RTL CBS ENTERTAINMENT HD Brings The Late Show with Stephen Colbert First and Exclusive to Asia

Singapore, 01 September 2015 – RTL CBS Entertainment HD today announced that it will premiere THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT first and exclusive in Asia on 10 September, Thursday at 10:50pm (9:50pm JKT/BKK). Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning host Stephen Colbert takes over from David Letterman as the host, executive producer and writer of the show. Best known for his Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” Colbert is also a best-selling author and accomplished actor, writer, producer and comedian. From its debut, “The Colbert Report” was a critical and cultural success, winning two Peabody Awards and earning 37 Emmy Award nominations. The series won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014. Prior to hosting “The Colbert Report,” Colbert spent eight years as the longest-tenured correspondent on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Guests appearing on the show’s first episode are Academy Award® winner George Clooney, Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush and a musical performance by THE LATE SHOW’s bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human and special guests.
During THE LATE SHOW’s inaugural week, Colbert will also welcome Scarlett Johansson, Amy Schumer, Stephen King, Tesla Motors and Space X CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. In addition, the show will feature musical performances by GRAMMY® Award-winning artists Kendrick Lamar and Toby Keith, as well as Troubled Waters.

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT will air weeknights at 10:50pm (9:50pm JKT/BKK) followed by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 11:45pm (10:45pm JKT/BKK) making RTL CBS Entertainment HD the destination for late night talk.

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About RTL CBS Entertainment HD
Launched in Asia in 2013, RTL CBS Entertainment HD is the first channel of RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, the venture formed by world leading content producers, RTL Group and CBS Studios International. A general entertainment channel, it offers a balanced mix of reality, drama, comedy and daily programs and features exclusive first run content aired soon after the initial US broadcast including series Scorpion, Extant, House of Cards, Under The Dome, Elementary and Beauty and the Beast; talent competitions Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor UK; and daily shows Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and The Late Late Show with James Corden.

About RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network
RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network is a venture of two of the world’s largest content producers: RTL Group, the leading European entertainment network, and CBS Studios International, the leading supplier of programming to the international market place. The Network has two channels: the general entertainment channel, RTL CBS Entertainment HD and the male-skewed entertainment channel, RTL CBS Extreme HD. Both channels are widely distributed in Southeast Asia and are localized in five languages.

BBC Worldwide strengthens Earth’s portfolio prior to LATAM launch

Ready to expand BBC Earth’s worldwide distribution with a major launch in Latin America, BBC Worldwide is to produce two new original series to premiere on the network.

The series Fishing Impossible and the What Planet Are You On (working title) will be part of the programming block Earth Unplugged, together with the show Extreme Weather.

Brainch to lead NBCUI EMEA hub

Satpal Brainch has been named as chief of a new NBCUniversal International distribution and networks hub.

ISatpal Brainchts creation comes after similar hubs were built in Latin America and Asia, and according to the firm, completes the strategy of multi-regional bases.

Brainch previously executive VP and MD of NBCUI Networks will lead the new London-headquartered hub in the new role of managing director, distribution and networks, EMEA, reporting to Belinda Menendez, president of NBCUI Distribution & Networks.

Star India valued at $11.3 billion: Morgan Stanley

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has reason to cheer as 21st Century Fox’s India subsidiary – Star India has emerged as a strong contributor to the parent company.

As per a brokerage firm Morgan Stanley’s Year End ‘Fair Market Value’ report for financial year 2016, Star India has been valued at a whopping $11.3 billion, leaving behind its competitors.

Fashion One Launches First UHD Fashion Channel, Fashion One 4K, Worldwide with MEASAT

New York, 1 September 2015 – MEASAT Satellite Systems (“MEASAT”) and New York-based Fashion One Television LLC., the leading fashion, entertainment and lifestyle television network, have taken the next big step in broadcasting with the launch of the first English language Ultra HD channel in the world, Fashion One 4K, on the MEASAT-3a satellite.

Fashion One 4K was launched on September 1, 2015. Distributed free-to-air through the MEASAT-3a satellite at the 91.5 degrees East video hotslot, the channel will reach over 130 million viewers across Asia Pacific, Middle East, Australia and East Africa.

