MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia has inked a deal with Thailand?s Me Television for the carriage of Animax and Sony Entertainment Television (Set) on its Internet protocol television (IPTV) pay-TV platform, MeTV.

Animax and Set are placed in the newly launched "Choice L" MeTV basic tier, reaching a wide base of subscribers, on channels 415 and 335 respectively.

MeTV is a joint venture between ITV Media (HK) Limited and Telecom Of Thailand (TOT) currently available to over 40 per cent of broadband Internet connections in Thailand, or more than 1 million subscribers.

SPT executive VP, GM, Networks, Asia Ricky Ow said, "A progressive economy and a rapidly growing middle class offer great potential for pay-TV penetration to grow significantly in Thailand. We are excited to bring our channels to an even wider audience in this vibrant market, and look forward to working with MeTV to make Animax and SET must-have content offerings for their customers".

Thinakorn Thianprathum, the newly appointed MeTV GM in Bangkok commented, "We are honoured and excited to establish our relationship with Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia, which will provide our subscribers with exceptional value, initially through two of the most prestigious television channels in Southeast Asia, from one of the world?s leading producers and distributors of entertainment programming.

"Set will provide high quality general entertainment to our young adult subscribers who appreciate fashion, lifestyle, design, food, romance and celebrity gossip; while Animax will excite our younger subscribers with anime across the genres of action, romance, horror, supernatural, comedy, and slice-of-life. MeTV looks forward to expanding our relationship with SPT Networks in Asia, through the acquisition of additional television programming in the coming months to bring new world class television entertainment to our subscribers at MeTV".

Animax is currently available to 44 million homes in 17 markets offering anime programming for everyone including some of the most popular new series that are simulcast with Japan.

SET is broadcasting in 12 territories serving up a ?wickedly, juicy? brand of female skewing, English entertainment including drama, lifestyle-reality, and celebrity-driven variety shows.

MUMBAI: Korea will be the country of honour at the Frames convention for the business of media and entertainment. The event organised by Ficci takes place in Mumbai from 12-14 March 2013.

One of the highlights will be a film tourism seminar called Shoot at Site.

Prominent speakers at Frames will include Walt Disney International chairman Andy Bird, Sony Pictures Television president International Networks Andy Kaplan, filmmaker Mira Nair, Group M Worldwide president Dominic Proctor, Warner Bros Music VP Seymour Stein and Fremantle Media CEO, Asia Pacific Paul O?Hanlon.

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television has sold the cable syndication rights to the CBS hit comedy series, Rules of Engagement, to Turner Broadcasting?s TBS.

The series is currently airing in broadcast syndication in 96 per cent of the country on leading stations in major markets including New York (Tribune), Los Angeles (KCAL9/CBS) and Chicago (WCIU-TV/Weigel)

Rules of Engagement is a comedy about the different phases of male/female relationships, as seen through the eyes of a newly engaged couple, Adam ( Oliver Hudson ) and Jennifer ( Bianca Kajlich ), a long-time married pair, Jeff ( Patrick Warburton ) and Audrey ( Megyn Price ), and a single guy on the prowl, Russell ( David Spade ) and his assistant, Timmy ( Adhir Kalyan ).

Tom Hertz , Doug Robinson and Jack Giarraputo serve as executive producers on Rules of Engagement which is produced by Happy Madison Productions and CBS Television Studios in association with Sony Pictures Television.

"We recently shot our 100th episode, which speaks to the ongoing appeal of this series and its cast," said Sony Pictures Television President of US Distribution John Weiser. "This show consistently outperforms its competition in adult demos and households and we?re very excited to be partnering with our friends at Turner Broadcasting."