• First investment for International’s new Digital Ventures & Innovation Group strengthens Turner’s digital sports presence
• Turner funding boosts international growth for Bigballs Media and establishes Copa90 as the definitive football youth media brand

Turner International’s Digital Ventures & Innovation Group today announced an equity investment in digital media sports company Bigballs Media (BBM), parent company of one of the world’s fastest-growing digital video platforms for football content, Copa90.

The funding will be used to fuel BBM’s international expansion, content production and distribution and enhance its data capabilities as it continues its growth trajectory.  The investment will fuel further international growth and fully establish Copa90 as the definitive football youth media brand.

Turner’s Digital Ventures & Innovation Group was recently formed to focus on opportunities for innovation, development and acquisition. The investment comes within the group’s first month of operations and signals the company’s commitment to increasing its presence in the digital sports space. Turner is the largest provider of funding for the Series B investment round and the main strategic investor.

In parallel, Turner and BBM have signed a commercial agreement which embraces multiple opportunities for Turner and BBM to leverage their respective distribution and content production expertise. The partnership expands on an existing commercial relationship with leading digital sports brand Bleacher Report, a division of Turner.

The cross-platform commercial agreement includes strategic co-branded content production, the development of third party branded content and sponsorship opportunities, and content creation for Turner’s own channels. It also facilitates BBM’s close collaboration across the wider Turner portfolio, including Esporte Interativo, Turner Sports and CNN. Additionally, Aksel van der Wal, head of Digital Ventures & Innovation, will take a seat on BBM’s board of directors, and Alex Vargas, COO Bleacher Report, becomes a board observer.

“Partnering with relevant brands is a core part of our strategy to compete and lead in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape,” said Aksel van der Wal, executive vice president, Digital Ventures & Innovation, for Turner International.

“We see really exciting opportunities to work with BBM in developing creative ways to engage new audiences, in particular expanding our growing touchpoints with millennials while also offering innovative new platforms for advertisers. It is exactly the kind of forward-looking partnership we hope to establish more of.”

Tom Thirlwall, CEO BBM, said: “Our ambition is to be the world’s most influential football media business by the time the 2018 World Cup kicks off and this investment and partnership with Turner is a decisive step towards making that a reality.

“We had significant interest in our round but Turner was by far and away the most compelling because of their team, vision and the strategic opportunities for both our businesses. The investment will enable us to accelerate our growth in our core markets, build our data and distribution capabilities and expand our commercial teams in Europe and the US and of course continue to make the best fan culture football content.”

“Bleacher Report and Copa90 share a passion for global football fan culture. We are very excited about the investment and taking a step forward in expanding our existing relationship. Our hugely popular “Saturdays Are Lit” Snapchat collaboration has set a great benchmark for the kind of exciting opportunities we expect to develop together,” said Alex Vargas, COO Bleacher Report.

The investment in BBM is the latest in a series of investments by Turner in the digital space and the first with a company headquartered outside of the US. It follows on from similar investments in 2016 in Refinery29 and Mashable. The company also acquired a majority stake in iStreamPlanet in 2015.  Turner has also recently expanded Bleacher Report and injected new investment in CNN Digital.  Internationally it has launched a suite of new digital-first destinations and apps across the broader digital ecosystem to extend its fan engagement around flagship properties such as CNN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim, as part of the company’s accelerated focus on evolving its digital business interests and capabilities.

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About Turner International

Turner International operates versions of core Turner brands, including CNN, TNT, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and TCM Turner Classic Movies, as well as country- and region-specific networks and businesses in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. It manages the business of Pay- and Free-TV-channels, as well as Internet-based services, and oversees commercial partnerships with various third-party media ventures; it teams with Warner Bros. and HBO to leverage Time Warner’s global reach. Turner operates more than 175 channels showcasing 38 brands in 33 languages in over 200 countries. Turner International is a Time Warner company.

About Copa90

Copa90 is a global, fan-first, multi-platform football media network specialising in creating content dedicated to the stories outside of the 90 minutes.

To date, Copa90 has scored over 1.5bn video views and 12m subscribers without owning any rights in football. Its successful content formats include FIFA & Chill, Comments Below and Derby Days. Users spend on average 47 minutes per week with Copa90 content. Brand partners include Adidas, Nissan and Hyundai.

In 2016 Copa90 won a Webby as the World’s Best Sports Channel Online as voted for by consumers against competition from ESPN, WWE and Vice Sports.

