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A new report from Media Partners Asia (MPA) projects that the value of sports media rights in the Asia Pacific excluding China will hit $5 billion this year, a 22-percent increase on last year, boosted in large part by OTT players entering the market.

Nippon Television Network Corporation has strengthened its international business development (IBD) division with two promotions.

Chinese online platform iQIYI has shored up the rights to the US Open golf tournament.

Blue Ant Media’s international linear channels Blue Ant Entertainment and Blue Ant Extreme have secured new carriage deals across Southeast Asia.

Rohana Rozhan is exiting her role as CEO of Astro at the end of January 2019 after more than two decades with the Southeast Asian media company.

ZOO Digital has appointed Norie Negishi, formerly of The Walt Disney Company, as the head of operations and business development in Asia.

CBS Studios International (CBSSI) has entered into a multi-series, multiyear content licensing agreement with U-Next, one of Japan’s largest SVOD platforms.

Rewind Networks has clinched a new carriage deal that brings the HITS network into its ninth market: the Maldives.

India's One Life Studios has licensed the historical drama series Porus into a number of new territories across Asia.

StarHub subscribers could lose access to Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Science, Discovery Asia, Eurosport and Setanta, among other channels, if a carriage agreement is not reached between the organizations.