KC Global Media, Asia’s leading entertainment network announced its 3rd quarter partnership renewals with key affiliate broadcasters in five territories including Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Maldives, reinforcing and strengthening its growth across Asia by bringing premium content to more households across the region.

Avani Bhanchawat, Vice President and Head of Revenue at KC Global Media said, “Our long-term partnerships with the leading broadcasters in Asia have given us the opportunity to deliver world-class entertainment to audiences through our widely distributed channels available across multiple platforms, and strategically expanding into new territories such as our recent launch of AXN and Animax in Mongolia for both linear and digital platforms with one of the biggest IPTV and streaming platform in the country. As Asia’s leading entertainment network and content buyer, we continue to add value to our partners by acquiring diverse and premium English, Korean and Japanese content and growing our slate of Asian original productions. Our four unique channels provide best-in-class entertainment to every viewer we serve.”

In Singapore, the renewal by StarHub Cable Vision Ltd enables its subscribers to continue to enjoy the best of first and exclusive Asia premieres through English entertainment channel, AXN; Japanese anime channel, Animax; Japanese entertainment channel, GEM; Korean drama, and variety channel, ONE. Fans of English action channel, AXN, can look forward to fresh titles in August including season 2 of medical drama, Nurses, on Aug 26, Fridays 8.50pm, season 4 of Hudson & Rex, on Aug 29, Mondays to Thursdays at 8.50pm, and the premiere of theatrical blockbuster, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, on Aug 21, at 9.45pm. Premiering within 12 hours of their U.S. telecast, AXN will also feature season 2 of NCIS: Hawai’i on Sep 20, Tuesdays at 9.45pm, season 5 of The Rookie, on Sep 26, Mondays at 9.45pm, and CSI: Vegas season 2 on Sep 30, Fridays at 9.45pm.

Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) extended its renewal for AXN and Animax, and will be taking up a new channel featuring the best of Japanese entertainment in GEM, where fans in Hong Kong can watch popular drama series, NICE FLIGHT!, Mondays at 8.45pm, same week as Japan; with new episodes of Mampuku, the ramen drama series featuring the true story of the founders of Nissin Food products, every Sunday at 6.40pm, Renovation Like Magic, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8.45pm, and Must Be ARASHI! S4, on Mondays, 7.50pm. I LOVE everyone’s zoo, premieres on Oct 18, Tuesdays at 7.50pm, featuring lead actor and singer of the popular Arashi boyband, Masaki Aiba (The Men of the WADA Family).

Cignal TV, Inc (Cignal) the premier DTH satellite provider for the Philippines renewed their partnership for AXN and Animax, adding GEM to the portfolio to boost their subscribers’ demand for Japanese content. For Animax, anime fans can catch season 3 of the hit series, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Collision, with new episodes shown on Mondays and Tuesdays at 10pm; season 2 of the popular evergreen sports series, Kuroko’s Basketball, will be telecast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8pm; slice of life comedy, Police in a Pod, premieres on Aug 9, Mondays and Tuesdays at 10pm; comedy fantasy series, Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout, premiering on Aug 22, Mondays and Tuesdays at 8pm, with retro fan-favorite title, Gintama season 1, premiering on Aug 26, every Friday at 8pm. Anime sports fans can look forward to a 3-part movie series in Kuroko’s Basketball: Winter Cup Highlights with Kuroko’s Basketball: Winter Cup Highlights ~Shadow and Light~ (Part 1) and Kuroko’s Basketball: Winter Cup Highlights ~Beyond the Tears~ (Part 2) premiering on Aug 21 and 28 on Sunday, 8,30pm, with the 3rd movie, Kuroko’s Basketball: Winter Cup Highlights ~Crossing the Door~ (Part 3) schedule to be screened on Sep 4th , Sunday, at 8.30pm. In September, the 4th season of sports drama, Haikyu!! premieres on Sep 15, Wednesdays to Fridays at 10pm, with action fantasy anime, I’m Quitting Heroing, premiering on Sep 12, Mondays and Tuesdays at 8pm.

For Indonesia, PT Link Net Tbk (Link Net) extended its renewal for subscribers to continue to enjoy contents from channels AXN, Animax, and ONE and added GEM to complement the platform’s Asian channels offering for its subscribers. Korean drama fans can catch the following popular K-drama titles on ONE including the ongoing dark comedy series, Becoming Witch, every Sunday, express within 24 hours from South Korea at 8.30pm, as well as Today’s Webtoon, premiering on Aug 20, featuring award-winning actress, Kim Se Jeong (2019 Winner of K-Drama Hallyu Star Award for I Wanna hear Your Song) and top model and actor, Nam Yoon Su (2021 winner of Model Star Award for The King’s Affection), in this drama about the struggles of a webtoon editor.

Medianet Pvt Ltd of the Maldives has also renewed a long-term deal for AXN, adding Japanese anime and entertainment channels, Animax and GEM, to boost their subscribers’ demand for Japanese content, which reaffirms a demand and viewer base for a variety of good quality premium content on linear and on demand.