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Singapore: StarHub offering National Day Free Preview

StarHub is celebrating Singapore’s 55th birthday with a Free Preview from August 7th to 21st, available to all StarHub Entertainment customers. The National Day Free Preview features over 90 channels which include Astro Warna, BBC Earth, DreamWorks, HBO, Hub VV Drama, Sun TV HD, Zee TV and more. For this long National Day celebration, StarHub […]

July 15, 2020

Sulebakk leads HBO Europe

WarnerMedia has appointed Christina Sulebakk to lead HBO Europe, including the linear networks and streaming service, effective immediately. Sulebakk, who will report into President of WarnerMedia EMEA & APAC Priya Dogra, replaces Hervé Payan who will be leaving the company at the end of August. Dogra said: “Christina is a tremendously talented executive who has […]

July 9, 2020

Whip Media partners with BB for real-time streaming

Whip Media Group, a company offering data-driven content value management platform powering global entertainment organisations, has announced a strategic global partnership with BB, a media intelligence and content distribution researcher. As part of the exclusive partnership, the companies will provide a real-time streaming availability for more than 4+ million television episodes and movies across 60 […]

July 8, 2020

Lovecraft Country on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV on August 17

Sky has confirmed that upcoming horror drama Lovecraft Country featuring Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael Kenneth Williams and Courtney B. Vance, will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW TV from August 17th The one-hour HBO drama series based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, follows Atticus Freeman as he joins […]

July 2, 2020

HBO GO now available as D2C app in Taiwan

HBO GO, WarnerMedia’s regional streaming service in Southeast Asia, is now available directly to consumers via app stores in Taiwan. Following launch agreements with distribution partners early this year, HBO GO can now also be downloaded as a standalone service from the App Store (NT$150 per month) or on Google Play (NT$149). There is also […]

July 1, 2020

Canada: Video entertainment to see rapid growth in 2021

Canadian’s spending on the video entertainment market is expected to shrink by 6 per cent this year, but will bounce back strongly in 2021, and is forecast to expand by 11 per cent to surpass the success of 2019, according to a new video insights report from Futuresource Consulting. This return to form will be […]

June 23, 2020

WarnerMedia shutters HBO Go; rebrands HBO Now

WarnerMedia has unveiled plans to consolidate its various HBO-branded offerings. The company, which launched its HBO Max SVoD service last month, will phase out HBO Go in July, while HBO Now will be folded into the HBO app in the near future. Current HBO Now subscribers will be able to continue accessing HBO through a […]

June 15, 2020

Viu and HBO Asia to air 2nd season of The Bridge

Viu, a pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group with more than 41 million monthly active users, has announced that the 10-episode second season of Endemol Shine Group’s The Bridge, produced by Viu and in association with HBO Asia Originals, will begin airing on Viu, HBO GO and HBO across Asia on June 15. […]

June 15, 2020

Lombardo named President of Global TV at eOne

Former HBO programming chief Michael Lombardo has officially joined Entertainment One (eOne) as President of Global Television at the studio. Lombardo will oversee the television adaptation of Hasbro brands – including Transformers and Power Rangers, direct eOne’s existing slate, and create a new premium content for global audiences. Lombardo previously spent 33 years at HBO, […]

June 11, 2020

Sky releases trailer for Lovecraft Country

Sky has released the exclusive teaser trailer for Lovecraft Country. The one-hour drama series based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, follows Atticus Freeman as he joins his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. What follows is […]

June 9, 2020