New Features On HBO GO Include Downloads Of Award-Winning HBO Original Content And Hollywood Movies As Well As Live TV Viewing Anytime Anywhere

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SINGAPORE, MAY 16, 2018 – HBO Asia announced today that their online streaming service, HBO GO, is now available in Indonesia to all First Media customers who are eligible HBO subscribers. In Asia, HBO GO is currently available in Hong Kong, Philippines and Singapore.

Subscribers of HBO GO can stream their favourite Hollywood movies, HBO Original and HBO Asia Original programmes anytime, anywhere via the internet on their computer, or on their mobile devices through the HBO GO App (from App Store or Google Play). HBO GO now has new features including download capabilities of HBO Original programmes and selected Hollywood movies from HBO GO’s extensive video-on-demand library and live TV streaming of HBO Asia’s bouquet of channels.

“With HBO GO’s streaming and download capabilities, HBO GO subscribers will now have more options to access our ever-expanding repertoire of HBO Originals and HBO Asia Originals as well as numerous Hollywood blockbuster movies anytime, anywhere,” said Mr. Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia.

In Indonesia, the HBO GO service is currently available as a free value-added service to First Media customers with subscription to eligible HBO packs. Log on to First Media’s website for more information. For more information on HBO GO, please visit https://www.hbogoasia.com.

New Features on HBO GO

HBO Asia’s online streaming service, HBO GO, has been given a boost, with several new and improved features, an enhanced user experience and a refreshed new look.

HBO GO subscribers will have unlimited access to stream a wide range of Hollywood blockbusters as well as over 1,500 hours of award-winning HBO Original and HBO Asia Original series and movies. In addition, subscribers will now have the flexibility of catching their favourite HBO Original programmes, same time as the U.S. and without an internet connection, with the newly-enabled download feature added to all HBO Original titles.

All original U.S. versions of HBO Original content, including Emmy® award-winning series such as GAME OF THRONES, BIG LITTLE LIES and WESTWORLD; as well as HBO Asia Original series such as THE TEENAGE PSYCHIC and MISS SHERLOCK, will all be available for download and offline viewing. Selected movie titles will also be available for downloads such as LA LA LAND (Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone star), MOONLIGHT (Mahershala Ali, Shariff Eap star), MISS SLOANE (Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong star) and JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 (Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio star).

HBO GO also includes the new Live TV capability where all HBO Asia’s bouquet of channels – HBO HD, HBO Hits, HBO Family, HBO Signature and Cinemax, will be available live, in real time, on HBO GO via the internet.

About HBO GO

HBO GO is an internet-based streaming service that allows subscribers to enjoy Hollywood blockbusters and exclusive HBO Originals – including series, movies, documentaries, on desktops over PCs, MACs, iOS/Android mobile and tablet devices, anytime, anywhere. The HBO GO App can be downloaded from App Store or Google Play and can be used on PC/Mac and smart phones and tablets running on iOS and Android.

HBO GO is available 24/7 on five registered devices (subject to two concurrent streams), of a verified subscriber and has Airplay and Chromecast functionalities. Subscribers will be able to download up to 20 pieces of content for each account across all registered devices, subject to storage capacities for each device. Downloaded content will be available for 28 days after download and will expire 48 hours after the first viewing.

Other features available on HBO GO include:
• Improved content discovery with the Watchlist feature where users can create a personalised list of shows or movies to watch while they are available on HBO GO.
• Parental Control feature that enables parents to restrict their children’s access to certain types of content depending on the selected age guidance.
• To ensure an optimal viewing experience on HBO GO, all content on HBO GO will be offered in true HD quality (subject to available bandwidth).
• The Video Continuity feature allows users to continue where they left off even when they switch between registered devices.
• Subtitles* are available for series and select movies.

*Subject to original language of content.

