Media Prima renews Disney-ABC deal
By The Editor / TheEdge
08 Oct 2009, 06:38 pm
PETALING JAYA: Media Prima Bhd (MPB) has renewed a multi-year deal with The Walt Disney Company’s integrated distribution arm, Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific, covering a range of live action TV series from ABC Studios for TV3, ntv7 and 8TV.
In a statement on Oct 8, MPB said the television series included FlashForward, which was launched in the US on Sept 24, 2009, as well as the two highest rating scripted shows on TV from the 2008/2009 season — Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.
It will also have first-run (prior to any other television channels in Malaysia) with Ghost Whisperer and Private Practice.
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