Contacts:        

Turner

Oliver Herrgesell, SVP Communications, International

oliver.herrgesell@turner.com

+1 404 827 4440 / +44 7984551379 / +49 173 523 9940 / +852 6323 9644

Claudia Coles VP Corporate Communications, International & EMEA

claudia.coles@turner.com

+44 20 7693 0946/+44 7785 725 705

BBM/Copa90

Jane Austin Persuasion Communications

jane@persuasioncomms.com

+44 7989 953 938

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali poses with the trophy after winning the 99th Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy, after the 21th stage from Cuneo to Turin on May 29, 2016. Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali secured his second Giro d’Italia triumph on Sunday after topping a dramatic 99th edition that saw key rival Steven Kruijswijk agonisingly crash during the final stages.
Germany’s Nikias Arndt, of the Giant team, celebrated winning the final stage into Turin although it came only after Giacomo Nizzolo, of the Trek team, was stripped of the victory by race judges who ruled the Italian had hampered other riders by deviating from his sprint line.
/ AFP / Luk BENIES (Photo credit should read LUK BENIES/AFP/Getty Images)

 – Eurosport now brings fans the Giro d’Italia and all major Italian cycling events exclusively until 2020* –

– More Giro d’Italia coverage than ever before, with four hours live each stage –

– Eurosport cements position as the Home of Cycling: all three Grand Tours, including the Tour de France, and all five Monuments –

– Eurosport to show over 200 days of live cycling in 2017 –

Singapore, 1 February 2017 – Eurosport remains the place to be for all passionate cycling fans.  Exclusive and extended Giro d’Italia coverage and additional races have been confirmed from 2017, meaning cycling fans can enjoy over 200 days of live cycling on Eurosport in 2017.

The news follows a new long-term agreement covering all major Italian races, Flanders Classics and a number of Tour events around the world.  The races form part of an unrivalled calendar of cycling on Eurosport, including all three of the Grand Tours and all five Monuments.

Fans can look forward to the first Grand Tour of the season and all major Italian races, including Il Lombardia and Milano-San Remo, the first classic of the season, on Eurosport.  For the Giro d’Italia, the new agreement includes more coverage than ever before and four hours of every stage live.

Peter Hutton, Eurosport CEO, said: “If you’re passionate about cycling, Eurosport remains the only place to be. Eurosport’s community of cycling fans is among the most loyal and committed you can find and they appreciate that Eurosport really is the Home of Cycling.  We are proud to serve these fans and excited to offer them even more of the live action they love.

“While we’re proud of Eurosport’s great heritage in cycling, the exclusive and extended coverage of the Giro d’Italia, and additional races added to our calendar, demonstrates there is much more to come. In 2017, for the first time, Eurosport will show over 200 days of live cycling in a calendar year.”

The new four-year extension offers more exclusivity* to Eurosport in Australia and Europe, as well as including a wide range of additional races available on Eurosport. The new races now available exclusively include the six Flanders Classics single-stage races – including the iconic World Tour race Gent-Wevelgem – Tour of Romandie, Tour of Britain, Tour of Utah and Tour of Alberta.

Eurosport secured rights for this cycling package through IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion. The agreement will mean Eurosport’s annual coverage of the Giro d’Italia will pass twenty years, having first shown the race in 1998.

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*Exclusive coverage across Australia and Europe.  Within the home market of each race and Asia, Eurosport holds non-exclusive rights. Within the home market of Italian races, rights are yet to be attributed. Excludes coverage in France.

First Multi Spot Beam, Ku-Band HTS Service for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Provides Dramatic Improvements for Aeronautical Mobility, Cruise and Commercial Maritime Mobility, Corporate Networks, Cellular Backhaul, Government Services

Luxembourg, 30 January 2017
Intelsat (NYSE:  I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced today that Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat Epic^NG high throughput satellites (HTS), successfully completed all in-orbit testing and entered service on 29 January 2017.

Manufactured by Boeing and launched in August 2016, Intelsat 33e is equipped with the most advanced digital payload on a commercial spacecraft. With this exceptionally flexible HTS payload design, Intelsat 33e, operating from 60° East, will extend Intelsat’s HTS services in C-, Ku- and Ka-band to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean regions. This will enable the delivery of enterprise-grade, broadband services to fixed and mobile network operators, aeronautical and maritime mobility service providers, and government customers. Intelsat 33e’s powerful spot beams will also enable the distribution of regionalized content for media customers operating in the region.

