Sports media group One Championship is launching its own version of reality TV show “The Apprentice” that kicks off from March this year. It has amassed a suitably muscular array of broadcast partners.
“The Apprentice: One Championship Edition” assembles 16 fight candidates to compete through business and physical challenges over 13 episodes. Their $250,000 prize is the chance to work for a year directly under One Championship chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong.
Contestants hail from 11 countries and were named as: Lara Pearl Alvarez (Philippines); Alvin Ang (Singapore); Irina Chadsey (Russia); Eugene Chung (U.S.); Teirra Kamolvattanavith (Thailand); Joy Koh (Singapore); Monica Millington (U.S.); Paulina Purnomowati (Indonesia); Jessica Ramella (Venezuela); Niraj Puran Rao (India); Nazee Sajedi (U.S.); Louie Sangalang (Philippines); Sho Takei (Japan); Clinton Tudor (New Zealand); Roman Wilson (U.S.); and Kexin Ye (Germany).
With the Singapore Tourism Board as partner, “The Apprentice: One Championship Edition” was filmed entirely in Singapore...
“The Apprentice: One Championship Edition” assembles 16 fight candidates to compete through business and physical challenges over 13 episodes. Their $250,000 prize is the chance to work for a year directly under One Championship chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong.
Contestants hail from 11 countries and were named as: Lara Pearl Alvarez (Philippines); Alvin Ang (Singapore); Irina Chadsey (Russia); Eugene Chung (U.S.); Teirra Kamolvattanavith (Thailand); Joy Koh (Singapore); Monica Millington (U.S.); Paulina Purnomowati (Indonesia); Jessica Ramella (Venezuela); Niraj Puran Rao (India); Nazee Sajedi (U.S.); Louie Sangalang (Philippines); Sho Takei (Japan); Clinton Tudor (New Zealand); Roman Wilson (U.S.); and Kexin Ye (Germany).
With the Singapore Tourism Board as partner, “The Apprentice: One Championship Edition” was filmed entirely in Singapore...
- 2/5/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese tech giant will use the platform to expand its WeTV service, which it launched in Thailand last year, across the region.
Chinese tech giant Tencent has confirmed that it has acquired the “content, technology, and resources” of Malaysia-based, pan-Asian streaming service iflix as part of a push into Southeast Asia.
Tencent will use the platform to expand its WeTV service, which it launched in Thailand last year, across the region. The Shenzhen-based tech firm also operates the Tencent Video platform in China and financial press has recently speculated that it’s also making a play for its Chinese streaming rival iQiyi.
Chinese tech giant Tencent has confirmed that it has acquired the “content, technology, and resources” of Malaysia-based, pan-Asian streaming service iflix as part of a push into Southeast Asia.
Tencent will use the platform to expand its WeTV service, which it launched in Thailand last year, across the region. The Shenzhen-based tech firm also operates the Tencent Video platform in China and financial press has recently speculated that it’s also making a play for its Chinese streaming rival iQiyi.
- 6/25/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Video streaming platform Iflix, which competes with Netflix in Southeast Asia and other emerging markets, says it has raised more than $50M in its latest funding round.
The funding round was led by management investment outfit Fidelity International, with participation from returning investors Catcha Group, Hearst, Sky and Emc. The Malaysia-based company did not disclose the total amount raised, but said it is “well in excess of $50M” and will be used for growth ahead of a “prospective” Ipo.
Among the new media company investors in the company during this round were Mnc, Yoshimoto Kogyo and Jtbc, from Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, respectively.
The company says it has 17M active users, up from 9M six months ago. In a press release, co-founder and chairman Patrick Grove said, “These investments are a clear affirmation of IFlix’s business model and growth prospects, and strengthens our ties to some of the...
The funding round was led by management investment outfit Fidelity International, with participation from returning investors Catcha Group, Hearst, Sky and Emc. The Malaysia-based company did not disclose the total amount raised, but said it is “well in excess of $50M” and will be used for growth ahead of a “prospective” Ipo.
