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HONG KONG: FOX International Channels has commissioned a fourth season of Asia's Next Top Model, which will air on StarWorld in 2016. FremantleMedia Asia will be leading the production of the upcoming season. Season three of the reality competition series on StarWorld was the highest-rated season to date in Singapore …

SYDNEY: The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report reveals that 91 percent of all broadcast TV watched in Australia on a traditional set in Q2 2015 was viewed live. The report—from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen—finds that in Q2 2015, Australians spent an average 90 hours and 53 minutes (90:53) each month …

SYDNEY: Australian SVOD service Presto has ordered the short-form series Let’s Talk About, in which each episode will focus on a different subject during the nine months of pregnancy. The 10×3-minute series was created by and stars Matilda Brown, daughter of Aussie actor Bryan Brown. The title will be available …

LOS GATOS: Netflix is continuing its global rollout with new launches planned in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan in early 2016. Netflix first became available in Asia earlier this month with the start of service in Japan. The service will be available at launch on smart TVs, tablets …

BEIJING: NBCUniversal International and the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group have struck up a multiyear partnership involving Universal Pictures' releases. The agreement sees Universal Pictures' new releases and library titles available on Alibaba's TMall Box Office service starting this month. Included in the pact are the blockbusters Fast & Furious …

SYDNEY: The first episode of Australia’s The X Factor is slated to premiere on Facebook tomorrow following an agreement between the social media giant and Seven West Media. That episode will be a targeted, limited release to Facebook users, available for a short window of time. It will be shown …

SYDNEY: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has outlined its concerns regarding the proposed acquisitions between Foxtel Management and Ten Network Holdings, noting that it believes the deal has the "potential to substantially lessen competition for the supply of free-to-air television services in Australia, particularly in the broadcasting of …

SHENZHEN: Tencent Holdings has signed deals with The Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox to be the exclusive TVOD and SVOD online provider in mainland China for the complete Star Wars epic. This landmark deal sees the creation of a single Star Wars digital hub in China that will …

BEIJING: China's Youku Tudou has struck up a licensing deal with Paramount Pictures that brings to its catalogue more than 100 movies, including Star Trek, Forrest Gump and Shrek. The movies—among them Transformers and Mission: Impossible—will become available through Youku Tudou's subscription service and select future Paramount releases will be …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has entered into a partnership with Multi Screen Media (MSM) India, which runs the Sony network of channels in the country, to bring BBC Earth to Indian audiences. The channel will operate under the name Sony BBC Earth. It will air in HD and be available in …