The customers committed to Intelsat 33e and the applications supported reflect the vast geographic coverage of the satellite:

• Maritime broadband leaders GEE, Speedcast and Marlink
• In-flight entertainment and connectivity leaders Gogo and Panasonic Avionics
• Pakistani Internet service provider SuperNet Limited
• Telecommunications infrastructure customers Telkom South Africa, Orange Cameroon, IP Planet, Vodacom, Djibouti Telecom and Africell RDC SPRL
• Russian network service providers Romantis and RuSat LLC support enterprise applications
• Media companies TV & Radio Broadcasting (formerly Television and Radio Broadcasting of Armenia) and MultiChoice of South Africa

In addition to existing customers, Intelsat 33e is attracting new customers. For example, Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), which delivers commercial service to previously unconnected rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa, will use Intelsat Epic^NG to help mobile network operators expand in these areas in a cost-effective manner and deliver social, economic, educational and other benefits to the population.

“The experience of implementing Intelsat Epic^NG and bringing it to our customers has affirmed our beliefs about the potential of HTS,” said Stephen Spengler, Chief Executive Officer, Intelsat. “We have a dynamic, open and evolving platform that will increase in capability over time, providing a technology hedge for our customers that need to make investments today on which they can build for a decade of growth. Intelsat is delivering on the promise of HTS, and our design and strategy will advance our vision of unlocking access to new, larger and faster growing sectors for Intelsat and our customers.”

“Many U.S. government customers are eager to begin using Intelsat 33e,” said Skot Butler, President, Intelsat General Corporation. “Testing previously conducted with Intelsat 29e using a small, flat-panel antenna designed for aeronautical applications confirmed that the Intelsat Epic^NG platform delivers superior performance for unmanned aircraft systems. The coverage Intelsat 33e provides is ideal to support U.S. Department of Defense mobility applications and means deployed forces in these regions will benefit from the same game-changing performance and efficiency that Intelsat Epic^NG already delivers in the Americas and the North Atlantic.”

Intelsat Epic^NG services were launched in March 2016 with Intelsat 29e, which is located at 310° East and offers a footprint spanning the Americas, the Caribbean, Eastern United States and the burgeoning North Atlantic region. Three additional Intelsat Epic^NG satellites – Intelsat 32e, Intelsat 35e and Intelsat 37e – are scheduled for launch in 2017. Intelsat Epic^NG’s global footprint will be completed with Horizons 3e, which is to be stationed at 169° East with a launch planned in the second half of 2018.  Horizons 3e will extend Intelsat Epic^NG’s coverage to the Pacific Ocean Region and further expand Intelsat Epic^NG’s presence in Asia Pacific.

Supporting Resources:

• About High Throughput Satellites:  http://www2.intelsat.com/e/48312/throughput-satellite-teach-in-/4pvkwn/232042357

• Learn more about Intelsat Epic^NG:  http://www2.intelsat.com/e/48312/bal-network-satellites-epicng-/4pvkwq/232042357

• Learn more about IntelsatOne Flex for Enterprise: http://www2.intelsat.com/e/48312/intelsatone-flex-enterprise-/4pvkws/232042357

About Intelsat

Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com

Mumbai, India / Dubai, UAE, January 31, 2017: ZEE Middle East today announced the launched of its first radio station 106.2 big fm in the UAE. This adds to the business portfolio of ATL for this region and makes it the only broadcaster in the South Asian space to have both Television and FM stations. The station’s interesting line-up of content includes original content produced in-house, content acquired from BIG FM in India and cricket rights of key series for ball-by-ball commentary.

Mr. Amit Goenka, CEO – International Broadcast Business, ZEEL

Speaking on the launch, Mr. Amit Goenka, CEO – International Broadcast Business, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), said “We are proud of the addition of 106.2 big fm into the ZEE and ATL family. We are sure that like all our ZEE brands, 106.2 big fm will also entertain listeners in the UAE. The product has been developed with a lot of attention to detail and I am sure it will be of immense interest to the advertising community.”

Amit Goenka further added: “Investing strategically in media and related business has always been at the edge of ZEE’s larger perspective for business growth. With the synergy of television and radio, we aim to increase our footprint and market share in the entertainment industry.’’

