CASTALIA COMMUNICATIONS STRENGTHENS ITS AFFILIATE SALES TEAM WITH NEW HIRES CHARLES WING AND ANDREW FARLEY
Andrew Farley Joins as Vice President, Affiliate Sales
Charles Wing Joins as Vice President, Broadcast Distribution
MEXICO – December 17, 2007 – Castalia Communications, the leading international distributor of broadcast, satellite, cable and web-based programming, has recently expanded its executive team with new hires Andrew Farley and Charles Wing. As Vice President of Affiliate Sales, Andrew Farley will handle distribution of multiple Castalia television channels to cable, satellite and new media distributors in the US and internationally. Charles Wing, as Vice President of Broadcast Distribution, will be responsible for the distribution efforts of MEXICANAL® with broadcasters throughout the US. more>>
CASTALIA COMMUNICATIONS SCORES DISTRIBUTION FOR GENEON ENTERTAINMENT
Licenses Popular Anime Programming to HBO Latin America GroupSM
ATLANTA, GA – December 5, 2007 – Millo Antola, Vice President and General Manager of Content Distribution for Castalia Communications, has finalized a distribution deal on behalf of Geneon Entertainment with HBO Latin America GroupSM for pay television. more>>
VALUSOFT, A DIVISION OF THQ INC., LICENSES “MERV GRIFFIN’S CROSSWORDS™”
LOS ANGELES, CA — December 3, 2007 — Program Partners and Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE) announced today that THQ Inc. has licensed the rights to develop the console video game based on Merv Griffin’s Crosswords™, the #1 new game show* in syndication. The agreement, brokered by the William Morris Agency, calls for Crosswords video games to be developed for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. more>>
PROMAX/BDA, THE CW AND BLiNK LAUNCH 2nd ANNUAL COLLEGE PROMO COMPETITION: MAKING THE CUT 2008
Winner to be Announced during Special Session at Annual Promax/BDA Conference in June
LOS ANGELES, CA – December 3, 2007 – Promax/BDA is joining forces again with The CW Network and BLiNK to launch “Making the Cut 2008.” This unique competition calls for undergrad college students to create and submit original multiplatform trailers and commercials for the chance to jumpstart their creative careers with a CW internship and invaluable exposure. more>>
TALES ALIVE
A print-to-screen series of nine animated shorts from original Singapore works
SINGAPORE – December 3, 2007 – From an errant duckling to a girl who cannot get rid of an insistent cloud over her head, these are just two of the simple but endearing stories of Tales Alive – one of the first print-to-screen series of English-language animated shorts from original Singapore works – set to debut on MediaCorp TV 12 Kids Central on Tuesday, 4 December, for the entire month. more>>
