Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Singapore’s monopoly broadcaster MediaCorp are looking at sharing news resources, programme exchanges and possible co-production.

Warner TV premiers drama series Proof, on Friday, 1 July, at 9pm. The series stars Jennifer Beals (The L Word) as a doctor charged with finding evidence that death is not the end, and is one of two new first and exclusive series on Warner TV’s July schedule.

National Geographic Channel has picked up worldwide rights to the US$1.1 million Hitler’s Death Army: Das Reich, from factual distributor ZED. The two-part special will air later this year in Asia as part of a 170-country screening.

Canada’s 9 Story Media Group has sold almost 350 hours of kids and family programming to broadcasters in Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea.

Vietnam plans to switch off analogue signals for select stations in some parts of the country on 1 July. The stations involved in this first phase of the migration to digital in the country’s central region are VTV Da Nang, VTV6 and the local Da Nang Radio and Television (DRT).

Pakistan has agreed to participate in the SAARC satellite project – although Indian observers note the country’s deep suspicion of anything that might compromise its security.