World Screen

SINGAPORE: Production studio activeTV Asia has made three new key appointments as it boosts its production output in the region. Christopher Berry was named the head of development, charged with growing the company’s production slate. Berry replaces Marc Checkley and will report to company president Michael McKay. The exec previously …

BOGOTÁ: Caracol TV Internacional has sold The Voice of Freedom into Thailand, where the series airs every Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m. The country’s Thai TV network picked up the series, which originally aired on Colombia’s Caracol Television. The show follows the life of Helena Vargas, a woman with …

SINGAPORE: The pan-regional RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network has shored up the rights to The X Factor UK, which will air live via satellite with an encore broadcast in prime time. “This is the first time that The X Factor UK is being made available to audiences outside the U.K.," …

HONG KONG: Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has locked up the exclusive rights to bring two combat-sports promotions to its KIX sports channel. Through the deals, KIX will air first-in-Asia runs of IMG Media’s World Series of Fighting, a mixed martial arts promotion. That first match is set to air on …

SYDNEY: Screen Australia is planning to reduce its maximum investment in film and TV projects, in addition to shrinking its staff, following cuts to its funding in the federal budget. The agency has been asked by the federal government to cut A$25 million ($23.6 million) over the next four years. …

SYDNEY: According to new figures from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), free-TV broadcasters in Australia continue to exceed their required levels of programming home-grown content. In 2013, commercial networks surpassed their primary channel content quotas, averaging 64.3 percent across the networks. Broadcasters aired more than double the amount …

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: MNC Sky Vision and Rewind Networks have inked a deal that sees the HITS channel becoming available on Indonesia's Indovision next month. As of August 1, HITS will be added to the Galaxy and Super Galaxy pay-TV packages. The network will eventually roll out as part of the Venus …

MUMBAI: Indian pay-TV revenues are expected to rise to $12.3 billion in 2018, reflecting an 11 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), increasing to $16.4 billion in 2023, according to new research from Media Partners Asia. The findings were released today as part of the India Pay-TV and Broadband—Future Trends …

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Pay-TV channels delivering local and regional content in Asia are poised to benefit in the years ahead, according to a new report, while those delivering acquired overseas content, particularly English-language general entertainment, will be "under pressure" as nonlinear, on-demand services proliferate. The projections were released today by Media …

SINGAPORE: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia has expanded its carriage partnership with Cable TV in Hong Kong to now include Sony Entertainment Television and beTV alongside AXN and Animax in the basic tier. “Hong Kong boasts one of the highest pay-TV penetration rates in the region, so we are …