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  • Star World Premiere HD kick-starts the New Year with brand new offerings

    Star World Premiere HD kick-starts the New Year with brand new offerings

    MUMBAI: Star World Premiere HD, India’s premium English entertainment channel is known to bring some of the best and latest English television series. It is the only channel in India to bring all their television shows right after its international telecast. Taking this offering a notch higher, Star World Premiere HD has now started airing the latest shows all seven days of the week, with 4 hours of the most popular shows for audiences to catch every day.

     

    The channel that is home to 70+ new shows and offers over 1000 hours of fresh content to its viewers has acquired some of the most anticipated shows of 2016, day and date, making it ‘the’ channel to look out for in 2016.

     

    Star World Premiere HD will be enticing longstanding fans of the cult sci-fi series – The X-Files, with the all-new The X-Files: Event Series premiering on the channel on 30 January 2016. Marking its momentous return on global television, the series will pick up with a developed plot-line to match new-age conspiracies and technology; not to forget the ever-famous Mulder-Scully pair and what they have come to be 13 years on, on the show.

     

    Ace comedians, Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis come together for the first time on television with a brand new comedy, Baskets. The show will be marking its premiere on 24 January 2016 and stars actor and co-creator of the show, Zach as the protagonist Chip Baskets. Audiences that have long known Zach for his role as Alan of the Hangover series will now witness him in an all-new avatar of Chip Baskets. He will be portraying a man aspiring to become a professional clown but has to settle for a gig at the rodeo when he loses the opportunity to attend a prestigious Parisian clown academy.

     

    Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life falls next in line with its premiere on 24 January 2016. The show is an American comedy television series that follows Cooper Barrett (Jack Cutmore-Scott) as he figures out his life beyond hedonistic behavior. It revolves around Barrett, his friends and family as they try finding out the real meaning to life while overcoming complex situations.

     

    The creators of popular series Glee, American Horror Story and Scream Queens bring their new show, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story which will be premiering on Star World Premiere HD on 8 February 2016. The show comprises of an invincible cast of John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, Selma Blair, Jordana Brewster, Bruce Greenwood, Nathan Lane and many more. With a distinct and true plot-line, the show focuses on America’s most sensational and publicized criminal hearing – the O.J. Simpson trial, with a riveting look at what really happened behind the scenes from the lawyers’ perspective.

     

    Not last, neither the least, Martin Scorsese’s foray into television will also be marked with his debut show Vinyl premiering on the channel this February. One of the biggest shows on television in 2016, Scorsese has collaborated with rock n roll legend Mick Jagger to produce Vinyl and this will mark the television debut of Jagger’s son James Jagger too alongside prominent actors Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano amongst others. Set in the 1970s of New York City, Vinyl follows the uproarious character of Richie Finestra as he looks to bring the music genre into a new era, while trying not to let his company fall under or let his work interfere with his drug and alcohol use.

     

    With English television entertainment and Hollywood’s finest on Star World Premiere HD, the channel promises these offerings as just the beginning of an enthralling television-viewing experience.

     

    After all, why hold back when you can walk side by side with the world’s best television series right here on Star World Premiere HD – home to day and date viewing!

  • FX to air the sixth instalment of American Horror Story

    FX to air the sixth instalment of American Horror Story

    MUMBAI: FX has ordered the sixth instalment of the groundbreaking and award-winning anthology limited series American Horror Story. The news was announced by the CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf. The sixth instalment will air in 2016 with the next chapter of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning franchise co-created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

     

    “With the sixth instalment coming next year, American Horror Story has unquestionably joined the ranks of television’s landmark series,” Landgraf said. “From Murder House to Hotel, AHS has pioneered a new television form as well becoming FX’s highest rated show — while also pushing every conceivable boundary of creative excellence and audacity. This is even more remarkable because Ryan and co-creator Brad Falchuk tear up the playbook every year, challenging the entire creative team to come up with something even more spectacular, frightful and entertaining. You could not ask more of an artist, their team or a series and with every new installment they deliver.”

     

    Ryan Murphy serves as co-creator, Showrunner, executive producer, writer and director of American Horror Story: Hotel and Brad Falchuk is co-Creator, executive producer and writer. Tim Minear, Brad Buecker, Jennifer Salt, James Wong and Alexis Martin Woodall also serve as executive producers. The American Horror Story franchise is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television.

      

    American Horror Story: Hotel will return with a new episode on 21 November 2015 at 11 pm entitledFlicker.

