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HONG KONG: Following a successful launch in Singapore late last year, CASBAA has planned a TV Upfronts event to take place in Hong Kong on February 21. TV Upfronts: The Hong Kong Screenings will be presented in association with Campaign Asia-Pacific. The day-long event will be held at the Palace …

MUMBAI: The third annual Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit (APOS), which is scheduled to take place April 24 to 26 in Bali, has lined up Viacom’s Bob Bakish and Sony’s Andy Kaplan, among others. Kaplan, the president of worldwide networks for Sony Pictures Television, and Bakish, the president and CEO of …

HONG KONG: In its first forum of the year, CASBAA is hosting the Indonesia in View: Growing Pay TV event on February 29 in Jakarta. Indonesia in View: Growing Pay TV, held at the Hotel Mulia Senayan, will highlight the increased distribution and rapidly growing ad sector of Indonesia, supported …

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA: YOU On Demand is tapping into the Lionsgate film catalogue to bring customers in China movies such as Hotel Rwanda and the Saw franchise on a transactional VOD and subscription VOD basis. The content will be provided by Celestial Tiger Entertainment, a joint venture of Saban Capital Group, …

LONDON: A new multi-year agreement sees around 600 hours of BBC Worldwide programming being made available to Hulu customers in Japan, including titles such as Doctor Who and Top Gear. The deal makes BBC Worldwide the first British distributor to sell programming to Hulu in Japan. This is also the largest volume …

HONG KONG: Following a deal signed earlier this week with YOU On Demand, Celestial Tiger Entertainment has notched up several new agreements to supply content to VOD platforms in China. The arrangements encompass feature films and TV shows from the Lionsgate library. iQIYI, an independent online video company founded by top …

HONG KONG: Huayi Brothers, Peter Chan’s Shine Focus, Edko Films and now TV have come together to launch the now Popcorn Movie Channel. The channel, set to launch exclusively on now TV on March 15, will initially reach Chinese-speaking markets in Asia and overseas. now Popcorn Movie Channel will be …

SYDNEY: Overall TV viewing in Australia is strong and continues to increase, with new technologies encouraging viewing across multiple screens, as reported in new data from Nielsen, OzTAM and Regional TAM. The first Australian Multi-Screen Report finds that there’s greater choice and access to DTT across Australia, where 95 percent …

SYDNEY: Global Television has appointed Soames Treffry, who previously spent 16 years with Fox Sports, to a newly created position of director of television and commercial. Teffry will report to Keith Andrews, the CEO of Global Television. Andrews said: “Our industry is rapidly evolving as new broadcast channels launch and …

SHANGHAI/LOS ANGELES: DreamWorks Animation has unveiled plans to build a production studio in Shanghai, with CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg telling CNBC he wants to create the "Disney of China." The studio, behind hits such as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, agreed to form a joint venture with China Media Capital, Shanghai …