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HONG KONG: Huayi Brothers, Peter Chan’s Shine Focus, Edko Films and now TV have come together to launch the now Popcorn Movie Channel. The channel, set to launch exclusively on now TV on March 15, will initially reach Chinese-speaking markets in Asia and overseas. now Popcorn Movie Channel will be ...

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NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA: YOU On Demand is tapping into the Lionsgate film catalogue to bring customers in China movies such as Hotel Rwanda and the Saw franchise on a transactional VOD and subscription VOD basis. The content will be provided by Celestial Tiger Entertainment, a joint venture of Saban Capital Group, ...

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MUMBAI: The third annual Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit (APOS), which is scheduled to take place April 24 to 26 in Bali, has lined up Viacom’s Bob Bakish and Sony’s Andy Kaplan, among others. Kaplan, the president of worldwide networks for Sony Pictures Television, and Bakish, the president and CEO of ...

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HONG KONG: In its first forum of the year, CASBAA is hosting the Indonesia in View: Growing Pay TV event on February 29 in Jakarta. Indonesia in View: Growing Pay TV, held at the Hotel Mulia Senayan, will highlight the increased distribution and rapidly growing ad sector of Indonesia, supported ...

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SYDNEY: Ten Network has elected Lachlan Murdoch as its chairman, while Brian Long shifts to deputy chairman and lead independent director. Long, the current chairman, moves to a new role, and James Warburton, the company’s new CEO, is also joining the Ten board as managing director. Long said: “The board ...

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HONG KONG: Following a successful launch in Singapore late last year, CASBAA has planned a TV Upfronts event to take place in Hong Kong on February 21. TV Upfronts: The Hong Kong Screenings will be presented in association with Campaign Asia-Pacific. The day-long event will be held at the Palace ...

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LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has named Gautam Talwar, formerly at Disney Media Distribution in Hong Kong, as its VP of business development for Asia. In this newly created role, Talwar will be based in Singapore and report to Jon Penn, the CEO of FME Asia Pacific. He will be responsible ...

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MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network has built up its channel bouquet with the addition of the Indian business news channel BloombergUTV. India’s premier business news channel becomes the seventh channel in Reliance’s portfolio. The other services are BIG CBS Prime, BIG CBS Love, BIG CBS Spark, BIG Magic, Spark Punjabi and ...

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PERTH: HBO has invested AU$10 million ($10.7 million) for a stake in the Australian online DVD rental and video streaming firm Quickflix. The purchase gives HBO a 15.7-percent stake in the company and HBO will also appoint a representative to the Quickflix board. The investment follows Quickflix’s recent licensing agreement ...

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MUMBAI: BIG CBS Prime, BIG CBS Love and BIG CBS Spark are set to launch in Sri Lanka, with an English-language feed for each channel available across cable platforms and in key hotels. Initially, the channels will be available through Lanka Broadband Network, with plans to soon launch across all ...

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