(Hong Kong, 12th November 2015) I’m A Celebrity…Get me Out of Here! series 15 bursts back onto screens across Asia, the Middle East and Africa on Tuesday (17th November) night. UK’s reality ratings smash hit will be broadcast exclusively on ITV Choice within 48 hours of UK broadcast.

After 14 huge series in the UK, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is one of the longest running, biggest and most successful formats in the world and was one of the most watched shows on British television last year.

Now in its 15th series, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! will be shown on ITV Choice less than two days after its UK premiere.

Ant and Dec will return as the show’s hosts, bringing their trademark wit and charm to the screen, giving us all the gossip from the jungle and overseeing the infamous Bushtucker Trials.

Leaving their plush pads and luxuries far behind, our celebrity campers will spend up to three weeks taking on the harsh surroundings of the Australian jungle, with a whole host of brand new nasty surprises created just for them.

The ten celebrities heading into the jungle for the new series are: Duncan Bannatyne OBE (entrepreneur and TV presenter), Lady Colin Campbell (writer), Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet singer), Yvette Fielding (presenter of Most Haunted), Chris Eubank (boxer), Susannah Constantine (one-half-of-Trinny-and-Susannah, fashion expert), Brian Friedman (X Factor creative director), Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks actress), Kieron Dyer (former England footballer) and George Shelley (from boy band Union J).

Last year saw motorcycle racer Carl Fogarty crowned King of The Jungle, with Jake Quickenden as runner up. The series saw Michael Buerk rapping with Tinchy Stryder, Kendra Wilkinson and Edwina Currie falling out in spectacular style and Gemma Collins going jungle AWOL after only a few days in camp.

How will this year’s celebrities cope with being away from their loved ones? Sleeping in the wild? Lack of food? Sharing a camp with snakes, rats and creepy crawlies? And perhaps worst of all, adapting to spending 24 hours a day with their campmates?

Tune in from Tuesday 17th November to find out!

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Broadcasts November 17th – December 8th on ITV Choice, within 48 hours of the UK premiere.

Primetime viewing –
Monday – Friday
IND: 19.00, MALTA: 19.30, THAI/KSA: 20.30, UAE/TWN: 21.30, MAL: 22.30, CAT: 21.00
Saturday – Sunday
IND: 17.30, MALTA: 18.00, THAI/KSA: 19.00, UAE/TWN: 20.00, MAL: 21.00, CAT: 20.00

About ITV Choice
Part of ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV Choice is the home of new British entertainment and drama, available throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, reaching over 100 countries. ITV Choice shows a wide variety of award-winning drama, top entertainment, cool comedy and soaps, fresh from UK broadcast in high definition.

10 November 2015 – Liberty Global and Discovery Communications have agreed, in principle, to purchase 5 million common shares of Lionsgate, with each set to hold around a 3.4-percent stake.

These 10 million shares will be acquired from funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management. Liberty Global and Discovery Communications will each pay approximately $195 million for their respective stakes in Lionsgate. The share acquisitions are expected to close later today.

Read more at World Screen

Telecom giant PCCW is expanding into the OTT frontier with a new platform dedicated to fresh Korean TV content eyeing markets in Hong Kong and beyond, despite foreseeable intense competition.

Janice Lee, managing director of PCCW Media Group, said the launch of new platform Viu OTT was an attempt to swiftly respond to changing audience habits locally and abroad, despite advertising dollars not yet catching up with the fast-growing online media industry.

“Audiences watch content all over the world and they want the content now,” Lee said. “But TV stations are too slow.”

Read more at South China Morning Post

11 November 2015 – For $15 per month, some Comcast internet subscribers will now be able to watch TV around their house, too. The new deal is for an internet TV service that Comcast is launching today called Stream. Stream allows subscribers to watch live TV from “about a dozen networks,” including all of the big broadcasters — ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox — and HBO. It also includes “thousands” of on-demand movies and TV shows, as well as access to a cloud DVR service to record live broadcasts. The service will initially be available in Comcast’s Greater Boston area, according to the Boston Business Journal, which includes eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Stream is supposed to become available nationwide next year.

Read more at the Verge

HONG KONG (NOVEMBER 10, 2015) – Toonami, Turner’s kids brand dedicated to delivering the best superhero and action-adventure animation in South and Southeast Asia, has snapped up the latest instalment of the Dragon Ball franchise from Toei Animation.

