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Zee TV Announces Addition of Two New Exclusive Channels to ZEE Family App

zee 123Singapore, 12 March 2015: Zee TV, the flagship channel of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., has announced the launch of new Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) &TV HD and TEN Cricket exclusively on the ZEE Family (Zeefamily.tv) mobile app. TEN Cricket will be available in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Israel, Fiji and Philippines, while &TV HD will be available in these countries as well as Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

&TV HD will showcase a diverse and dynamic mix of relatable fiction, high voltage non-fiction, marquee events and blockbuster movies while TEN Cricket will broadcast 24-hours of cricket matches and tours for fans of the sport.

The ZEE Family App, which was launched in Asia Pacific last month, is an IPTV Service that gives viewers instant and unlimited access to a wide variety of Bollywood and Indian regional original content from the ZEE suite of television networks on their mobile devices.

“With a rising trend of media consumption on mobile devices and tablets, the ZEE Family App will ensure a high quality and hassle-free viewing experience of ZEE channels, and catch up options. The app was launched last month and already we have seen a high daily subscriber pick up. Conversion rates from download to usage currently stand at more than 80%. We are confident that the addition of &TV HD and TEN Cricket will appeal to the progressive diaspora in the Asia Pacific region,” said Mr. Sushruta Samanta, Business Head Asia Pacific.

The app is free from now till 31st March, and will be a paid product from 2nd April 2015. It is available in 10 Asia Pacific countries including Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Indonesia, Israel, Fiji and Philippines.
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About ZEE Family

The ZEE Family App gives Asia Pacific viewers from Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Japan instant and unlimited access to a wide variety of Bollywood and Indian regional original content from the ZEE suite of television networks. Subscribers will gain access to a large library filled with hundreds of classic and new Bollywood movies as well as episodes of ZEE shows. The app provides live streaming of 25+ channels in Hindi & Regional languages as well as the ability to rewind and pause Live TV or watch past episodes using the 30-day catch up feature. ZEE Family App is available on both web browsers and devices including iOS, Android smart phones, tablets and Kindle Fire Tabs. All users are offered a free trial ending 31st March 2014 upon download and will be able to register for a package of their choice on https://www.zeefamily.tv/Packages.

About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Indian programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 120k+ hours of television content. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEEL entertains over 730+million viewers and growing across 169 countries. With rights to more than 3,500 movie titles from foremost studious and of iconic film stars, ZEEL houses the world’s largest Hindi Film library.

About Zee TV APAC
Launched in June 2004, Zee TV APAC is the Asia Pacific feed of the Flagship channel – Zee TV (India). Available in 18 countries, Zee TV APAC showcases Indian content with English Subtitles and airs all the programs from India. The channel showcases a variety of genres for all audience segments including prime time drama series, comedy, reality shows and children’s programs. With an enviable Hindi Film Library the channel also offers viewers the latest and best of Bollywood.

Zee TV is among the top five cable and satellite channels in Singapore. The city-state is home to one of the largest overseas Indian populations and its’ variety programming is watched by Indian and now increasingly, Malay audiences locally. Almost half (46%) of Zee TV viewers’ have a HHI range which ranges between SGD 4,000 – 10,000 per month. Zee TV continues to dominate in the Hindi General Entertainment Channel content category across local affiliate platforms StarHub and Singtel TV.

For further information, please contact:

Shelina Mahtani
Fifth Ring on behalf of Zee TV
M: +65 6297 7281 / +65 9127 8804
E: shelina.mahtani@fifthring.com

CNBC Launches on Dialog Television in Sri Lanka

NBCU RGB 123SRI LANKA 12 March 2015 – CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, announced a new
carriage deal with Sri Lanka’s biggest direct-to-home platform, Dialog Television. The
business news channel is now available on Dialog Television’s channel 41.

“We’re excited to bring CNBC’s first in class content to Sri Lanka through Dialog
Television,” said Jacqueline Lam, Vice President of International Distribution,
CNBC. “Our focus is on delivering accurate and actionable business and financial news
to our global audience. Being on Dialog Television not only expands our pan-Asia
distribution, but gives our Sri Lankan viewers access to the invaluable content that only
CNBC can provide.”

Dialog Axiata’s Group Chief Operations Officer, Azwan Khan, said, “The advent of
CNBC to Dialog Television will strengthen our position as the country’s premier
information and entertainment network. With Sri Lanka fast emerging as a commercial
hub in the South Asian region, there is growing demand for live and accurate global
business content, and with our presence in leading business establishments, hotels and
premises in Colombo and beyond, Dialog Television is best positioned through its valued
partnerships such as with CNBC to deliver the future for all Sri Lankans.”

