Joanna Padovano Tong

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has hired Sun Young Moon as the company's head of content and development for North Asia.

SINGAPORE: all3media International has hired Amreet Kaur Chahal as the company's sales manager for the Asia-Pacific region, a newly created position that is based in Singapore.

NEW YORK: Youngsun Soh, a former Twitter Korea executive, has been named general manager of A+E Networks Korea.

MUMBAI: Amazon Prime members in India are gaining access to more than 600 hours of programming from BBC Worldwide, including a number of preschool series.

HO CHI MINH CITY/SINGAPORE: International Media Corp (IMC) has revealed the launch of Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) Paramount Channel Vietnam on HTVC cable, which began broadcasting this month.

SINGAPORE: Rewind Networks has signed an agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) that sees a number of iconic shows become available on the entertainment channel HITS.

CANNES: FremantleMedia International (FMI) has extended its multi-year digital deal with China's Youku, originally signed in 2013, for another three years.

SINGAPORE: Eleven Sports Network has appointed Shalu Wasu as its new managing director for Singapore, effective immediately.

SINGAPORE/SYDNEY: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has made a trio of executive appointments to the company's management team in the Asia Pacific, all of which are effective October 1.

SINGAPORE: Smithsonian Channel HD, featuring original programming focused on a variety of historical, scientific and cultural topics, is slated to become available for the first time in Asia on Singapore's StarHub TV.