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HONG KONG: Backed by Sky News Australia, a new pay-TV channel is set to begin rolling out across Asia next month delivering the latest Australian news, business and sports headlines. The service is being launched by Australian News Channel—a joint venture company of Nine Entertainment Company, Seven West Media and …

SYDNEY: A host of new series are headed to Australia's Seven Network in 2015, among them the David Duchovny-led Aquarius and the Vince Gilligan/David Shore collaboration Battle Creek. Also new in the way of international drama for 2015 are Heroes Reborn, a reboot of the hit series Heroes; Houdini, a …

SINGAPORE: RTL CBS Asia Entertainment HD has entered into a deal with dick clark productions for the exclusive regional pay-TV broadcast rights for the Billboard Music Awards, the Hollywood Film Awards, the People Magazine Awards and the American Music Awards. The Hollywood Film Awards kick things off with a live …

HONG KONG: The Mezzo Live HD channel, which is dedicated to classical music, opera, dance and jazz, has landed new carriage with platforms in Hong Kong, Mongolia and the Philippines. This year, the channel will become available to subscribers on TVB Network Vision, Skytel and DDish. Mezzo Live HD features …

TORONTO: Blue Ant Media has purchased a majority stake in Choice TV, a free-to-air TV channel in New Zealand that features programming in the genres of travel, outdoors, food, home décor, real estate, comedy and drama. The channel airs on Freeview and Sky, reaching all of New Zealand's TV-watching households. …

SYDNEY: Gina Rinehart has resigned from the board of Ten Network, with John Klepec taking her place as a director. Rinehart, who is said to be Australia's richest woman, has been expanding her responsibilities in the Hancock Prospecting group, in particular, the financing and development of The Roy Hill Project, …

SINGAPORE: Indonesian news website Okezone has partnered with the online video platform Brightcove to deliver and monetize video content across multiple platforms. Through the partnership, Okezone will rely on Brightcove’s Video Cloud for the re-launch of its news site and to deliver and manage a broad range of video content …

SYDNEY: StreamCo, a joint venture between Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media, has unveiled the new soon-to-launch SVOD service Stan, which will be home to both Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. Stan will offer unlimited access to thousands of hours of entertainment, with first-run exclusives, TV shows, …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has appointed Wong Su-Yen to its board of directors. With more than two decades of experience leading companies around the world, the exec is currently chairman of both global communications company Nera Telecommunications and global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan. She also serves as an independent director …

SINGAPORE: RTL CBS Asia Entertainment HD has secured the exclusive regional pay-TV broadcast rights for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, which will air live in January 2015. The agreement was inked with dick clark productions International (DCP International). The Golden Globes recognize excellence in film and television, both in …