Dialog Television subscribers can now access CNBC’s unprecedented coverage of the
global markets including 7 hours of live Asia produced programming every weekday
complemented by live market action from Europe and the U.S. Some key programming
highlights include: The Rundown, Squawk Box Asia, Street Signs, Capital
Connection, Squawk Box Europe, Worldwide Exchange, Squawk Box US and
Squawk on the Street.

In addition to CNBC’s weekday schedule, subscribers will also have access to CNBC’s
weekend offering of current affairs, sports and entertainment programmes
including Managing Asia, Inside China, CNBC Meets, The Edge and The Tonight
Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

Existing Dialog Television subscribers can get more information on CNBC programme
highlights and schedules through the Dialog Self Care mobile app, which can be
downloaded from the App store or www.dialog.lk.

For more information on CNBC, please visit www.cnbc.com.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

CNBC Asia Pacific
Valerie Martinez
valerie.martinez@cnbcasia.com
+65 6326 1123

Dialog Axiata PLC
Darshana Abayasingha
(+94)777 678 700
darshana.abayasingha@dialog.lk

About CNBC
CNBC is the leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and
information, reporting directly from the major financial markets around the globe with
three regional networks including CNBC in Asia, CNBC in EMEA and CNBC in the
US.CNBC.com is the preeminent financial news source on the web, featuring an
unprecedented amount of video, real-time market analysis, web-exclusive live video and
analytical financial tools. CNBC is dedicated to CEOs, senior corporate executives; the
financial services industry and private investors. The channel is available in more than
370 million homes worldwide. CNBC is a division of NBCUniversal.

About Dialog Television
Dialog TV is a fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC and operates a Direct-to-
Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service and is the market leader in Sri Lanka’s Pay TV
sector. DTV supports a broad array of international and local content in both Standard
Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) formats alongside a wide portfolio of Sri Lankan
television channels and delivers high quality infotainment to a viewer base in excess of
450,000 Sri Lankan Households.

SXSW Fest to Use Brightcove Video Services

bc123March 11, 2015 – This year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin is set to use cloud-provider Brightcove’s suite of video technologies to deliver live and on-demand video experiences…

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SES and Skystream strengthen partnership to deliver vsat services across the Middle East

ses123DUBAI, March 11, 2015 — SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that SkyStream FZ LLC has renewed capacity on SES’s NSS-6 satellite and has taken on additional capacity on SES’s NSS-12 satellite to deploy VSAT networks across the Middle East.

SkyStream will utilise the Ku-band capacity on NSS-6 at 95 degrees East and NSS-12 at 57 degrees East to serve the maritime and oil and gas industries.
“SES has been providing SkyStream with reliable and premium satellite capacity for years. We are glad to renew and expand capacity agreements with SES in order to support the growth of our customers in the maritime and oil and gas industries,” said Riyadh Al Adely, Managing Director at SkyStream.

“This series of agreements is a vote of confidence from SkyStream that we have been a reliable partner – and one who is flexible and adapts quickly to their changing market needs. We look forward to strengthening our relationship with SkyStream in the future,” said Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President, Commercial, Asia-Pacific & the Middle East at SES.

For further information please contact:

Markus Payer
Corporate Communications
Tel : +352 710 725 500
Markus.Payer@ses.com

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About SES
SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) is the world-leading satellite operator with a fleet of more than 50 geostationary satellites. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide. SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. The culturally diverse regional teams of SES are located around the globe and work closely with customers to meet their specific satellite bandwidth and service requirements. SES holds a participation in O3b Networks, a next generation satellite network combining the reach of satellite with the speed of fiber.
Further information under: www.ses.com.

PCCW embarks on strategic expansion of OTT video business

nowTV123PCCW (SEHK: 0008) – HONG KONG, March 11, 2015 –In line with PCCW’s group strategy to address opportunities in the increasingly digital world as consumers embrace digital lifestyle, PCCW Media has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling majority interest in Vuclip, a leading mobile video-on-demand service platform that currently operates in six countries with over seven million mobile subscribers per quarter.

This expansion of its digital video business beyond Hong Kong follows PCCW Media’s successful development of its local OTT services including MOOV music and now TV news, sports and entertainment apps, and forms part of its continued evolution into a top digital entertainment service provider in Asia. Via this investment, PCCW Media can expedite its strategy in rolling out its OTT video service in the region and beyond.

