Advanced Television

Hong Kong

Pixotope announces new hires in APAC region

Pixotope is solidifying its position as a global Virtual Production (VP) industry leader with two new hires in their Asia Pacific leadership team. These posts reflect a strategic expansion by Pixotope across global media and entertainment markets as live broadcast VP sees enormous international growth. Matthew Ma, former employee of Amazon Web Services and Avid, […]

January 24, 2022

Eleven boosts content in SE Asia, Hong Kong

Eleven, the sports entertainment group, is building out its portfolio in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong with a focus on local and locally relevant content that will deliver over 2,000 hours of live sport to fans in 2022. Eleven has secured the rights to Spain’s Copa del Rey, the Japanese T1 Table Tennis League, the […]

January 20, 2022

beIN Sports acquires Australian Open rights in APAC

beIN Asia Pacific has secured exclusive rights to the Australian Open and the Adelaide International (ATP 250) Tournament in 10 territories across the Asia-Pacific region from 2022. The new 5-year media rights agreement commences with the 2022 edition of the Australian Open and Adelaide International ATP 250 Tournament.  Markets covered are Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, […]

January 12, 2022

beIN Sports Asia acquires French Open rights

beIN Sports has secured exclusive rights to Roland-Garros, the French Open tennis tournament, in 10 territories across the Asia region. The new media rights agreement covers five editions of the tournament from 2022 to 2026. The Asian territories included in the agreement are Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Philippines, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. […]

January 7, 2022

Forecast: FTTH to dominate fixed broadband in APAC

Fibre-to-the-Home/Building (FTTH/B)  service is set to cement its position as the leading fixed broadband technology in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market and will go on to account for 94.8 per cent of the total fixed broadband service revenue in the region by 2026, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Asia […]

December 20, 2021

Leverage: Redemption gets picked up in UK, Hong Kong, Africa

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company, has announced that fans of Leverage in the UK, Africa and Hong Kong can now enjoy the reimagining of the series, Leverage: Redemption. IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, has secured full exclusivity across SVoD and AVoD for the series in the UK, NBCUniversal […]

November 4, 2021

Electric Entertainment signs licensing deals for Almost Paradise

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company, announces the signing of two new licensing deals including Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) networks in German Speaking Europe (GSE) and Now TV in Hong Kong for its successful crime series, “Almost Paradise.” The first US TV programme to be filmed entirely in the Philippines, […]

October 11, 2021

Eleven acquires AFC rights in 6 new markets

The Eleven Group is set to launch in multiple territories across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, with a D2C service at the heart of the project. By 2022, Eleven will be delivering for fans in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines with plans to expand further in the near future. […]

October 6, 2021

Now TV brings F1 to Hong Kong

Now TV, the media entertainment arm of HKT, and Formula 1 have announced an agreement to bring the FIA Formula One World Championship to Now TV viewers in Hong Kong for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Now TV began bringing F1 to fans in Hong Kong last month, starting with the Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2021 […]

October 4, 2021

BirdDog, Ideal Systems announce APAC partnership

BirdDog, a manufacturer of NDI enabled PTZ cameras, converters, and software has announced a strategic partnership with Ideal Systems, to further drive growth across the Asia Pacific region. Ideal Systems provide a full spectrum of media technology services including consultation, design, installation, integration, as well as operational and maintenance support of state-of-the-art technology infrastructure across […]

September 30, 2021