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  • IFFI 2016: Korean director Im-kwon Taek receives Lifetime Achievement Award

    IFFI 2016: Korean director Im-kwon Taek receives Lifetime Achievement Award

    NEW DELHI: Internationally acclaimed Korean film director and writer Im Kwon Taek was conferred the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ award at the inauguration of the International Film Festival of India at Panaji in Goa yesterday evening.

    Regarded as the father of Korean cinema for his long and prolific career and his work on Korean themes and subjects, Im Kwon Taek has been honoured with several national and international awards.

    In a brief acceptance speech after receiving the award from the Goa governor Mridula Sinha and information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Taek said he made some immature films at the start of his career. Now in his eighties, Taek who has made over 100 films said that he had felt embarrassed at the time, and then decided to make films based on Korea and its ancient culture.

    Earlier, at a press meet, he said he personally felt that he had not created a masterpiece yet and this award is a message to make better films in the future.

    His career spans more than five decades and he has made more than 100 films. In 2010, he directed his 101th feature, ‘Hanji’ and his 102th feature, ‘Revivre’ in 2014, which was presented in non-competition section of Venice Film Festival. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Asian Film Awards in 2015.

    Talking about the Indian cinema, Im Kwon Taek said that he is fond of the work of Shah Rukh Khan and liked 3 Idiots and Slumdog Millionaire. To a question on influence of India on Korean films, he said that he too has made a film on Buddha and reincarnation. It would be a great opportunity to co-produce films with India, he added.

    The director said he visited India 20 years ago to attend a festival in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). At that time, he felt like returning home due to cultural difference, but once back home he missed the distinct culture of India.

    Born in 1934 in Jangseong, Jeollanamdo, Im Kwon Taek made about 50 films within a decade, when he studied a variety of film genres including melodrama, musical, action cinema, thriller and comedy from Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema. He was recognized as the leading director of Korean cinema in 1980s.

    In 2000, he directed Chunhyang, the first Korean film in the competition of Cannes Film Festival and Chihwaseon (2002) that won the Best Director Award in Cannes.

  • IFFI 2016: Korean director Im-kwon Taek receives Lifetime Achievement Award

    IFFI 2016: Korean director Im-kwon Taek receives Lifetime Achievement Award

    NEW DELHI: Internationally acclaimed Korean film director and writer Im Kwon Taek was conferred the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ award at the inauguration of the International Film Festival of India at Panaji in Goa yesterday evening.

    Regarded as the father of Korean cinema for his long and prolific career and his work on Korean themes and subjects, Im Kwon Taek has been honoured with several national and international awards.

    In a brief acceptance speech after receiving the award from the Goa governor Mridula Sinha and information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Taek said he made some immature films at the start of his career. Now in his eighties, Taek who has made over 100 films said that he had felt embarrassed at the time, and then decided to make films based on Korea and its ancient culture.

    Earlier, at a press meet, he said he personally felt that he had not created a masterpiece yet and this award is a message to make better films in the future.

    His career spans more than five decades and he has made more than 100 films. In 2010, he directed his 101th feature, ‘Hanji’ and his 102th feature, ‘Revivre’ in 2014, which was presented in non-competition section of Venice Film Festival. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Asian Film Awards in 2015.

    Talking about the Indian cinema, Im Kwon Taek said that he is fond of the work of Shah Rukh Khan and liked 3 Idiots and Slumdog Millionaire. To a question on influence of India on Korean films, he said that he too has made a film on Buddha and reincarnation. It would be a great opportunity to co-produce films with India, he added.

    The director said he visited India 20 years ago to attend a festival in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). At that time, he felt like returning home due to cultural difference, but once back home he missed the distinct culture of India.

    Born in 1934 in Jangseong, Jeollanamdo, Im Kwon Taek made about 50 films within a decade, when he studied a variety of film genres including melodrama, musical, action cinema, thriller and comedy from Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema. He was recognized as the leading director of Korean cinema in 1980s.

