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SINGAPORE: Select content from Discovery Networks Asia Pacific will be made available through Viddsee, an Asian online platform specializing in short films.

SINGAPORE: StarHub TV has added the monthly subscription service CATCHPLAY Unlimited, which allows viewers in Southeast Asia to watch a wide variety of movies.

MUMBAI: Star India officials have filed complaints against cable operators in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh regarding the illegal transmission/re-transmission of its pay-TV channels, leading to police raids on their premises, arrests and seizures of equipment.

PALO ALTO: Jaunt has aligned with Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and China Media Capital (CMC) to launch Jaunt China, a new China-based virtual reality (VR) company.

HONG KONG: Visual-effects company Digital Domain has partnered with Taiwan’s CTi Television to launch a 360-degree, live-news streaming app.

TOKYO: The English-language channel NHK WORLD TV has secured a deal to offer its channel on Tata Sky, one of the largest pay DTH operators in India.

SINGAPORE: Mediacorp’s bilingual OTT service Toggle has launched the new service Toggle Red Button, billed as the first use of hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) in Asia.

SINGAPORE: Eleven Sports Network has secured exclusive coverage for the Aya Bank Cup and inaugural Nations Cup, delivering even more international football to fans in Singapore.

SINGAPORE: The Asian pay-TV channel GEM, a joint venture of Sony Pictures Television Networks and Nippon TV, has unveiled its first original production, which will be fronted by Japanese actor and musician Dean Fujioka.

HONG KONG: THEMA Singapore has reached a deal with LeEco to bring the music channel iConcerts to Hong Kong next month.