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  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   Since bringing CNN and Cartoon Network to the Asia Pacific in the ’90s, Turner Broadcasting System has dramatically expanded and diversified its regional business. Once …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   Asia’s biggest channel brands are luring viewers and advertisers with new original programming and digital initiatives.   The Asia-Pacific pay-TV market has reached a milestone, …

LOS ANGELES: The American Film Market (AFM) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) are collaborating on the second annual Hong Kong Day at the 2011 AFM on November 3, with a day-long series of events emphasizing co-productions. The …

TORONTO: CCI Entertainment has produced a slate of interactive eBook apps, created in association with PadWorx Studios, for the preschool TV series Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, expected for a fall 2011 launch in the Apple App Store …

LONDON: CNN International is expanding its business programming portfolio with the November 7 launch of Global Exchange, a new prime-time show that airs live from Abu Dhabi. Airing Sunday to Thursday, Global Exchange will report, analyze and interpret the factors …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has signed a five-year exclusive agreement with Russia’s CTC Media to distribute the international version of the CTC channel in the Baltic territories. CTC-International will be made available from today to Viasat subscribers in Estonia, Latvia and …

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) and Novus Media Solutions, a Singapore-based custom publishing specialist, have partnered to relaunch the award-winning Discovery Channel Magazine in the Asia Pacific beginning today. The magazine, which will be published monthly, has a new …

MIAMI: Dori Media Group (DMG) has sold the formats for its telenovelas Mannequins and Amanda O to Idea Asia Media, which is currently developing adaptations for the Chinese market. The cross-platform telenovela Amanda O was produced by Dori Media Contenidos …

HONG KONG: Jana Bennett, the president of worldwide networks and global BBC iPlayer at the BBC, is to appear at CASBAA’s opening session tomorrow to discuss plans to launch BBC-branded channels in Thailand in early 2012. Bennett, who joined BBC …

LOS ANGELES/MIAMI: Univision is partnering with Scott Sternberg Productions (SSP) for the worldwide distribution of the reality series Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty). Nuestra Belleza Latina, currently in its sixth season, is the first format originated and produced internally …