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Daily Express
19-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Express
Enjoy TV5 offers Sabah producers primetime slot for films
Published on: Saturday, July 19, 2025 Published on: Sat, Jul 19, 2025 Text Size: Yoko (middle) and Pang with other Safva delegates. CYBERJAYA: Enjoy TV5 has offered Sabah-based producers a dedicated primetime slot to air their completed films and content on its newly launched free-to-air channel. The proposal was made by TV5 Broadcasting Sdn Bhd chairperson Datin Yoko Chou during a courtesy visit by the Sabah Film and Visual Association (Safva) led by its president Chester Pang here on Saturday. Advertisement The meeting covered topics including content provider benefits, IP ownership, and broadcast structure, with ongoing discussions on one-year broadcast rights and number of scheduled airings. Pang said the proposed revenue-sharing model based on advertising was generally acceptable but requires further input from producers before implementation. A follow-up meeting is expected to take place in Kota Kinabalu soon before a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed. Enjoy TV5, Malaysia's only television channel dedicated exclusively to movies and entertainment, officially began broadcasting on May 10. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Borneo Post
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Borneo Post
TV5 offers prime time slot for Sabah-made films
Yoko (centre) with Chester Pang and SAFVA delegation members. KOTA KINABALU (July 19): Enjoy TV5 is offering a dedicated prime time slot for Sabah producers to showcase their films and completed works on the channel. The offer was extended by Datin Yoko Chou, chairperson of TV5 Broadcasting Sdn Bhd, during a courtesy visit by the Sabah Film and Visual Association (SAFVA) led by its President, Chester Pang, at CoPlace 10, Cyberjaya. During the meeting, discussions covered key issues such as benefits for content providers, intellectual property (IP) ownership, and the overall broadcast structure. 'One of the matters still under discussion is the one-year broadcast rights ownership by TV5 and the number of airings permitted per content,' said Chester. 'In principle, we have agreed on an advertising revenue-sharing payment model, but we will first seek feedback from producers before moving forward,' he added. TV5, officially launched on May 5 by Communications Minister Datuk Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil, is Malaysia's new multicultural Movie Channel TV5, available for free on Digital Channel 105. The channel is committed to airing high-quality, multilingual productions and aims to bridge local and international creative content. A follow-up meeting is scheduled to take place in Kota Kinabalu before a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is formalised. Also present during the visit were Jade Morris, SAFVA Secretary-General; Gregory Giting, Exco member; and Nadira Ilana, Head of SAFVA's Culture and Heritage Bureau.
Daily Mirror
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Yoko Ono in startling new evidence over claims she broke up The Beatles
A leading Beatles historian has opened up about Yoko Ono's role in the demise of the band amid years of speculation that her presence in the recording studio caused friction Yoko Ono was not a factor in the break-up of The Beatles despite being blamed for decades, a historian claims. Martin Lewis points to Apple TV's recent Get Back series as evidence her presence in the Beatles studio did not cause the tension between John Lennon and his bandmates many insist was behind the demise. Yoko being at the 1969 Let it Be album recordings has gone down in music folklore as the beginning of the end for the Fab Four. But Martin, who has worked with both her and Paul McCartney in recent years, said: 'The fans wanted a villain. The media likes a villain. We all do. That's natural, but not reality.' Speaking about the Apple TV series, he added: 'They are in the studio. Yoko 's there, which was unusual. They didn't normally have wives or girlfriends in the studio. Who does John relate to through the whole eight hours? He looks at Yoko once in a blue moon. His eyes are on Paul. He's with his buddy of the last 13 years. It's all about John and Paul. READ MORE: Neil Young BST Hyde Park show is dramatically CUT OFF as bosses pull the plug 'Yoko was there, she wants to be there. He's not rude. He's just not interested. He's working with his mate and having fun. The whole film gives the lie to that nonsense. It's John and Paul, but bonding, writing, having fun, reminiscing. He's polite to Yoko. "She didn't break up the Beatles. John and Paul have been together since July 57, when they were 17 and 16 respectively. They were nearly 30. That's a long time. So they were growing apart. She's not the villain.' Martin also claimed racism played its part in the treatment of Yoko and her public perception. Speaking at the LA Jewish Film Festival's opening night film Midas Man, about Beatles manager Brian Epstein, he said: 'A lot of it was racist because John was dumping his English rose wife and going off with a Japanese and an Asian woman. John made a very interesting point… up until Yoko, he was [called in the media] John. 'The minute he met Yoko, he became Lennon.' In 2023, McCartney claimed Yoko's presence in the studio caused issues between him, Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. He said: 'I don't think any of us particularly liked it. It was an interference in the workplace.' Martin claimed Yoko, 92, will not be writing a memoir to set the record straight on her lifelong negative representation. A recent book about her, Yoko, by David Sheff, said she was spending her last days 'listening to the wind' on a 600-acre farm bought with John in New York State. Daughter Kyoko Cox, 61, said of her mother: 'She believed she could change the world, and she did. Now she is able to be quiet - listen to the wind and watch the is very happy, in a happy place. This is genuine peacefulness.' In the biography, musician son Sean Lennon, 49, praises his mum for fighting adversity. Sean, who is now in charge of the family's interests in the Beatles estate, said: 'She had this ability to overcome difficulty with positive thinking. 'She really wanted to teach the world to do that. She taught my dad to do that. It's not going to stop a moving train, or a bullet. But I think there's something profound about it.' The couple met in November 1966 at London's Indica Gallery. They married in Gibraltar three years later. The Beatles split in 1970. John was murdered on the doorstep of his New York home in December 1980.
