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PERTH: The Australian SVOD service Quickflix is going into voluntary administration, following failed negotiations with competing platform Stan.

HANOI: K+ Satellite Digital Television has signed a new deal with MP & Silva for the broadcast rights to the English Premier League in Vietnam.

SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific is set to supply a range of 4K content to Skylife's UHD channel in South Korea.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: Media Partners Asia is aligning with the Shanghai TV Festival (STVF) for the China & the Global Video Opportunity Forum this June.

BEIJING/HONG KONG/TAIPEI/SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific’s Fang Chang has been appointed to an expanded role as senior VP and general manager for the Greater China region, adding Taiwan and Hong Kong to his remit.

SINGAPORE: Singtel has clinched broadcast rights for the Copa America Centenario USA 2016, which marks the 100th anniversary of the South American championship.

HONG KONG: CASBAA has announced that its 2016 convention will be held in Macau at Studio City from November 7 to 10.

BALI: Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia operates five channels in the AsiaPac region.

BALI: Rewind Networks has been working to expand the distribution of its HITS channel into more countries and pay-TV platforms.

TOKYO: Japanese premium pay-TV broadcaster WOWOW has reached a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) for its own version of Cold Case, the Jerry Bruckheimer Television–produced procedural that ran on CBS from 2003 to 2010.