Oslo, Norway, November 4th, 2013: Conax, a leading global provider of solutions for securing digital video content distribution on all devices and part of the Telenor Group, today announced strong results in Q3. Conax experienced a quarterly revenue growth of 20% with a corresponding EBITDA growth of 24% compared to Q3 12, driven primarily by sales of smart cards, CA Modules and continuous efficiency gains.

“We are seeing robust growth in emerging markets and significant interest and demand for advanced solutions, playing a strong role in the third quarter. Conax also further strengthened its broad customer portfolio with 5 new operators from Europe, Middle East, Africa and South East Asia,” says Morten Solbakken, President and CEO, Conax.

“I am extremely pleased that the new energized profile and Conax direction launched in Q3, 2012, continues to receive such positive affirmation from the market.”

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About Conax (www.conax.com)
Conax provides the future-oriented security solutions and expertise that empower multi-screen digital TV content providers around the globe to deliver premium content over the combined Over-The-Top scenario of broadcast, broadband and connected devices securely and eliminate potential revenue threats. Conax Contego™ portfolio of solutions furnish content providers, cable, satellite, IP, mobile and terrestrial operators with solutions that offer a competitive advantage – reduced hardware costs, easy deployment and upgrade. Conax flagship, Conax Contego™, bundles 25 years of pioneering experience into one unique solution to guide operators in navigating and realizing new business models. Through its benchmark policy for security-evaluated client devices and strategic partner network, Conax technology secures content for operators representing 140 million pay TV consumers in over 85 countries
around the globe.

ISO 9001 & 27001 certified, Conax is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and represented in Russia, Germany, Brazil, USA, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, China, Singapore, with 24/7 Global Support operations in India. Conax is part of Telenor Group who has operations in 11 markets, 33.000 employees, 150 million mobile subscriptions and is among the world’s largest mobile operators. Telenor corporate responsibility. Follow Conax at www.twitter.com/ConaxAS

Conax media contact
Leslie Johnsen
Head of Public Relations & Communications, Conax
Mob: +47 41 45 80 43
Email: leslie.johnsen@conax.com

Telenor Broadcast media contact
Jørgen Thaule
Communications Director, TBH
Mob: +47 91 55 96 07
Email: Jorgen.thaule@telenor.com

HONG KONG, 4 NOVEMBER 2013 – Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia, a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) today announced the launch of MTV China, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. on TVB Network Vision through the optical-fibre networks of Hutchison Global Communications Limited, that went on-air on November 1st. This enables TVB Network Vision subscribers to access Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. on Channel 65 and 66 respectively, while subscribers can access MTV China on Channel 38.

“We are delighted to add a new carriage partner in TVB Pay Network Vision, and to see the expansion of our brands’ presence in Hong Kong,” said VIMN Asia’s executive vice president and managing director, Indra Suharjono. “We’re particularly excited to introduce Nick Jr. to Hong Kong and to help fill a gap in preschoolers’ programming here, which offers parents a trusted edutainment channel for their young children to learn while they ‘play’ with well-loved characters like Dora the Explorer and new properties like The Paw Patrol.”

“We at TVB Network Vision are very excited to bring VIMN’s high quality programming services to TVB Network Vision’s subscribers on our new fibre-optic distributed platform. The addition of these channels, following our investments in our new fiber infrastructure demonstrates our commitment to deliver the best entertainment and education to our subscribers, ” said TVB Network Vision’s CEO, Felix To.

MTV is the world’s premier youth entertainment brand. MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. MTV China is seen in over 14 million households in China, and is available in Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Cambodia. The channel brings the best mainstream English and Chinese content to its audience. MTV China’s tent-pole programmes include Style Gala and CCTV-MTV Mandarin Music Honors.

Nickelodeon, now in its 34th year globally and 15th year in Asia, is one of the most globally recognized and widely distributed multimedia entertainment brands for kids and family. Creating surprising and playful entertainment experiences everywhere it goes, Nickelodeon has a portfolio that includes television programming and production around the world, plus special events, consumer products, digital offerings, recreation, books, feature films and pro-social initiatives. Nickelodeon’s brands are seen globally in more than 450 million households in over 100 territories via more than 70 locally programmed channels and syndication.

