Kuala Lumpur – Astro Best has signed a multi-year agreement with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to bring Sony Pictures’ feature films to over 15 million Astro viewers. Launched in August 2012, Astro Best brings in the latest Hollywood and Asian titles in their earliest window after theatrical screening to the comfort of Malaysian homes on Astro Best. Under this agreement, Astro customers can look forward to more fresh blockbuster titles from Sony Pictures to be … [Read more...] about Astro signs multi-year agreement with SPT
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SPT makes new senior appointment for APAC
Singapore– Hui Keng (HK) Ang has been promoted to Senior Vice Pr​esident and G​eneral M​anager, ​N​etworks, Asia for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), it was announced by George Chien, E​xecutive V​ice P​resident,N​etworks, Asia-Pacific for SPT, to whom he reports. Based in Singapore, Ang will oversee the networks’ robust portfolio of channels across Southeast Asia, including AXN, Sony Entertainment Television, beTV, ONE, Animax and the … [Read more...] about SPT makes new senior appointment for APAC
SPT’s ONE breaks its ratings records in Malaysia and Singapore
Singapore – ONE, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia’s South Korean general entertainment channel, has announced that it has hit new viewership highs in October 2013, breaking its monthly primetime and full-day ratings records among pay-TV audiences 4+ in Malaysia and Singapore.In Malaysia, ONE HD remained the top-rated HD channel and dominated 22 percent of all viewing share among HD channels in October.The channel delivered its highest ever full-day and primetime ratings … [Read more...] about SPT’s ONE breaks its ratings records in Malaysia and Singapore
SPT to launch Asian general entertainment channel in Vietnam
Singapore — Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has announced that it will launch a brand new channel, GEM, which will feature popular general entertainment content from across Asia and is set to launch in Vietnam in January 2014. The launch of GEM marks SPT Networks’ second channel in Vietnam. It also operates AXN, which is currently available in SD and HD on all major Vietnamese TV platforms across the country. SPT Networks' ONE, which offers the latest in Korean … [Read more...] about SPT to launch Asian general entertainment channel in Vietnam
“The Blacklist” breaks records with successful premiere
Cannes/ Culver City, California - Following successful premieres in the U.S., Canada, UK, Mexico, Korea and Australia, Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) The Blacklist has maintained its substantial audience into the drama’s subsequent episodes. The crime thriller, which premiered September 23, 2013 in the U.S. as NBC’s best drama debut in more than six years, saw Week 2 break U.S. DVR history with L+3 figures adding over five million viewers. … [Read more...] about “The Blacklist” breaks records with successful premiere
Global Agency’s Head of Acquisitions exits
Global Agency's Head of Acquisitions, Andrew Sime, will leave the company at the end of September 2013 to pursue other opportunities. Based in Amsterdam, Sime has been with Global Agency since 2009, when he joined from Sony Pictures Television. Prior to that, he worked at Endemol International. Global Agency's international acquisitions will now be handled by Acquisitions Manager Umay Ayaz. Global Agency is the world's fastest-growing distributor, and possesses one of the industry's most … [Read more...] about Global Agency’s Head of Acquisitions exits
