Hong Kong director/actor Jackie Chan has opened a film and TV school in China. Visiting professors at the Jackie Chan Film and Television Academy of the Wuhan Institute of Design and Sciences include Zhang Guoli, Li Bingbing and Feng Xiaogang.

Indonesian television stations may be forced to hunt for a replacement for more than US$270 million in annual cigarette advertising if a ban currently under discussion goes through. The issue is scheduled to be decided by lawmakers in the next two months.

Nielsen, has appointed Craig Johnson to head up its Reach portfolio in Southeast Asia, North Asia and Pacific. The new Sydney-based role includes television audience measurement (TAM), radio audience measurement (RAM), Consumer & Media View and advertising measurement (AIS).

April 2015: When Turner Broadcasting adds documentary service World Heritage Channel to its Asia bouquet in the next few months, the Hong Kong-based regional network takes another step into an expanded future mapped out 15 months ago with the appointment of Ricky Ow in January 2014.

1 April 2015: On 1 January this year, Mongolian DTH platform DDish TV added 30 new channels to its platform, including RTL CBS Entertainment and National Geographic. Then the platform's programmers went on the hunt for a good movie channel.

"I'm sure someone else would have done it if I hadn't... But I'm glad I took that step". - Mongol TV's chief executive Nomin Chinbat on her first major programming strategy decision after taking over the free-TV station in 2012.