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Turner and Alva Brothers’ Real enters Hindi GE fray
Satellites, 23 January 2009

New Delhi – Real Global Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd. (RGB), a 50:50 joint venture between Alva Brothers Entertainment and Turner International, is to launch new Hindi entertainment television channel Real. Channel will go on air in March 2009 and is described as “tailor-made for the [...]

Pan-Arabic pre-school channel Baraem goes to air
Satellites, 19 January 2009

Doha – The first pan-Arabic preschool channel, Baraem, officially went to air 16 January 2009, from its headquarters in the Education City, Qatar. Aimed at children aged 3 to 6 and their parents, Baraem airs up to 15% of its own produced content and up to 85% of acquired programs [...]

Darby Sanchez returns to GlobeCast Asia as CEO
Satellites, 16 January 2009

Singapore - Darby Sanchez has reprised her role as CEO of GlobeCast Asia, effective 1 January 2009. Based in Singapore, Sanchez will be responsible for all of the GlobeCast Group's activities in Asia, including the recent acquisition of facilities in Hong Kong. She replaces David [...]

Jain exits, Suharjono steps up as EVP and MD MTV Networks Southeast Asia and Greater China
Satellites, 12 December 2008

Singapore/Hong Kong – Indra Suharjono has been promoted to executive vice president and managing director, MTV Networks Southeast Asia and Greater China, based in Singapore. Effective immediately, Suharjono will assume oversight of MTVNI’s portfolio of brands and businesses across [...]

YR Asia channel to be distributed via MEASAT-3
Satellites, 14 November 2008

Kuala Lumpur - MEASAT announced it had signed an agreement to distribute the YR Asia channel across the Asia Pacific region via the MEASAT-3 satellite. YR Asia Satellite TV, a new entertainment channel, offers a wide range of Chinese language variety, sports, drama, animation, [...]

Fox International Channels looks to MEASAT-3 for expansion
Satellites, 8 July 2008

Kuala Lumpur – Fully-owned NewsCorp subsidiary Fox International Channels is to distribute its FOXCRIME and FX channels to PayTV operators across Asia Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa via the MEASAT-3 satellite platform. Zubin Gandevia, managing director and executive vice [...]

Aug 21 launch for MEASAT 3a
Satellites, 25 June 2008

Kuala Lumpur - MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has announced that the MEASAT-3a satellite has secured a launch on 21 August 2008. The fleet’s fourth satellite, MEASAT-3a has been designed to expand MEASAT’s C-Band and Ku-Band satellite capacity at the organization’s key 91.5E [...]

Strategic alliance for FOXTEL and BBC Worldwide
Satellites, 25 June 2008

Sydney - From July 1, BBC Worldwide will assume full ownership and management control of UKTV after acquiring FOXTEL’s 60 percent stake and FremantleMedia’s 20 percent stake in the channel. BBC Worldwide will roll out three new channels in Australia from its global portfolio – [...]

Asia preview for ITV Worldwide GE channel
Satellites, 23 June 2008

Hong Kong – As reported in TVA+ Executive News May 12 2008, ITV Worldwide will preview a new pan-regional general entertainment channel to selected pay TV operators across Asia. Starting today, June 23, the preview channel will be based around Granada International’s existing [...]

India’s BIG Broadcasting uses AsiaSat 3S
Satellites, 18 June 2008

Hong Kong – BIG Broadcasting from Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of India’s top 3 private sector enterprises, has joined broadcast satellite AsiaSat 3S for its bouquet of television channels which will be serving millions of Indians. Announced by Asia Satellite Telecommunications [...]