Yomiuri Shimbun
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Women in the Reiwa Era Imperial Family / Princesses Share Father's Ways of Thinking, Continue Legacies
The Yomiuri Shimbun Princess Akiko presents her books to the winners of the 8th national junior high school biblio battle championship, a book review competition, in Kyoto on March 9. This is the third and last installment in a three-part series about what roles women born into the Imperial family should play in the Reiwa era. *** Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko and Princess Tsuguko, the great-granddaughters of Emperor Taisho, have leveraged their individual personalities to support the Imperial family. Going among people Princess Akiko, 43, of the Mikasa branch of the family, teaches at universities as an expert in Japanese art and also writes essays. Last year, her book 'Aka to Ao no Gaun' (Red and blue gown) came out in paperback. The book of essays about her six years in England studying at the University of Oxford for her doctorate became a bestseller, with 380,000 copies sold. 'Princess Akiko is a very friendly person. I was surprised by how high the quality of her manuscripts were,' said Takayuki Nagata, 52, of PHP Institute, Inc. Nagata oversaw the serialization of the princess' essays in a monthly magazine published by the institute. The princess usually lives in Kyoto. She runs an organization that helps pass Japanese culture on to the next generation, and she is personally involved in hands-on events that include traditional crafts and agriculture. At a book review competition in Kyoto in March, the princess told junior high school students and others: 'When you go abroad, you will be treated as a representative of Japan. I want you to read books and learn about the history and culture of your country.' As part of her official duties, she serves as president of 10 organizations, including the Japan-Turkey Society, which she took over from her late father, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa. 'Princess Akiko holds dear to her father's way of thinking, which was that the Imperial family should go among the people and do what they desire,' said Eizo Kobayashi, chairperson of the society. Supporting motorsports Princess Yoko, 41, the younger sister of Princess Akiko, was similarly influenced by Prince Tomohito. Nicknamed the 'Bearded Prince,' the prince devoted himself to the welfare of disabled people and the promotion of sports. In a handwritten letter to the Imperial Household Agency press club in June 2022, Princess Yoko wrote that when she performs her official duties, she asks herself, 'If it were my father, how would he feel?' She also revealed that she suffers from sensorineural hearing loss. The Yomiuri Shimbun Princess Yoko speaks to the winners of the All-Japan junior high school water essay contest in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 1. When she visited Home Hospice Komatsu in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the autumn of 2022, she learned that a child of a staff member at the facility was hearing-impaired. 'So am I,' she told the staff member. 'The princess has chosen to look at her hearing impairment in a positive light,' said Chiaki Sakakibara, 63, who runs the hospice. 'We were very encouraged by the kindness she showed to those around her.' In July, Princess Yoko presented the Princess Yoko Cup at the All Japan Super Formula Championship, Japan's premier auto race. The Yomiuri Shimbun Princess Tsuguko speaks to atomic bomb survivors at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki on Aug. 7. On April 6, Princess Akiko and Princess Yoko visited the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix to watch the event and help promote motorsports. Balancing work, duties Princess Tsuguko, 39, the eldest daughter of late Prince Takamado, has been balancing her official duties with her activities at the Tokyo-based Japan Committee for UNICEF for more than 10 years. In this respect, she takes after her father, who worked at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo in addition to his official duties. On the committee, the princess is in charge of raising public awareness of UNICEF's work to support poverty-stricken areas around the world, and she travels extensively throughout Japan to do the job. Princess Tsuguko has also sought to promote peace. On Aug. 7 last year, at the closing ceremony of the All Japan inter-high school archery tournament in Nagasaki, she said in her speech: 'Even today, conflicts continue around the world.' 'There are children in the world who are not even allowed to enjoy sports,' she added. 'I hope you will think about what you can do for peace.' During a meeting afterwards with atomic bombing survivors, she crouched down to listen to them speak. 'The Emperor of the Heisei era wishes for peace and repeatedly made trips to pay his respects to the war dead in various places,' said Shigemitsu Tanaka, 84, chair of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council. 'I saw that his wish has been passed on to the Imperial family today.' — This series was written by Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Sho Mizuno, Kaori Sakaba and Michiko Otsuka.