The frequency now officially known as 106.2 big fm launches in the UAE today. With BIG FM in ZEE’s bag, the entertainment conglomerate scores as the strongest player in UAE’s South Asian entertainment field. From being pioneers with the launch of Zee TV in 1992 in the region, to introducing the first Bollywood TV channel for the Arab audience with Zee Aflam in 2008, ZEE’s advance into radio is a step higher on the entertainment ladder. With the launch of 106.2 big fm, ZEE claims its first international foray into the world of radio entertainment.

Mr. Mukund Cairae, CEO – ZEE Network (MENA and APAC)

On this occasion, Mr. Mukund Cairae, CEO – ZEE Network (MENA and APAC), said “The launch of 106.2 big fm is another prized feather in our cap. A gem in our entertainment business portfolio that further cements our numero uno position among South Asians in the Middle East. With the combined strength of television and radio under our wings, we aim to soar higher and show better commitment to the region. Also with this synergy, we now provide vast audio-visual platforms to our advertising clients, hence creating new business opportunities.”

Mr. Manoj A Mathew, COO – ZEE Network (MENA), who along with Gagan Mudgal the Content and Creative Head curated the product said “We are confident that with radio on board, ZEE can leverage people and content across television and radio mediums. With a treasure trove of great music content, along with one of Bollywood’s biggest music labels, Zee Music Company, launching the BIG brand in UAE with high-quality, disruptive content will surely stand out. All shows will be double headers – hosted by the resident Music Jockeys (MJs), as our presenters will be called, and co-hosted by popular Indian singers.”

The station currently has Benny Dayal along with MJ Lavanya hosting the morning drive time show, the afternoon show is hosted by MJ Ujjwal, followed by the evening show being hosted by Palak Muchhal and MJ Arpit. Another ace feature is the introduction of a signature show of BIG FM India – ‘Suhana Safar by Annu Kapoor.’ The late-night show is hosted by MJ Gagan Mudgal and there is a weekend special hosted by Harshdeep Kaur. With this amazing line-up, the station is bound to have listeners tuned in throughout the day.

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Note to Editors

About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL):

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 222,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3,818 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film stars, ZEE houses the world’s largest Hindi film library. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEE entertains over 1 billion viewers across 171 countries.

Pioneer of television entertainment industry in India, ZEE’s well-known brands include Zee TV, &TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Action, Zee Classic, &pictures, Zee Anmol, Zee Anmol Cinema, Zee Café, Zee Studio, Zee Salaam, Zing, Zee ETC Bollywood, Zee Q, Zindagi, Ten 1, Ten 2 and Ten 3. The company also has a strong offering in the regional language domain with channels such as Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Yuva, Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema, Zee Telugu, Zee Cinemalu, Zee Kannada, Zee Tamil and Sarthak TV. The company’s HD offerings include Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, &TV HD, Zee Studio HD, Zee Café HD, &pictures HD, Zee Marathi HD, Zee Talkies HD, Zee Bangla HD, Ten 1 HD and Ten Golf HD.

ZEE and its affiliate companies have leading presence across the media value chain including television broadcasting, cable distribution, direct-to-home satellite services, digital media and print media amongst others. ZEEL also operates multiple digital offerings like dittoTV, OZEE, and india.com. More information about ZEE and its businesses is available on www.zeetelevision.com.

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Pack Your Bags for Summer Camp!

Cartoon Network Greenlights 2017 Sundance Film Festival Selection

Summer Camp Island Based on Original Short Created by Julia Pott

Cartoon Network greenlights Summer Camp Island, a wildly imaginative animated series based on the original short created by Julia Pott (Adventure Time). Having completed a momentous run at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it was screened as part of the Animated Short Films category, the short will now extend into a series and continue unfolding the mysteries that Oscar and his best friend Hedgehog encounter at a magical summer camp. Summer Camp Island is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and is slated to debut next year.

“Summer Camp Island is a great example of the kind of creativity generated by our acclaimed studio shorts program,” said Rob Sorcher, Cartoon Network chief content officer. “We are all wanting to spend summers inside this timeless and magical world captured by Julia’s signature warmth and inventiveness.”

Currently making its round on the global festival circuit, the short Summer Camp Island has also screened and won at Ottawa International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and American Film Institute. The series will follow Oscar and his best friend Hedgehog, who have just been dropped off at their first summer camp.

