Singapore start-up Viki aims to take local TV global

Source: Asia One

Who would want to watch a South Korean soap that was a flop back home? Lots of people, it turns out - something that Singapore-based start-up Viki feels vindicates its business model: an advertisement-supported streami ...
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Sean Coughlin Named Senior Vice President Preservation & Restoration Solutions For Deluxe® - Press Releases

Source: Australia Business Review

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. announced today that Sean Coughlin has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Preservation ...
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Non-UK channels face access quotas

Source: Broadband TV News

Channels holding a UK licence but broadcast to an overseas market will be required to run signing and subtitling under new proposals from Ofcom. The Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, which came into force in December 2 ...
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Singapore start up takes native TV global

Source: Today Online

SINGAPORE - Who would want to watch a South Korean soap that was a flop back home? Lots of people, it turns out - a fact that Singapore-based startup Viki feels vindicates its business model: An ad-supported str ...
Full article at: Today Online  More like this  3 days ago, 2:50am CDT

The Global Shakedown

Source: Gates of Vienna

CAIR and other Muslim lobby groups’ eternal bleating about “Islamophobia” is in inverse proportion to any examples of it. Meanwhile, “moderate Muslims” in London warn the government: “I’m a peaceful fellow myself, but I ...
Full article at: Gates of Vienna  More like this  3 days ago, 10:31pm CDT

Critics' Picks: Shemekia Copeland, 'Is That a Fish in Your Ear?' and Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 performed by Mstislav Rostropovich.

Source: The Seattle Times

In February's "Red, White and Blues" concert at the White House, Shemekia Copeland (above) was right at home amid blues royalty such as B.B. King and Buddy Guy. This seasoned young belter not only has a 100-proof voice with funk to burn (and the diesel ...
Full article at: The Seattle Times  More like this  4 days ago, 5:27pm CDT

Interview: Barry Sonnenfeld talks Men in Black III

Source: Original Signal: Movies

Sonnenfeld: Not at all. I love working with Will and Tommy, and then I read that it involved time travel - going back to '69, which was one of my favorite years growing up- and casting someone to play young Tom ...
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Ortsbo’s “Live & Global” Presents the Indy 500 Soiree with Garth Brooks, Helio Castroneves and Numerous IndyCar Stars

Source: Business Wire

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ortsbo, the world’s leading real-time experiential communications platform, will host the “Live ...
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Cannes 2012: Ken Loach criticises censors

Source: The Telegraph UK

“The British middle class is obsessed by what they call bad language,” Loach complained. “This is a word that goes back to Chaucer’s time. I think we should re-examine ‘bad language’ and have respect for our ancient oaths and swearwords.” Rebecca O’Brien ...
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