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HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has produced SCM Cine, a Chinese-language bi-weekly entertainment news show that will be broadcast in Asia and internationally. Helen To hosts the series, in which she interviews prominent producers and actors from the Asian film industry. SCM Cine will broadcast in Hong Kong, Singapore, …

NEW YORK: AMC/Sundance Channel Global has secured new carriage deals in Asia, including the first-ever launch of Sundance Channel in Indonesia. Sundance Channel is joining the DTH platform Indovision. It marks the first time that the channel will be available in Indonesia. The network will be subtitled into Bahasa Indonesia. …

SINGAPORE: MP & Silva has secured a deal with the Premier League to distribute the media rights for the English football league for the next three seasons in the Philippines and Taiwan. The agreement covers TV rights for all 380 matches per season in both territories. It also includes other platforms such …

KUALA LUMPUR: The television rights for TNA’s Impact Wrestling are to be represented by Total Sports Asia (TSA) in Southeast Asia, excluding Thailand. RDA Television, a sports rights distribution agency in the U.K., has picked up TNA’s Southeast Asian media rights in a three-year deal with TSA. Every year TNA …

SYDNEY: Through a new agreement with Microsoft, Network Ten is launching the Network Ten Xbox App, which is the first commercial free-to-air channel VOD application available in Australia. The app gives Xbox Gold LIVE users instant access to a library of more than 25 programs, among them Offspring, The Graham Norton …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to Dentsu for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. Dentsu scored the broadcast rights in these territories for all media …

HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) Asia has hired Alex Lambeek as the head of affiliate partnerships and syndication for the Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Based in Singapore, Lambeek will be focusing on improving FIC’s ability to tailor its products for the local market, designing innovative practices to …

SINGAPORE: beIN Sport channels, which recently began airing in Indonesia, are scheduled to debut in Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan next month. The launch, which is supported by MP & Silva Group, involves a trio of high-definition networks: beIN SPORT 1 HD, beIN SPORT 2 HD and beIN …

SYDNEY: Jeffrey Browne is stepping down as the managing director of Australia’s Nine Network, but will take on a part-time commercial role at Nine Entertainment. Browne is exiting as of August 1. Those executives that report to Browne will begin reporting to David Gyngell, the CEO of Nine Entertainment. Of …

SINGAPORE: A+E Networks has closed its agreement with Astro Overseas Limited (AOL) to assume full ownership of the joint venture AETN All Asia Networks. The Singapore-based company, which was formed as a JV in 2007, will be rebranded as A+E Networks Asia. The group’s portfolio of channels will continue to have carriage …