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About HBO ASIA
Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia first through its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood and independent studios, including Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and DreamWorks Animation. HBO Asia has proprietary and award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original programmes produced exclusively for HBO viewers. Wholly owned by HBO (a Time Warner company), HBO Asia reaches 23 territories across Asia with six 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels: HBO, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits and Cinemax, as well as Red by HBO, internet streaming platform, HBO GO, subscription video on demand service, HBO On Demand, and in China, 鼎级剧场 (ding ji ju chang). HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst channel in the region. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.

For more information, please contact:

Karen Lai | Senior Communications Director | HBO Asia
DID +65 6381 1796 | Mobile +65 9111 2655 | Fax +65 6287 2210 | www.hboasia.com

16 May 2018, Kuala Lumpur – Blaze Digital, Astro’s digital marketing arm partners Grup Majalah Karangkraf (‘Karangkraf’) to create Malaysia’s largest Malay digital content network. Following the completion of Astro’s JV Co with Karangkraf (newly formed unit, Nu Ideaktiv), for the creation of local content and Nusantara IPs (Intellectual property) in Malaysia, Blaze now adds 15 of Karangkraf’s popular brands like Pa&Ma, Remaja, Mingguan Wanita, Media Hiburan and Sinar Harian’s news site to its current digital offering.

Syamil Fahim, CEO of Nu Ideaktiv, said “We are excited about our partnership with Astro, specifically about our collective impact in the digital advertising space. Our titles cover every life stage of the Malay community and our successful track record over the last 40 years proves that. The rich source of audience data combined with experts in the field of branded content make for powerful marketing solutions that cut across Print, Radio, TV and Digital”.

TH Chong, Group Director of Astro Media Sales said, “With a strong presence amongst the Malay speaking community, Karangkraf is a solid partner as together we will leverage on each other’s strengths to introduce new and innovative digital content that appeals to the mass Malay market in Malaysia. The evolution of digital media consumption, paid or ads-supported, has expanded Astro’s addressable audience base considerably, from households to individuals. This partnership will further strengthen our leadership in the online space among the Malay audiences.”

Within 11 months, Blaze has rapidly grown its partner network from 32 to 50 digital brands, increasing its reach to 32 million users* on web and 62.4 million fans* on social media platforms. Covering the whole range of audiences in Malaysia, including digital properties in Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese, English and Tamil, Blaze allows advertisers to deploy a range of advertising solutions via branded content, videos, social marketing, data-backed programmatic ads, display, as well as bespoke campaigns. These solutions add value to Astro’s Radio and TV ad platforms for advertisers by extending the reach and interactivity in the digital space.

The Blaze Digital team comprises highly experienced creative directors, producers and digital marketing experts and has the distinction of being able to originate its own content resulting in its having won several awards, the latest being LITE’s Steve & Shaz’s Hoarders video at D’Awards for the ‘Best Use of Social Media’.

Today, Astro is in 75% of Malaysian households, serving 23 million individuals on all screens, at home, live, on the go and on demand while Karangkraf has 15 million readers across its newspaper and magazine publications and online media assets. In Q4FY18, Astro’s total Adex registered a 2% growth y-o-y from RM705mn to RM722mn and this includes Digital Adex which grew 17% from RM30mn to RM35mn. This leads to a share of 44% and 74% in TV Adex and Radex respectively. This trajectory is expected to continue with focussed efforts on providing solutions to both agencies and advertisers alike, driven increasingly by customer persona data.

BBC Studios today announced the appointment of Geo Lee as Senior Vice President and General Manager, North East Asia. Geo is based in the Seoul office and oversees the BBC Studios business in South Korea and Japan, and reports to David Weiland, Executive Vice President, Asia.

Geo joins the business from Amazon Japan, where he headed the TVOD division. He previously held senior positions at Hulu, Twentieth Century Fox and Tsutaya in Japan where he worked across functions ranging from user engagement, marketing and merchandising.

“Geo brings with him a wealth of digital, marketing, theatrical and production experience from the US, Korea, and most recently Japan, that will be beneficial in further developing our business in North East Asia,” said David Weiland, EVP Asia. “I look forward to working with him.”

