World Screen

TOKYO: In its financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, Sony Corporation announced its first net profit in five years, with earnings of 43 billion yen ($458 million). Last year, Sony posted an annual loss of 457 billion yen ($4.6 billion), marking the worst in its 66-year history. …

HONG KONG: PCCW’s now TV platform in Hong Kong has rolled out a new channel in Malaysia, on the IPTV service HyppTV, devoted to Asian feature films. now Bagou Movie Channel is a joint initiative of quad-play operator now TV, Huayi Brothers, Peter Chan’s Shine Focus and Edko Films. It features first-run …

HONG KONG: A new agreement has brought ITV Choice to the pay-TV platform HiTRON in Papua New Guinea. This is the first time that ITV Choice has expanded to the Pacific Rim. Part of ITV Studios, ITV Choice is now available in more than 11 million households, with a footprint across 40 …

SYDNEY: Ten Network Holdings has scooped up the Australian broadcast rights for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014, thanks to a deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The pact covers all broadcast platforms, including free and pay TV, the Internet and mobile phones. Hamish McLennan, …

SINGAPORE: CASBAA’s annual Satellite Industry Forum is set to take place June 17 at the Shangri-La in Singapore, featuring the theme An Industry in Transition. This year’s forum will be focusing on the worries about spectrum access, market access and regulatory regimes. Identifying growth markets and future trends in the …

SINGAPORE: Vettai, a long-form police drama produced for Singapore’s Vasantham, has been picked up for broadcast in Malaysia, on the terrestrial channel NTV7. The drama, produced by MediaCorp Eaglevision, will begin airing on NTV7 in the second half of the year. The show centers on the lives of five police …

BANGKOK: FOX International Channels (FIC) has entered into a long-term partnership with CTH that will see a number of channels become available to Thai viewers through the platform. FIC will be providing technology, as well as delivering its channels, to the CTH platform. The partnership is expected to help increase the number …

SINGAPORE: AETN All Asia Networks is bringing Lifetime and H2 to Southeast Asia as of June. Carriage has been secured in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau. Providers include StarHub TV, True Visions, now TV and Macau Cable, with more to be announced in due course. Both channels bow …

HONG KONG/HANOI: A Vietnamese multichannel TV provider has stopped carrying more than 20 international channels, including CNN and BBC World News, as a result of confusion over the country’s new pay-TV regulations. K+ is a joint venture of VCTV and Canal+’s international arm, Canal Overseas. According to its website it …

SHENZHEN: The Shenzhen Media Group and Shorts International, which is the parent company of ShortsHD and ShortsTV, have entered into an agreement to deliver short-form Chinese movies to TV audiences in the U.S. and Europe. This is the first time that award-winning Chinese short films will be available outside of …