Managing Director of Channel NewsAsia, Ms Debra Soon, sounding the gong at the relaunch event. Singapore – Regional broadcaster, Channel NewsAsia, is greeting the new year with live news 24/7, a new look and new programmes to help viewers better “Understand Asia”, the channel's raison d'etre and new tagline. The expansion plan encompasses significant changes to its programming line-up, and investments in new bureaus and facilities across Asia. This enables the … [Read more...] about Channel NewsAsia relaunches
Hong Kong
Fashion One Foundation Partners With Fashion Hope
Hong Kong – Fashion One Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raise awareness of poverty, human trafficking, charity aid, education and environmental issues, has announced the collaboration with international anti-human trafficking advocate organization, Fashion Hope. This partnership between Fashion One Foundation and Fashion Hope, with the help of partner organisations such as Bigfoot Entertainment, Fashion One Network, Traffic Jam and MTV EXIT, aims to further build … [Read more...] about Fashion One Foundation Partners With Fashion Hope
Fashion One Foundation to debut on Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Hong Kong – With the upcoming National Human Trafficking Awareness Day this January, Fashion One Network, together with Bigfoot Entertainment, will be launching the Fashion One Foundation in respect to the day’s cause with the premiere of Bigfoot Entertainment’s feature film, The Girl With No Number, on satellite television. The film follows a young Vietnamese woman named Phuong Ly who must choose between true love or an arranged marriage to a foreigner to help relieve her … [Read more...] about Fashion One Foundation to debut on Human Trafficking Awareness Day
ABS-CBN continues to be a source of Filipino content in Asia
ABS-CBN International Distribution has sold approximately 40% of its content since 2000 to eleven Asian countries including Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. This enables non-Filipino, Asian viewers to enjoy Filipino programmes on their own television screens. ABS-CBN says Malaysia is the top buyer of its dramas. More than 3,000 hours of content have been sold to Malaysian TV networks Astro Bella and TV3 since 2000. Magkaribal, Prinsesa … [Read more...] about ABS-CBN continues to be a source of Filipino content in Asia
Hong Kong’s TVB lodges judicial review on new free TV licences
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) has lodged a judicial review application to the High Court in relation to the recommendation by the former Broadcasting Authority (now Communications Authority) to issue three new free TV licences. TVB reiterates that it is not blindly objecting to the issuance of new free TV licences and that it is not afraid of competition. However, the broadcaster states that the government must first clarify three crucial questions: What is the optimal number of free TV … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s TVB lodges judicial review on new free TV licences
Television Broadcasts China (TVBC) unveiled
Hong Kong – A press conference on the launch of Television Broadcasts China (TVBC) was held in Beijing on December 27, 2012. Honourable guests attending the press conference included Mr Li Rui Gang, Chairman of China Media Capital (CMC) and TVBC, Mr Cheong Shin Keong, General Manager of Broadcasting Division of TVB, Mr Jin Zhong Bo, CEO of TVBC and Ms Cheng Suet Fei, CFO of TVBC. TVBC was established on August 8, 2012 by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), China Media Capital … [Read more...] about Television Broadcasts China (TVBC) unveiled