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HONG KONG: Turner International Asia Pacific has snapped up the full syndication and broadcast rights to the tentatively titled Korean drama series Saimdang for all platforms in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Saimdang sees Lee Young-ae (Jewel in the Palace) star as famous artist, writer and poet Shin Saimdang in …

MELBOURNE: Hamish McLennan, the executive chairman and CEO of Australia's Ten, has stepped down, with the role now being split. David Gordon, the non-executive director of Ten, has been appointed chairman, while Paul Anderson, the COO and CFO, becomes CEO. Gordon has been a director of Ten since April 2010. …

PARIS/SINGAPORE: Eurosport has extended its agreement with Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) involving the exclusive television and digital rights in the Asia Pacific for eight major international cycling races from 2017 to 2021. In Asia, the deal includes the Grand Tours (Tour de France and La Vuelta a España); three Classics …

SINGAPORE: FOX International Channels (FIC) and the Korean broadcasting outfit JTBC have collaborated on the launch of a new channel, JTBC3 FOX Sports, in Korea. JTBC3 FOX Sports will showcase international and local sports programming. As a fully localized service, all programming and presentation will be in Korean. The lineup …

LAUSANNE: Dentsu has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights, covering 22 countries in Asia, for the Olympic Games from 2018 to 2024. Dentsu scored from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the rights for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, as …

BONN: Thanks to an expanded partnership with Vietnamese telecommunications provider FPT, the new English channel from Deutsche Welle (DW) has joined FPT's OTT television service. The recent launch of DW's international English-language channel on FPT Play has given DW an additional 5 million users in Vietnam. Following a Facebook initiative …

LOS ANGELES: An I Heart Pinoy programming block has launched on NBCUniversal International Networks' E! Entertainment Television in the Philippines. I Heart Pinoy features the third season of the hit original reality series It Takes Gutz to Be a Gutierrez, and the freshman season of the fashion-themed The StyleList, Inc., …

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has entered into an agreement with Malaysia’s Media Prima for two game shows. Media Prima picked up the Small World IFT-produced family-themed game show Japanizi. This game show is a marblemedia-produced series based on an adaptation of Small World IFT's I Survived a Japanese Game Show. The company also …

NEW YORK/MUMBAI: Viacom has acquired a 50 percent interest in Prism TV, which owns a number of regional entertainment channels in India, for 9.4 billion rupees ($153 million). The remaining 50 percent interest in Prism TV will continue to be owned by the Network18 Group, Viacom's partner in the Viacom18 …

MUMBAI: India's Videocon d2h has launched a new mobile TV app that provides users with access to more than 70 live channels and 3,000-plus movies and videos. The new app, called Direct to Mobile TV, is available from the App Store for iPhone users and the Google Play Store for …