• Entries invited for Super pitch 2001 to be held in Singapore 7 December

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 06, 2001
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    Asia‘s first "pitch session" - Super Pitch 2001 - takes place in Singapore on 7 December during this year‘s Asia Television Forum.

    The session, which invites programmers in Asia to pitch new ideas to a panel of commissioning editors and broadcasters, is being organised by Television Asia and Canada‘s BANFF Television Festival 2002.

    The winning pitch will receive a cash prize towards the programme‘s production. The competition is open to all documentary, children‘s and entertainment programming.

    The presenters of all short-listed pitches will also be offered two complimentary passes, worth more than $4,000, to the Asia Television Forum.

    All entries must be received by October 31. The Super Pitch pre-selection process takes place between October 31 and November 6. An independent panel of judges will select five finalists. Short-listed finalists will go on to make their pitches to a panel of commissioning editors and buyers during the second day of the Asia Television Forum. Each of the finalists will be given five minutes to make the pitch. This will be followed by a five-minutes discussion session.

    Eligibility:
    Super Pitch 2001 is open to: Television broadcasters (cable, terrestrial and satellite) and TV production companies whose primary base is in one of the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Democratic People‘s Republic of North Korea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, People‘s Republic of China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

    Submission Only applications using the official Television Asia/BANFF 2002 entry form will be considered.Click here to download entry form

    Pitching :
    All short-listed finalists must be prepared to pitch their projects in person at the Asia Television Forum in Singapore on the morning of Thursday, December 7, 2001. Projects must be pitched in English.

    Important Dates:
    Deadline for receipt of submission form by Television Asia is October 31, 2001. The list of finalists will be posted on Television Asia‘s website on November 6, 2001.

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    Entries invited for Super pitch 2001 to be held in Singapore 7 December

    Oct 06, 2001

    Asia's first "pitch session" - Super Pitch 2001 - takes place in Singapore on 7 December during this year's Asia Tele

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    Ideal Systems starts India operations

    Oct 06, 2001

    Ideal Systems Asia Pacific Limited, a Hong Kong-based product distribution and system integration company, has starte

  • Ideal Systems starts India operations

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 06, 2001
    News Headline

    Ideal Systems Asia Pacific Limited, a Hong Kong-based product distribution and system integration company, has started its Indian operations through its newly set up Indian affiliate - Ideal Broadcasting India Private Limited.

    The main objective of setting up and affiliated company in India is to make available hi-end and hi-quality consulting, budgeting, design, integration, installation and commissioning services to the constantly expanding broadcast market, according to a company release.

    Ideal Systems provides services in consultancy, system design, project management and integration. The company implements turnkey solutions in transmission, news rooms, post-production, studios, playout centers and Pay TV platforms for terrestrial and satellite broadcasters and post-production houses.

    Earlier Ideal had serviced the Indian market by building a complete 8-channel playout facility for Zee TV at Noida. They also scripted and created 12-channel DTH playout facility for Zee in Singapore.

    The company was founded in 1989 by Jim Butler who designed and built Europe‘s first all Digital Post-production facility, The Mill in London.

    At present Ideal is working on the supply and building of two new complete DTH platforms, Baseband, MPEG Encoding, Conditional Access, and SMS Systems for TVB in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

    Among its partners are Irdeto Access, Minerva Networks, Thomsom Broadcast Systems, AP NEWS-ENPS, Louth Automation, Chyron-Probel, Pinnacle Systems, Mirands, Virage, Jacobs Rimell, Leitch Technology, Trilogy and Skystream Corporation, the release states.

  • DD's search for distributing and marketing of DD-World continues

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 06, 2001
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    National broadcaster Doordarshan has reissued a tender notice seeking for applicants for distribution and marketing of DD-World in USA, Canada, UK, rest of Europe and Australia on DTH Platform and through cable network.

    This tender marks 30 October 2001 as the deadline. The applicants whose proposal will be accepted will have to sign an agreement with Doordarshan within 15 days of the issue of the award letter, failing which the next highest bidder will be awarded, according to a release.

    Earlier the broadcaster had set 29 August as a deadline for UK and European countries.

     

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    DD's search for distributing and marketing of DD-World continues

    Oct 06, 2001

    National broadcaster Doordarshan has reissued a tender notice seeking for applicants for distribution and marketing o

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