion into Asia, beIN SPORT is partnering with MP & Silva to roll out three new HD sports channels in Indonesia delivering Barclays Premier League coverage as well as other events. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39780 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39783 AUCKLAND, June 18: Debt-laden MediaWorks, which operates the TV3 and FOUR networks in New Zealand, has been placed in receivership but its proposed new owners have expressed confidence in the "opportunities ahead for the business." Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39783 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39771 WELLINGTON, June 18: BesTV, an IPTV service in China, has snapped up season two of The WotWots, an educational preschool series from Pukeko Pictures. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39771 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39769 LONDON, June 18: Silvergate Media has selected Vivid as its toy partner in the U.K., Europe and Australia for the new Peter Rabbit animated show, which is co-owned with Penguin UK. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39769 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39785 MUMBAI, June 18: Sunil Joshi has been upped to head of distribution for BBC Global News in South Asia, while Stanley Fernandes has joined the team to handle BBC Worldwide program sales in the region. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39785 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39755 LOS ANGELES, June 17: Fullscreen, whose network of YouTube channels generates more than 2.5 billion views a month, has closed a round of Series A funding led by The Chernin Group as well as Comcast Ventures and WPP. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39755 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39756 SILVER SPRING/LOS ANGELES, June 17: Discovery Home & Health in Australia will begin airing a block of programming from OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network this August, including Oprah's Next Chapter and Super Soul Sunday. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39756 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39740 NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/TOKYO, June 17: NAMCO BANDAI Games, Arad Productions and 41 Entertainment (41e) have revealed that PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures has been ordered for a second season, due to debut in the spring of 2014. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39740 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39741 NEW YORK, June 17: Little Airplane Productions has sold the rights for the Meet the Small Potatoes animated film to Disney Junior in Australia, while the TV series of the same name is headed to Once in Mexico. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39741 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39693 NEW YORK, June 13: The WorldScreen.com preview site for NATPE Budapest 2013 features a video interview with David Suchet, best known for his starring role in Agatha Christie’s Poirot, along with a host of articles, interviews and useful resources in one location. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39693 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39703 ISTANBUL, June 13: One week from today, the Istanbul TV Forum & Fair (iTVF) will open its doors for the very first time, welcoming delegates from more than 70 countries to the Halic Congress Center. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39703 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39694 VINCENNES, June 13: TV Tokyo has signed up as a co-production partner on Gaumont Animation's new CGI series Calimero, with the Japanese rollout slated for 2014. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39694 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39712 LONDON, June 13: Fast-turnaround documentaries continue to perform well for Passion Distribution, which recently placed Mentorn Media's The Cleveland Captives: What Really Happened? in 43 territories. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39712 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39697 VANCOUVER, June 13: The Asia Pacific feed of Discovery Kids has picked up an animated series inspired by the classic tales of One Thousand and One Nights. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39697 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39672 LONDON, June 12: According to the Digital TV World Household Forecast report, global pay-TV households will reach nearly 1 billion by 2018, with the Asia-Pacific region contributing to more than half of that total. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39672 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39669 LOS ANGELES, June 12: Ward Platt has been named chief operating officer of FOX International Channels (FIC) and CEO of National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), a promotion that sees him relocating to Los Angeles. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39669 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39676 ANNECY, June 12: Nickelodeon is launching its first worldwide animated shorts program, which is meant to pinpoint and develop new animation creative talent from around the globe. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/39676