SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has appointed Jay Trinidad, who began his career at Google, as the senior VP and general manager of Northeast Asia.

SINGAPORE: Asian entertainment channel GEM is due to roll out in Singapore on Singtel TV beginning July 29.

NEW YORK: Spike has ordered a ten-part, half-hour game show that it is billing as "Cash Cab meets karaoke," to be produced by CORE Media Group.

LOS ANGELES: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has picked up the Syfy drama Wynonna Earp from Dynamic Television for Spike feeds in numerous markets.

STOCKHOLM: MTG's streaming service Viaplay is expanding its reach with rollouts in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

MUMBAI/MUNICH: Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) has launched a Bollywood movie network specifically for the German market called Zee.One.

LONDON: National Geographic WILD has commissioned a new natural-history miniseries about warring animal clans.

Rebecca Knight, VIMN's VP of production management and business affairs, talks about the broad appeal of MTV’s Teen Mom and how the show is being adapted for U.K. audiences.

LOS ANGELES: HBO has confirmed that season eight of Game of Thrones will be its last.

LONDON/LAGOS: African Movie Channel Series (AMC Series) has launched on the Azam TV platform.