‘Survivor’ creator carves alliance in Asia for new TV shows
- Television, Survivor, Singapore -
By Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia–Seven years after shooting the first season of “Survivor” in Borneo, US television mogul Mark Burnett is returning to Asia in an alliance to develop and distribute new reality TV series and game shows, officials said Wednesday.
Burnett’s Los Angeles-based production firm and Asian leisure group Genting International plan to invest up to US$20 million in a joint venture that will “rewrite the answer to, ‘What’s there to watch on television?’ in Asia,” both sides said in a statement.
A new company, Mark Burnett Productions Asia, will take root on Singapore’s Sentosa island, where Genting plans to open a casino resort that will include a Universal Studios theme park, a giant oceanarium and film production facilities by 2010, the companies said.
