Nathan Hart Promoted to Oversee Domestic Growth Strategy NEEDHAM, MA and LA CROSSE, WI.  Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has promoted Nathan Hart to President; it was announced today by Michael Rosenblatt, Chairman, President and CEO of EBHE’s parent, Echo Bridge Entertainment. In his new position, Hart will oversee all financial, sales, operations and acquisitions decisions and will work to maximize the future growth of the company. “Nate has made enormous   Read more...

The BBC producion represents a new vein in documentaries about these extraordinary creatures With a dynamic tone accompanied by unique graphics and high technology, the series brings to life the most impressive and amazing creatures of all time and their struggle for survival in six different scenarios: North Africa, China, North America,Madagascar, Europe and South America. Dinosaur Planet showcases the latest in science, geology, palentology and new theories about dinosaurs. It should be remembered that In 1999, the BBC aired the hit series Walking with Dinosaurs documentary narrated by actor Kenneth Branagh and with it   Read more...

The Azteca format premiered its tenth season The reality musical talent La Academia, under the name of Akademi Fantasia, is releasing its tenth issue on this continent, having completed its ninth cycle in 2011. Auditions have already begun this month in Malaysia and Singapore among contestants from 18-35 years. Akademi Fantasia está programada para salir al aire en agosto de este año a través de la plataforma satelital de Astro Ria. Akademi Fantasia is   Read more...

* 23.4% of Spanish households have pay TV via cable, satellite, internet or other systems, according to the latest report of the ONSI.    * It has grown from 3.8 million pay TV households in 2011 to 4.1 million in 2012 and has increased spending 100 million in a single year. * The preferred means to hire is the cable platform, followed by the satellite, but this one involves much   Read more...

ALL3MEDIA International, on behalf of its sister company Studio Lambert-licensed the format for local production of the show through a leading national broadcaster, thus the number of licensed territories reached 18. The company closed the agreement with Dragon TV working closely with representatives of CMM-I. Furthermore, the full version of the series was also sold in CCTV2 of China. Stephanie Hartog, EVP International Formats at ALL3MEDIA International, commented: “We are   Read more...

The PCTV director spoke with TVMAS about the technological renovation of its teleport andprogramming changes in their signals   The company started last May 31 converting their Teleport from MPEG2 to MPEG4 under the Cisco platform,which will be ready in September and the second part in December. ”This allows and puts us at the forefront tohave more efficiency in our satellite segment. Moreover, it allows us to launch and propose new distribution systems of other contents and attract new customers who already have the need to distribute in MPEG4″ saidDi-Bella.   Among the objectives of PCTV is to consolidate on digital platforms, so we are working on it. ”We are searching to make a platform that with an   Read more...

The announcement was made by Alexander Harrison, CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Chello Latin America “I am convinced that with our new organization and efficient management team, coupled with the support of Chellomedia, The Latin American team becomes a relevant player in the market, offering a large portfolio of channels and services for our customers andviewers,” said Harrison. Marcello Coltro was named executive VP and COO (Chief Operating Officer). In his post,Coltro takes charge of advertising sales departments, marketing and external communications, digital and research and also forms part of the overall global strategy development programming. Ricardo Deben is the new CFO (Chief Financial Officer), who will attend Harrison in the departments of finance and business development. Deben has worked in ChelloMulticanal, Spain, during the past six   Read more...

The telenovela premieres in prime time next June 25   The original story of Carlos Perez will debut on Tuesday, June 25th, in prime time at 10:00PM. The new commitment of Venevision is starring Marisa Roman, Ricardo Alamo, NorkysBatista, and Luciano among others. “It’s a telenovela as well as passing on the always pleasant humor waters and every day life, makes a dramatic analysis center on the question of whether or not psychiatric patients have a right to love and therefore the idea that what we call ’madness’, apart from being a social convention, is also a reason for exclusion,” said Carlos Perez. De Todas Maneras Rosa, recreates   Read more...

The Disney production led for the premiere of its second season, in the rankings among all children’s channels On Monday, April 29 at 17 pm. debuted the second season of Violetta with excellentperformance to be the choice for young audiences of Mexico in pay TV. The day of its release, the new cycle started off  in the top ranking with 1.32 rating and an increase of264% over the previous Monday in its strategic target persons 12 to 17 years, with cable.In addition, managed 1.01 points with girls 4-11 years with cable, ranking second in thistarget. Meanwhile, the release also reached # 1 on the target Total Persons, with cable, with a growth of 44%, with 0.52 points. Also, since its launch on May 7, 2012,   Read more...

Paramount Pictures is in negotiations to acquire worldwide distribution rights, of the new sequel to the hit series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Although the veteran actor said that the preparation of the film is very advanced, a few months it became known that Skydance-producer in partnership with Paramount, and Annapurna Pictures are actively on theproduction, which has led the interest of the studies for large-scale distribution of the fifth installment of the series. The script will be provided by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. Production is expected to start in early 2014.