Paris, 3 September 2015 – Axesat, one of the leading enterprise connectivity providers in Latin America, has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Americas, part of Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) to provide corporate services in key South American countries. Axesat has chosen the next-generation EUTELSAT 115 West B satellite to support its new phase of expansion. The all-electric satellite is on track to enter service next month.

Axesat will leverage the new satellite’s South American footprint that spans from Colombia to Chile, to enable customers in energy, agricultural, financial, educational and government sectors to remain connected, even in the most remote locations. Axesat will also use the EUTELSAT 113 West A satellite to provide corporate connectivity solutions in Mexico for the banking and retail industries.

Patricio Northland, CEO Eutelsat Americas, said: “I am delighted that Axesat and Eutelsat are strengthening their relationship and that a key provider of corporate connectivity is entrusting us with additional business on two Eutelsat satellites. This agreement demonstrates the strength of our fleet for the Latin American market and the benefits EUTELSAT 115 West B will bring to the region as we continue to demonstrate our commitment to providing the most intelligent solutions for our customers in Latin America and beyond.”

Mauricio Segovia, CEO of Axesat, added: “We are very happy to continue reinforcing our relationship with Eutelsat. With EUTELSAT 115 West B we will be able to consolidate capacity on fewer satellites and at the same time improve the efficiency of our operations. We look forward to continuing to seek the most efficient solutions with Eutelsat in order to further raise our game in evolving market needs.”

EUTELSAT 115 West B is the first all-electric satellite in Eutelsat’s global fleet. With 24 C-band and 41.5 Ku-band equivalent transponders connected to specific service areas including Alaska, Canada, Mexico and South America, exceptional elevation angles and EIRP levels throughout the region, EUTELSAT 115 West B will take Eutelsat’s coverage of the Americas to a new level to offer cost-effective solutions for clients providing services that include video broadcasting, broadband access, cellular backhaul, VSAT solutions and social connectivity.

Launched in March 2015, EUTELSAT 115 West B is scheduled to enter service in October. It will be followed into orbit in fourth quarter 2015 by the all-electric EUTELSAT 117 West B satellite that will be located at 117° West to boost capacity for Latin America broadcast markets. EUTELSAT 65 West A, the third satellite in the expansion roadmap of Eutelsat Americas, is scheduled for launch during the second half of 2016. It will feature high-power coverage of Brazil and Latin America in C, Ku and Ka-bands.

About Axesat
Founded in 2003, Axesat is satellite service provider based in Bogota, Colombia with more than 10,000 VSATs and SCPC sites installed. Axesat serves corporate customers in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Central America providing data, broadband, video and VoIP solutions for customers in the Government, Mining/Oil & Gas, Retail, and Financial sectors, among others. For further information on the company, please visit: www.axesat.com

About Eutelsat Communications
Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world’s leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 38 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies.

Eutelsat’s satellites provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be established irrespective of a user’s location.
Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 37 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 – HONG KONG – FOX International Channels (FIC) announced today that it has confirmed Season 4 of the hit reality competition series Asia’s Next Top Model (AsNTM), once again for its leading female-targeted entertainment channel, StarWorld, set to air in 2016. Season 3 of the show achieved phenomenal success on StarWorld as the highest-rated season to date in Singapore and the Philippines. The season 3 finale also garnered the highest ratings in the show’s history on StarWorld, and pushed the channel into the top ranking spot amongst all western general entertainment cable channels.*

An original production by FIC, AsNTM is based on Tyra Banks’ popular ‘Top Model’ franchise, where aspiring models are mentored by industry professionals as they compete to become the next big thing in fashion. The series will once again be presented by Subaru and Zalora in this new season.

FIC has commissioned FremantleMedia Asia to helm the production of this upcoming season. With their innovative thinking and proven track record of creative story-telling, FIC’s partnership with FremantleMedia Asia is set to deliver even more compelling characters and chic style this season, as the young women on the show grow into world-class modelling professionals ready to take the global fashion industry by storm.

Keertan Adyanthaya, EVP and Head of Content & Communications for Hong Kong & Southeast Asia at FOX International Channels, said, “We’re excited to be launching the fourth season of this successful franchise, especially on the heels of a well-received season 3. We strive to produce shows that are highly entertaining and build fan bases, but also offer creative and effective promotional opportunities for brand partners, which in turn allow us to invest further into production and marketing. AsNTM is a great example of this successful model.”

He continues, “We could not have created this hit without our committed partners Subaru and Zalora. They share our creative vision for quality content and have each very smartly used the show successfully as a platform for their own marketing and promotion, making these win-win partnerships. Together with FremantleMedia, we can’t wait to bring to AsNTM fans the best season yet.”