Dragon Ball Super (52×30’) is the first all-new Dragon Ball television series to be produced in nearly 20 years, and will make its pan-regional launch on Toonami in mid-2016. It will be an exclusive first-run premiere on Toonami in Southeast Asia and India, which will also be its English-language world premiere.

“This announcement is huge for fanboys and girls in Asia. Dragon Ball is undoubtedly the original and world’s biggest anime export, and is a cornerstone of our programming on Toonami,” said Mark Eyers, Chief Content Officer for Turner’s Kids Networks in Asia Pacific. “Since the channel launched in 2012, Toonami has been airing episodes of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai, and to premiere Dragon Ball Super demonstrates the channel’s continued commitment to securing must-have and must-see content, first on Toonami.”

Reuniting the franchise’s iconic characters, Dragon Ball Super follows the aftermath of Goku’s fierce battle with Majin Buu, as he attempts to maintain earth’s fragile peace. Overseen by Dragon Ball’s original creator, Akira Toriyama and produced with Fuji Television, Dragon Ball Super will draw on its historic past to create a bold, new universe welcoming to fans and endearing to new viewers.

Introduced as a manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1984, Dragon Ball has evolved into a globally beloved brand. Seen around the world, with over 230 million copies of its comic books sold, Dragon Ball is one of the most popular anime franchises of all time.

Series Synopsis:
The threat of Majin Buu has passed, and Goku and friends are finally living in peace. The day of Bulma’s birthday party arrives, and everyone gets together again for the first time in ages. Then Beerus, the God of Destruction, appears. Goku gets his friends’ help to become the legendary Super Saiyan God, and gets into a fierce fight with Beerus, but he’s not quite as powerful as the God of Destruction. Beerus ends the fight, and informs Goku of a shocking fact. This universe where Goku and crew live is only one of 12. What’s more, each universe has its own God of Destruction, which means there might be opponents out there even stronger than Beerus! The story now moves into a new phase. Now the world of Dragon Ball reaches a new dimension that’s beyond imagination.

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10 November 2015 – In the wake of federal court action and subsequent enforcement efforts to shut down the distribution of pirated content via the “TVpad” streaming device, Sling TV has announced a promotion to help connect US-based fans of Chinese television with a legal, reliable source of popular programming.

Earlier this year, DISH Network (of which Sling TV is a subsidiary), China Central Television (CCTV), China International Communications (CICC), and TVB USA filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors of the TVpad device for allegedly setting up a pirate broadcasting network designed to illegally stream CCTV and TVB channels using peer-to-peer technology.

Read more at Advanced Television

10 November 2015 – Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) has picked up the broadcast rights for all Barclays Premier League matches for the next three seasons beginning in August 2016.

Singtel has been bringing the Premier League to Singaporean viewers since the start of the 2010-11 season. The pay-TV service also offers a variety of other soccer content, including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FA Cup, Capital One Cup, Italian Serie A and more. Live match action is complemented by locally produced sports shows with up-to-date news and commentary. Matches can be watched anytime, anywhere with the Singtel TV Go app.

Read more at World Screen

10 November 2015 – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) became the second studio to announce Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc releases, fueling speculation that the disc format may be in store for a resurgence.

Sony’s first batch of releases in the ultra-high-definition format, set to arrive on an unspecified date in early 2016, will include “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” “Salt,” “Hancock,” “Chappie,” “Pineapple
Express” and “The Smurfs 2,” followed, the studio announced Tuesday, “by a growing roster of titles including new release film and television content.”

Read more at Variety

10 November 2015 – Ericsson and Cisco – two industry leaders in the development and delivery of networking, mobility, and cloud – have announced a global business and technology partnership to create the networks of the future.

The multi-faceted relationship will offer customers the best of both companies: routing, data center, networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services capabilities. Together the companies plan to deliver customer value by:

Read more at Advanced Television

10 November 2015 – Tata Sky, India’s leading DTH operator today launched the Missed Call campaign, focusing on the choice and flexibility they offer to the customer for their infotainment needs. Featuring Kangna Ranaut & Dhanush, the campaign aims to bring on board, customers who are still on analogue cable. Close to 40 million households residing in 7,000 towns and cities, who will now witness the next phase of Digitization, would be the prime target for this campaign.

The series of three ad films with each actor, leaves the viewers with a sense of realization and a smile. Each campaign has been beautifully crafted to clearly communicate Tata Sky’s offerings such as allowing subscribers to select from a wide choice of channels and not making them pay for unwanted channels. Additionally it highlights the payment flexibility options such as daily recharge and various monthly subscription packs.

Read more at Adgully