World Screen

HONG KONG: The Mezzo Live HD channel, which is dedicated to classical music, opera, dance and jazz, has landed new carriage with platforms in Hong Kong, Mongolia and the Philippines. This year, the channel will become available to subscribers on TVB Network Vision, Skytel and DDish. Mezzo Live HD features …

TORONTO: Blue Ant Media has purchased a majority stake in Choice TV, a free-to-air TV channel in New Zealand that features programming in the genres of travel, outdoors, food, home décor, real estate, comedy and drama. The channel airs on Freeview and Sky, reaching all of New Zealand's TV-watching households. …

SYDNEY: Gina Rinehart has resigned from the board of Ten Network, with John Klepec taking her place as a director. Rinehart, who is said to be Australia's richest woman, has been expanding her responsibilities in the Hancock Prospecting group, in particular, the financing and development of The Roy Hill Project, …

SINGAPORE: Indonesian news website Okezone has partnered with the online video platform Brightcove to deliver and monetize video content across multiple platforms. Through the partnership, Okezone will rely on Brightcove’s Video Cloud for the re-launch of its news site and to deliver and manage a broad range of video content …

SYDNEY: StreamCo, a joint venture between Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media, has unveiled the new soon-to-launch SVOD service Stan, which will be home to both Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. Stan will offer unlimited access to thousands of hours of entertainment, with first-run exclusives, TV shows, …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has appointed Wong Su-Yen to its board of directors. With more than two decades of experience leading companies around the world, the exec is currently chairman of both global communications company Nera Telecommunications and global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan. She also serves as an independent director …

SINGAPORE: RTL CBS Asia Entertainment HD has secured the exclusive regional pay-TV broadcast rights for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, which will air live in January 2015. The agreement was inked with dick clark productions International (DCP International). The Golden Globes recognize excellence in film and television, both in …

Another edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) is upon us, set to take place December 9 to 12 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The 2014 edition is tracking well ahead of last year in terms of attendance, according to Hui Leng Yeow, the senior project …

HONG KONG: Model Georgina Wilson has signed on to present and judge the third season of the competition series Asia's Next Top Model, which airs on the female-skewing entertainment channel StarWorld. Joining Wilson will be international supermodel and Asia's Next Top Model veteran Joey Mead King as mentor and judge. …

BEIJING: The Chinese online video portal iQIYI has announced its plan to buy distribution rights for more than 1,000 U.S. movie titles in 2015, in a bid to satisfy the growing demand from its users for American content. In June of this year, iQIYI subscribers watched more American movies than …