Fashion One has been upgrading its production format from HD to Ultra HD since 2014 and now owns an extensive library of Ultra HD content with 100% content rights. Fashion One 4K currently carries the latest fashion and entertainment content such as new seasons of the active lifestyle series Model Yoga, the global culinary adventures of Fashion On A Plate, and the sustainable fashion docu-series Eco Fashion. Other programming includes specials like The Ultimate Style Guide and Fashion Around the Globe, leaving something for everyone.

With four times the clarity of HD broadcasting and the highest picture and sound quality that has ever been seen on television, there is no better way to experience this world of fashion. Viewers will experience Ultra HD’s superior resolution and the sharpest details, the smoothest lines and the richest color palette to ever be broadcast on television. “We are tremendously excited to launch Fashion One 4K, the world’s first global Ultra HD channel dedicated to fashion and entertainment. We have invested heavily in producing Ultra HD content over the last two years, and I’m delighted that we are finally able to share the channel with our viewers,” said Fashion One Television LLC.’s Chief Operations Officer, Gleb Livshits. “Together with MEASAT, our long-time partner, we are committed to leading the industry and providing our audiences with the highest quality content.”

“Fashion One is a global lifestyle and entertainment TV network, supporting a large and rapidly expanding customer base,” said Paul Brown-Kenyon, Chief Executive Officer, MEASAT. “MEASAT is delighted to partner with Fashion One again in supporting Fashion One 4K’s launch. This collaboration continues MEASAT’s track record of working with partners to pioneer the distribution of next generation video content in Asia.”

“Our flexible solutions and collaborative approach led Fashion One to select MEASAT for the launch of Fashion One 4K. We look forward to working with more channels and content providers to help jump start this exciting new video segment,” Paul added.
Fashion One 4K was launched concurrently on SES Satellite, reaching over 67 million households across North America at 103 degrees West (SES-3) and over 23 million households across South America at 47.5 degrees West (NSS-806). In Europe, the channel is broadcasted under the brand Fashion 4K, reaching over 116 million households at 19.2 degrees East.

It’s time for Real Fashion in Real 4K. Fashion One 4K––fashion starts here. For more information on Fashion One 4K, please visit fashion4k.tv.

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About Fashion One Television LLC.
New York-based Fashion One Television LLC. is the leading fashion, lifestyle and entertainment television network with an audience of more than 420 million households. With everything from the latest updates and in-depth interviews with designers and celebrities, audiences are captivated by the network’s programming––including but not limited to reality shows, documentaries, travel diaries, entertainment news and lifestyle series. The network is one of the fastest growing and most well distributed special interest channels in the world and operates under the “Fashion One” brand, with local variants known as “F.O.” and Fashion First. September 1, 2015 marks the birth of “Fashion One 4K”, the world’s first fashion and lifestyle channel launching in more than 6 continents simultaneously in crystal clear 4K quality.

About MEASAT Global
MEASAT is a premium supplier of satellite communication services to leading international broadcasters, Direct-To-Home (DTH) platforms and telecom operators. With capacity across six (6) communication satellites, the company provides satellite services to over 150 countries representing 80% of the world’s population across Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and Australia.

The MEASAT fleet includes the state-of-the-art MEASAT-3, MEASAT-3a and MEASAT-3b satellites co-located at 91.5°E, supporting Asia’s premium DTH and video distribution neighborhood; MEASAT-2 at 148.0°E; and, MEASAT-5 at 119.5°E. In Africa, the AFRICASAT-1a satellite at 46.0°E provides satellite capacity across the African continent with connectivity to Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. The MEASAT fleet will be further strengthened with the addition of MEASAT-2a at 148.0°E in 2017.

Leveraging facilities at the MEASAT Teleport and Broadcast Centre, and working with a select group of world-class partners, MEASAT also provides a complete range of broadcast and telecommunications solutions. Services include ultra high definition, high definition and standard definition video playout, video turnaround, co-location, uplinking, broadband and IP termination services. For more information, please visit www.measat.com.

