London - Travel Channel International has launched its new HD service in Asia Pacific on Taiwan's Dish HD platform. Available via the MEASAT 3 satellite, the channel is now available in 10 markets throughout Asia in both SD and HD formats. Flagship programming includes shows such as 4REAL (featuring Cameron Diaz, Joaquin Phoenix and Eva Mendes), The Path to Shaolin, World's Greatest Motorcycle Rides, Essential and It's a Woman's World. Travel Channel Asia HD is the latest addition to Dish HD's … [Read more...] about Travelling in HD
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Hybrid thrills
Singapore – KIX HD, launches today on Singtel’s mioTV. The channel features high-energy series, blockbuster movies, global fight events and epic anime during the day. At night, it gives viewers a late-night dose of the best thriller, horror, and suspense movies from Asia and Hollywood. The HD channel is a hybrid of Tiger Gate Entertainment’s existing KIX and Thrill channels with programming aimed at Asian audiences. KIX HD is currently exclusively available in Singapore. Other … [Read more...] about Hybrid thrills
Hybrid Mio
Hong Kong – KIX HD, the newest channel from Tiger Gate debuts this month on mioTV. The channel is a hybrid of its existing KIX and Thrill channels, with action-packed series, fight events, anime and the best thriller, horror, and suspense movies from Asia and Hollywood. To mark the launch of the channel this month is the first and exclusive series Expedition Impossible, Mark Burnett's most epic production since Survivor. There is also the highly anticipated Korean action drama A Yaksa, … [Read more...] about Hybrid Mio
Cartoon Network goes HD
Casbaa, Hong Kong – Cartoon Network today announced a new dedicated high definition (HD) channel, the first amongst kids’ broadcasters in the Asia Pacific. Rolling out first in South East Asia from January 2012, Cartoon Network HD will offer content in native HD that includes a line-up of both original and acquired content. Programmes include the award-winning new series The Amazing World of Gumball, Ben 10, and Chowder. Sunny Saha, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Turner … [Read more...] about Cartoon Network goes HD
Up close and personal
Singapore/Hong Kong - MTV today unveiled plans for the 2012 launch of a local version of MTV Sessions, the multiplatform music showcase, that will be shot in front of a LIVE audience in Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa. The first episode of the four-part series features Taiwanese recording artist Vanness Wu, and will be recorded in HD. It premieres on MTV South East Asia on 1 January 2012, with additional exclusive content available online at www.mtvasia.com/mtvsessions. Like other versions of … [Read more...] about Up close and personal
Fashion’s new look
Hong Kong - FashionTV is extending its 3D programming for FashionTV H3D on AsiaSat 5 from December 1. The H3D programming block on FTV HD channel will be increased from the current 4 times a day for 10 minutes each to a regular 30-minute 3D window four times a day, available to viewers in 53 countries across AsiaSat 5’s Asia-Pacific-wide footprint. This new initiative is driven by the rapid sale of 3D TV sets and increasing demand for 3D content potentially as a choice of product … [Read more...] about Fashion’s new look
