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SINGAPORE: Comedy Central Asia has joined Telecom Malaysia Berhad’s IPTV service HyppTV. The channel is available via a la carte or as part of HyppTV’s value package under “HyppTV’s Mega Pack” and “HyppTV Platinum Pack.” This new carriage ensures that around 700,000 HyppTV subscribers gain free access to Comedy Central …

KUALA LUMPUR: Astro has tapped Kantar Media to deploy and manage a proprietary audience measurement service with data collected from its subscribers' set-top boxes using Return Path Data (RPD) technology. The service, known as DynamicTAM (DTAM), will measure viewership of not only linear SD and HD channels, but will also …

SINGAPORE: To commemorate Singapore's upcoming 50th birthday, MediaCorp has kicked off The Gift of Song, a nationwide search for a song that will resonate with the nation. The Gift of Song asks Singaporeans and permanent residents to write an English-language song for the country's 50th anniversary in 2015. The competition's …

SINGAPORE: FOX Sports, a FOX International Channels (FIC) network, has inked a deal with the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC) to extend its Asian broadcast rights for the Wimbledon championships for another six years. The agreement, which involves cable, satellite, terrestrial and multimedia rights, will see FOX …

HONG KONG/KUALA LUMPUR: FOX International Channels (FIC) has secured an agreement with the Malaysian IPTV service HyppTV for carriage of the Chinese movies channel SCM. This marks the channel’s entry into Malaysia. There, it joins a portfolio of FIC channels already carried on HyppTV, including SCM Legend, STAR Chinese Channel, …

SINGAPORE: Scripps Networks Interactive has revealed Sarah Benjamin and Michele Lean as the winners of Food Hero, the company's inaugural search for on-air talent in Asia. Singapore's Benjamin and Malaysia's Lean have become the new faces of Asian Food Channel and Food Network, respectively. The pair defeated nearly 300 contestants. …

SINGAPORE: Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia is refreshing Sony Entertainment Television (SET) in Southeast Asia and beTV in the Philippines, which are being rebranded as Sony Channel. Sony Channel will debut October 15 as the premier destination for female-skewing Hollywood entertainment. It will feature such programs as How to Get …

LAREN: Talpa has entered into a partnership with the Internet services provider Tencent aimed at the Chinese market. The pact will see the development of a reality format for the company's online video platform.The two will work together to prep and produce the program, which will launch in 2015. Tencent …

SINGAPORE: NBCUniversal International Television and StarHub TV are strengthening their partnership, which sees the addition of Universal Channel, Syfy and E! on the platform's TV Anywhere service. The three channels will join StarHub's multiscreen service at the end of October. This will deliver to viewers the drama Chicago Fire season …

SYDNEY: Foxtel has picked up two of the most buzzed-about new series from the U.S. fall season, signing with Warner Bros./Nine Network to acquire The Flash and with CBS Studios International to license Jane the Virgin. Both series will launch on Foxtel's FOX8 HD channel in December and be fast-tracked over …