Tag: ANTV

  • GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    MUMBAI: Art unites countries. GoQuest Productions has entered into a production pact for a new television drama series in the Bahasa ‘Malaikat Kecil Dari India’ with Indonesia’s leading General Entertainment TV channel ANTV. GoQuest Productions is a venture of GoQuest Media Ventures – an Indian multi-platform for content distribution, syndication and production.

    The series (Little Angels from India), which has already gone on air on ANTV, is GoQuest’s maiden venture in GEC production space with its long-time content syndication partner ANTV in Indonesia.

    Vivek Lath, Managing Director, GoQuest Media said, “GoQuest Media found in ANTV just the right partner to venture into production of TV series, building upon its forte in content syndication and distribution. This Indonesian TV series is a blend of popular TV artistes from India and Indonesia and has a theme which cuts across the social milieu of these two countries. I am sure ANTV, through this show, will be able to attract and expand its viewership significantly and fortify its leading position in the entertainment space,”

    Jaspinder Kang, who is a partner in GoQuest Productions, stated that the TV soap on ANTV is a 40-episode daily drama series which has Indian TV artistes such as Bhavesh Bhalchandani and Harshita Ojha, lead child Artistes from Veera, Ruhana Khanna, lead child artiste from Ganga, and Vaishali Thakkar, popular TV actress from Uttaran.

    Otis Hahijary, managing director, ANTV, stated, “ANTV is committed to bring quality new-age multi-cultural shows to its viewers. Our distinct offerings which has a slew of shows from Turkey and India as part of our offering have enthralled our viewers. The tie-up with GoQuest to launch “Malaikat Kecil” which talks about how three kids who get separated from their mother in India get eventually reunited in Indonesia.”

  • GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    MUMBAI: Art unites countries. GoQuest Productions has entered into a production pact for a new television drama series in the Bahasa ‘Malaikat Kecil Dari India’ with Indonesia’s leading General Entertainment TV channel ANTV. GoQuest Productions is a venture of GoQuest Media Ventures – an Indian multi-platform for content distribution, syndication and production.

    The series (Little Angels from India), which has already gone on air on ANTV, is GoQuest’s maiden venture in GEC production space with its long-time content syndication partner ANTV in Indonesia.

    Vivek Lath, Managing Director, GoQuest Media said, “GoQuest Media found in ANTV just the right partner to venture into production of TV series, building upon its forte in content syndication and distribution. This Indonesian TV series is a blend of popular TV artistes from India and Indonesia and has a theme which cuts across the social milieu of these two countries. I am sure ANTV, through this show, will be able to attract and expand its viewership significantly and fortify its leading position in the entertainment space,”

    Jaspinder Kang, who is a partner in GoQuest Productions, stated that the TV soap on ANTV is a 40-episode daily drama series which has Indian TV artistes such as Bhavesh Bhalchandani and Harshita Ojha, lead child Artistes from Veera, Ruhana Khanna, lead child artiste from Ganga, and Vaishali Thakkar, popular TV actress from Uttaran.

    Otis Hahijary, managing director, ANTV, stated, “ANTV is committed to bring quality new-age multi-cultural shows to its viewers. Our distinct offerings which has a slew of shows from Turkey and India as part of our offering have enthralled our viewers. The tie-up with GoQuest to launch “Malaikat Kecil” which talks about how three kids who get separated from their mother in India get eventually reunited in Indonesia.”

  • BBC picks up teen drama from FremantleMedia

    BBC picks up teen drama from FremantleMedia

    MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution (FID), the distribution arm of global format creator and owner FremantleMedia ,has sold its new teen drama Falcon Beach to the BBC and many other additional international broadcasters. The drama is now set to be broadcast in 18 countries worldwide.

    BBC Daytime has secured the UK rights to the edgy new one-hour drama, which premiered on ABC Family in Australia on 5 June 2006. Further significant licensing agreements will see the programme launch on ABC, Australia; RTE, Eire; SBS (Flemish), Belgium; RTM, Malaysia; ANTV, Indonesia; ABC5, Philippines; ETV, Sri Lanka; UBC, Thailand; Show TV, Turkey and Hot, Israel.

    These broadcasters join a raft of deals for Falcon Beach already signed with M6, France; TV2, Denmark; TV4, Sweden; TV Norge (SBS Channel), Norway; Channel 4, Finland; Nederland 3, Netherlands and IBC Iceland’s Sirkus.

    Falcon Beach is positioned as sexy, edgy and full of energy. It is produced by Insight Productions and Original Pictures, in conjunction with Global Television and ABC Family USA and centres on the lives and loves of the town’s young men and women, as they find their way towards their futures.

    Falcon Beach is a quiet lakeside town where locals and summer visitors mingle and where seduction, sand and scandal are abundant. A coming-of-age drama following a group of twenty-somethings, Falcon Beach focusses on friends, families and enemies during a summer of romance and passion, soul-searching and conflicts.

    FremantleMedia CEO David Ellender said, “Falcon Beach has received a deservedly warm welcome from broadcasters the world over, and we are certain that all will be delighted with the results it will no doubt deliver. Dramas of this calibre are rare and the broadcasters that have seen the potential of Falcon Beach will soon be the envy of their rivals.”

  • Harris Corporation strikes TV transmission and turnkey services deal with ANTV Indonesia

    Harris Corporation strikes TV transmission and turnkey services deal with ANTV Indonesia

    MUMBAI: Florida-headquartered Harris Broadcast Communications Division has announced that PT Marlin Trisiana has purchased a Harris TV transmission system that will provide over-the-air service to all of Indonesia on behalf of its customer, ANTV, a terrestrial TV network there.

    ANTV is a terrestrial TV station in Indonesia and a joint venture between PT. CMA Indonesia (80 per cent) and Star (20 per cent). First aired in Lampung Province in 1993, ANTV is now a national station with an 85 per cent audience reach in the country.

    Delivery of the $6.9 million system begins this month, with a planned launch in late October. Harris will provide analog transmitters and spare parts, along with turnkey services for commissioning the transmission sites. PT Marlin Trisiana, a broadcast systems integrator based in Jakarta, will deliver the Harris transmission equipment, supply tower and antenna systems and provide civil works.

    As per the official communique, Harris will deliver two 120 kW Sigma analog transmitters, one each to sites in Jakarta and Surabuya where the bulk of the station’s broadcast signals will originate. Eight sets of 20 kW and nine sets of 5 kW Atlas(TM) analogue transmitters will be delivered to other sites in the country.