Scripps Launches TV Everywhere, Complete With Targeted Advertising HGTV, Food Network now livestreaming

Another TV company is diving into TV Everywhere, with Scripps Networks Interactive now offering livestreaming of HGTV, Travel Channel, Food Network, DIY Network and Cooking Channel.

TV Everywhere platform provider Anvato is powering the livestreaming—and dynamic ad insertion, or DAI—on each network’s website, along with the iOS and Android apps for HGTV, Food Network and Travel Channel.

beIN Sports takes Portuguese football to Spanish homes

beIN Sports, which launched in Spain two weeks ago, has won the exclusive rights to broadcast matches from Portugal’s top football division, Primeira Liga, following an agreement with Mediapro.

The channel is broadcast by all of Spain’s major pay-TV operators, including Vodafone TV, Orange TV, and Telefónica’s Movistar+.

28 August, 2015

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Christopher Slaughter CEO	Japan is hosting the latest cage-fight in the territorial wrestling match that is the streaming video world: this week, Netflix and Softbank announced a partnership to launch the service on 02 September. That was followed by some smack-talk from Amazon, which will launch its Amazon Prime Instant Video in Japan next month as well. You’ll remember that Hulu entered the Japan market in 2011, but threw in the towel last year, and sold its local business to Nippon TV. And of course, Rakuten-owned Viki is also already in the ring, setting the scene for a SummerSlam that even Jon Stewart might want to join in.
John Medeiros Chief Policy Officer	From wrestling to kick-boxing: There are a couple of interesting fights in Thailand. First, a spat over the future of TV audience measurement is raging. The Media Agency Association of Thailand says it wants to go ahead with a new, broader TAM system, and MAAT is supported by several of the key terrestrial broadcasters. There were unconfirmed leaks that Kantar would be chosen as the new data supplier. But at least one of the FTA companies wants to stick with Nielsen, the existing TAM operator. The government has pushed for better measurement, so to make sure the system is viable, MAAT sought government subsidies. A panel from the NBTC has made known that it would consider the request. Nielsen, in the meantime, says it’s not being fairly treated; they point out that they’ve invested heavily in enlarging the cable-and-satellite-panel to 2200 homes, and in starting multiscreen measurement. I’m confident that the behind-the-scenes lobbying on this one is intense. (BTW: Kudos to The Nation and their reporter Watchiranont T., who wrote the articles linked above. He really follows closely the issues related to the media industry!)
John Medeiros Chief Policy Officer	Meanwhile, the NBTC itself is embroiled in a legal battle with its digital terrestrial licensees. We were all flabbergasted 18 months ago by the “staggering” sums that Thai players agreed to pay for DTT licenses. Now it seems the industry remains too competitive and they can’t make money. (More than half of Thai homes have satellite dishes and are already getting digital programming; they see no need to buy a DTT box.) So the licensees blame the NBTC for not pushing (read: subsidizing even more heavily) the DTT rollout. They’ve sued the regulator. But the officials say they’ve done everything by the book and they’re ready to defend the case in court. Sanook! This is a thrilling spectator sport…
Jane Buckthought Advertising Consultant	It turns out to be true. India’s two television audience measurement companies, BARC and TAM are joining hands to form a separate meter management company.The joint venture company will supply raw data to the joint industry body, BARC India.What this effectively means is that BARC India will be the sole TV ratings monitoring agency. Further, meters will be deployed based on BARC’s sample design and the ratings will be computed and disseminated through BARC India’s software.
Christopher Slaughter CEO	Reality TV is one thing, but what about Virtual Reality TV? Discovery Communications is betting big on the format, launching the Discovery VR platform. The site is live at discoveryvr.com, featuring nine short-form videos that can be watched in a browser, on a mobile app, or with full VR set-ups. Not to be outdone, MTV will produce a streaming VR red-carpet pre-show before the VMAs on Sunday. All this is great, but the headsets probably won’t be under the Christmas tree, although with Facebook-owned Oculus holding a developer’s conference in Hollywood next month, look for other broadcasters to jump into the space soon.
