Taiwanese band Mayday, with StarHub's Lin Shu Feng (left) and KKBOX's Chris Lin (right), at the launch of Music Anywhere yesterday. Singapore – StarHub has re-launched its three-year-old online music store as “Music Anywhere”, to coincide with the expansion of its digital music offerings in collaboration with KKBOX, a leading provider of digital music subscription services in Asia. A key feature of StarHub’s revamped online music store is KKBOX’s music streaming … [Read more...] about StarHub rebrands digital music platform as Music Anywhere
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CNBC launches ad campaign to thank viewers across Asia Pacific
Singapore – CNBC has launched a pan-Asian advertising campaign to thank viewers for making it the number one international business and financial news channel across the region, based on the latest figures from the Pan Asia-Pacific Cross Media Survey (PAX). Created in-house, the campaign uses the headline “Thank you for making us #1” and features the anchors of Squawk Box Asia (Bernard Lo, Lisa Oake, Martin Soong), Cash Flow from Australia (Oriel Morrison) and Managing Asia … [Read more...] about CNBC launches ad campaign to thank viewers across Asia Pacific
The Walking Dead scores strong ratings in Southeast Asia
FOX International Channels (FIC) announced that the mid-season return of Season 3 of The Walking Dead, which premiered exclusively on FOX Movies Premium in Hong Kong and South East Asia on February 17, received strong ratings and beat the high viewership of the show’s previous seasons. The Walking Dead Season 3 premieres every Sunday at 10PM HKT/11PM MAL time, with the season finale on April 7, 2013, on FOX Movies Premium. According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, The Walking Dead 3’s … [Read more...] about The Walking Dead scores strong ratings in Southeast Asia
ABS-CBN tops February TV ratings
ABS-CBN Corporation has widened its lead over rival TV stations in February with an average audience share growing to 42%, 10 points higher than GMA Network’s 32%. Data from Kantar Media showed that more Filipino households across urban and rural areas watched ABS-CBN’s programmes as its total day share rose two points from 40% in January, while GMA suffered a one-point drop from 33% in the previous month. Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel size of 2,609 urban and rural homes that … [Read more...] about ABS-CBN tops February TV ratings
Travel Channel gets a new look
Middle Kingdom Ride Travel Channel International is undertaking a complete brand refresh, where the new branding and on-air look launches on March 25 across Asia and April 15 in the U.S. The rebrand will provide a new logo, a crisper on-air look and feel, and a new slate of exciting programmes. With the change, parent company Scripps Networks Interactive says it is also preparing to increase the number of international commissions. In Asia, new programming include: Middle Kingdom Ride, where … [Read more...] about Travel Channel gets a new look
Dirk Hoogstra promoted to EVP of Development and Programming for HISTORY and H2
New York – Dirk Hoogstra has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Development and Programming, for HISTORY® and H2™. He has served as Senior Vice President, Development and Programming for HISTORY since 2010. “Dirk is one of the fastest rising stars in the business,” said Nancy Dubuc, President Entertainment and Media, A+E Networks, to whom he will continue to report. “Creative and entrepreneurial, he has built one of the best programming teams in … [Read more...] about Dirk Hoogstra promoted to EVP of Development and Programming for HISTORY and H2
