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Bomanbridge Media continues Asia expansion; opens India office

MUMBAI: Singapore-based content distribution agency Bomanbridge Media as part of its Asia expansion has opened an office in Mumbai. It will be headed by TV veteran Arpit Agarwal as Bomanbridge Media director of sales for South Asia.

India is the fourth country in Asia where the company will have a base, after recently launching offices in Korea and Mongolia, in addition to its headquarters in Singapore. The further expansion follows recent investment by Hera Capital, which is also funding the company’s international lifestyle and cooking show Haute & Saucy with Kelly Randall Sia.

Agarwal, who has worked in various capacities at Fremantle India, Balaji Telefilms, Bang Singapore and Sahara One, comes with over 18 years of experience in creating and managing both mass and niche television content in India and in Singapore. He also headed business development at Starcut Asia Pacific – a Nokia subsidiary and is credited for creating Singapore’s first made-for-mobile series Kumarsutra. Agarwal began his career as a reporter, producer and host at NDTV in New Delhi, India.

“This entrance into South Asia, and especially India, is the beginning of very exciting times for us at Bomanbridge. With assured improvements in TV measurement, and decreasing carriage costs, we are witnessing not only a surge in demand for niche content but also the need for product differentiation through innovation amongst the major GEC players. India has always been one of our stronger territories in the region and we look forward to enhancing our presence there to better serve our partners. Arpit brings extensive television experience and we look to him to bring us to the next level. Our team is now stronger than ever, ready to serve the entire Asian region with the best programming, and with people on the ground in several countries,” said Bomanbridge Media CEO Sonia Fleck.

Agarwal added, “I am very pleased to join Bomanbridge Media, a company that is respected across the broadcasting fraternity of Asia as exclusive representatives of renowned content from around the world. Sonia and her team have a firm handle on the territory and I look forward to adding value and growing the business further in India and the region.”

March 23, 2015
Bomanbridge Media kicks off the year with multiple deals

MUMBAI: Singapore-based Bomanbridge Media, a content distribution and production agency, announced multiple program deals for Asia from their catalogue of over 4,000 hours.

“Bomanbridge is off to a great start with several deals closed, we are growing at a rapid pace and we thank our broadcast partners who are helping to fuel this growth. This latest round of deals demonstrates our extensive territorial reach and mix of genres from our rich catalogue,” said Sonia Fleck, CEO of Bomanbridge Media.

Gayatri Singh, Bomanbridge Sales Executive, brokered a majority of the recent deals. She said, “We are grateful to our clients for their continued support. They trust Bomanbridge to bring them high quality, ratings-producing programming.”

Deals Announced:

·        Mediacorp’s Toggle service (Singapore) acquired Nutri Ventures Animation

·        Nine Media Corporation (Philippines) acquired 50 hours of current affair & factual entertainment titles

·        Oman TV (Oman) acquired Animal Atlas Season 2 & 3 (produced by Bellum Entertainment)

·        I-Cable (Hong Kong) acquired the series Extraordinary Dogs 13 X 30 (produced by A Brand Apart for its Hong Kong & North America transmission on Dish TV in Cantonese)

·        EBS (South Korea) acquired several Factual titles, including Blood River and Turf War

January 20, 2015
Bomanbridge Media announces several deals at ATF

MUMBAI: Bomanbridge Media, a Singapore-based content distribution and production agency, announced multiple program deals for Asia at ATF. These deals come on the heels of the company’s recently publicized expansion to 3 countries South Korea, Mongolia and India as well as the launch of their first production, international lifestyle and cooking show Haute & Saucy with Kelly Randall Sia.

“Bomanbridge has never been stronger. We come into ATF closing several major deals in the region for hundreds of hours of programming. Additionally, with our new offices in India and Korea and soon Mongolia, we expect to have a record breaking year for sales. Producers trust us to place their programs to the best broadcasters in the region,” said Sonia Fleck, CEO of Bomanbridge Media.

Deals include:

TV3 Mediaworks, New Zealand

Titles sold: It Only Hurts When I Laugh (47 x 30), Life’s Funniest Moments (125 x 30); Hours sold: 86

TV3 Bec Tero, Thailand

Titles sold: Nutri Ventures (52 x 30) and other children’s programs; Hours sold: 39

Thai Public Broadcasting Service, Thailand

Title sold: Animal Atlas; Hours sold: 88

True Visions (Thailand)

Titles sold include: Bump, Chimp Mommy, Gadget Girlz; Pound Pups to Dog Stars and Village Vets; among others Hours sold: 63.5

KBS –Korea

Superbodies 2 x 1 hour

December 10, 2014
Bomanbridge Media announces new alliance with Earthtree Media

MUMBAI: Bomanbridge Media, the international distribution and production agency, announced a new alliance with top Norwegian multi-media children’s company, Earthtree Media, to exclusively represent their entire catalogue of children’s television programming for all of Asia, with the exception of Korea.

