activeTV | Productions

About

Emmy award-winning, multi-platform TV and content creators. activeTV was established in 1988, with offices in Singapore and Australia. Powerhouse production company activeTV is best known for producing:

Celebrity Car Wars Season 1 and 2, Luxe Asia, four successful seasons of Food Detectives, The Amazing Race Australia Season 1 and 2, four highly successful seasons of The Amazing Race Asia, 2 seasons of The Amazing Race Philippines, The Amazing Race Ukraine, four seasons of the highly acclaimed Amazing Race Israel and the 2017 Asian Television Awards.

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In 2017, active produced ‘The Kings - A Love Story’ an intimate documentary for Discovery featuring Joey and Angelina Mead King. In 2018, active added ‘Live Comedy’ to its extensive list of specialised formats and Netflix to its growing number of industry partners with the production of three comedy specials, premiering in all Netflix territories around the world.

activeTV's flagship event in Australia, Woolworths Carols in the Domain, has been produced in-house for over 30 years and is broadcast nationally on Channel 7 to over 2 million viewers. In 2016, activeTV took under its wing South Australia's largest Christmas event, QBE Insurance Carols by Candlelight. Active also produced the kids' hidden camera hit show ‘PRANK PATROL’ for ABC TV Australia.

Combining the experience of Emmy award-winning producers and cutting-edge digital strategists, activeTV Digital specialises in bite-sized programming and branded content for online platforms. activeTV Digital creates content for brands to suit their specific needs, be it a one-off show or a weekly series. Brand integrations include TRESemmé, Subaru, Harpers Bazaar, SONY, Hilton Hotel, Heineken, Johnny Walker, Chevrolet, Shangri-La Hotel, Caltex and Yahoo!

Awards

Asian Television Award 2008

‘The Amazing Race Asia Season 2’

Winner for Best Adaptation of an Existing Format

Asian Television Award 2009

‘The Amazing Race Asia Season 3’

Winner for Best Adaptation of an Existing Format

International Emmy 2009

‘The Amazing Race Asia’

Nominee for Non-Scripted Entertainment

Asian Television Award 2011

‘The Amazing Race Australia Series 1’

Winner for Best Adaptation of an Existing Format

Asian Television Award 2011

Michael McKay

Winner for Best Direction on ‘The Amazing Race Australia Series 1’

Institute of Advertising Singapore 2011

Winner for Digital Campaign of the Year and Most Effective Media Campaign Plan of the Year

Logie Awards 2011

‘Prank Patrol’

Nominee for Best Children’s Programme

International Emmy 2012

‘The Amazing Race Australia’

Nominee for Non-Scripted Entertainment

AACTA Awards 2012

'The Amazing Race Australia'

Winner for Best Reality Television Series

AACTA Awards 2012

Michael McKay

Nominee for Best Director

Asian Television Awards 2012

‘Cash Cab Asia'

Winner for Best Entertainment Host

Golden Screen TV Awards 2013

‘The Amazing Race Philippines Season 1’

Winner for Outstanding Adapted Reality / Competition Program

Singapore Media Awards 2013

‘Driving Change with Caltex’

Winner for Best Pan Asian Campaign

Apollo Awards 2014

'Food Detectives’

Best Editing (Entertainment)

Asian Television Awards 2014

‘Wacky World Beaters’

Nominee for Best Children’s Programme

Asian Television Awards 2014

‘Asia’s Next Top Model’ Cycle 2

Nominee for Best Adaptation of Format

Asian Television Awards 2014

‘The Food Detectives’

Nominee for Best Presenter/ Host

Asian Television Awards 2015

‘Woolworths Carols in the Domain’ 2013

Winner for Best Entertainment

Apollo Awards 2015

‘Asia’s Next Top Model’

Winner for Best Editing

Markie Awards 2017

‘Celebrity Car Wars' Season 1

Winner for Best Idea (Content Marketing)

Singapore Media Awards 2017

‘Celebrity Car Wars' Season 1

Winner for Best Use of Television

Winner for Best Pan Asian Campaign

Marketing Excellence Awards 2017

‘Celebrity Car Wars' Season 1

Winner of Excellence in Sponsorship Activation

Asian Television Awards 2017

Food Detectives Season 3

Nominee for Best Infotainment Programme

Asian Television Awards 2017

‘The Kings’

Nominee for Best Editing

Wacky World Beaters

'Wacky World Beaters' is a 20 x half hour kid’s factual series featuring two highly competitive, slightly zany Hosts who set off on a global discovery tour of wacky competitions. Their mission? To find the world’s ultimate wacky sport!

'Wacky World Beaters' is a 20 x half hour kid’s factual series featuring two highly competitive, slightly zany Hosts who set off on a global discovery tour of wacky competitions. Their mission? To find the world’s ultimate wacky sport!

In this hilarious, action packed series Amberley Lobo and William Gill compete against the world’s best and each other in an array of crazy contests…from Bog Snorkelling in Wales, to Air Guitar Championships in Finland; Extreme Dog Grooming in Japan to the Pumpkin Regatta in Germany.

In each episode the Hosts arrive in a country and set off on their journey to the main event. Along the way they stop off to discover more about the wacky local culture beginning with a wacky sport set up by local kids. From backwards racing in Wales, to finger wrestling in Bavaria, a laughing competition in Thailand and boot throwing in Finland - these are all championship sports in the region and Amberley and Gilly are keen to compete against each other and give everything a go!