     

    American Horror Story: Hotel features an all-star cast of Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloë Sevigny, Denis O’Hare, Cheyenne Jackson, Evan Peters and Finn Wittrock.

     

    The first four instalments of the American Horror Story limited series franchise have received 71 Emmy Award nominations and 13 Emmy Award wins, including five Emmy awards for its fourth instalment, American Horror Story: Freak Show.

  • English entertainment channels get spooky this Halloween

    English entertainment channels get spooky this Halloween

    MUMBAI: It’s that time of the year when giving your nerves a jolt of terror feels like the right thing to do. It’s the time when the moon becomes a brute and black cats are seen. It’s the time when witches go on a ride. It’s the time to trick-or-treat: it’s Halloween on Saturday, 31 October and sure enough English entertainment channels have turned up their horror quotient to spook viewers further.

     

    Halloween is usually celebrated amongst family, friends and, sometimes, co-workers. However, some areas hold large community events. While some adults may celebrate by watching horror films or by holding costume parties or creating haunted houses or graveyards.

     

    English entertainment channels have lined up power packed shows all night long for viewers. If you are browsing for horror movies to stream tonight, we’ve got you covered. 

     

    After perusing the available options on channels like FX India, Star World, AXN, and Comedy Central, we recommend a few under-the-radar titles for your Halloween viewing pleasure.

     

    Read on:

     

    FX India

     

    FX has upped its creepy ante by airing the American Horror Story: Hotel with it’s Halloween special episode 4, Devil’s Night. The episode showcases some gruesome incidents influenced by the supernatural that take place within the walls of Hotel Cortez. It will see devils at play, vampires continue to feast and the eeriness of Hotel Cortez goes up a notch. The special episode will air on 31 October 2015 at 11 pm.

     

    Star World

     

    Tune-in to the channel for a spookier ride this Halloween by watching episodes 13 – 18 of Sleepy Hollowseason 2 airing on 31 October at 12 pm. The show is a thrilling, mystery adventure drama series spanning two and a half centuries, in which a resurrected Ichabod Crane pairs up with a present-day cop to save the enigmatic town of Sleepy Hollow and the world from unprecedented evil.

     

    AXN

     

    AXN will premier the episodes of Penny Dreadful season 2 all night long this Halloween. This season of the second part horror-thriller will intertwine the lives of men and monsters. It opens with Vanessa Ives and her allies finding themselves locked in epic battle against an unholy evil. The episodes will air 12 am onwards on 31 October.

     

    Comedy Central

     

    The channel will air Deadbeat all night this season from 12 am. The series revolves around a lazy slacker and a medium for hire, who attempts to solve various ghosts’ unresolved issues, so that they can move on to a final resting place, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer.

     

    On that note, Happy Halloween! 

  • Fox Cable Network Programming business revenue up 14.2% in Q2-2015

    Fox Cable Network Programming business revenue up 14.2% in Q2-2015

    BENGALURU: Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (Fox) reported a 1.3 per cent drop in total revenue to $8055 million in the quarter ended 31 December, 2014 (Q2-2015, current quarter) as compared to the $8163 million reported for the year ago quarter (quarter ended 31 December, 2013).

     

    In November 2014, the Company sold its 100 per cent and 57 per cent ownership stakes in Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, respectively, to Sky for approximately $8.8 billion comprised approximately $8.2 billion in cash received, net of $650 million of cash paid to acquire Sky’s 21 per cent interest in NGCI, increasing the Company’s ownership stake in NGCI to 73 per cent.

     

    Excluding the revenue from the satellite businesses that were sold, revenue rose 10 per cent to $7.42 billion in the current quarter over the $6.73 billion of adjusted revenue in the prior year quarter. Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland were a part of Fox’s Direct Broadcast Satellite Television (“DBS”) businesses.

     

    Fox reported OIBDA of $1.72 billion which included $27 million of OIBDA from the DBS businesses. Excluding the OIBDA contributions from the DBS businesses in the current and prior year quarters, adjusted OIBDA grew by $181 million or 12 per cent from $1.51 billion in the prior year to $1.70 billion. This improvement reflects OIBDA growth at the Company’s Cable Network Programming and Television segments says the company. Adjusted OIBDA growth was adversely impacted by approximately $90 million or 6 per cent from foreign exchange rate fluctuations, primarily in Latin America.

