World Screen

SINGAPORE: FOX Sports, a FOX International Channels (FIC) network, has inked a deal with the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC) to extend its Asian broadcast rights for the Wimbledon championships for another six years. The agreement, which involves cable, satellite, terrestrial and multimedia rights, will see FOX …

HONG KONG/KUALA LUMPUR: FOX International Channels (FIC) has secured an agreement with the Malaysian IPTV service HyppTV for carriage of the Chinese movies channel SCM. This marks the channel’s entry into Malaysia. There, it joins a portfolio of FIC channels already carried on HyppTV, including SCM Legend, STAR Chinese Channel, …

SINGAPORE: Scripps Networks Interactive has revealed Sarah Benjamin and Michele Lean as the winners of Food Hero, the company's inaugural search for on-air talent in Asia. Singapore's Benjamin and Malaysia's Lean have become the new faces of Asian Food Channel and Food Network, respectively. The pair defeated nearly 300 contestants. …

SINGAPORE: Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia is refreshing Sony Entertainment Television (SET) in Southeast Asia and beTV in the Philippines, which are being rebranded as Sony Channel. Sony Channel will debut October 15 as the premier destination for female-skewing Hollywood entertainment. It will feature such programs as How to Get …

LAREN: Talpa has entered into a partnership with the Internet services provider Tencent aimed at the Chinese market. The pact will see the development of a reality format for the company's online video platform.The two will work together to prep and produce the program, which will launch in 2015. Tencent …

SINGAPORE: NBCUniversal International Television and StarHub TV are strengthening their partnership, which sees the addition of Universal Channel, Syfy and E! on the platform's TV Anywhere service. The three channels will join StarHub's multiscreen service at the end of October. This will deliver to viewers the drama Chicago Fire season …

SYDNEY: Foxtel has picked up two of the most buzzed-about new series from the U.S. fall season, signing with Warner Bros./Nine Network to acquire The Flash and with CBS Studios International to license Jane the Virgin. Both series will launch on Foxtel's FOX8 HD channel in December and be fast-tracked over …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp's Toggle and The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia have signed a multiyear SVOD licensing agreement that covers ABC Studios content as well as movies from Disney. Toggle will add a number of U.S. series from ABC Studios On Demand and movies from Walt Disney Studios' Disney, Pixar and …

SINGAPORE: Comedy Central Asia has landed further regional distribution, with the channel now being added to i-CABLE in Hong Kong, Transvision and Matrix in Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands on Sky Pacific in Fiji, PNCC in Palau and Digicel in Tonga. With these new distribution announcements, Comedy Central is now …

HONG KONG: FOX Sports and STAR Sports have retained their exclusive broadcast rights for the FIA Formula One World Championship for another seven years in Asia, running through to the 2022 season. The agreement with Formula One Management (FOM) provides FOX Sports with exclusive broadcast and multimedia rights for more …