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SINGAPORE/TOKYO: GEM Asia is a planned new pay-TV channel from Nippon TV and Sony Pictures Television Networks that will deliver Japanese and other North Asian programming to pay-TV audiences in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. SPT and Nippon TV are forming a joint venture, subject to regulatory approval, to launch …

HONG KONG: At the Asia Pacific Video Operators Summit (APOS) in Bali, Rewind Networks has announced a deal to bring HITS to pay-TV platform now TV's subscribers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's leading pay-TV platform has some 1.2 million customers. The launch date for HITS, which features classic television shows, …

SINGAPORE/BALI: Coverage of the UEFA Champions League in Singapore is moving to Eurosport after the pan-regional broadcaster inked a three-year deal for exclusive media rights to the football tournament. The deal, which kicks off in the 2015/2016 season, covers the rights to all 350 matches per season. Eurosport, carried on …

HONG KONG: Chinese media mogul Li Ruigang has made an investment in Young Lion Holdings, the consortium that controls leading Hong Kong-based broadcaster TVB. The local Communications Authority has approved the new shareholding structure at Young Lion, which indirectly holds 26 percent of the outstanding shares of TVB. A press …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Southeast Asian internet TV service iflix has completed a $30 million financing round led by investment firm Catcha Group and Filipino telco PLDT. The financing will be used to expand the internet-delivered SVOD service across Southeast Asia, invest in acquired and original content and market the platform …

HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) in Asia has expanded the roles of Rohit D’Silva and David Shin and tapped Prakash Ramchandani to oversee nonlinear initiatives. D’Silva, who has been with the pan-regional broadcaster for more than a decade, has been appointed to the newly created role of executive VP …

BALI: FOX International Channels (FIC) is set to make its flagship FOX, FOX Sports and National Geographic Channel brands available via OTT SVOD, linear streaming and catch-up with select partners in Japan, China, Malaysia and the Philippines. The deals with Japan's Avex, China's Tencent, Malaysia's Astro and the Philippines' Cignal …

SINGAPORE: The Singaporean media conglomerate MediaCorp has picked up a 52-percent stake in KapanLagi Network (KLN), a company that owns a number of Indonesia's most popular web portals. The deal seeks to combine MediaCorp's transmedia expertise and pan-Asian reach with KLN's leading position in Indonesia and its digital mindset. This …

BALI: FOX Sports in Asia has extended its deal with UFC for the broadcast rights to the mixed martial arts (MMA) organization's content. The deal covers FOX Sports platforms in Asia, excluding the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan. MMA coverage will be available on the linear TV channel as well …

SINGAPORE: Singtel has made the Indonesian sinetron channel MNC Drama available in Singapore. The channel, whose tagline is "A Full Day of Drama," is the online dedicated sinetron (similar to the soap opera genre) channel in Singapore. The network airs 12 hours of fresh content per day, including Tukang Bubur …