“I have joined the organisation at a very interesting juncture of its growth – the merger of BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios brings together the UK’s most awarded production business and a world-class commercial distribution business. I am very excited to be part of this change and look forward to working with the team to drive content, channel, format and digital sales, as well as developing more partnership opportunities in the region.” commented Geo Lee.

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For more information, please contact:

Jeanne Leong
BBC Studios
Tel: +65 6849 5292
Email: Jeanne.Leong@bbc.com

Jessie Lim
BBC Studios
Tel: +65 6849 5295
Email: Jessie.Lim@bbc.com

About BBC Studios
BBC Studios, a global content company with British creativity at its heart, is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC Group. Formed in April 2018 by the merger of BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios, it spans content financing, development, production, sales, branded services and ancillaries. BBC Studios’ award-winning British programmes are internationally recognised across a broad range of genres and specialisms. It has offices in 22 markets globally, including six production bases in the UK and production bases and partnerships in a further nine countries around the world. The company, which makes 2500 hours of content a year, is a champion for British creativity around the world and a committed partner for the UK’s independent sector. BBC Studios has revenue of £1.4bn, and returns around £200m to the BBC Group annually, complementing the BBC’s licence fee and enhancing programmes for UK audiences.

(MANILA, PHILIPPINES) May 16, 2018 – Turner Asia Pacific has announced the appointment of Jia Salindong-Du as Country Manager, Philippines.

Ms Salindong-Du is tasked with scaling Turner’s Kids and Entertainment business in the Philippines, which includes developing local content opportunities, creating greater consumer experiences and expanding the brands’ fanbase. She will also support ad-sales, and operate in tandem with the consumer products and licensing team for Cartoon Network.

In addition, she will be responsible for the channel distribution of Turner brands locally, including CNN International, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Warner TV.

Vishal Dembla, General Manager of Turner’s business in Southeast Asia, said: “Jia has worked in a number of brand management and business development roles, and she will be an excellent leader for our highly-ambitious team in Manila. The Philippines is one of our most important markets in Southeast Asia and, with Jia now in place, we are confident of continued growth there.”

Ms Salindong-Du joins Turner with a decade of FMCG experience. At Procter & Gamble, she worked on the beauty and haircare products portfolio to launch and grow brands such as Olay, Rejoice and Safeguard. She also built the company’s local shopper marketing group from the ground up – working with top retailers to deliver superior shopper programs.

She has worked on various aspects of organizational development – serving as a corporate trainer and as a regular external resource for marketing-related topics and being a mentor to many young talents. Ms Salindong-Du was also a part-time marketing professor at her alma mater, Ateneo de Manila University.

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For more information, please contact:
James Moore, Director of Communications, Turner Asia Pacific
James.Moore@turner.com / Tel: +65 6801 7996

About Turner Asia Pacific
Turner is a global entertainment, sports and news company that creates premium content, and delivers exceptional experiences to fans whenever and wherever they consume content. In Asia Pacific, Turner owns and operates award-winning brands throughout the region, running 59 channels in 14 languages in 42 countries. These include CNN International, CNNj, CNN, HLN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, POGO, Warner TV, Oh!K, TCM Turner Classic Movies, truTV, MondoTV, TABI Channel, Tabi Tele, Mondo Mah-Jong TV; 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. It owns and exploits properties such as Tuzki, and oversees commercial partnerships with various third-party media ventures. Turner 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.

MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has appointed Shariq Patel as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Essel Vision Productions. Patel will report to ZEEL MD and CEO Punit Goenka.

Along with its other leading businesses, Films and Television Content Production have been fundamental business verticals for the media conglomerate, both having immense growth potential.

With over 20 years of diverse and rich experience across various industries spanning Financial Services, Radio, Internet, Telecom, Sports Management and Films, Patel’s appointment further enhances ZEEL’s approach in strengthening its films and television content production arms.

