BBC Worldwide has acquired a 75% stake in Melbourne-based global travel information group, Lonely Planet, in a deal described by non-executive BBC…

Universal Pictures Japan (UPJ) and Geneon Entertainment Inc have formed a home entertainment distribution partnership in Japan. The agreement gives…

Israeli-based Puff TV Ltd and Nelvana Enterprises have reached an agreement to bring 40 episodes of The Backyardigans on video-demand channel (VOD)…

Korea’s mobile broadcast platform, TU Media, has inked an agreement with CNN International to stream more than 16 hours of news daily.

STAR is planning five new channels in India as part of what COO Peter Chernin called a “land grab for channel space and capacity in India”. He said…

Indian telco and would-be direct-broadcast operator Bharti Airtel has crossed the 50 million telecoms/broadband customer mark.

BBC World has started steering media marketers in a new direction via a trade campaign that presents its viewers as “a truly diverse, well-travelled…

Aviva, Caltex, Nokia N-series, Sony Electronics Asia Pacific, Bintan Lagoon Resort and Standard Chartered Bank are sponsoring AXN’s The Amazing Race…