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SINGAPORE: The Asian Food Channel, part of the Scripps Networks Interactive bouquet, has scheduled a new cooking program, Tea Twist, which features the Malaysian chef Nik Michael Imran. The original six-part series will air on the channel in 12 territories. The show was produced in collaboration with Unilever Malaysia. It …

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has closed a deal with UKTV in Australia for 227 hours of programming across drama and entertainment categories. Among the shows picked up by UKTV are the detective drama franchises Inspector Morse and three seasons of its spin-off Lewis, five seasons of A …

CANNES: Malaysian companies at MIPCOM announced a slew of deals this week across the kids, scripted and documentary genres. The country's newly appointed Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Ahmed Shabery Cheek, is leading a delegation of more than 60 companies at the market. “I feel that Malaysia is rapidly evolving …

SINGAPORE: RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network has secured carriage for the newly launched RTL CBS Entertainment HD channel in Singapore on SingTel mio TV. The channel, which previously launched in Malaysia and Thailand, will be part of the Family+ Pack at no extra charge. Programming highlights include The X Factor …

HONG KONG: Celestial Tiger Entertainment is launching cHK, a brand-new general-entertainment channel, on SingTel mio TV in Singapore. The channel delivers the latest blockbusters, celebrity-led infotainment, lifestyle shows, late night programs and dramas never before aired in Singapore. cHK will be shown in Mandarin but viewers also have the option …

MANILA: beIN SPORT is delivering two new sports channels on the Philippines’ largest cable provider, SkyCable. beIN SPORT 3 Premiere League HD is the first-ever 24-hour channel dedicated to the Barclays Premier League in Indonesia. beIN SPORT 2 HD features live batches from BPL as well as Serie A, Bundesliga …

SINGAPORE: CSI Sports' Fight Sports Network has named Adam Zecha as its new managing director for Asia Pacific. Zecha used to hold the title of head of sales at ESPN Star Sports/Fox International Channels Southeast Asia. While working for ESPN Star Sports, he led the strategy, development, launch and distribution …

HONG KONG: Two Hong Kong triple-play providers, PCCW and i-Cable, have received approval in principle for free-to-air licenses from the government. PCCW, which operates the successful nowTV IPTV platform, said in a statement that its HKTVE subsidiary "submitted its application for a [free-TV] license with a view to providing Hong …

SINGAPORE: FOX International Channels (FIC) Asia has secured a multi-year agreement for the exclusive rights to broadcast the premier Tennis Grand Slam, French Open, in 20 territories across Asia. The tournament will be broadcast on FOX Sports' networks across multiple platforms. Under the pact with The Federation Française de Tennis, …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded SKY Network Television the broadcast rights for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014 and the XXXI 2016 Summer Games for New Zealand and Pacific Island territories. SKY's deal covers New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, …