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SINGAPORE: Asian entertainment channel GEM is due to roll out in Singapore on Singtel TV beginning July 29.

SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has appointed Jay Trinidad, who began his career at Google, as the senior VP and general manager of Northeast Asia.

MANILA: The free-to-air broadcaster TV5 Network in the Philippines has begun airing a weekend MTV branded block.

BEIJING/HONG KONG: Alibaba Pictures has established a RMB2 billion ($300 million) fund to invest in film and TV companies.

PARIS: MIPCOM has added Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation, to its Media Mastermind Keynote lineup as part of the market's celebration of Japan.

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: A+E Networks Asia is producing four original Crime + Investigation Asia specials as part of the monthly anthology series.

HONG KONG: LeSports HK and Now TV have announced that they will broadcast all the Premier League matches during the 2016-19 seasons on their co-branded channels.

LONDON/KUALA LUMPUR: TRX, an online deal-making tool for the buying and selling of TV rights, has appointed Malaysia's Vision Plus Entertainment as its agent in Asia.

KUALA LUMPUR: The OTT platform iflix has acquired exclusive rights to deliver the new season of Mr. Robot in Southeast Asia.

LONDON: BTI Studios has appointed SDI Media's YC Sun as the managing director for the Asia-Pacific region.