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New CEO for ABS-CBN

MANILA: ABS-CBN Corporation in the Philippines has tapped Rosario “Charo” Santos-Concio as its new CEO, with longtime chief Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III remaining as chairman of the group. Santos-Concio, whose appointment took effect January 1, is currently president and chief content officer of the group, roles she will continue to ...

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Network Ten Hires for Digital Post

SYDNEY: Network Ten has appointed Rebekah Horne as chief digital officer, effective immediately. Horne will be continuing to develop Network Ten’s digital media strategy. She was previously the CEO of TopFloor.com, a Los Angeles-based start-up. Before that she was the chief digital officer at DMG Radio. The new post at ...

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MediaCorp Lifestyle Shows Head to Taiwan

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has sold more than 60 hours of lifestyle programming to Taiwan’s Asia Travel TV, marking the largest amount of content sold to a single channel in the country. Asia Travel TV has acquired several travel and food series, including Bliss Seeker, Food Source 3, Footprint Asia, Jobs Around ...

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Anger Management Bound for India

MUMBAI: Comedy Central India has acquired the Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management from Lionsgate International Television. The series, which airs on TNT in the U.S., has sold into such territories as Canada, Latin America, the U.K., Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Spain and South Africa. Ferzad Palia, ...

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CASBAA TV Upfronts Host Final Event of the Year in Jakarta

JAKARTA: CASBAA has wrapped up the final leg of its TV Upfronts tour of Southeast Asia, hosting an event in Jakarta, Indonesia last week. The attendees included representatives from Activate, Aegis Media, GroupM, Mediacom, Mindeshare, Starcom Media and clients such as Honda, L’Oréal Indonesia, Mayora Indah and Prima Food. BBC ...

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BBC Pay-TV Channels Launch in Burma

SINGAPORE: BBC World News, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies are making their inaugural debut in Burma on the Forever Group’s pay-TV platform in January. All three channels, along with BBC World Service in Asia in English, will launch on January 1, 2013. This is the first carriage these channels have in Burma. The launch ...

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Ochre Pictures Romantic Comedy Heads to Taiwan

SINGAPORE: Cooking without Clothes, a romantic comedy from Singapore’s Ochre Pictures, has been purchased by Public Service Television (PTS) Taiwan. Starring Joseph Zhang and Ann Kok, Cooking without Clothes tells the story of an aspiring chef who leaves his day job to become the host of a cooking show. The ...

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Record-Breaking Attendance and Deals at ATF

SINGAPORE: This year’s Asia TV Forum and Market (ATF), which ended in Singapore on Friday, saw a record number of attendees and business deals. A total of 3,917 individuals from 52 countries were in attendance, marking a 14-percent increase from last year’s market. For the first time ever, the conference, which ...

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Foxtel Develops New Movie Offering

SYDNEY: Foxtel is simplifying its movie service as of January 1, with the Foxtel Movies & Premium Drama package to replace the Showtime and Movie Network offerings. The package will include seven Foxtel movie channels and the dedicated premium drama channel showcase: the home of HBO as well as World ...

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