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HONG KONG: FOX Networks Group (FNG) has acquired exclusive TV and theatrical distribution rights across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia for the film adaptation of the novel At Cafe 6.

SYDNEY: Free-to-air and pay-TV broadcasters in Australia have aligned to establish the new independent research and marketing group Think TV.

LONDON: Discovery Communications has picked up a majority stake in Turmeric Vision, the company founded by Indian culinary celebrity Sanjeev Kapoor that runs the FoodFood pay-TV network, among other assets.

HONG KONG: French-language channel TV5MONDE Asie has become available in India on DTH platform Tata Sky.

BEIJING: The world's first-ever store based on the long-running animated hit The Simpsons has opened in Beijing's Taikooli Sanlitun shopping center.

BEIJING: iQIYI has unveiled a VR partner-incentive scheme, with an aim to establish the world's largest Chinese-language virtual-reality platform.

MUMBAI/NEW YORK: Global media company Tappp has raised $4.2 million in funding to expand its open-distribution platform for premium digital-content delivery, while also launching services in Singapore and Australia.

SYDNEY: While the Australian government has decided to implement a reduction to the broadcast license fees, the country's free-TV broadcasters are arguing that the amount is not enough.

SYDNEY: NBCUniversal International Networks and MediaWorks have entered into a joint venture that will see the channel FOUR transform into the entertainment-lifestyle brand Bravo, which will be a free-to-air network in New Zealand.

BALI: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia is adding a trio of new Asia original commissions to the MTV and Comedy Central channels in the region.