MEASAT and Fox International Channels, fully-owned business unit of News Corporation announced the agreement for FOXCRIME and FX to be distributed on MEASAT-operated satellite to PayTV operators across Asia Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa. Both channels would be distributed via the MEASAT-3 satellite platforms.

Fox Crime is an entertainment channel entirely dedicated to crime and investigation now available in Singapore and Hong Kong. Fox Crime programming kicks off this summer with an extremely strong line-up of predominantly Asia premieres including Dexter 2, The Killpoint, NCIS, Burn Notice, Brotherhood and the award winning CSI franchise.

FX is an alternative, irreverent and eclectic channel, a channel with attitude appealing to a mainly modern male audience. FX’s exclusive content feature many Asia premieres in a genre that allows our early adopting viewers an escape from the main stream with a host of new shows like Peep Show, Californication, The Riches, Saving Grace, Mad Men and Alias.

Mr Zubin Gandevia, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Fox International Channels Asia said, “Our partnership with MEASAT has given us the opportunity to introduce our Fox Crime and FX channels much more readily throughout Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East and Africa, thus bringing more viewers closer to these channels that have been hugely successful in all markets where we have launched, and are packed with Asia premieres.”

Commenting on the agreement, Terry Bleakley, Vice President - Sales and Marketing, MEASAT said, “We are excited to be able to support the distribution of these high profile channels via the MEASAT-3 distribution platform. With the launch of MEASAT-3a into the same orbital location later this year, providing additional capacity and satellite network redundancy, we continue to invest to ensure that MEASAT provides the satellite platform of choice for the region’s leading channels.”