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Brief News - Highlights + Must-Know Snippets This section of headlines is for newsletter subscribers only - brief, to the point, and not needing the deeper industry analysis you'll find on VideoInk's homepage. India's Viacom 18 Launches Digital Content Division: 'Tipping Point' Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, an Indian studio, has launched its first digital content division called Tipping Point. The studio will focus on creating web series and short films. At launch, the content will be available on Viacom 18’s OTT channel Voot and also on Reliance’s Jio platform. Viacom 18 is a joint venture between Viacom and Reliance Industries’ Network 18 media company. Group Nine and Discovery Launch 360 Campaign with Enterprise Group Nine Media and Discovery, Inc. have launched a new, 360 campaign with Enterprise. The “Move Forward” campaign will leverage Group Nine’s science and innovation brand Seeker to engage its digital and social audiences; and Discovery’s Science Channel to reach its linear and TV everywhere viewers. “Move Forward” is the first advertising campaign for "Seeker+SCI," the co-branded partnership between Seeker and Science Channel, which launched late last year. SVOD Service Walter Presents Launches in Italy Discovery has teamed up with Britain’s Channel 4 to launch foreign-language drama streaming service Walter Presents in Italy. The service is expected to launch in the country this September. Walter Presents, which initially launched in the U.K. in 2016, is also available in the U.S. and in Australia through pay-TV service Foxtel. Asian OTT Service Dimsum Launches in Singapore Dimsum, a Malaysia-based video-on-demand company, is launching in Singapore. This is the third Asian country aside from Malaysia and Brunei that the service has launched in. Dimsum is part of Malaysia’s Star Media Group. and SMG Entertainment -- not the Chinese media firm of the same name. The content not he service focuses on drama series and shows from around the East Asia region. Send Us Your Digital Release Dates Premiering your series on go90? Facebook? YouTube? All of the above? We're tracking all digital releases and will be including this on our site and in our newsletter. Submitting takes 5 seconds -- [do so here](. [Check out sample here.]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Google Plus]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2016 VideoInk Inc, All rights reserved. You're on this list because you've either subscribed via VideoInk or because you're on our VI-P list. Our mailing address is: VideoInk Inc 75 West End Avenue, New York, NY R14D New York, NY 10023 [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](