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SINGAPORE: HBO, HBO HD and Cinemax have secured carriage in Myanmar, making the flagship channel available to 23 territories in the Asia Pacific. In Myanmar, the three channels will become available to subscribers of Forever Group and Sky Net. RED HD, which is HBO Asia's 24-hour channel for Asian movies, …

KUALA LUMPUR: The new joint-venture entertainment channel from RTL Group and CBS Studios International has inked a carriage deal with Telekom Malaysia to roll out on its IPTV service HyppTV. RTL CBS Entertainment HD is now part of HyppTV Mega Pack and on HyppTV Everywhere, delivering content like FremantleMedia's The …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has named Scott Anthony to the company's board of directors, effective October 1. Anthony currently serves as managing partner of Innosight, a worldwide strategy and innovation consulting agency. He is responsible for venture-capital investing activities. He also chairs the investment committee for IDEAS Ventures, a fund controlled by …

SINGAPORE: The Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) together with ScreenSingapore have lined up four days of conference sessions, including a one-day pre-market conference on December 3. David McGregor, the managing partner of technology, media and entertainment for telecommunications (TMT) at Ernst & Young (Australia) will take part in a …

KUALA LUMPUR: Global Creative and Media Agency (GCMA) has positioned itself as a gateway for local and international creative content companies in Southeast Asia. The company's CEO, Adam Ham, is a veteran in the industry and was formerly the media entertainment specialist for ten years at the Multimedia Development Corporation …

CANNES: There’s a love triangle at the center of GMA Worldwide’s My Husband’s Lover, between a man, his wife and his secret boyfriend. Temptation of Wife, the Filipino adaptation of the top-rating Korean novela of the same name, tells the story of two women whose friendship is torn apart when …

CANNES: Singapore’s MediaCorp is one of the main partners of The Asian Pitch, a competition for original documentaries produced by Asian filmmakers, with four new offerings to be showcased at MIPCOM. There were four winners from last year’s event, and MediaCorp is now ready to offer those finished documentaries to …

CANNES: NHK Enterprises (NEP) and Thailand's MCOT have signed a deal for the science-entertainment format The New Anatomy Show that includes co-production of a Thai version. Together the companies will develop the format for teenagers. The one-hour Thai iteration will air weekly in prime time on MCOT's free-to-air terrestrial channel …

CANNES: FremantleMedia International has announced a multi-year landmark deal with the Chinese portal Youku to carry a variety of entertainment and drama content online. Youku averages 14 million unique users a day. It also has 200 million mobile users. Some 202 hours of FremantleMedia International programming will be available via …

CANNES: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek has revealed Malaysia's plans to form a competitive creative content hub in Asia and desire to lure international entertainment producers attending MIPCOM. One of the reasons why the country could be considered a cost-competitive regional hub is due to …