Hong Kong - Tiger Gate Entertainment announced that action channel KIX and thriller/horror/suspense channel Thrill are now available on three platforms in Indonesia: Indovision, Okevision, and Aora. The channels are expanding their distribution as part of a strategy to serve the pan-Asian marketplace of more than 600 million pay-TV homes. As the first step in its planned territory-by-territory rollout, Tiger Gate launched KIX and Thrill in Indonesia on August 1 on Indovision and Okevision, the … [Read more...] about Tiger Gate announces series of launches for new KIX and Thrill channels
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BBC Worldwide signs major deal with Ten Alps
Following Ten Alps' acquisition of Singapore-based Uproar Asia, BBC Worldwide has agreed a three-year distribution partnership deal with the factual media company which will see all Ten Alps' broadcast companies distributed through a single distributor. The deal includes leading TV documentary production companies Brook Lapping, Blakeway, Below the Radar and Films of Record, covering landmark documentary, contemporary history, current affairs and observational documentary series respectively. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide signs major deal with Ten Alps
China’s NDRC, SARFT announce cable DTV pricing rules
China - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) have released a notice to local authorities mandating tighter regulation of cable television fees, reports Marbridge Daily. The notice requires local administrative departments to eliminate unreasonable charges related to subscribers' application to open, relocate, suspend, reactivate, or transfer their accounts. In addition, the notice mandates that cable subscribers … [Read more...] about China’s NDRC, SARFT announce cable DTV pricing rules
HISTORY HD launches on SK Broadband in Korea
New York/Seoul - HISTORY HD has launched on SK Broadband in Korea, the result of an agreement between AETN International, a division of A&E Television Networks (AETN), and SK Broadband. HISTORY HD broadcasts 100 percent HD content, and is fully languaged in Korean. The channel offers programs that cover a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from ancient to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as military history, science, archaeology and pop culture. HISTORY HD … [Read more...] about HISTORY HD launches on SK Broadband in Korea
South Korea surpasses 700K IPTV subs in August
South Korea - South Korea passed 700,000 IPTV subscribers for the first time in August, hitting 706,706 on August 23, an increase of more than 100,000 subscribers from the end of July, according to reports in local news website JoongAng Daily. In July, subscriber numbers increased by 4,000 to 5,000 daily, but recently this has gone up to around 7,000, said an official at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC). The growth is attributed to the government's push to popularise IPTV in Korea. The … [Read more...] about South Korea surpasses 700K IPTV subs in August
MediaCorp consolidates production business
Singapore - MediaCorp announced that its International Production Unit and Caldecott Productions International will be merged into a single unit. The new business entity - Caldecott Productions International (CPI) - will sharpen MediaCorp's efforts to focus on growing and producing original content for the international markets. The new CPI is headed by its director, Kenneth Liang who reports to Chang Long Jong, MediaCorp deputy CEO (Television). Reporting to Liang is Ong Hee Yah, senior vice … [Read more...] about MediaCorp consolidates production business