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SYDNEY: Kerry Kingston, who has spent ten years as the chief operating officer of Australia’s Network Ten, is resigning from the role, to be replaced by Jon Marquard. Marquard joined Network Ten late last year as commercial and legal director. Kingston is leaving the post in late April, prompted by ...

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SINGAPORE: Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia has added to the distribution footprint of its ONE channel with a launch in Indonesia on Indovision. Indovision now offers the complete bouquet of five SPT Networks Asia channels. ONE is a general-entertainment networks that features the latest Korean dramas, with select titles premiering ...

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NEW YORK: The Chinese PPV and VOD platform YOU On Demand has entered an agreement with Magnolia Pictures to distribute its library on a transactional VOD and subscription VOD basis. This includes The Architect, starring Anthony LaPaglia and Viola Davis; The Good Doctor, starring Orland Bloom and Taraji P. Henson; I’m Still Here, a ...

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NEW DELHI: TEN Golf, a 24-hour golf channel based in India, has entered into a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for the exclusive basic cable rights in India for original programming from the Golf Channel in the U.S. Under the agreement, TEN Golf will offer more than 400 ...

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MUMBAI: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) is to launch Discovery Kids in the region, starting with India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The target audience for Discovery Kids is 4- to 12-year-olds and their parents, with the core target audience being kids 7 to 10 years old. Content highlights from Discovery Kids ...

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HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has secured the multi-year exclusive TV distribution rights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), bringing the sport to its FOX and FOX Movies Premium channels in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. FOX will air season 15 of the U.S. reality series The Ultimate ...

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SYDNEY: Rory Callaghan, formerly the CEO of Southern Star, is joining Shine Australia in the newly created role of executive director. Callaghan will report to Mark Fennessy, the president of Shine Network and CEO of Shine Australia, and Matt Campbell, managing director. His remit will include oversight for the catalogue of Shine ...

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BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China’s two leading online video services are combining forces, as Youku is buying rival Tudou in a deal valued at more than $1 billion. Youku is planning to acquire the smaller competitor Tudou Holding in an all-stock deal, worth approximately $1 billion. The merger is expected to close in ...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian iOS game Lightopus, developed by AppXplore, is available for the iPod, iPhone and iPad platform on a worldwide basis. Only a few days out, Lightopus is already on the Top 100 Games in the US AppStore portal. It is available initially in English, Spanish, French, Italian ...

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HONG KONG: Season two of The Walking Dead returns to FOX Movies Premium in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia on March 9, and will be back for a third season later this year of 16 fresh episodes. The Walking Dead‘s season two premiere in the U.S. delivered 7.3 million viewers ...

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