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*Source: Kantar Media, Singapore and the Philippines (National Urban). Target: Female 18-39 with cable in Singapore. Female 16-34 with cable in the Philippines.

About FOX International Channels
FOX International Channels (FIC) is 21st Century FOX’s international multi-media business. We develop, produce and distribute 300+ wholly- and majority-owned entertainment, sports, factual and movie channels in 45 languages across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. FIC’s core channel brands include FOX, FOX Sports, FOX Life, FOX+ and National Geographic Channel. FIC’s movie channels include FOX Movies, FOX Movies Premium and SCM (formerly Star Chinese Movies). Our non-linear brands include FOX Play, FOX Play+ and Nat Geo Play. These networks and their related mobile, non-linear and high- definition extensions, reach over 1.8 billion cumulative households worldwide. In addition, FIC owns and operates two production studios and produces thousands of local programming hours for its wholly owned channels and third parties. In operation since: August 14, 1993.

About StarWorld
StarWorld is Asia’s finest leading female entertainment channel focused on delivering the best entertainment solutions to trendsetters and story seekers of Asia. The channel offers exclusive access to dramas, comedies, reality shows and special live events from the U.S and around the world and features the hottest content from original productions. StarWorld’s edgy style and urban chic look aims at attracting affluent, young female viewers who aspire to lead smart and sophisticated lifestyles.

StarWorld is available in 11 million homes, reaching 17 countries and territories across Asia and the Middle East.
For more information, please visit http://www.starworldasia.tv/

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FOX International Channels Asia
Gladys Lau | Assistant Manager, Marketing & Communications
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FOX International Channels Asia
Kelly Jang | Director, Marketing & Communications
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Mumbai, September 02, 2015: Zee TV, the No.1 South Asian Network will now be available on Jadoo TV in Canada. The company has reached a subscriber licensing agreement for its flagship networks Zee TV Canada, Zee Punjabi and Zee Cinema with Jadoo TV. Beginning September 1st 2015, the three ZEE networks will be available to all Jadoo TV subscribers in Canada. Zee TV Canada is currently available on all satellite, cable, telco and IPTV platforms and, is one of the fastest growing international channels in Canada. Zee TV Canada will be available in High Definition to all Jadoo TV subscribers.

“Canada is one of the fastest growing markets for us. Our business has more than tripled in the last two years. This move helps us to further consolidate our position in the market. Jadoo TV has been one of the pioneers in over-the-top play, which has been the fastest growing category of access”, added Sameer Targe, General Manager, Asia TV USA Ltd.

“We’re excited about bringing Zee TV channels to the largest South Asian viewership base in Canada on JadooTV. Zee TV is not only popular amongst the Indian diaspora in Canada, but also has great appeal amongst the greater South Asian community. The addition of Zee TV, Zee Cinema, and Zee Punjabi will enhance our entertainment offering, making JadooTV the best value for end users. With this agreement, Jadoo TV has further cemented its position as the market leader in the OTT space for South Asian diaspora worldwide” said Sajid Sohail, Founder & CEO of JadooTV, Inc.

It may not have a figurative “ocean of puppies” like MTV, but the Discovery Channel Communications is starting to experiment with virtual reality — in a literal ocean of sharks, among other places.

The cable network released a mobile app this week that features VR videos spun off from some of its top shows, such as “Mythbusters,” “Gold Rush” and “Survivorman.” These 360-degree videos can be viewed just by moving the phone around, but the app — made by VR video platform Littlstar — also features a Google Cardboard mode that splits the video in two, making it possible for Android and iOS users with a Cardboard or similar headset to watch the videos in VR.

Read more at Recode

Multi Screen Media, that operates Sony channels, is betting big on original content for its web version and mobile-based channel, Sony LIV and plans to make these offerings fee-based.

The channel will also roll out its first web series on 7 September. “The idea is to move to a fee-based subscription model over a period of time and see what content can be monetised with advertising and what content can be charged to the customer. “We will have a combination of these two models going forward,” Multi Screen Media executive vice-president and digital platform head Uday Sodhi told PTI.

Read more at Livemint

Accedo will be previewing navAgility, its new TV UX platform for managed video services at IBC 2015 in Amsterdam…

Read more at BTR

SINGAPORE (September 1, 2015) – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia and StarHub jointly announced today, the renewal of the carriage deal for SPT Networks’ channels on StarHub TV in Singapore. The deal brings Sony Channel, which features the best of Hollywood drama, comedy and lifestyle entertainment, to subscribers for the first time and joins its leading sister networks AXN, ONE and Animax on StarHub TV.

