Asia – FOX International Channels’ (FIC) The Walking Dead Season 3 premiere received impressive ratings performance across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, defeating other cable competition in its time period with regards to Total Viewers. The debut made FOX Movies Premium (FMP) one of the top Western movie channels in its timeslot among pay-TV viewers in Malaysia and Singapore. It also outperformed FMP’s year-to-date prime time average by about 54% and 194% in Malaysia and … [Read more...] about The Walking Dead third season premieres on high note across Asia
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Asia’s Next Top Model’s premiere set for Nov 25 as production company faces allegations
Singapore – Reality series Asia’s Next Top Model, originally slated to premiere on STAR World throughout Asia on November 9, will now air on November 25. According to Singapore’s The Straits Times, the delay is because ice-TV, the production company behind the series, has run into financial problems and is behind on payments to some 35 production crew members and former public relations firm Word Of Mouth Communications. It was reported that Word Of Mouth issued a writ of … [Read more...] about Asia’s Next Top Model’s premiere set for Nov 25 as production company faces allegations
FOX International Channels to air The Taste in India
FOX International Channels recently secured rights to the US version of cooking competition show The Taste for India, which will air next year on FOX Traveller. The Taste, created by Kinetic Content, Red Arrow's US production company, features culinary superstars Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson teaming up for the first time ever to get down to what truly matters—the way the food tastes. Bourdain and Lawson head a distinguished panel of four judges to pit America’s most … [Read more...] about FOX International Channels to air The Taste in India
STAR Chinese Movies 2 rebranded as SCM Legend
Singapore – Hot on the heels of the recently re-launched sister channel, STAR Chinese Movies (SCM) in early July, STAR Chinese Movies 2 has also undergone a transformation to become SCM Legend as of October 1. The logo of the new channel aligns with that of its sister channel, taking the shape of a royal crown to signify SCM’s positioning as the emperor of Chinese entertainment content. When the name of the rebranded channel is pronounced in Chinese, it plays on the homonym of … [Read more...] about STAR Chinese Movies 2 rebranded as SCM Legend
Programmes on FOX International Channels win big at Primetime Emmys
Hong Kong / Southeast Asia – At this year’s 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, TV programmes broadcast by FOX International Channels (FIC) across Asia Pacific won ten awards. FOX Movies Premium’s Homeland and FOX’s Modern Family were the big winners of the night, taking home four awards each, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series, respectively. It is Modern Family’s third year in a row winning best comedy series, while Homeland broke Mad … [Read more...] about Programmes on FOX International Channels win big at Primetime Emmys
mio TV announces landmark deal with FOX International Channels
Singapore – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) has unveiled a major acquisition deal with FOX International Channels (FIC) to offer 40 of the broadcaster’s channels on mio TV, most of which will be available from October 1. FIC is one of the largest international broadcasters of globally recognised branded subscription television channels. The suite of channels making their debut on mio TV cuts across a wide range of genres and includes top-rated channels such as National … [Read more...] about mio TV announces landmark deal with FOX International Channels