Away from their parents, the two friends must summon all their courage to navigate mysteries and wonders of this magical camp where camp counselors are witches, horses become unicorns, and monsters live under the bed. Not all camps offer the opportunity to swim with a talking shark in the swimming pool, crawl under the bed into a different universe, or make friends with the moon, but on Summer Camp Island, anything can happen.

Pott is a British animator and illustrator who graduated from Kingston University with first class honors, and in 2011, she graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Master’s degree in Animation. A festival darling, Potts’ films have played at festivals worldwide. Named as one of the 25 new faces of independent films by Filmmaker Magazine in 2012, Pott was also honored as one of the 37 indie film breakouts of that year by Indiewire. In 2015 she joined the Cartoon Network family as a writer for on the pop culture phenomenon Adventure Time.

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About Cartoon Network

 Turner’s Cartoon Network, the number one kids’ channel in Asia Pacific, offers the best in original animated content including the multi-award-winning global hits Ben 10, The Powerpuff Girls, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time and We Bare Bears.

Cartoon Network is available in 29 countries throughout Asia Pacific and is currently seen in more than 135 million pay-TV homes. Internationally, it is seen in 192 countries and over 370 million homes, and is an industry leader with a global offering of the best in award-winning animated entertainment for kids and families.

The brand is known for putting its fans at the centre of everything by applying creative thinking and innovation across multiple platforms. Cartoon Network also reaches millions more through its websites, games and apps, including Cartoon Network Watch and Play and Cartoon Network Anything. Cartoon Network, sister company to Boomerang, POGO and Toonami, is a brand created and distributed by Turner, a Time Warner Company.

About Turner Asia Pacific

Turner Asia Pacific creates and distributes award-winning brands throughout the region, running 61 channels in 14 languages in 40 countries. These include CNN International, CNNj, CNN, HLN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, POGO, Toonami, World Heritage Channel, Warner TV, Oh!K, TCM Turner Classic Movies, truTV, MondoTV, TABI Channel, and HBO, HBO HD and WB in South Asia. Turner manages the business of Pay- and Free-TV-channels, as well as Internet-based services, and oversees commercial partnerships with various third-party media ventures; it teams with Warner Bros. and HBO to leverage Time Warner’s global reach. Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. (“Turner Asia Pacific”) is a Time Warner company.

Publicity Contacts

For further information, please contact:

James Moore

Turner Asia Pacific

James.Moore@turner.com

Launch follows shortly after platform’s addition of Turner’s CNN International

SYDNEY (January 30, 2017) – Iconic animated shows including Ben 10, The Powerpuff Girls, Tom and Jerry and Scooby-Doo have found a new home in Australia, with the launch of Cartoon Network and Boomerang on Fetch TV. Turner’s two global flagship children channels will be available from January on the IPTV service.

Cartoon Network, Asia Pacific’s leading kids’ channel, is known for its unique brand of surprising humour and has been entertaining Aussie families for more than two decades. Aside from Ben, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, Fetch TV viewers will also be amongst the first to watch the channel’s new series Mighty Magiswords.

Meanwhile, Boomerang is the place for families who want to see new episodes of iconic cartoons such as Mr Bean, Inspector Gadget and Looney Tunes. It’s the perfect place for parents to enjoy familiar, premium programming together with their little ones.

“Fetch families are going to love this news!” said Robi Stanton, General Manager of Turner Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Territories. “With Boomerang and Cartoon Network added to the line-up, subscribers now have access to the best animation from around the world. Both channels feature characters designed with one purpose in mind – to make everyone laugh.”

The announcement follows Fetch TV’s addition of Turner’s news channel, CNN International, in October last year.

Scott Lorson, CEO, Fetch TV, added: “Fetch is thrilled to reach a partnership agreement with Turner, and with the 3 fantastic additions to our channel offering – CNN, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. We will continue to partner with world-class content channel partners like Turner to bring Fetch TV subscribers the very best in entertainment. Plenty more to come”.

Fetch TV is available via ISPs including Optus, iiNet, Dodo, Internode, and iPrimus, and via leading retailers Harvey Norman and JB-HiFi.

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About Boomerang

Boomerang provides light-hearted and fun moments, showcasing a mixture of internationally recognised comedy and fantasy series to more than 144 million households worldwide. Core programs includes Tom and Jerry, Mr. Bean, Scooby-Doo, The Garfield Show, My Little Pony and The Looney Tunes Show. A companion channel to Cartoon Network, Boomerang is a dynamic and quirky place where girls and boys can be inspired, laugh and play with the whole family. In Asia Pacific, Boomerang is owned and operated by Turner, a Time Warner company.

