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Gabby Lopez resigns; ABS-CBN board cites “personal reasons” after a gruelling few months
Philippines’ media company ABS-CBN’s battle against the country’s lawmakers appears to have claimed another victim today with the resignation of company chairman and industry stalwart, Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez lll. ABS-CBN’s board...
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Thai authorities go legal on Facebook, Twitter for ignoring content takedown requests
Thai authorities have started legal action against social media giants Facebook and Twitter for ignoring court-issued requests to remove content from their platforms. Complaints were filed with cybercrime police after the two companies missed...
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“Focus on core capabilities,” ABS-CBN boss Carlo Katigbak says
ABS-CBN president and chief executive, Carlo Katigbak, said today that the company was focusing on “core capabilities” in entertainment and news in forging its media future without a broadcast licence. Acknowledging the tough path ahead during...
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Jungo TV ramps up channels in Asia, biz driven “from the ground up rather than the penthouse down,” Chung says
A new suite of curated specialty channels is ramping up activity in Asia, filling a gap in ad-supported digital terrestrial strategies, supporting genre-specific demands on streaming platforms, and…
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StarHub, Disney settle on Fox channels; all channels on old platform, none on new TV+ service
Singapore platform StarHub and Disney-owned Fox Networks Group (FNG) appear to have reached an agreement that keeps a bouquet of about 20 channels on air for current subscribers to StarHub’s old IPTV…
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Truths be told
Distributors across Asia are loving and/or loathing their new realities, telling ContentAsia that while some platforms in the region are scrambling to fill slates with acquisitions while original…
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Stream team
Media Partners Asia’s latest data shows a tilt toward streaming in Asia, a still-powerful free-TV environment, and a content-spend bubble that is unlikely to last.    Premium video economics have…
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