Parent brand: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Sub or sibling brands: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Kids, Discovery Science, Discovery HD World, TLC, Eve, Turbo, DMAX, Investigation Discovery, Eurosport, Eurosport News, Setanta Sports. Ownership in Asia: Discovery Communications Senior executive for Asia: Arthur Bastings, President & Managing Director, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Channel description: DMAX is the definitive factual entertainment destination for … [Read more...] about Lifestyle Channels
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ELEAGUE on truTV and Warner TV
Hong Kong– The new professional eSports league, organised by Turner and WME | IMG, will air in Asia on truTV and Warner TV. Entitled ELEAGUE, the inaugural first season pitting 24 international teams against each other, launches today (May 24), with live event coverage on digital platform Twitch throughout the week, and round-robin finals airing on truTV every weekend. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams compete over a 10-week period from a state-of-the-art arena at Turner Studios in … [Read more...] about ELEAGUE on truTV and Warner TV
Cartoon Network and CNN on pooq
Hong Kong– CNN International and Cartoon Network have increased their distribution in Korea with an agreement with pooq, an N-Screen platform. The growing subscription service allows live video streaming and video on demand across multiple screens and is currently providing content to 400,000 paying users. Non-paying subscribers to pooq can also watch the two Turner channels for free but only as short previews and only in Korea. … [Read more...] about Cartoon Network and CNN on pooq
Turner’s kids portfolio lead
Hong Kong– From all corners of the continent and beyond, kids and their families showed their love for Turner’s kids’ brands in Asia Pacific throughout 2015 and into Q1 of 2016. The full brand portfolio, comprising Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Toonami and POGO, is firmly on top of the pile in the region. Aggregate data from ratings agencies in nine measured markets shows that Turner’s Kids portfolio led its competitors in terms of audience share in 2015 and the first quarter of this year. … [Read more...] about Turner’s kids portfolio lead
Warner TV and Oh!K on Transvision
Hong Kong– Transvision subscribers in Indonesia are now able to catch the latest and best of U.S. and Korean content within hours of their world premiere with the launch of Turner’s regional entertainment channels, Oh!K and Warner TV, on the platform. Oh!K brings a robust line up of top-rated premium drama series, variety shows and music programming. Warner TV also promises to entertain viewers with an impressive list of same-day-as-the-U.S. telecasts featuring some of the year’s most … [Read more...] about Warner TV and Oh!K on Transvision
Turner launches on AIS
Bangkok, Thailand- AIS will carry five Turner channels on its Playbox OTT service and Play mobile app. Almost 40 million AIS mobile subscribers are now able to live-stream the five linear channels as well as watch catch-up content from Warner TV, World Heritage Channel, HLN, Boomerang and Toonami. Turner is the first international broadcaster to offer content on the AIS platforms and the five brands are also the first premium pay-TV channels to launch. In addition, this is the first time that … [Read more...] about Turner launches on AIS