Speaking about the new partnership, Bomanbridge Media CEO Sonia Fleck commented, “Bomanbridge is very excited to represent Earthtree’s entire slate of high quality children’s programming throughout Asia. Our broadcast partners are looking for educational programs to meet the hungry kids demographic, reflected in the multitude of kids educational channel launches. Asian viewers will be sure to gravitate towards these lively, interactive shows.”

Fronted by kids’ creativity guru ?istein Kristiansen, Earthtree Media has branched out from live action content into animation. Its current live action shows, ‘Learn To Draw’ and ‘Box Yourself’ are widely watched in many parts of the world. Other popular children’s programs include ‘Right On Top’ and ‘Wild About Cartoons’.

“We are very pleased that Bomanbridge Media will represent all of our Earthtree television programs in Asia. We trust Sonia and her team who have extensive contacts and knowledge of the Asian market; and are confident they will deliver great results,” said Earthtree Media managing director Stein Georg Lillemoen.

November 25, 2014
Bomanbridge Media Announces Program Deals With AG Properties

CANNES: Singapore-based distribution/production agency, Bomanbridge Media, have signed several deals in Asia following their recently formed sales collaboration with AG Properties for the hugely iconic, hot kids’ properties Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake.

“Bomanbridge Media is very pleased to represent such great children’s programming from AG Properties in the Asian region. Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears will surely enjoy large audiences here, based on how quickly we closed several deals in the past 2 months since we started; and we expect to close many more at MIPCOM,” said Sonia Fleck, CEO of Bomanbridge Media.

“AG Properties is pleased about extending the viewing reach of Care Bears andStrawberry Shortcake further into Asia with our strategic partner Bomanbridge Media,” said Gia DeLaney, Vice President of Program Sales, AG Properties. “Children from around the world love these characters and we are excited to share them with Asian audiences.”

Deals Announced:
*Care Bears / Strawberry Shortcake – Solar Television Network, Inc (9TV)
*Care Bears DVD sales, Indonesia with PT Unggul Cipta
*Care Bears TVB, Hong Kong

Program Information

Care Bears:
First introduced by American Greetings in 1982, Care Bears has become one of the world’s most popular and beloved children’s properties, known to children and adults through consumer products, greeting cards, and an animated CGI television show. The Care Bears share hearts and hugs with children, helping them understand feelings and emotions through love, music, belly badge magic and Care Bear hugs.

Strawberry Shortcake:
Strawberry Shortcake debuted in 1980 as a line of social expression products, as well as toys, videos, games, crafts and books. Today, the little girl with the big personality is winning the hearts of a third generation of consumers on multiple platforms

October 13, 2014
Bomanbridge Media Announces Multiple Sales at MIPCOM

CANNES: Singapore-based distribution/production agency Bomanbridge Media announces a round of deals closed at MIPCOM from several countries.

“This is our best MIPCOM ever, we came strong with our recent expansion, including major investment from Hera Capital; opening our Korean and Mongolian offices and new hires. We are thankful to all our broadcast partners who trust us to bring them the best programs from around the globe which we are confident will ensure great ratings,” said Sonia Fleck, CEO of Bomanbridge Media.

India
– Latin Angels sold to Fox Life
– Nutri Ventures (produced by Nutri-Ventures) educational animated series on nutrition, sold toSun TV India

Indonesia
– Nutri Ventures, (Nutri-Ventures) educational animated series on nutrition, DVD deal with Pt.Unggul Cipta

Japan
– FBI Files: Polly Klaas Kidnapped and Diagnosis Unknown: New Epidemics produced by New Dominion, sold to TV Asahi

Malaysia ( Pan Regional)
Cake Walk (13 X 60) from D360 and Food Truck Face Off from Peace Point; sold to Li TV for SE Asia feed

Malaysia
It Only Hurts When I Laugh and Planet’s Funniest Animals sold to Media Prime
(distributed by TV FILMBIZ)

Mongolia
Bomanbridge procures Mongolian rights for telenovelas La Impostura (NBC Telemundo) and Eva Luna (Venevision)

Singapore
– Nutri Ventures (Nutri-Ventures) educational animated series on nutrition, sold toMediacorp’s Okto & Toggle

October 13, 2014