BANGKOK: Turner has reached a deal with Thailand's AIS for Warner TV, World Heritage Channel, HLN, Boomerang and Toonami to be available on the telco's linear and catch-up services.
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STAR India Chief Talks hotstar, Disruption
March 30, 2016
MUMBAI: Speaking at the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai, Uday Shankar, CEO of STAR in India, talked about plans to take the company's OTT service hotstar to the international market over the next few months, as well as addressed the disruptions taking place in the local landscape and how broadcasters need to respond.
Starz Expands Deal with Hulu Japan
March 30, 2016
TOKYO/BEVERLY HILLS: Starz Digital has expanded its content licensing pact with Hulu in Japan to include Ash vs Evil Dead and seasons one and two of Power.
FremantleMedia India Preps First Web Series
March 30, 2016
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia India is launching its first-ever web series with Confessions: It’s Complicated, slated to premiere on Facebook this April.
Viacom18 Unveils VOD Platform
March 29, 2016
MUMBAI: Viacom18, which operates a portfolio of Indian networks, including Colors, has launched an advertiser-supported free VOD platform called VOOT.
BBC First Lands in Singapore
March 24, 2016
SINGAPORE: BBC First has secured its first Southeast Asian carriage deal, with an April 4 launch set for the service on StarHub in Singapore.
APOS Unveils Conference Agenda
March 15, 2016
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Media Partners Asia has announced the agenda for the upcoming Asia Pacific Video Operators Summit (APOS), with sessions on China, India and Japan, the future of TV and advertising, digital disruption and more.
CASBAA: Regulatory Overhaul Needed for Asian Pay-TV, OTT
March 2, 2016
SINGAPORE: A new report unveiled at CASBAA's OTT Summit finds that legacy regulatory policies governing video operators across Asia are disadvantaging local companies, creating an "unsustainable" situation.
Viacom18 Preps Indian Movie Network
February 24, 2016
MUMBAI: Viacom18 is launching a brand-new channel offering in India, Rishtey CINEPLEX, devoted to Hindi-language movies.
Korean SVOD Service Takes BBC Worldwide Titles
February 23, 2016
LIVERPOOL: South Korean SVOD platform BTV has entered into a two-year content deal with BBC Worldwide Asia covering more than 600 hours of drama, factual and natural-history titles.