    In 2000, he directed Chunhyang, the first Korean film in the competition of Cannes Film Festival and Chihwaseon (2002) that won the Best Director Award in Cannes.

  • GSAT signs new capacity on SES satellites NSS-11 and SES-9

    GSAT signs new capacity on SES satellites NSS-11 and SES-9

    MUMBAI: SES has announced that the Philippine direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV provider Global Satellite (GSAT) has contracted its fourth transponder on NSS-11, cementing SES’ orbital position of 108.2 degrees east as one of Asia’s leading video neighbourhoods.

    The multi-year deal will see the transfer of current capacity usage by GSAT from NSS-11 to SES-9, currently scheduled for launch in 2015. When launched, SES-9 will be the largest SES satellite dedicated to the Asia-Pacific region. The new spacecraft will be providing expansion capacity for DTH, enterprise, mobility and government services across the region.

    GSAT, the satellite division of First United Broadcasting Corp (FUBC), launched its DTH service in 2008 on the NSS-11 Ku-band satellite, providing subscribers with access to an improved mix of international programmes including English, Mandarin, Korean, Tagalog, Japanese and Spanish channels. With this additional capacity, GSAT will be offering 12 high definition (HD) channels and 47 standard definition (SD) channels to more than 200,000 subscribers across the Philippine archipelago.

    FUBC president and CEO Philip J. Chien said, “Our ability to offer highly reliable DTH satellite TV to our growing base of subscribers in the Philippines is largely due to the comprehensive footprints of NSS-11, and, from 2015, SES-9. We are confident that SES’ expertise will enable us to grow in our market and increase both the quality and quantity of channels in our pay-TV offerings.”

    SES Asia-Pacific and the Middle East sr. VP commercial Deepak Mathur said, “We are delighted to confirm that GSAT, our long-term customer on NSS-11, will become a key anchor customer on SES-9. At SES, we are investing in new satellites to make sure that our customers enjoy business continuity, as well as delivering vital capacity to support their growth in some of the most dynamic media markets in the world.”

  • GlobeVISION to distribute Korean television drama

    GlobeVISION to distribute Korean television drama

    MUMBAI: GlobeVISION, Inc., a global media company with North American headquarters in Los Angeles, will distribute the hit Korean television drama Spring Waltz through its on-demand Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service for Asian-Americans and Asian-Canadians.

    The Korean TV drama will make its North American premier from 1 July 2006 through GlobeVISION’s PIE service.

    GlobeVISION’s deal with Yoon’s Color, the television drama production studio in Korea, is the first time an independent television production studio is directly distributing its programs to North America without the support of a Korean broadcaster, according to an official release.

    GlobeVISION’s PIE service is available in limited markets now and will launch nationwide later this year with thousands of Korean titles ranging from movies to television series to news and sports.

    Spring Waltz is a twenty-episode drama series viewed by 31 per cent of the country when it aired on KBS in Korea, the highest rating for a drama this year. It is the fourth and final in a season-themed sequence from director Yoon, Seok Ho, whose Winter Sonata went on to be the highest rated Korean drama ever broadcast in Japan. This series represents the best of the new Korean wave of culture known as Hallyu.
     
    “This deal to premiere Spring Waltz in North America demonstrates how GlobeVISION’s PIE service is the perfect platform for all production and content companies across Asia to directly reach Korean-Americans and Korean-Canadians,” states GlobeVISION CEO Edward Bach. “We are excited to bring such a big hit from Korea directly to the television sets of North America,” he adds.

    Korea’s two largest private broadcasters (MBC and SBS), largest cable media group (CJ Media), top movie studio (CJ Entertainment), and largest Christian programming broadcaster (CGN TV) have recently signed deals positioning 
    GlobeVISION and the powerhouse distribution channel for Korean content in North America. The service will quickly expand to include programming from all over Asia including China and India, the release adds.