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Southeast Asian streamer Hooq files for liquidation

Singapore-based streamer Hooq – backed by Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros. and regional telco Singtel – has filed for liquidation. The on-demand service launched six years ago with backing from the US studios but has more recently moved towards launching its own local originals. It had more than 30 original titles either on the platform […]

Singtel TV adds Discovery channels after StarHub spat

Singapore’s Singtel TV has picked up a number of Discovery channels months after telco StarHub pulled the Scripps-owner off its platforms following a major carriage dispute. Singtel TV has added Discovery’s HGTV, AFC and Food Network to its suite of channels, which already includes TLC, Travel Channel, Discovery and Animal Planet. Discovery is the largest […]

Hooq launches in Singapore

Video streaming service Hooq has launched in Singapore. Hooq has struck a deal with one of its own owners, Singtel, whereby the latter’s pre-paid mobile customers will be able to access it has part of a bundled package with data. Bundles for post-paid and fixed-line broadband customers are set to follow in the coming months. […]

Nick to update Rocko’s Modern Life

Nickelodeon is reviving another classic animated property to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nickelodeon Animation. The Viacom-owned US network has ordered a one-hour special of the acerbic Rocko’s Modern Life, with creator Joe Murray on board. The original series aired from 1993 to 1996, and followed an Australian wallaby and his companions as they had […]

Asian Netflix rival launches Singapore SVOD

PCCW’s premium Viu OTT service has rolled out in Singapore, in association with local telco Singtel. Viu is run by Hong Kong based telco PCCW and has set out to rival Netflix in the OTT space y offering a line-up of content sourced from within Asia, rather than Hollywood. As with other Viu rollouts, Singtel […]

Viacom Play Plex apps hit Asia

Viacom’s mobile app suite, Viacom Play Plex, is to debut in Asia for the first time, via Singapore’s Singtel. Viacom Play Plex allows Viacom’s distribution partners to offer branded apps that provide VOD content for current and library programming. The Singtel deal cover Nickelodeon Play, Nick Jr. Play, MTV Play and Comedy Central Play. A […]

Netflix hires biz dev chief in Asia Pac

Global streaming service Netflix has hired a VP of business development in the Asia Pacific region as it builds relationships with regional telcos. Anthony Zameczkowski has joined from Victorious, a mobile video start-up backed by Silicon Valley private investor Kleiner Perkins. Before that, he spent eight years at Google and its video platform YouTube and […]

ITV relaunches channel in Singapore

UK broadcaster ITV is relaunching its ITV Choice channel in Singapore after striking a deal with the TV arm of local telco Singtel. The channel has previously been carried in the country on the StarHub platform before being taken off the platform in 2013 having launched in 1997, and the Singtel carriage deal marks its […]

Netflix eyes Indian launch

A report in India suggests SVOD platform Netflix will launch in the Asian territory before 2016. Citing unnamed sources, the Times of India reported the US-based platform had “firmed up plans” to enter territory, a move that was concerning local DTH players. Should House of Cards distributor Netflix launch in India, it would be the […]

Studio’s Netflix rival launching in India

Sony, Warner Bros. and Singtel-backed SVOD service Hooq is about to launch in India, one of the international markets where Netflix has yet to roll out. Hooq was announced in January, at which point the three partners outlined plans to launch in Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Thailand. It has already launched in the Philippines […]