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SINGAPORE: Global digital media company Brand New Media has named industry veteran Nick Fawbert as its new managing director of Asian operations. Fawbert will oversee the management of BNM’s business model as the company expands across the continent. The exec formerly worked as the head of digital enterprise for MediaCorp. …

SYDNEY: The Australian streaming service Quickflix has expanded its offering of TV series through new agreements with Disney, NBCUniversal and BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand. Content licensed under these new agreements include seasons of Downton Abbey, the U.S. comedy series Parks and Recreation, Mrs Brown’s Boys and other series …

SYDNEY: Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner has condemned an Australian Federal Police raid on the company's offices as "overkill," saying that he finds it "disturbing" that they were using search warrants to access news and corporate records. The AFP brought in around 30 police and eight squad cars to …

TOKYO: Nippon TV is scheduled to present a slate of scripted format dramas at this year’s DISCOP Istanbul, marking the first time the Japanese network attends the event. Sue Fujimoto, the network’s managing director of international business development, and Ayako Tajima, the manager for international business development, are set to …

HONG KONG: BBC Worldwide is set to make a slate of factual and drama titles available on a VOD basis to Chinese online platform Sohu.com. The deal covers, among others, Earthflight, Frozen Planet and The British, as well as Mad Dog, Ripper Street, Sinbad and Silk. “We are very excited about …

LOS ANGELES: Metan Development Group has picked up Next Media Elite's weekly entertainment news series PopStop TV and its Mandarin-language companion program Hollywood Now for the recently launched Hollywood channel on Tudou in China. The shows will kick off on Hollywood with live Red Carpet coverage and interviews from this …

LOS ANGELES/TOKYO: After less than three years in the Japanese market, Hulu is selling its business to Nippon Television Network Corporation. Hulu launched in Japan in September 2011. Now, Nippon TV is taking over the operations, in a transaction expected to close in early spring. The move marks Nippon TV's …

HONG KONG/SYDNEY: FOX International Channels (FIC) Asia is bringing on Jacqui Feeney as managing director for Australia and New Zealand, as of May 1. Feeney is replacing Karin Simoncini, who has held senior posts at FIC and National Geographic Channels since 2000. Feeney will be based in Sydney and will …

SYDNEY: Network Ten is planning to launch its first online series, Lost with the Boys, on the digital platform tenplay on March 6. Lost with the Boys is a collection of short films depicting the highs and lows of being a teenage girl. It is produced by Amanda Higgs, the …

SINGAPORE: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced Paras Sharma as the new VP of MTV Brand, Comedy Central and Digital Media Asia. Sharma begins the tenure with VIMN Asia as of March 17 and will be based in Singapore. Sharma will be reporting to Indra Suharjono, the executive VP …