Six Southeast Asian broadcasters have tied up in an alliance they hope will boost their commercial edge. Partners in the proposed Smart Alliance,…

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's dominant free-TV channel, Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB), has reported a 16.5% drop in full-year 2008 profits to HK$1,056…

HBO Asia is scrapping its Cinemax brand, and relaunching its second movie channel on 29 March as "Max". The new 24-hour premium channel targets men…

SingTel's Mio TV IPTV platform has added its first 24-hour general entertainment Malay-language channel, Astro Ria, to its line up. The new family…

Singapore: Peter Hutton has been upped to chief executive officer of Dubai-based sports network Taj TV from the beginning of May. Hutton, currently…

Hong Kong: Star has appointed Cora Yim as programming vice president for Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Movies 2. Yim reports to Cheah Chee Kong (…

Hong Kong: Satellite company AsiaSat's profits were down 4% to HK$485 million/US$63 million for full year 2008, the company said yesterday,…

Singapore: AETN International, and signed new video-on-demand and mobile agreements Japan (USEN), Korea (Homechoice) and Malaysia (Astro's MIT). The…