Mark Lay Vice President, Singapore	A few months back my six-year old, Scarlett, experienced a first-world crisis as she screamed out *“CARTER* (son, 10)….stop stealing my wifi!!!!!” Somewhere between my wifi repeater, router, cable modem, ISP and the rest of the internet a PewDiePie video and a Sophia the First video could not be delivered simultaneously. From Scarlett’s perspective the internet was broken and her neighbor, on the couch, was the problem. Bloomberg warned about this in 2010 when Netflix accounted for 20% of primetime internet traffic. (It’s estimated now at about 37%.) This week, Akamai announced that the Web Can’t Handle Viewing Surge of OTT and that “the Internet must shift to a different protocol for OTT video in order to carry the load.” Sling TV experienced this problem this week as it struggled under the strain of massive demand for AMC’s premiere of Fear the Walking Dead. But let’s be honest, at the end of the day, increasing demand for one’s product is a very good problem for a businessperson to have.
Kevin Jennings Programme Director	YouTube Gaming, Google’s direct competitor to the hugely successful streaming service Twitch, has debuted this week with the services first being rolled out to users in the US and the UK. Similar to Twitch, YouTube Gaming allows gamers to broadcast the titles they’re playing in real-time to YouTube users around the world. Viewers are able to participate in chat, as well as subscribe to their favorite streamers as they watch the games unfold. Surprisingly addictive for the inner geek in all of us.
Christopher Slaughter CEO	After a 2015 upfront market that has been described as both “wobbly” and “droopy”, there are signs that ad spend on TV in the US market is on the rise, but in the form of “scatter” buying, outside the guaranteed buying that takes place in the upfronts. It’s the silver-lining part of the dark-cloud trend of ad buyers relying less on the traditional upfront marketplace. But even with the scatter money coming in, the lackluster upfronts are still having a knock-on effect, and are part of the reason WPP’s Group M is reportedly preparing to downgrade its 2015 global ad spend forecast.
John Medeiros Chief Policy Officer	It’s worth noting that site blocking of overseas piracy websites has started in Indonesia. There were complaints at first that the ISPs weren’t uniformly following the government’s rules, but as time goes on, things seem to be getting sorted out. The first batch of sites to be blocked includes well-known piracy operators like The Pirate Bay, but also places like cinemaindo.com and nontonmovie.com that are located overseas but target Indonesia.
Mark Lay Vice President, Singapore	This multi-channel pay TV business used to be so easy, simple really. (Only half tongue in cheek.) Every player had a role and if one had enough capital and a decent value proposition they could claim some channel real estate, grab an (imprecisely measured) audience and build a decent business… maybe even sell some ads. Channels expanded, the land grab expanded and revs grew. Worldwide this is all changing. The lines are getting blurred between who controls the delivery path, who’s customer is who’s, where did all these direct to consumer OTT players come from and where have all the Millennials gone? That is why I took note when I saw that The Daily Show just hired a Supervising Producer who will help the program “Go Viral” and embrace what he wryly described as “all this media that has become highly fragmented and swipe-able and annoying in ways that Edward R. Murrow could never have imagined.” It’s my guess that in the near future all successful TV shows will have this type of dedicated staff.
Jane Buckthought Advertising Consultant	TV networks and advertisers have opportunities to maximise earned media and build loyalty among viewers who use Twitter over the course of a programme’s season, according to a new report. It found that new social TV authors regularly join conversations about programmes; that loyal authors are valuable for more than just their social allegiance; and that big programme moments inspire more fans to participate.

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Globecast channel monitoring with Actus

Globecast has installed the Actus Platform monitoring solution in its Media Centres. The new implementation will enable Globecast to provide compliance and content quality monitoring to its broadcast clients, including BBC Worldwide. To support this, the Actus system stores and provides access to channel content in native format from the transport stream (TS) feed, which additionally provides engineering personnel with metadata and other information for diagnostic purposes.

ITV extends Ericsson playout contract to 2024

Ericsson has renewed its playout services contract with ITV, the UK’s leading commercial television network.

The contract, which has been extended until 2024, will see Ericsson continue to provide playout services for ITV’s portfolio of channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV HD and CITV and their associated regional variants as well as ITV’s newest TV channels, ITV Encore and ITVBe.

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