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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Overhaul in Asia

Posted by: designxpress on: August 19, 2009

Rupert Murdoch announced on Tuesday the restructuring of Murdoch’s Asia Empire. The changes announced are -
Hong Kong which currently serves as the headquarters for STAR Asia will witness  30% cut in employees.
Star TV CEO Paul Aiello will also resign.
STAR ASIA will now be divided into three divisions – STAR India, STAR Greater China and Fox [...]

Cable shows on Web! No model yet?

Posted by: designxpress on: June 27, 2009

Will internet take over cable TV the way it took over the newspaper industry? If yes, when and how? Can the networks stop the takeover? These are questions that seem to have occupied the minds of cable network executives.
I have been reading reports about cable networks trying to figure out a way to deal with [...]

Disney in talks with YouTube to share content

Posted by: designxpress on: April 1, 2009

Walt Disney is making a distribution deal with YouTube to share short-form content. The company is also in negotiations with Hulu to distribute some of its popular content and a possible equity stake in the NBC Universal and News Corporation’s joint venture. Networks for years have been trying to pull viewers to their websites as [...]

Funding Children Television Programming

Posted by: designxpress on: March 21, 2009

Money:
Most money made from licensing of characters which appear in these television shows to toy, clothing and other merchandising companies.
Financing Production Projects:
There are number of ways to finances CTP projects. CTP producers can take advantage of government grants and nonprofit organizations that fund educational and learning projects for children.
Public Grants-
1. [...]

Children’s Television – Issues

Posted by: designxpress on: March 20, 2009

PBSparents.org in its TV Viewers guide explains television for preschoolers as a chocolate- it’s a delicious pleasure in small portions. But consuming too much can lead to a lifetime of bad habits.
Creating content for children is not easy, not only because there are laws that strictly govern this programming but also because producers are responsible [...]

Are Newspapers Dying?

Posted by: designxpress on: February 26, 2009

Hearst Corporation’s announcement to either sell or close the San Francisco Chronicle is more than a clear indication of what’s happening to the dying newspaper industry. Since 2006, the newspaper industry has been suffering because of decline in advertising revenue.

The debate whether newspapers will survive the next debate might conclude with an answer [...]