• Third Quarter revenues of €337 million, down 3.3% like-for-like (-7.4% reported)
• Improving overall trend for the operating verticals, down 1.1%[1]
• Nine month revenues of €1,034 million, down 5.0% like-for-like (-7.6% reported)
• Procurement of KONNECT VHTS, a major step in the Connectivity growth strategy
• Full Year revenues outturn subject to materialisation of ‘Other Revenues’ (ie non-recurring and non-capacity) during Q4; all other current year and medium-term objectives fully confirmed

Paris, 14 May 2018 – Eutelsat Communications (ISIN: FR0010221234 – Euronext Paris: ETL) today reported revenues for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended 31 March 2018.

Revenues for the three months to 31 March 2018

Rodolphe Belmer, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “In the third quarter, the overall revenue trend of our five operating verticals improved further at -1.1% after -1.8% at the half-year stage. Video continued to progress, notably with improving trends at our HOTBIRD video position, while in Government Services the outcome of the latest US Department of Defense renewals was positive once again, at above 95%. On the other hand, ‘Other Revenues’ are running behind expectations following the outturn of the Third Quarter.

We are working on a handful of active “Other Revenues” opportunities in the pipeline which would enable us to land at the low end of our Full Year total revenues objective of -1 to -2%. However, in the event that none of these “Other Revenues” materialize in the fourth quarter, the decline in revenues could be up to c. -3.5%. This has no impact on our other objectives for the current and following two years which are fully confirmed.

The year to date has seen significant headway on our strategic roadmap. In particular the procurement of KONNECT VHTS, represents a major milestone in our growth strategy in Connectivity and comes with major multi-year distribution commitments with Orange and Thales. Elsewhere, the disposal of our stake in Hispasat will contribute to accelerating our deleveraging in line with our commitment to financial optimisation.”

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Since the start of 2018, Eutelsat has made further headway on its strategic roadmap with:

• The procurement of KONNECT VHTS, a major milestone in the Group’s growth strategy in Connectivity with significant multi-year distribution commitments with Orange and Thales and representing the optimum solution from a commercial, technical, financial and operational perspective;
• Closing of the sale of the Hispasat stake for €302m, an important step in the rationalization of the Group’s portfolio, maximizing cash and accelerating deleveraging;
• Landmark MoU with China Unicom to address the satellite communications market in the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative, followed up by the commercialization of the remaining HTS capacity on EUTELSAT 172B to UnicomAirNet, representing a backlog of over $100 million;
• Several other commercial highlights including:
• In Government Services, the favourable outcome of the Spring 2018 renewal campaign with the US Department of Defense with a renewal rate above 95%;
• Further contracts secured in Government Services at the 174° East orbital position following the relocation of EUTELSAT 172A;
• The reservation of a significant portion of the capacity on EUTELSAT QUANTUM by Peraton, meaning the satellite is now largely reserved;
• On HOTBIRD, a multi-year capacity agreement with Mediaset to accelerate its transition to High Definition as well as a multi-year, multi-transponder renewal with TVN, one of Poland’s leading broadcasters.

Read the full press release on our Third Quarter 2017-2018 revenues

[1] Evolution of Revenues at constant currency and perimeter, excluding Other revenues.
[2] At constant currency and perimeter. The variation is calculated as follows: i) Q3 2017-18 USD revenues are converted at Q3 2016-17 rates; ii) Q3 2017-18 revenues are restated from the net contribution of Noorsat.
[3] Other revenues include mainly compensation paid on the settlement of business-related litigations, the impact of EUR/USD currency hedging, the provision of various services or consulting/engineering fees and termination fees.

About Eutelsat Communications

Founded in 1977, Eutelsat Communications is one of the world’s leading satellite operators. With a global fleet of satellites and associated ground infrastructure, Eutelsat enables clients across Video, Data, Government, Fixed and Mobile Broadband markets to communicate effectively to their customers, irrespective of their location. Over 6,800 television channels operated by leading media groups are broadcast by Eutelsat to one billion viewers equipped for DTH reception or connected to terrestrial networks. Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat assembles 1,000 men and women from 44 countries who are dedicated to delivering the highest quality of service.

Eutelsat Communications is listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ticker: ETL).

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