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SYDNEY: Australia’s minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy has outlined a series of measures to ensure that quality Australian television programming continues to be shown across the country. Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy leader of the government in the senate, has said that the government will immediately extend …

HONG KONG: The Korean entertainment service channel M is serving as the exclusive regional media partner for the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) and will be airing live broadcast coverage of the event. The recently launched Korean entertainment channel is a joint venture between FOX International Channels and CJ E&M. channel …

SINGAPORE: The ESPN STAR Sports portfolio of channels will be available on both pay-TV platforms in Singapore, StarHub and mioTV, following the signing of new non-exclusive deals this weekend. For the past three years, the sports bouquet has solely been carried in mioTV, after SingTel’s IPTV platform clinched an exclusive pact for …

PREMIUM: New-media rights and shortened windows are becoming increasingly important factors for the buying strategy at MediaCorp, according to Joy Olby Tan, VP of network acquisitions at Singapore’s Channel 5. What have been some of your most successful acquisitions recently? Our day and date telecast of X Factor and branded …

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE: A+E Networks is assuming 100-percent ownership of the Singapore-based joint venture it set up with Malaysia’s Astro to roll out its pay-TV brands across Southeast Asia. Astro will continue to carry HISTORY, Crime & Investigation Network and BIO in Malaysia and Brunei following A+E taking full control of AETN All …

SINGAPORE: Multi Channels Asia (MCA) is rolling out Havoc Television, a linear social-media network, across Asia, securing carriage in Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, among other markets. Carriage deals have been signed with ABN (Malaysia), Mediacorp Toggle (Singapore), Skymedia (Mongolia), Sky (Sri Lanka), Phnom Penh Cable Television (Cambodia), Skynet (Myanmar) …

SINGAPORE: The pre-ATF and ScreenSingapore conference kicked off in Singapore today with a keynote by Sanford Panitch, the president of Fox International Productions, discussing the growth potential in Asia, the development of the local film market and the need for digital distribution platforms that provide consumers with legitimate access to …

SINGAPORE: The format-licensing business in China has matured considerably over the last few years but challenges remain for distributors, Rebecca Yang, the CEO of IPCN—the venture that brokered deals for the Got Talent and The Voice formats in this massive market—told ATF attendees at an afternoon session in Singapore today. The …

SINGAPORE: Some 4,000 participants from 60 countries are expected to attend the Asia TV Forum, which officially kicked off in Singapore today alongside the film market ScreenSingapore and runs until Friday. The market is now in its 13th year and, with the co-location alongside ScreenSingapore, is the "complete TV and film …

SYDNEY: Seven Network is bringing the British comedy Citizen Khan to Australian audiences in 2013. The show originally premiered in the U.K. on BBC One, where it drew 3.7 million viewers, making it the sixth highest rated sitcom across all channels in the country for 2012. A second season of …