Singapore – Highly rated viral video show, Right This Minute premieres 8 June on Lifetime® in Asia (StarHub TV Channel 514), coinciding with the U.S. launch. The series will air in Asia weekdays at 7pm and 7.30pm. Right This Minute brings viewers the hottest videos from the Internet with exclusive interviews and information. The series features five hosts who will watch and comment on the videos, including multi award-winning host and Singapore native, Oli Pettigrew. “We’re … [Read more...] about AETN acquires ‘Right This Minute’
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MDA fines StarHub for cable TV disruption
Singapore – The Media Development Authority (MDA) has fined StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) S$50,000 for a cable television disruption on 28 September 2013. The incident, which started at around 12.40am, lasted for nearly five hours and is estimated to have affected about 170,000 SCV subscribers across various parts of Singapore. Those impacted experienced a complete signal loss for both paid and free-to-air TV channels which are accessed through their SCV cable points. Services were … [Read more...] about MDA fines StarHub for cable TV disruption
CJ E&M sells hit dramas to Starhub and Media Prima
Seoul, Korea –CJ E&M has signed a bulk deal with partners to sell its original dramas to StarHub in Singapore and Media Prima’s 8TV in Malaysia. Each operator will air over 200 hours of major hits produced by CJ E&M in 2014, as well as of this year’s full lineup. The popularity of CJ E&M’s content has been on a steady rise among audiences outside Korea. StarHub and 8TV plan to deliver such latest hits along with the upcoming lineup of 2015, some of which will … [Read more...] about CJ E&M sells hit dramas to Starhub and Media Prima
Sony makes appointment
Singapore – Virginia Lim has been named Vice President, Content & Marketing at Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia, it was announced by Hui Keng Ang, Senior Vice President and General Manager for SPT Networks, to whom she will continue to report. Based in Singapore, Lim will oversee a consolidated Asian and English content portfolio, which includes leading general entertainment powerhouses AXN and ONE, as well as Animax, Sony Channel, beTV and GEM Asia. Specifically, Lim will … [Read more...] about Sony makes appointment
NBCUniversal adapts “How Do I Look?” for Asia
Singapore – New year, new looks, new symphonies. In a strategic move to leverage the overall strength of NBCUniversal International Television, the company announced that it has commissioned Matchbox Asia, the regional production arm of NBCUniversal International Television Production, to produce an Asian version of NBCUniversal Formats’ makeover series How Do I Look? How Do I Look? Asia (8 x 60’) is slated to premiere in mid-2015 on DIVA – NBCUniversal International … [Read more...] about NBCUniversal adapts “How Do I Look?” for Asia
Zee TV partners YuppTV
Singapore – Zee TV, the flagship channel of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., has announced the launch of Zee TV’s Hindi programming on YuppTV. The content will be made available on YuppTV’s OTT (over-the-top) platform, which is available for download on both Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Through this new partnership, viewers can now enjoy Zee TV programming across multiple channels on Internet enabled devices such as smart phones, tablets, smart TVs, and more. The … [Read more...] about Zee TV partners YuppTV
