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SINGAPORE: MP & Silva has entered into a four-year deal extension that will see it distributing worldwide media rights for Badminton Asia’s full calendar of badminton events until 2020.

HONG KONG: Jonathan Spink, the CEO of HBO Asia, has been elected as chairman of the board of directors for CASBAA for the next 12 months.

BEIJING: A new agreement between BBC Worldwide and Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group will see nearly 360 hours of Top Gear series launch exclusively on BesTV platforms in China.

SINGAPORE: Free-to-air TV is set to remain the dominant platform in Indonesia, David Fernando Audy, CEO of MNC Media, said at ATF today, with a lack of broadband infrastructure hindering the rollout of online platforms.

SINGAPORE: Analysts from Ovum, Nielsen, Kantar Media, Ernst & Young and IHS Technology talked about the role of telcos, digital transformation, emerging technologies and other factors reshaping the media landscape in the opening session at the Asia TV Forum pre-market conference today in Singapore.

SINGAPORE: Former Telstra executive Michael D’Oliveiro has joined Asian VOD service HOOQ to manage its operations in Singapore on the heels of the platform's launch in the territory.

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: BBC Worldwide has announced a series of agreements that will bring four BBC Earth Giant Screen docs to museums in mainland China and Hong Kong next year.

SINGAPORE: Turner’s focus for ATF is on ramping up its syndication business, with a number of original series on offer to buyers in a variety of genres.

SINGAPORE: Burning Questions!, which is being showcased by Nippon TV at ATF, offers a fresh twist to the conventional true or false quiz shows.

SINGAPORE: The animated series The Mojicons, on offer from Bomanbridge Media, takes viewers into the world of the internet, where a mysterious villain has stolen the “@” sign, bringing electronic correspondence to a halt.