Nick Jr., is “the Smart Place to Play,” giving kids and parents what they want – educational and entertaining content with great stories and characters that empower kids to learn while they play. The educational curriculum is in everything Nick Jr. does – the shows, packaging and promos – delivered by all the Nick Jr. characters kids know and love. The award-winning and exclusive international properties including Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies and Tickety Toc, are designed to engage and encourage early childhood development.

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About TVB NETWORK VISION
TVB NETWORK VISION Limited is principally engaged in providing pay TV services and teleport services both in Hong Kong and internationally. Major shareholders of TVB NETWORK VISION Limited include Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Gemstone Pacific Limited and See Corporation Limited.

TVB NETWORK VISION offers over 62 local and international channels. Other than the driver channels provided by TVB, namely “Drama 1″, “Drama 2″, “TVB Classic”, “TVB Encore”, “TVB Movies”, “TVB Window”, “TVB Good Show”, “TVB Sports “, “TVB Food”, “TVB Kids”, “TVB Entertainment News”, “TVBN”, “TVBN2″, TVBS-News”, “TVBS-Asia” and “TVB8″, TVB NETWORK VISION also provides programming in news, movies, sports and infotainment to meet the diverse needs of the Hong Kong audience.

TVB NETWORK VISION is currently transmitted via satellite through existing communal aerial broadcast distribution (CABD) networks into set-top boxes of individual homes or via DTH to homes without CABD networks. It also transmits its service via the broadband television networks of PCCW’s NOW TV and the broadband and optical- fibre networks of Hutchison Global Communications Limited.

For more information, please visit www.tvbnetworkvision.com.

About Viacom International Media Networks
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is comprised of many of the world’s most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount Channel, VH1, VIVA, COLORS, Game One and Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más. Viacom brands are seen globally in more than 600 million households in 170 territories and 37 languages via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties. For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com. Keep up with Viacom news by following Viacom’s blog at blog.viacom.com and Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Viacom.

Media Contact:
Viacom International Media Networks
Adeline Ong, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Asia
t: (65) 6420 7240 m: (65) 9366 7323
e: adeline.ong@vimn.com

TVB Network Vision Limited
Amy Poon, Assistant Public Relations Manager
t : (852) 2399 9335
e : amypoon@tvbnv.com

Emma Bok, Public Relations Executive
t : (852) 2399 9312
e : emmabok@tvbnv.com

The #1 show on TV will be back across FIC Asia’s channels following the success of its Season 4 launch.

Asia Pacific, 1 November, 2013 – FOX International Channels (FIC) announced that it has picked up the 5th season of the hugely popular television series The Walking Dead, for its territories across Asia Pacific. This follows AMC’s recent announcement that they have renewed the zombie apocalypse drama series for a further season in the US and shows FIC’s commitment to delivering the best, most sought after content to audiences across Asia.

The enormous success of The Walking Dead Season 4’s recent premiere has firmly positioned the show as must-see content for viewers in Asia. The show’s opening episode cumulatively reached 83% more viewers than Season 3’s premiere across six countries – Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea and Australia. The first episode of Season 4 made FOX Movies Premium the top Western Movies Channel in both Singapore and Malaysia while FOX enjoyed similar success in the Philippines as the #1 Western General Entertainment Channel and FX was the top subscription channel in Australia. In Taiwan, The Walking Dead became the highest-rated western television series since 2005, making STAR Movies the #2 pay-TV channel and in Korea, FOX became the #3 cable channel overall.*

In the US, the return of the 4th season smashed all of its previous records, with the first episode boasting an audience of 16.1 million, 10.4 million of which were in the coveted adults aged 18-49 bracket, a series high and an all new record for cable television.**

The regional success of The Walking Dead highlights how Asia’s leading pay-TV network brings its viewers exceptional programming, as well as showcasing the creative marketing efforts that FIC undertakes to create that success. To launch the show this season in Japan, FIC leveraged its cross-promotion ability with FOX Sports Japan and staged a zombie attack at a baseball game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kK9LEM3JzQ), as well as executed an incredible Halloween stunt where over a thousand zombies stormed the Tokyo Tower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB3oJGHxrFk) which garnered international headlines. Also cross-promoting with its sports network across Southeast Asia, the set of the popular news show FOX Sports Central was turned into a post-zombie apocalypse zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZQzGom3ek&feature=youtu.be). Taiwan experienced a similar attack from ‘walkers’ who hijacked a bus and drove around famous tourist locations, promoting The Walking Dead Season 4 along the way.

