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The chief content officer and senior VP for kids’ networks at Turner’s Asia-Pacific business, and content head for Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Toonami in the region, talks about his programming strategy.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Pavilion at ATF, led by Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), is offering more than 50 titles and 700 hours of Asian content spanning factual, drama, infotainment, lifestyle, animation and other genres.

SINGAPORE: The topic of Alzheimer’s disease is addressed within the story of Someone to Watch Over Me, one of GMA Worldwide’s ATF highlights.

TORONTO: Blue Ant International has sold more than 500 hours of 4K and HD factual, lifestyle and factual-entertainment content across the Asia-Pacific region.

SINGAPORE: The story in CJ E&M’s drama Legend of the Blue Sea centers on a gullible mermaid and an attractive con artist.

HO CHI MINH CITY: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific and POPS Worldwide are working together to develop original content for the Her Voice channel, which targets digitally connected women in Vietnam and aims to inspire, inform and entertain.

SINGAPORE: Heading up all3media International’s new office in Singapore, Sabrina Duguet, executive VP for the Asia Pacific, is looking to boost the company’s regional business across formats, factual and scripted. She tells World Screen Newsflash about her strategy.

HONG KONG: Lifestyle channel TV5MONDE Style HD is rolling out on Singaporean pay-TV operator StarHub TV from November 30.

SANTA MONICA/BEIJING: Lionsgate has inked a new long-term output deal with iQIYI, delivering a range of movies to the Chinese online video platform.

SINGAPORE: The documentary Cape Town: The Anti-Gang Squad, part of the Silver Wolf International catalog, shines a light on the South African city that is both beautiful and dangerous.