RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network is sticking to magic to help drive penetration of the male-skewed RTL CBS Extreme HD channel.

ingapore terrestrial station, Channel 5, premieres its first long-form daily drama, Tanglin, on Tuesday, 30 June, at 8pm. The series is part of monopoly broadcaster MediaCorp’s revival plan for the English-language mass-market station.

A+E Networks Asia’s History channel premieres a trio of local productions in July, including new local special Secrets of the Otherworld (“mysterious events unexplained by modern science”) on Sundays at 10pm (HK/Singapore) from 19 July.

Avi Himatsinghani’s Rewind Networks is ramping up its profile in the Philippines with a series of viewer giveaways, including a car. The initiative in partnership with pay-TV platform SkyCable is the first of its kind for the 18-month-old regional network.

National Geographic Channels International has picked up Beach House Pictures/NHNZ’s two-part China From Above. The special, which airs in July, showcases China’s diverse landscapes, extreme weather, massive cities and infrastructure from overhead.

India’s information and broadcasting ministry is replacing Akshay Rout with Veena Jain as the director general of news at state broadcaster Doordarshan (DD). Jain’s remit includes digital/social media.