Joon Lee, Executive Vice President of Content and Communications, Asia Pacific and the Middle East at FOX International Channels said, “We are very happy that we will be able to welcome the fifth season of The Walking Dead back to FIC. It has grown from a television series into a global pop culture phenomenon and it is very exciting for us to have been a part of that growth in introducing the zombie fever to Asia.”

The Walking Dead Season 5 will return in 2014 on FIC’s channel platforms across Asia Pacific, with Scott Gimple as the series’ showrunner and Robert Kirkman, creator of the original comic on which it is based, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse as executive producers.

*Source: AGB Nielsen, Kantar Media, OzTAM Base: All people with Pay TV.
**Source: Nielsen Media Research fast nationals (US ratings), L+SD 10/13/13, broadcast season 9/23/13 – current.

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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, factual, sports, movie and lifestyle channels across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in 48 languages. These networks and their related mobile, non-linear and high-definition extensions, reach over 1.6 billion cumulative households worldwide.

In Asia, FIC operates or distributes 30+ channel brands, including the FOX, STAR and National Geographic brands, with over 100 feeds across 14 markets.As the leading pay-TV network in the region, we reach more than 550 million cumulative subscribers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East with offices in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Australia, New Zealand and the UAE.
For more information, please visit www.foxinternationalchannels.com.

This press release was issued on behalf of FOX International Channels Asia by Tactic Public Relations Limited (Tactic). For further information, please contact:

FOX International Channels Tactic Public Relations Limited (Tactic)
Kelly Jang
Director, Pan Regional Trade Marketing & PR
DID: +852 2621 8875
kelly.jang@fox.com

Kristen Gallagher
Tactic – Hong Kong
DID: +852 2114 4345
FAX: +852 2114 0880
kristen.gallagher@tacticpr.com.hk

Diana Low
Tactic – Singapore
DID: +65 6325 8264
FAX: +65 6325 8262
diana.low@tacticpr.com.sg

(Oct 30, 2013) FremantleMedia Australia (FMA) and BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand have formed a partnership to produce BBC Worldwide’s general entertainment formats for the Australian market. The multi-year deal will include current library and future general entertainment formats.

Read more at Rapid TV News

Taking the ‘Emperor of Chinese Entertainment’ to 8 feeds broadcasted across Asia Pacific & North America

Hong Kong, 1 November, 2013 – FOX International Channels Asia (FIC) is excited to announce the launch of STAR Chinese Movies’ (SCM) Southeast Asia (SEA) feed, which goes on air today. The move builds on SCM’s position as the ‘Emperor of Chinese Entertainment’ and a globally renowned brand that offers viewers around the world access to the latest Chinese-language blockbuster movies and other premium content.

The addition of SCM’s SEA feed takes the premium Chinese entertainment channel to a total of 8 feeds, making SCM the largest and farthest reaching Chinese-language channel. In addition to SEA, SCM’s 8 feeds also include SCM Hong Kong in SD and HD, SCM Taiwan in SD & HD, SCM Singapore in SD & HD and SCM International whose footprint covers Canada, USA, Australia and was recently launched in New Zealand last month. Each of the 8 SCM feeds has its own content and programming strategy to suit the territory it caters. In addition to the linear channel, FIC also offers SCM PLAY, an authenticated online catch-up service via the web or the iOS and Android app, allowing viewers to catch up on their favorite Chinese-language content whenever they want, wherever they want. The rapid expansion of its Chinese channels portfolio and non-linear services is in line with FIC’s commitment to make available premium Chinese-language entertainment not just across Asia but all across the world.

