Joel Marino

CANNES: FOX Networks Group Asia (FNGA) has secured five miniseries from Japanese pay-TV channel WOWOW for its flagship Chinese movies network, SCM.

SYDNEY: FremantleMedia Asia and Google, in collaboration with PHD Singapore, have developed a new vote-casting system for talent-show formats such as Idols and Got Talent in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, as well as pan-regionally.

HONG KONG: Turner Asia Pacific’s Korean entertainment channel Oh!K has expanded into Indonesia via the Tribe OTT service.

SYDNEY: Julie Flynn, who for 15 years has served as CEO of Australia’s Free TV, announced she would step down as head of the organization in July.

HONG KONG: Pay-TV and OTT service provider now TV has signed a deal with Netflix to deliver the streaming giant’s content in Hong Kong via all-in-one IPTV/OTT set-top boxes.