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HONG KONG: Turner International Asia Pacific has named Phil Nelson as senior VP and managing director for Southeast Asia Pacific and North Asia. Nelson had previously been responsible for strategic planing and North Asia at the company. He now has operational oversight for the commercial functions of Turner's business in …

SYDNEY: The Australian national broadcasters ABC and SBS will lose a combined A$43.5 million ($40.8 million) over the next four years due to budget cuts, and the ABC's contract for the Australia Network is being terminated. “The funding cuts will be disappointing for audiences. The government gave repeated commitments before …

TOKYO: Posting a loss of 128.4 billion yen ($1.3 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, and forecasting a 50 billion yen ($491 million) loss for fiscal 2015, Sony Corporation is set to unveil "significant measures to deal with its problematic businesses" at its corporate strategy meeting on …

SEOUL: CJ E&M has brought the comedy detective drama Flower Grandpas Investigators to its general-entertainment channel tvN, following on the heels of the hit travel variety program Grandpas Over Flowers. The series stars Lee Soon-jae, who also appeared on Grandpas Over Flowers. The story centers on detectives whose bodies are …

SINGAPORE: Scripps Networks Interactive has added three executives to its team in the Asia Pacific: Angelica Santa Maria, Carl Zuzarte and Candice Chua. Zuzarte will lead production and promotions. Zuzarte takes on oversight for the development and production operations in the region, and will lead and execute the company's on-air …

MUMBAI: Indian content sales agency GoQuest Media Ventures has licensed the family drama series Strange Love to a pay-TV channel in Nigeria. My TV picked up the series after successfully airing another drama from GoQuest, Bade Achhe Lagte Hai. It will premiere the show later this month. "Television networks in …

BEVERLY HILLS/MUMBAI: Relativity Media and the Bollywood network B4U have formed a new joint venture that will focus on creating and distributing entertainment and sports content in India across film, TV and digital. The newly formed JV will distribute future Relativity films and other entertainment content in India and the …

SINGAPORE: StarHub TV and RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network have secured a carriage agreement for RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD. RTL CBS Entertainment HD is a general entertainment channel that features exclusive new seasons of top-rated international titles. This includes House of Cards, Elementary, Under the …

SEOUL: A third season of Show Me the Money, a battle rap reality show, is slated to begin airing on CJ E&M's Mnet in Korea this summer. Show Me the Money looks on as professional and amateur rappers compete and perform with famous singers. The winning crew is selected by …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has secured two program-sales agreements in Thailand for content from the natural history and factual genres. Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) picked up the natural history titles David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (seasons one and two), Hidden Kingdoms and Tarsier Tails. Also part of the deal were …