     

    Fox chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said, “We delivered solid quarterly results despite continuing currency headwinds and ratings challenges at the Fox broadcast network. Our growth was led by sustained affiliate revenue growth in our channels business. I am also very proud of the creative successes that we have achieved at Twentieth Century Fox, which set a global box office record in 2014 and leads the industry with 24 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture nominations for Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, as well as at our television production studios, which have produced the Emmy and Golden Globe winning Fargo, the critically acclaimed American Horror Story and the promising new series Empire.

     

    “In addition to the operational success achieved this past quarter, we also executed two significant strategic transactions, the combination of our European satellite television holdings, creating Europe’s leading pay television business, and the formation of the Endemol Shine Group joint venture. These transactions further enhance our ability to drive long-term value for all of our shareholders,” he added.

     

    Cable Network Programming

     

    Fox Cable Network Programming business (CNP), which is its largest segment in terms of revenue and operating profit, reported a 14.2 per cent jump in revenue in the current quarter to $3384 million from $2964 million in Q2-2014. OIBDA (Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization) of CNP segment rose 11.7 per cent to $1159 million in Q2-2015 from $1038 million in the year ago quarter.  The OIBDA improvement in the current quarter was driven by a 14 per cent revenue increase on strong affiliate and advertising revenue growth says the company.

     

    The revenue improvement was partially offset by a 16 per cent increase in segment expenses, approximately half of which reflected the combined impact of the planned investments in the new sports channels, Fox Sports 1 and Star Sports, coupled with the consolidation of the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (the YES Network). The expense growth at the new sports channels was led by increased rights fees related to the inaugural broadcast of Major League Baseball Divisional and League Championship playoff games at Fox Sports 1. Segment OIBDA growth was adversely impacted by over $65 million or approximately 6 per cent from foreign exchange rate fluctuations, primarily in Latin America, as mentioned above.

     

    Television business

     

    Fox Television business reported almost flat revenue (drop of 0.4 per cent) at $1623 million in the current quarter versus the $1630 million in the year ago quarter. Television business OIBDA increased 33 per cent in Q2-2015 to $290 million from $218 million in Q2-2014.

     

    The increase in segment OIBDA was driven by lower programming costs at the FOX Broadcast Network from the cancellation of ‘X-Factor’, the absence of’ Glee’ in the current year quarter and the shift of the Major League Baseball League Championship Series to Fox Sports 1, all of which were partially offset by higher rights fees related to the new National Football League contract. Quarterly segment revenues were consistent with those from the corresponding period in the prior year as strong retransmission consent revenue growth was counterbalanced by a 3 per cent decline in advertising revenues. This advertising revenue decline reflects the impact from lower general entertainment ratings at the Fox Broadcast Network, which was partially offset by increased political advertising revenue growth at the local television stations.

     

    Filmed Entertainment business

     

    Filmed Entertainment (FE) business reported revenue growth of 11.1 per cent in Q2-2015 to $2753 million from $2477 million in the corresponding year ago quarter. This growth was led by the performance of several successful worldwide theatrical releases including ‘The Maze Runner’ and ‘Gone Girl’, which have grossed over $340 million and over $365 million in worldwide box office to date, respectively. As a result of these and other successful releases in the year the studio has broken the all-time global box-office industry record, having generated more than $5.5 billion in 2014 claims the company.

     

    FE reported flat OIBDA (down 0.3 per cent) of $336 million versus $337 million in the corresponding year ago quarter. This was due to increased contributions from the film studio, led by a strong theatrical slate was offset by lower contributions from the television production businesses driven by fewer series deliveries, including the absence of ‘How I Met Your Mother’, ‘White Collar’ and ‘Glee’.

     

    Direct Broadcast Satellite Television (DBS)

     

    DBS segment revenue in Q3-2015 was down 56.3 per cent to $663 million from $1517 million in Q2-2014. DBS reported OIBDA of $27 million in Q2-2015 versus $30 million last year.

     

    Consolidated revenues by component

     

    Affiliate Fees grew 17 per cent to $2480 million in Q2-2015 from $2119 million in Q2-2014. Subscription was down 55.7 per cent due to the sale of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in Q2-2015 to $605 million from $1366 million in the year ago quarter. Advertising revenue was almost flat down 0.6 per cent) to $2370 million in Q2-2015 as compared to $2385 million in Q2-2014.

     

    Revenue from Content was up 15.4 per cent to $2487 million in the current quarter from $2156 million in Q2-2014. Revenue from ‘Other’ component was down 17.5 per cent to $113 million from $137 million in Q2-2014.