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LONDON: BBC Worldwide has launched the BBC Player, its first TVE product, in Singapore via StarHub.

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.

PARIS: Japanese broadcasters NHK and WOWOW are planning to present two 4K HDR World Premiere TV Screenings at the MIPCOM 2016 Country of Honour Opening Party.

BANGKOK: This year's Asian Side of the Doc international documentary and specialist factual market will be held from October 31 to November 3 in Bangkok, Thailand.

BEIJING: Turner Asia Pacific and Shanghai Tencent Pictures Culture Media are developing a movie based on the famous rabbit emoticon Tuzki.

PARIS: MIPTV and MIPCOM organizer Reed MIDEM has unveiled the launch of MIP China Hangzhou, the first-ever MIP in China.

HONG KONG: Asian entertainment channel StarWorld has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia to produce the travel series Four Girls and a Bucket List.

KUALA LUMPUR: iflix, an internet TV service that features unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more on multiple devices, has become available in Brunei.

NEW YORK: CBS Consumer Products has launched an all-new merchandising slate for the film Star Trek Beyond in China, marking the first-ever licensing program in the territory for the hit franchise.