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HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has licensed the rights for the Shaw Brothers’ titles to be added to Taiwan Mobile’s transactional video-on-demand service. Under the terms of the agreement, films such as Come Drink with Me, The New One-Armed Swordsman and Have Sword Will Travel join the myVideo OTT service from Taiwan …

HONG KONG: Star Chinese Movies (SCM) has linked up with Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) for a new initiative called Go Local!, which supports the film industry in Hong Kong. The initiative is aimed at supporting and nurturing Hong Kong directors, actors, producers and other talents in the film industry that …

CANNES: Mannam Media promises to offer the best of what’s available in premium Korean content, delivering it to broadcasters in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Its catalogue features more than 500,000 hours from such producers as KBS, SBS, EBS and CJ Entertainment, ranging from blockbuster movies to current dramas. …

SINGAPORE: The Style Network is getting a brand refresh with a new logo, on-air look and tagline in Asia and around the world. The new tagline is: Watch It. Love It. Style It. The refresh goes live on April 1, following on from the North American refresh in mid-2012. There …

CANNES: The focus for FOX International Channels in Asia has been on building up its premium services. This included the launch of the FOX Movies Premium (FMP) and STAR Chinese Movies (SCM) Play services, the rebranding of STAR Chinese Movies 2 to SCM Legend and the debut of FOX Action …

HONG KONG: News Corporation has offloaded part of its stake in the Hong Kong and mainland China broadcaster Phoenix Satellite Television, reducing its interest in the group to 12.16 percent. Through its Star Entertainment Holdings subsidiary, News Corp. is selling off a 5.28-percent stake in the company for $92 million. Phoenix …

PREMIUM: CEO Charo Santos-Concio speaks to TV Asia Pacific about ABS-CBN’s milestone 60th anniversary and articulates her strategy for taking the company into the new-media age. TV ASIA PACIFIC: To what do you attribute ABS-CBN’s continued success? SANTOS-CONCIO: We’ve remained relevant all these years because of our commitment to being …

HONG KONG: The rebrand from ITV Granada to ITV Choice has gone live across Asia and the Middle East. The new unifying identity aligns the channel more closely with its ITV parent company, which rebranded earlier this year. The newly renamed ITV Choice offers first-run drama and entertainment. Along with the new …

CANNES: The latest development for FINAS is the launching of the Film In Malaysia Incentive (FIMI), an effort from the Malaysian government by the secretary-general of the Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture. “As of 2013, international and local movies filmed in Malaysia will be given a production rebate of …

HONG KONG: Celestial Tiger Entertainment has closed agreements for more than 1,700 hours of series and feature films from the Lionsgate catalogue with broadcasters and entertainment platforms in Southeast Asia and Greater China. Season five of Mad Men is headed to FOX International Channels’ FX network in Asia first and exclusively. …