Vuclip is a leading premium mobile VOD service for emerging markets. Its current footprint in Asia includes India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates, with rollout plans for other Southeast Asian markets in 2015. Its services are also available outside Asia in Egypt, and will expand to other countries in Africa and the Middle East. It brings to subscribers a vast content catalog of more than one million titles including Bollywood and Hollywood movies, TV shows, entertainment and sports news, music videos, etc. in 25 different languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Indonesian Bahasa, Arabic, Malay and Thai. Additionally, subscribers benefit from convenient mobile payment solutions via Vuclip’s expanding partnership with more than 13 leading regional carriers.

Vuclip’s strengths include its early and extensive penetration into emerging markets facilitated by the use of its patented Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding technology that can deliver high-quality video content across variable network conditions and across all mobile devices without buffering. This uniquely addresses the challenges of device fragmentation, particularly in emerging markets where the bulk of users are rapidly migrating to smartphones and tablets.

Ms. Janice Lee, Managing Director of PCCW Media, said, “Our vision is to expand beyond Hong Kong by offering industry leading OTT services. Together, Vuclip and PCCW Media will develop a best of breed OTT platform that provides immediate access to PCCW Media’s premium Asian content set (including Korean, Japanese, and Chinese language content) across a much expanded audience base in the Asian continent and other regions. The integrated billing solution that Vuclip has developed with its telecom partners in various markets will enable us to fast track our OTT video and music penetration globally.”

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Vuclip is headquartered in Milpitas, California in the U.S. and has several other offices around the world including a significant presence in Asia. It was founded in 2008 by Dr. Nickhil Jakatdar, who will remain as Chief Executive Officer of Vuclip to continue spearheading the development of Vuclip.

Dr. Jakatdar said, “As a leader in mobile video for emerging markets, we have always strived to meet the needs of our users with a combination of our innovative technology and a strong partner ecosystem comprised of content studios, mobile operators and advertisers. With the synergies between PCCW Media and Vuclip, we can now serve the emerging markets better and accelerate our global expansion.”

Vuclip’s management team is comprised of global media and technology professionals with decades of experience and deep market expertise.

Closure of PCCW Media’s acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

This transaction does not constitute a notifiable transaction under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

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About PCCW Media

The media group of PCCW is a leading, fully integrated multimedia and entertainment group in Hong Kong.

The media group operates the leading pay-TV service in Hong Kong under the now TV brand delivering both self-produced and licensed content to its customers using advanced IPTV technology. now TV has over 1.2 million customers with more than 180 channels of local, Asian and international programming. It is also a leading producer of Chinese language news, financial news, sports and entertainment programming in addition to music and events production which complements its wide portfolio of licensed international television content.

In addition to now TV, the media group also operates the new media and directories businesses. New media’s digital music service, MOOV, is Hong Kong’s first and largest multi-platform digital streaming music service. Its online content service, now.com, is a subscription based video streaming proposition offering over 5,000 streaming videos.

The media group also operates one of Asia’s leading directories businesses under the Yellow Pages brand.

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About PCCW Limited

PCCW Limited (SEHK: 0008) is a Hong Kong-based company which holds interests in telecommunications, media, IT solutions, property development and investment, and other businesses.

The Company holds a majority interest in HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider. HKT meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sale, outsourcing, consulting, and contact centers.

PCCW also owns a fully integrated multimedia and entertainment group in Hong Kong, which includes a highly successful IPTV operation, now TV. As the provider of Hong Kong’s first quadruple-play experience, PCCW offers a range of innovative media content and services across four delivery platforms – fixed-line, broadband Internet access, TV and mobile.

Also wholly-owned by the Group, PCCW Solutions is a leading information technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing provider in Hong Kong and mainland China.

In addition, PCCW holds a majority interest in Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited, and overseas investments including the wholly-owned UK Broadband Limited. To learn more about PCCW, please visit www.pccw.com.

For more information, please contact:

Ivan Ho
PCCW
Tel: +852 2883 8747
Email: ivan.wy.ho@pccw.com

Scripps targets TVN

scripps 123March 10, 2015 – Scripps Networks Interactive has emerged as the surprise favourite to buy a majority stake in TVN, Poland’s second largest commercial broadcaster.

Citing two sources close to negotiations on the sale, Puls Biznesu reports that ITI has received two binding offers and the one by Scripps, at over PLN20 (€5.3) a share, is the highest…

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Star India acquires Screen

star123March 10, 2015 – Star India has signed a definitive agreement with Indian Express Group to acquire Screen, a weekly publication on films. This deal enables Star India to enhance content offering on its digital and television platforms.

Star will also integrate the Screen Awards property. Besides, it will get exclusive ownership of the ‘Screen’ brand franchise including all archival material and transfer of key employees…

Read more at NexTV India