Yomiuri Shimbun
23-04-2025
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Colombia's Lonely Chimp Finds New Home in Brazil
AFP-Jiji Chimpanzee Yoko is seen in his crate on board a Colombian Air Force plane in Bogota during his transfer to Brazil in March. PEREIRA, Colombia (AFP-Jiji) — Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee has lived the last two years of his life alone. He lost his last friend, Chita, in 2023 when she escaped from the zoo with Pancho — Yoko's rival — and the pair was shot dead by soldiers out of human safety concerns. Last month, 38-year-old Yoko was flown to Brazil to finally join others of his kind at a sanctuary there. But will he make friends? Yoko is in many ways more human than chimp, his caregivers say. He uses a knife and fork, plays ball, watches television and makes artwork with crayons on paper and canvas. He is fond of eating sweets and chicken. Fed junk food by his captor — a narco trafficker whose name has not been divulged — Yoko has only four of his teeth left. Chimps, like humans, are meant to have 32. It was common for narco bosses such as Pablo Escobar in the 1990s to keep exotic animals as pets, including tigers and lions, and even hippos and giraffes. Yoko was taught to smoke and dress up in human clothes — causing him to develop a skin disease and lose part of his fur. 'Yoko … is a highly humanized chimpanzee, the degree of tameness is very high … He basically behaves like a child,' said veterinarian Javier Guerrero. The vet accompanied Yoko on the first part of his journey, dubbed 'Operation Noah's Ark,' from Ukumari Biopark, a zoo in the Colombian city of Pereira. A smile is not a smile Experts fear Yoko may find it hard to adapt to life with other chimpanzees at Sorocaba in the Brazilian state of Sao Paolo — the largest great ape sanctuary in Latin America. There are more than 40 other chimps there, but vets and animal behaviorists worry Yoko may not fit in. 'Yoko … is not a chimpanzee in the strict sense … he is an animal that identifies much more with human beings,' said Cesar Gomez, Ukumari's animal training coordinator. 'To give you an example, a smile is something positive' for humans, 'but for chimpanzees, it is something negative and Yoko does not understand these types of communication,' he said. Yoko was seized from his owner's lair by police in 2017 after spending an unknown amount of time there, then taken to a refuge that flooded before he became a resident of the Pereira zoo. 'He was denied the chance to be a chimpanzee and grow up with his family,' assistant vet Alejandra Marin told AFP. In the wild in their natural home in Africa, chimpanzees die at about 40 or 45 years of age. They are social, group animals, and with good care in captivity, they can live up to 60. The chimpanzee is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. With Yoko's transfer last month, Colombia became the first country in the world to rid itself of entirely captive great apes, said the Great Ape Project, an NGO. 'The great apes are chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and bonobos — none of these species are endemic to our country, and they have no reason to be here,' said Andrea Padilla, a Colombian senator of the Green Alliance who oversaw Yoko's 'deeply symbolic' transfer. 'From a very young age, Yoko was a victim of trafficking and trade, passed from one drug trafficker to another,' she added.
