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Breaking News

SingTel scores another goal with the Carling Cup - 8 February 2010

Singapore - SingTel announced that mio TV has won the exclusive broadcast rights to the 2009/10 Carling Cup Final. All current Football Frenzy subscribers and those who have taken up the BPL early bir [...]

Castalia Communications inks deal with China's CITVC to distribute CCTV programming in Latin America - 8 February 2010

Atlanta, GA - Castalia Communications, a leading independent producer and distributor of broadcast, satellite, cable and web-based content, has signed an agreement with the China International TV Corp [...]

FremantleMedia’s Take A Celebrity Out launches as Indonesia’s no. 1 show - 8 February 2010

London - FremantleMedia, one of the largest creators and producers of entertainment brands in the world, celebrates the success of Take A Celebrity Out as it dominates the ratings charts across all ch [...]

Executive News

StarHub cements Fox relationship, appeals to Chinese auds ahead of EPL loss
Executive News, 1 February 2010

Singapore - StarHub is boosting offerings ahead of its loss of the English Premier League soccer and the ESPN Star Sports channels later this year. Over the Chinese New Year period, from noon on Fe [...]

TVB under investigation by Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority
Executive News, 1 February 2010

Hong Kong - TVB is facing investigation by the Broadcasting Authority over complaints that it restricts affiliated stars and singers from appearing on rival TV stations. The broadcaster has been accus [...]

BBC Entertainment adds Ross show, loses Astro carriage
Executive News, 1 February 2010

Singapore - BBC Worldwide Channels (BBCWC) has acquired the final series of award winning chat show The Jonathan Ross Show for BBC Entertainment, to be premiered first and exclusively in Singapore, Ho [...]

Discovery Networks Asia - Pacific launches Science and Turbo in India
Executive News, 1 February 2010

New Delhi - Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific announced the launch of Discovery Science and Discovery Turbo, both new to India. The channels will initially air on the Tata Sky DTH platform, but will soo [...]

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Ad nauseam
4 December 2009

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How was your market? 1 November 2009

Are we there yet? 1 October 2009

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Upcoming Events

FICCI FRAMES 2010

16 March 2010 - 18 March 2010
Location: Mumbai, India

ASIAN SIDE OF THE DOC

22 March 2010 - 24 March 2010
Location: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (during Filmart)

Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART)

22 March 2010 - 25 March 2010
Location: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

January 2010 Issue

Cover Story:

The naughty noughties’ digital legacy
Magz Osborne, 1 January 2010

Having weathered a number of recessions in the past decade, industry execs in the Asia Pacific region seem far more philosophical about the downturn, compared to the gloom dominating the US and Europe. The West, not having suffered successive setbacks as Asia has, seems to be experiencing a depr [...]

Fans swarm to Ben 10 premiere
1 January 2010

Aiming at the single largest tune-in for any channel in Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network employed every single weapon in its communications armoury in a campaign spanning three months. From tune-in to sustaining the hype; from contests on-air and on-line; from movie screenings to premiere parties in ho [...]

SPT puts buyers in the Hot Seat
1 January 2010

Addressing a full house, Angel Orenga, senior vice president, distribution Asia-Pacific described SPT as being so much more than films. “We are here today to convince you that we are more than films. We bring more than one, two or three genres; we provide our partners with programming solutions, [...]

Back to the future
1 January 2010

Louis Boswell, General Manager, AETN All Asia Networks Yes, I am glad 2009 over, but not because it was horrible; simply because I believe 2010 will be better. Our networks are young, and each year they grow, the better they do. The biggest challenge was to keep growing. Existing business was not b [...]

Asia Television Forum organizers upbeat about 2010
1 January 2010

The 10th edition of the Asia Television Forum (ATF) closed strongly with US$88.7 million worth of deals transacted, according to Reed Exhibitions, organizer of Asia’s leading content market. Business generated represents approximately 20 percent growth from last year’s record of US$73.7 million prog [...]