BALI: Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia operates five channels in the AsiaPac region.

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has unveiled its 2016-17 programming development slate and a new multiplatform initiative called The Fempire that aims to entertain and engage the next generation of feminists by creating content that is made by, for and about women.

SINGAPORE: Singtel has clinched broadcast rights for the Copa America Centenario USA 2016, which marks the 100th anniversary of the South American championship.

TORONTO: Proper Rights has picked up the international distribution rights to For the Love of Their Brother, a documentary focused on the September 11th terrorist attacks in the U.S.

LONDON: Starline Entertainment has made a number of global sales for Radiator, a feature film from writer/director Tom Browne.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: Media Partners Asia is aligning with the Shanghai TV Festival (STVF) for the China & the Global Video Opportunity Forum this June.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared the way for Charter Communications to complete its $78 billion proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable (TWC) and its related $10.4 billion acquisition of Bright House Networks (BHN) from Advance/Newhouse Partnership, with some conditions.

LONDON: Turner's Cartoon Network EMEA has revealed details for the dedicated Cartoon Network Zone within Dubai's IMG Worlds of Adventure, a themed entertainment destination that is slated to open this summer.

LOS ANGELES: STX Entertainment has launched a non-scripted television business, which is being led by Jason Goldberg, creator and executive producer of such hit shows as Punk'd and Beauty and the Geek.

HONG KONG: Turner's regional entertainment channels Oh!K and Warner TV are now available on the Transvision platform in Indonesia, where subscribers will have access to the latest in U.S. and Korean programming.