About Cartoon Network

Turner’s Cartoon Network, the number one kids’ channel in Asia Pacific, offers the best in original animated content including the multi-award-winning global hits Ben 10, The Powerpuff Girls, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time and We Bare Bears.

Cartoon Network is available in 29 countries throughout Asia Pacific and is currently seen in more than 135 million pay-TV homes. Internationally, it is seen in 192 countries and over 370 million homes, and is an industry leader with a global offering of the best in award-winning animated entertainment for kids and families.

The brand is known for putting its fans at the centre of everything by applying creative thinking and innovation across multiple platforms. Cartoon Network also reaches millions more through its websites, games and apps, including Cartoon Network Watch and Play and Cartoon Network Anything. Cartoon Network, sister company to Boomerang, POGO and Toonami, is a brand created and distributed by Turner, a Time Warner Company.

About Turner Asia Pacific

Turner Asia Pacific creates and distributes award-winning brands throughout the region, running 61 channels in 14 languages in 40 countries. These include CNN International, CNNj, CNN, HLN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, POGO, Toonami, World Heritage Channel, Warner TV, Oh!K, TCM Turner Classic Movies, truTV, MondoTV, TABI Channel, and HBO, HBO HD and WB in South Asia. Turner manages the business of Pay- and Free-TV-channels, as well as Internet-based services, and oversees commercial partnerships with various third-party media ventures; it teams with Warner Bros. and HBO to leverage Time Warner’s global reach. Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. (“Turner Asia Pacific”) is a Time Warner company.

About Fetch TV

Fetch TV partners with leading internet service providers Optus, the iiNet Group, and M2 along with leading retailers Harvey Norman and JB Hi Fi to provide subscribers with an entertainment service delivered to the TV over a broadband connection to a set top box. In addition to a 1 terabyte personal video recorder for recording TV, the content line up includes an in-home movie store with over 6,000 titles including the latest new releases to buy or rent, a TV store with leading TV shows to purchase, leading SVOD services Netflix, Stan and Presto, and free to air Catch-Up TV services plus the option to add subscription entertainment channels from major content providers. Visit fetchtv.com.au for more information.

For further information, please contact:

James Moore

Turner Asia Pacific

James.Moore@turner.com

Singapore –FOX Networks Group Asia announced today that it is entering in a comprehensive media and content partnership for 2017 with French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for the Asia Pacific market which includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, PNG, Myanmar, Macau, Mongolia, India, China, Australia and New Zealand. The deal will see tactical media campaigns across the network’s Sports and General Entertainment channels being developed exclusively for AccorHotels. This includes key properties on FOX Sports such as Formula One, MotoGP, Grand Slam Tennis and key properties on National Geographic, STAR World and FOX channels for 2017.

The partnership kicked off with the broadcast sponsorship of the Australian Open which heads into the crucial 2^nd week LIVE on the FOX Sports Network. Viewers on the network have had the opportunity to see exclusively how the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins Hotel, one of the properties under AccorHotels, prepares to host the tennis stars coming for the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. FOX Sports was able to exclusively interview the Williams Sisters with the Hotel as the backdrop with presenters Edward Russel and Paula Malai Ali showing a different side to the tennis superstars. A total of 6 exclusive short form content was produced for AccorHotels, seen on both linear and nonlinear platforms.

AccorHotels and FOX Sports will continue to give its viewers in the region a snapshot of what goes on beyond the court in May this year at the French Open.

“We are delighted to partner with AccorHotels and provide them with our diverse audiences across the FOX Networks Group platforms. It’s fantastic to work with a brand which shares our belief that collaboration leads to great content and we are excited to see this come to life in 2017,” noted Nick Bower, Vice President, Advertising Sales & Partnerships for Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

On the road, the partnership will see AccorHotels properties extend that “home away from home” feel to the presenters at FOX Sports who are in country covering some of the World’s Best Sporting events.

“AccorHotels has a long history of sponsorships across many sporting codes around the world and this partnership with FOX Sports allows us to extend our reach within Asia Pacific and create unique content to showcase our sporting partnerships,” said Michael Issenberg, Chairman & CEO AccorHotels Asia Pacific. “It will allow our guests to ensure they never miss the action when they stay with us.”

The partnership was crafted in conjunction with Havas Media.