“As Singapore’s leading pay TV operator, we always seek to satisfy our customers’ demands for premium entertainment content. Hence, we are happy to launch Sony Channel which will further strengthen our entertainment offering and reinforce StarHub TV’s content leadership in the market,” said Ms Lee Soo Hui, Head of Media Business Unit, StarHub.

“Sony Channel offers a fresh approach to female programming, with smart, fun and strong storylines that will captivate StarHub TV subscribers,” said Mr Ang Hui Keng, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia. “This brand of premium Hollywood entertainment is complementary to our flagship channel, AXN, and together they super-serve the need for quality content in the English general entertainment genre”.

During September and October, StarHub TV subscribers can look forward to Sony Channel’s top new and returning series featuring strong female lead characters, played by notable, award-winning actors.

Premiering on September 25 within 12 hours of the US telecast and airing on Fridays at 8.50pm is the second season of “How to Get Away with Murder”, the latest legal thriller by executive producer Shonda Rhimes’ (“Scandal”, “Grey’s Anatomy”) starring Oscar-nominee Viola Davis (“The Help”). Davis returns as the master litigator and law professor Annalise Keating as she and the students working at her law firm are entangled in a web of deceit and murder.

Beginning October 1 also within 12 hours of the US premiere, airing on Thursdays at 8.50pm is “Code Black”, a pulsating new medical drama series set in the busiest and most notorious emergency room in the U.S., Los Angeles County USC Medical Centre, where the staff contend with a challenged system to protect their ideals and the patients who need them. The series stars Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) as Dr. Leanne Rorish, the residency director.

Starting October 6 and airing on Wednesdays at 8.50pm, is the returning season of White House drama “Madam Secretary” featuring Téa Leoni (“Tower Heist”). She plays Elizabeth McCord, a brilliant former CIA analyst who is now the shrewd, determined and new Secretary of State, appointed by the President after her predecessor dies under suspicious circumstances. The drama series and Leoni were both nominated at last year’s People’s Choice Awards.

Premiering on October 20 also within 12 hours of the US telecast, airing on Tuesdays at 8.50pm is comedic drama “Jane The Virgin”, led by Gina Rodriguez (“Filly Brown”) who won the Golden Globe Award for ‘Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy’ for her role in the series. Rodriguez is back as Jane Villanueva, whose vow to remain chaste until marriage is shattered when she gets artificially inseminated by mistake and goes on to deliver her baby boy.

Also fresh on Sony Channel is espionage thriller series “State of Affairs” featuring Emmy Award winner Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”) airing on Mondays at 8.50pm.

Ongoing new Hollywood shows that viewers will continue to enjoy are relationship-themed drama series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” featuring Lisa Edelstein (“House”); and “Satisfaction” starring by Matt Passmore (“The Glades”) and Stephanie Szostak (“Devil Wears Prada”) airing on Saturdays at 8.50pm and 9.45pm respectively.

Sony Channel’s drama offerings are complemented by popular reality shows including romance-themed “The Millionaire Matchmaker” as well as culinary competitions “Top Chef” and “Cupcake Wars”.

Catch these premieres:
“How to Get Away with Murder” premieres on September 25 airing on Fridays at 8.50pm (SG, HK) / 7.50pm (WIB) within 12 hours of the U.S. telecast.
“Code Black” premieres on October 1 airing on Thursdays at 8.50pm (SG, HK) / 7.50pm (WIB) within 12 hours of the US telecast
“Madam Secretary” premieres on October 6 airing on Wednesdays at 8.50pm (SG, HK) / 7.50pm (WIB)
“Jane The Virgin” premieres on October 20 airing on Tuesdays at 8.50pm (SG, HK) / 7.50pm (WIB) within 12 hours of the U.S. telecast
“State of Affairs” premieres on September 7 airing on Mondays at 8.50pm (SG, HK) / 7.50pm (WIB)
First and exclusively on Sony Channel (StarHub TV Ch 510)

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About Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia
Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia was established in 1997 with Singapore as the Asian headquarters of Sony Pictures Television’s networks business. It operates five ad-supported 24/7 channels which are wholly-owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

AXN is Asia’s home of thrilling entertainment; Sony Channel is the premier destination for female-skewing Hollywood entertainment; Animax offers anime for all; ONE is powered by prime and current South Korean entertainment content; and GEM serves up star-studded and popular general entertainment programming from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. The company also operates joint-venture Indonesian telenovela channel Vision 2 and children’s content channel BabyTV, as well as Chinese movie channel LS Times TV which it represents in Taiwan.

www.SonyPicturesTelevision.com

For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Doig
Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia
T: +65 66224278
E: jennifer_doig@spe.sony.com

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