English Entertainment
KyLinTV rolls out Hunan TV in North America
MUMBAI: Telecoms and media companies are gung-ho about growing area of the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). KyLinTV, which provides Chinese programming via IPTV in North America has rolled-out an entertainment channel from China, Hunan TV.
The KyLinTV subscribers can now watch the most popular Hunan TV programmes such as Super Voice Girls and more.
At present, KyLinTV is offering 26 live broadcast channels. According to an official release, KyLinTV subscribers have three ways to enjoy Hunan TV programmes. Viewers can tune in to live Hunan TV broadcasts on KyLinTV, and are able to watch any programme that they may have missed using the Hunan TV channel companion.
The broadcast channel companion preserves the lineup of news and entertainment programmes for 24 hours, and is a feature unique to KyLinTV.
In addition, KyLinTV subscribers can take advantage of Hunan TV On Demand, an exclusive library of the most popular Hunan TV programmes.
Hunan TV has brought the age of the Super Voice Girls to KyLinTV. China’s answer to American Idol, all episodes from the 2006 Super Voice Girls can be accessed on KyLinTV using Video On Demand (VOD).
“Through the use of IPTV technology, KyLinTV is delighted to offer the top entertainment channel from China to our subscribers,” said KyLinTV CEO Nancy Li. “The VOD companion and on demand features available to KyLinTV subscribers ensure that they will never have to miss any of the popular Hunan TV programs they want to watch. We are committed to making the most popular Chinese entertainment easily accessible to all of our subscribers, and to offering the most choices in Chinese entertainment.”
“Hunan TV is extremely pleased to be in a partnership with KyLinTV,” said Hunan TV director general Wei Wenbin. “KyLinTV is an innovative service that gives Hunan TV the perfect opportunity to have our content reach the Chinese-speaking families in North America. We look forward to a prosperous future with KyLinTV.”
By September 2006, KyLinTV will offer a total of 26 live broadcast channels in real-time to KyLinTV subscribers. Each broadcast channel will be offered with a KyLinTV VOD companion that will preserve KyLinTV broadcast titles for 24 hours, maintaining access and convenience for the benefit of KyLinTV.
An on demand library will offer access to past episodes of hit shows as VOD, offering the most choices to North-American consumers.
English Entertainment
Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