SCM’s SEA feed is available from today in Thailand via affiliate partners GMMZ and MeTV, and in Indonesia via affiliate partners First Media, Big TV, Parabola Orange TV, Skynindo and will be available on Aora TV from December 1st 2013. Recognizing that viewers’ tastes in Chinese entertainment differ in different countries across Asia, FIC invested in launching SCM’s SEA feed to further customize content and scheduling to suit viewers in these 2 important markets. Its current line-up includes blockbusters such as Saving General Yang, Ah Boys to Men 1 & 2 and The Wedding Diary 2, an SCM original co-production. These films will be subtitled in Chinese and English as well as Bahasa Indonesia and Thai respectively.

“The launch of SCM’s new feed for Southeast Asia marks another milestone for FIC’s ambitious goals to develop and promote Chinese entertainment as premium crossover content, not just in Asia but worldwide,” says Cora Yim, Vice President of the Chinese Channels Group at FOX International Channels. “With our global scale, steady investment in not just acquiring but also producing content, and established channel brand of SCM, FIC is in a great position to lead the charge in taking Chinese content global.”

As the world’s leading Chinese entertainment channel, SCM secures the exclusive first-window rights for the best Chinese-language movies from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and other countries across Asia. Its top quality line-up includes 12 movies that recently garnered an impressive 40 nominations across all the key categories for the 50th Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan’s prestigious annual film festival. These films include Wong Kar Wai’s latest masterpiece The Grandmaster, the blockbuster hit Drug War and the breakout Singaporean film ILO ILO. In addition, for the first time, the Golden Horse Awards will be broadcasted LIVE on SCM in 7 countries around the world, including North America and the Pacific, evidence of the growing popularity and power of Chinese content outside of Asia. The awards will air live in Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand on Nov 23.

Summary of SCM Feeds Globally

FEED	CURRENT FOOTPRINT	SUBTITLING
SCM Southeast Asia	Indonesia, Thailand	Chinese, English, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai
SCM Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Chinese, English
SCM Hong Kong HD	Hong Kong	Chinese, English
SCM Singapore	Singapore, Philippines	Chinese, English
SCM Singapore HD	Singapore, Philippines	Chinese, English
SCM Taiwan	Taiwan	Chinese, English
SCM Taiwan HD	Taiwan	Chinese, English
SCM International	Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA	Chinese, English

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About SCM

STAR Chinese Movies (SCM) is the no. 1 Chinese movies channel in Asia and is the premier destination for lovers of blockbuster Chinese cinema, with more than 1,000 titles in its film inventory. SCM is dedicated to providing first-run, premium content as well as cutting-edge advanced services. Premiering box-office hits from Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan, SCM guarantees exclusives from top Chinese and Asian producers and major studios such as Emperor Motion Pictures, Media Asia, Pegasus and Fortune Star. In addition to hit movies, SCM also offers a powerful combination of live events, major concerts and acclaimed Asian documentaries in Cantonese or Mandarin with Chinese and English as well as Bahasa Indonesia and Thai subtitles. This unrivalled content together with HD viewing, a VOD service and a market-leading online catch-up service called SCM Play, the channel provides an unmatched entertainment experience.

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, factual, sports, movies and lifestyle channels across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in 48 languages. These networks and their related mobile, non-linear and high-definition extensions, reach over 1.6 billion cumulative households worldwide.

In Asia, FIC operates or distributes 30+ channel brands, including the FOX, STAR and National Geographic brands, with over 100 feeds across 14 markets. As the leading pay-TV network in the region, we reach more than 550 million cumulative subscribers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East with offices in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Australia, New Zealand and the UAE. For more information, please visit www.foxinternationalchannels.com.

This press release was issued on behalf of FOX International Channels Asia by Tactic Public Relations Limited (Tactic). For further information, please contact:

FOX International Channels Asia

Kelly Jang
Director
Pan Regional Trade Marketing & PR
DID: +852 2621 8875
Email: kelly.jang@fox.com

Tactic Public Relations Limited (Tactic)

Kristen Gallagher
Tactic – Hong Kong
DID: +852 2114 4345
Email: kristen.gallagher@tacticpr.com.hk

Diana Low
Tactic – Singapore
DID: +65 6325 8264
Email: diana.low@tacticpr.com.sg

(Oct 31, 2013) Cheryl Bloch, a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning producer, has become WE tv’s first senior VP of scripted programming, effective immediately.

Read more at World Screen

(Oct 31, 2013) The online video destination [adult swim] has been launched by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific in Australia.

Read more at World Screen