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SYDNEY: Free TV Australia has dismissed pay-TV networks' renewed calls for dismantling the country's anti-siphoning rules, which keep sports free for everyone to watch. These anti-siphoning laws were essentially designed to prevent pay-TV broadcasters from buying monopoly rights to televise important and culturally significant events before free-TV providers had the …

SINGAPORE: StarHub TV and Rewind Networks have unveiled the launch of HITS, a brand-new Asian entertainment channel that features the best in dramas and comedies. HITS debuts on December 9 at 7 p.m. on StarHub TV channel 519. Its lineup of HD content includes Seinfeld, The Cosby Show, Criminal Minds, …

ULAN BATOR: Mongol TV is carving a niche for itself in the emerging Mongolian TV market with a mix of American and British dramas, formats and docs, according to CEO Nomin Chinbat. What have been some of your most successful acquisitions recently? Downton Abbey, Homeland, The Good Wife and a …

HONG KONG: beIN SPORT Asia has concluded an agreement for the UEFA EURO 2016 media rights for Hong Kong. The pact covers all matches for all media platforms and devices in Hong Kong. The championship is due to begin on June 10, 2016; the final matches are scheduled for July …

STOCKHOLM: Indian media giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has tapped Sweden's Voddler to build a global service for streaming its content. Voddler will build and operate a global solution for online streaming of ZEE's premium content. The new OTT service will be branded and marketed by ZEE globally, initially targeting …

LONDON: Syfy will launch for the first time in Australia on January 1, 2014, available in HD. Foxtel subscribers will receive Syfy as a linear channel as well as on compatible tablets and smartphones. The channel will also be available on Internet-connected devices through the new Foxtel Play as well …

SYDNEY: The 2014 schedule of ABC TV in Australia features new homegrown dramas such as ANZAC Girls, The Code and Old School. ANZAC Girls tells the story of a group of young women who witness the brutality of war. The Code features a story that stretches from the Australian outback …

TOKYO: Amazon has started to offer its online video distribution service in Japan, allowing customers to purchase or rent films and TV shows from a selection of more than 26,000 titles. Shochiku Co. and Toho Co. as well as major broadcasters NHK, TBS and Fuji TV are among the content …

SINGAPORE: Following the success of Reply 1997, the anticipation is high for season two, titled Reply 1994, says Jang Ho Seo, the head of international sales and acquisitions at CJ E&M Corporation. “The story brings the audience back to the year 1994, when life was a little simpler and more …

SINGAPORE: LifeStyle TV (LSTV), a new male-targeted network, is slated to begin rolling out across the Asia Pacific in early 2014, with carriage deals sealed in Hong Kong, Thailand, Mongolia and the Philippines. The new channel will target male viewers in Asia aged 18 to 38 with a lineup of …