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HONG KONG: Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has appointed four new executives to fill roles in advertising sales, content distribution, business development and marketing. Nadia Hwang has joined the company as VP of advertising sales. She will be charged with managing the advertising business across the company's network of channels in …

ORLANDO: IB Medianet has teamed up with NBCUniversal's Golf Channel in the U.S. for the launch of Golf Channel Korea, a premium IPTV channel. Golf Channel Korea will feature such programming as Golf Central, a daily news show; Morning Drive, a morning news and lifestyle program; The Golf Fix, an …

SYDNEY: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has secured a landmark deal to make its content more available in China through Shanghai Media Group. Under the new pact, ABC International will establish an online portal in China that will offer a range of content and services from ABC and other Australian …

MANILA: beIN SPORTS 1 marks the third channel from the beIN SPORTS bouquet to land carriage on the SkyCable platform in the Philippines. The channel brings with it a comprehensive lineup of football with extensive live coverage of some of the best leagues from around the world. This includes the …

BALI: FOX International Channels (FIC)  is working closely with its affiliate partners to build up the on-demand service Play, and the goal is to make it available in more places across the region. Last year, FOX International Channels (FIC) launched FOX Sports Asia. “In 2014, we will continue to invest …

BALI: Scripps Networks International has been working to develop clear programming and branding strategies for Asian Food Channel (AFC), Food Network and Travel Channel in the Asia Pacific. The company has also been focused on expanding distribution for these networks throughout the region. In the past year, Scripps Networks International …

NEW YORK: TV AsiaPac examines how channels, pay-TV platforms and distributors are finding both pitfalls and rewards as they traverse Asia’s nonlinear content business. There was a time in the not-so-distant past when the prospect of selling an American or British drama into China for nationwide broadcast was utterly inconceivable. …

BALI: Rewind Networks is working closely with pay-TV operators across the Asia-Pacific region to bring HITS to their subscribers in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The basic-tier channel delivers hit shows from the last three decades such as The Cosby Show, Seinfeld and Criminal Minds in HD for the …

CENTURY CITY: Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products hired Pinky David as VP for the Asia Pacific, where the company has opened its first consumer products office in the region. In her new post, David will be expected to manage licensing sales and retail programs throughout the Asia Pacific. She will …

BALI: As Asia's multichannel industry convenes in Bali this week for the Asia Pacific Operators Summit (APOS), a key topic will be how the business can move beyond the region's 52-percent pay-TV penetration rate against a backdrop of slowing subscriber gains, with just 26 million net new additions in 2013, …