Singapore – The regional search is on for Asia’s next superstar as AXN announced the audition cities for season two of the record-breaking series, Asia’s Got Talent. Kicking off on May 14, talented hopefuls can descend on any of these five locations: Singapore (May 14), Kuala Lumpur (May 20), Manila (May 21), Taipei (May 27) and Bangkok (May 28) for their chance at super stardom and USD100,000 in cash. “Asia’s Got Talent Season One was unprecedented in its scale and was billed as the world’s … [Read more...] about AXN announces Asia’s Got Talent open audition cities
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SPT Asia partners Imagine Group
Singapore – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia announced its partnership with Imagine Group to deliver a pipeline of original series for AXN and Sony Channel. The first series to premiere as part of the agreement will be The Apartment: Rising Stars Edition, which is slated to run on Sony Channel, SPT Networks’ female-skewing, companion channel to AXN. Other series to follow include popular reality series The Challenger and Fit for Fashion. “SPT Networks, Asia has a proven … [Read more...] about SPT Asia partners Imagine Group
AXN Tops 2016 Ratings
Singapore – AXN dominated 2016 ratings among English general entertainment (GE) channels in South East Asia, maintaining its lead as the top channel in the genre collectively in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Securing a 26 per cent share during full day programming, and a 28 per cent share during prime time (6pm-1am) among 22 English GE channels across the three markets, AXN was buoyed by a strong mix of reality and drama series including the return of top rated The Amazing Race Asia … [Read more...] about AXN Tops 2016 Ratings
Asia’s Got Talent returns to AXN
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia announced a multi-year agreement with FremantleMedia International and Syco Entertainment for the rights to Asia’s Got Talent, the record-breaking series that premiered first on Sony’s AXN channel in 2015. The agreement forms part of SPT Networks’ long term strategy to further build on its pipeline of successful original productions. Billed as the biggest talent show in the world, Asia’s Got Talent is set to return to AXN this year, featuring the … [Read more...] about Asia’s Got Talent returns to AXN
Maggie and Parul win The Amazing Race Asia
Singapore - In the gripping finale of The Amazing Race Asia Season 5 on AXN, nothing stood in the way of the Filipino beauty queens and their winners’ crown. Arriving first at the pit stop in Bali with just minutes to spare, Maggie Wilson-Consunji and Parul Shah survived six countries, 12 cities and over 12,000 kilometres, beating 10 other teams to claim the ultimate USD100,000 cash prize.Hot on their heels were Malaysian beauty queens Chloe Chen and Lee Yvonne who arrived in … [Read more...] about Maggie and Parul win The Amazing Race Asia
Sony’s ONE and AXN dominates time slots
Singapore – Sony Pictures Television Networks’ powerhouse channels ONE and AXN packed a punch in Singapore and Malaysia last Thursday, with the highly anticipated Korean drama Legend of the Blue Sea premiere winning the timeslot across all pay-TV channels, and The Amazing Race Asia topping the international English channels. In Singapore, ONE’s Legend of the Blue Sea, starring reigning king and queen of Korea Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji Hyun, achieved a 52 per cent higher rating than the … [Read more...] about Sony’s ONE and AXN dominates time slots