With only a little time left before the main event the Hosts have time for one more distraction - a round of Would You Rather. In each country a group of local kids offer up two extremely gross, uncomfortable or extreme choices and in the Wacky World Beaters version the Host who loses the toss actually has to make the choice and carry it out. With choices including eating a plate of fried bugs, chicken bums or a huge tuna eye ball to getting catapulted with bog, putting an octopus on your head or dance in a chicken suit this is one coin toss they don’t want to lose!

Finally they arrive in town for the main event and no matter how preposterous, physically demanding or stomach churning the competition, Ambo and Gilly give it their best shot, taking on a fast-tracked, personalised training regime. Whether it be seeking out previous champions, junior competitors, local props and costume makers, event organisers or resident experts they’ll find the right team to help them hone their skills. And when Game Day arrives they’re ready to take on anybody or anything!

When the final siren sounds and the overall winner is announced we find out who won between Amberley and Gilly with the winner awarded a point. Who will come out on top at the end of the season?

Next up its time to rate the event for wackiness using the Wacky World Beaters unique ratings system. Points are awarded for Grossness, Originality, Laughs and Difficulty. Which event will score the highest and be named the world’s ultimate wacky sport?

This amazing new series shows viewers the wacky side of people from all over the world. It’s a fast-paced romp across the globe as Amberley and Gilly uncover crazy customs, wacky historical facts and goofy geographical icons wherever they go!

Prank Patrol

Watch out Australia, the Prank Patrol team are on the road and they could be coming to a city near you!

Most recently, Scotty and the Ninjas kitted out the Spyvan with long reach surveillance gear, GPS navigation, satellite link-up, a few sleeping bags and of course, Scotty’s fluffy slippers and were on a mission to prank as many Aussie kids as possible!

Watch out Australia, the Prank Patrol team are on the road and they could be coming to a city near you!

Most recently, Scotty and the Ninjas kitted out the Spyvan with long reach surveillance gear, GPS navigation, satellite link-up, a few sleeping bags and of course, Scotty’s fluffy slippers and were on a mission to prank as many Aussie kids as possible!

This time kids in Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth could be the newest member of the Prank Patrol team or find themselves at the centre of the ultimate gotcha moment.

In the third series of the hit ABC3 show, Scotty Tweedie returned, armed with a swag of brand new, original pranks. From spooky to icky, explosive to mind bending…these pranks never fail to shock, surprise, confuse or just leave their target in hysterics.

And for the first time ever, the Aussie Ninjas are let loose to pull off their own pranks on an unsuspecting public. Our Ninjas wreak havoc on street corners, bus stops, parks and beaches in their inimitable style.

Prank Patrol showcases the best movie making tricks to help pull off these pranks of a lifetime. Experts come from fields including explosives, special FX make-up, props builders, dance choreographers, scientists, animators and audio engineers.

Best of all Prank Patrol gives real Aussie kids a chance to star in their favourite show and to hand pick the person they’ve always wanted to prank.

It’s no wonder the kids of Australia can’t wait to see more Prank Patrol on ABC3!

3on3

3on3 is a fast-paced, funny and entertaining interstitial which sets out to find the ultimate number 3’s across Australia. The series was produced by activeTV for ABC3.

‘Three’, the animated character of the Studio 3 titles, has sent his agents on a mission to find the number 3 in town’s right across the country. To fulfil the mission, the agent must explore the top 3 things to do in each town before finding the ‘3’.

3on3 is a fast-paced, funny and entertaining interstitial which sets out to find the ultimate number 3’s across Australia. The series was produced by activeTV for ABC3.

‘Three’, the animated character of the Studio 3 titles, has sent his agents on a mission to find the number 3 in town’s right across the country. To fulfil the mission, the agent must explore the top 3 things to do in each town before finding the ‘3’.

activeTV produced 25 episodes for Series 2, featuring Studio 3 Hosts Liv Phyland and Kayne Tremills. The Hosts travelled across Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, catching up with hundreds of local kids along the way.

The series gave viewers an insight into how Aussie kids live across our diverse land - from the snow fields to the bush, the outback to the coast, viewers never knew where the show would take them next. And there was no end of awesome things to do … from sand-boarding to synchronised swimming, dirt-carting to tobogganing … finding 3s was a blast!

Game On

‘Game On’ is a sports reality show that features 12 teens competing in various sports challenges every week and aired on Super Sports Arena on StarHub. The two teams - Lemonatorz and Ultimate Hulks - battle it out in various sports such as: football, fencing, table tennis, basketball, swimming and even a mini-triathlon!

‘Game On’ is a sports reality show that features 12 teens competing in various sports challenges every week and aired on Super Sports Arena on StarHub. The two teams - Lemonatorz and Ultimate Hulks - battle it out in various sports such as: football, fencing, table tennis, basketball, swimming and even a mini-triathlon! All this to win the many prizes offered, including the coveted opportunity to represent StarHub as a youth reporter in the Youth Olympics 2010. There was much fun to be had with our contestants rolling around in zorb balls, wrestling in sumo suits and even ploughing through a mud pit!