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MACAU: The Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia bouquet includes the English general-entertainment services AXN and Sony Channel, and Asian nets Animax, GEM and ONE.

MACAU: The HITS channel, launched at the end of 2013, is now available in 8 million homes in seven different countries.

Day-and-date content, user interfaces, access to bundled packages and problems with dubbing and subtitling are top of mind for OTT subscribers in six key Asian markets, according to a broad consumer survey conducted by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The Asia Video Consumer Panel surveyed a total of 6,000 consumers, 1,000 each in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

MACAU: In addition to having deals with a number of Hollywood and independent studios, HBO Asia offers original programming produced exclusively for HBO viewers.

MACAU: Fox Networks Group (FNG) Asia has been ramping up its original content, both with Chinese- and English-language programming.

MACAU: Deutsche Welle (DW) operates two channels in Asia: DW, the English-language flagship channel that is now being broadcast in HD, and the German-language channel DW (Deutsch).

MACAU: Astro is now serving 5 million customers, which is 69 percent of Malaysian households, with growth primarily driven by its subscription-free TV service Njoi.

SINGAPORE: BBC Worldwide's drama brand BBC First has arrived in Hong Kong as an SVOD service on Now TV.

TOKYO: Sony Pictures Entertainment delivered gains in the second quarter, but parent company Sony Corporation saw its revenues drop by almost 11 percent and net income plunged by 85.6 percent.

KUALA LUMPUR: Astro Malaysia Holdings and StarHub Cable Vision have partnered to offer Go Shop, a 24/7 shopping destination available on TV, online and via mobile, in Singapore.