Among the new media company investors in the company during this round were Mnc, Yoshimoto Kogyo and Jtbc, from Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, respectively.
The company says it has 17M active users, up from 9M six months ago. In a press release, co-founder and chairman Patrick Grove said, “These investments are a clear affirmation of IFlix’s business model and growth prospects, and strengthens our ties to some of the...
- 7/22/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Film previously titled The Loner debuted at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to The Persian Connection, written and directed by Daniel Y-Li Grove.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is slated for release in theatres, on demand and digital this summer.
The gangster drama centres on a former child soldier who, after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, must return to the Persian opium underworld of Los Angeles to hunt down stolen drugs as events from his past and present clash, spiraling out of control. Cast include Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad and Julian Sands.
“The Persian Connection is an artistic take on a modern gangster film,” said Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “Daniel’s imagining of the gritty side of Tehrangeles is a unique world from a neon lens, of which the likes you’ve never seen before...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to The Persian Connection, written and directed by Daniel Y-Li Grove.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is slated for release in theatres, on demand and digital this summer.
The gangster drama centres on a former child soldier who, after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, must return to the Persian opium underworld of Los Angeles to hunt down stolen drugs as events from his past and present clash, spiraling out of control. Cast include Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad and Julian Sands.
“The Persian Connection is an artistic take on a modern gangster film,” said Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “Daniel’s imagining of the gritty side of Tehrangeles is a unique world from a neon lens, of which the likes you’ve never seen before...
- 3/21/2017
- ScreenDaily
Film previously titled The Loner debuted at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to The Persian Connection, written and directed by Daniel Y-Li Grove.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is slated for release in theatres, on demand and digital this summer.
The gangster drama centres on a former child soldier who, after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, must return to the Persian opium underworld of Los Angeles to hunt down stolen drugs as events from his past and present clash, spiraling out of control. Cast include Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad and Julian Sands.
“The Persian Connection is an artistic take on a modern gangster film,” said Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “Daniel’s imagining of the gritty side of Tehrangeles is a unique world from a neon lens, of which the likes you’ve never seen before...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to The Persian Connection, written and directed by Daniel Y-Li Grove.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is slated for release in theatres, on demand and digital this summer.
The gangster drama centres on a former child soldier who, after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, must return to the Persian opium underworld of Los Angeles to hunt down stolen drugs as events from his past and present clash, spiraling out of control. Cast include Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad and Julian Sands.
“The Persian Connection is an artistic take on a modern gangster film,” said Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “Daniel’s imagining of the gritty side of Tehrangeles is a unique world from a neon lens, of which the likes you’ve never seen before...
- 3/21/2017
- ScreenDaily
By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
A stylish and soulful film, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a film of bad men, dangerous women, love and beautiful images. More than just a vampire film, Ana Lily Amirpour crafts an eerie, moody tone poem that’s a fantastic film to watch.
Bad City an industrial town, filled by all matter of folks from the scrupulous to the shady. Arash (Arash Marandi), one such citizen, longs to just get in his nice car and go. Working as a landscaper and living with his junkie father is proving more difficult, when his father runs afoul of a local drug dealer. A local prostitute (Mozhan Marnò) has just turned 30 and wants to escape as well. They all long for better lives, but are unable to move from their station. This relatively tranquil, yet unfulfilling existence, is slowly shattered as a vampire (Sheila Vand) begins stalking the streets,...
Managing Editor
A stylish and soulful film, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a film of bad men, dangerous women, love and beautiful images. More than just a vampire film, Ana Lily Amirpour crafts an eerie, moody tone poem that’s a fantastic film to watch.
Bad City an industrial town, filled by all matter of folks from the scrupulous to the shady. Arash (Arash Marandi), one such citizen, longs to just get in his nice car and go. Working as a landscaper and living with his junkie father is proving more difficult, when his father runs afoul of a local drug dealer. A local prostitute (Mozhan Marnò) has just turned 30 and wants to escape as well. They all long for better lives, but are unable to move from their station. This relatively tranquil, yet unfulfilling existence, is slowly shattered as a vampire (Sheila Vand) begins stalking the streets,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
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