Free Magazine Subscription    Printer-friendly version   

BBC channels switch to StarHub

5 June 2009

Singapore - Upon the expiration of BBC Worldwide Channels’ two-year exclusive agreement with SingTel mio TV, three channels will launch exclusively on StarHub TV.

On 1 August 2009, StarHub TV will add BBC Knowledge (channel 74), BBC Lifestyle (channel 83) and CBeebies (channel 31) to its Education Basic Group, Lifestyle Basic Upsize Group and Kids Basic Upsize Group respectively at no additional cost.

These three additions will join BBC World News and BBC Entertainment presently offered by StarHub TV, which boasts 527,000 pay-TV subscribers in Singapore.

Commenting on the launches, Mark Whitehead, BBC Worldwide Channels’ senior vice president and general manager, said, "Today’s announcement builds on BBC Worldwide Channel’s long-term relationship with StarHub. Strategically, Singapore is an important part of our expansion strategy in Asia. We are excited that our entire suite of channels will be offered together on one platform in this key market."

At launch, there will be premieres of the latest series of Top Gear and the new BBC science series Earth - Power of the Planet on BBC Knowledge; brand new seasons of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA, and the popular Gok Wan, British fashion consultant, author and television presenter on Gok’s Fashion Fix on BBC Lifestyle; and In The Night Garden, which is the new multi-award winning series from the creators of the phenomenally successful Teletubbies on CBeebies.


Rate This Article

Current Rating:
No rating yet

Excellent
Very Good
Good
Quite Good
Poor
  Rate This Article

Related Stories

Deadly Amazon - 7/2/2012

London/Hong Kong/Burbank - The Walt Disney Company today announced that The River, a supernatural TV thriller, is set to premiere in South Korea on Fox within 24 to 48 hours of its US debut on Februar…

BloombergUTV joins RBNL - 7/2/2012

Mumbai - BloombergUTV, a business news channel, has come on board Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd’s (RBNL) distribution portfolio. The channel will be launched through a joint venture with Germany’…

Direct reach - 7/2/2012

Singapore - Fox One Stop Media (FOSM) has launched FOSM Singapore, a specialized local advertising sales team to cater to the country’s advertising sector. FOSM, the commercial branch of the advert…

Re-Discovering the Japanese Occupation - 6/2/2012

Singapore - The events that led to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese Empire during World War II are being examined for the first time on Discovery Channel Asia, in the two-part special; 1942 - Fal…

Endemol centralizes sports output - 6/2/2012

Endemol is restructuring its international sports business. This reorganization will bring its sports content in line with all other output, coming under the direct management of the group's local ope…