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MUMBAI: Telecom Communications (Tcom) has announced that its subsidiary, 3G Dynasty (3G) will provide China Netcom customers with exclusive, entertainment programming, created and distributed by Live...
MUMBAI: The Cable TV Show 2005, organised by the Kolkata-based Cable TV Equipments Traders & Manufacturers Association (CTMA), commenced today. The three-day annual event expects participation...
MUMBAI: The much-awaited launch of the popular ABC show Desperate Housewives on China’s CCTV8 failed to impress the tube thermometer. Thanks to the broadcaster’s insistence that...
MUMBAI: Touchstone Television’s hit series Desperate Housewives will debut in China on December 19, 2005 on state run CCTV8. In the US, the show revived the...
MUMBAI: Nick US’ hit show SpongeBob SquarePants is set to launch in Mandarin on China’s pubcaster CCTV’s dedicated kids’ network on 28 January 2006. It will...
Mumbai, December 14, 2005: Infomedia India Limited, India’s leading special interest and directory publishing company, has announced forming a joint venture with the world’s leading publisher...
MUMBAI: Tivo which created the digital video recorder (DVR), and TGC which is the exclusive Tivo partner in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Macao TV...
NEW DELHI: Some regulatory stumbling blocks in India and China notwithstanding, Rupert Murdochs pan-Asian venture, Star, will push deeper into local territories. The Hong Kong-based Star...
MUMBAI: Alibaba.com, which claims to be China’s largest e-commerce platform, has announced the re-launch of Yahoo! China. It has a new home page and business model...
MUMBAI: On2 Technologies, which specialises in video compression, has announced that Tencent Holdings has licensed its video compression technology. Tencent is looking to enable a new...
MUMBAI: Samsung Electronics, which claims to be the number one producer of television sets by revenue, has opened a digital research center in Korea. This is...
MUMBAI: Industry revenues coming from the pay-TV market in Asia are now in excess of US$15 billion annually. However, in other jurisdictions the regulatory framework remains...
MUMBAI: China’s first High Definition broadcast television service is now on air. China Central Television (CCTV), China’s largest broadcaster, has launched a channel of sports, movies...
MUMBAI: Chinese English language learners across the world can now start playing the newly launched BBC word game — BBC Word Master. Launched by the BBC...
MUMBAI: India suddenly seems to have emerged as the preferred destination over China for the media bigwigs. Soon after News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch expressed discontent...
MUMBAI: Promax&BDA will hold its first conference in China this November. The organisation has announced that it would hold its maiden conference in China, in conjunction...
MUMBAI: Warner Home Video (WHV) and Universal Pictures International (UPI) have agreed to distribute each other’s titles in China and in Russia respectively. The...
MUMBAI: KongZhong Corporation which leading provider of advanced second-generation (2.5G) wireless value-added services in China has announced today that it has signed an exclusive strategic partnership...
MUMBAI: China’s pubcaster China Central Television (CCTV) will launch its first high-definition digital TV channel on 8 September. the aim is to enable live coverage of...
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MUMBAI: China’s national broadcaster, CCTV and Viacom’s kids brand Nickelodeon will co-produce the first kids’ show in China, the CCTV-Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Honors. The event will...
MUMBAI: Global media firms are feeling the heat of China’s aversion towards them. News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has admitted that his plans for...
MUMBAI: Donald Trump’s reality show The Apprentice is all set to make its mark in China. Trump has joined hands with Chinese producers to develop the...
MUMBAI: A News Corp affiliate in China is currently under investigation over its leasing of satellite television channels in the country, says a Wall Street Journal...
MUMBAI: China supplied 35 per cent of the worldwide digital set-top box market (including the Chinese market) in 2004, and more than 50 per cent of...
MUMBAI: New Zealand’s pre-eminent Pay TV operator Sky Television has launched China Central Television’s 24-hour English language news channel, CCTV-9. The five-year old news...
MUMBAI: To make sure that Chinese sports broadcasting meets global standards by the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China government-owned China International Television Corporation (CITVC) and...
MUMBAI: Further tightening its grip on foreign media, Beijing has decided to forbid any new foreign-owned TV channel from entering the country. The move will directly...
MUMBAI: The National Labour Committee (NLC), an anti-sweatshop advocacy group in the US, has made charges against Disney. The NLC released a videotape alleging that two...
MUMBAI: The reality TV genre is creating waves in China. A new show which has been modelled on The Apprentice sees contestants pitching their plans for...
MUMBAI: China International Television Corp (CITVC) and the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) have announced details of the inaugural China International Sports Television...
MUMBAI: This is an important step towards the checking of movie piracy in China. Chinese film authorities and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) have signed a...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative through which Discovery Asia is looking to promote excellence in filmmaking in China. The broadcaster in partnership with the Shanghai Media...
MUMBAI: Viacom has entered the 16 billion Yuan outdoor advertising market in China by opening a shop in Beijing. According to a China Business News...
MUMBAI: Advertising spend in China rose 20 per cent in the first half of the year to $17.7 billion. Companies like Procter & Gamble Co were...
MUMBAI: Children’s show Boohbah which airs in India on Pogo will spread its wings to China and South Africa. The production company Ragdoll has signed a...
MUMBAI: In China, the daily average times spent surfing the net exceeds the time spent on watching TV. Net scored 2.73 hours ahead of TV’s 1.29...
MUMBAI: The US-headquartered Mobiltek Corporation, a global player in interactive mobile value-added services and mobile television services, has secured two new systems integration contracts from two...
MUMBAI: Hurray! Holding Co. Ltd., a provider of advanced wireless value-added services and mobile telecommunication network software in China, has launched the first mobile album iYou...
MUMBAI: China Telecom is in search of an international strategic partner. The Hong Kong-listed unit of China’s biggest fixed-line operator, through such an alliance, aims to...
MUMBAI: The mobile is a strong platform for channels to conduct interactivity. A case in point is MTV China. The broadcaster is partnering with China Mobile’s...
MUMBAI: After casting a spell on audiences across the globe Desperate Housewives will travel to China. A licensing deal has been done between Buena Vista International...
MUMBAI: China’s national broadcaster CCTV has announced that it has bought the rights to CBS’ reality show The Amazing Race. In India the show airs on...
MUMBAI: The ad revenue in China has been growing at the rate of 12 per cent a year. It reached $ 3.4 billion in 2004. This...
HONG KONG: Warner Home Video has launched a joint venture video operation with China Audio Video (CAV), marking the first time that a US studio has...
MUMBAI: China is back to its old censorship ploys. Yesterday it repeatedly blocked transmission of BBC World’s week-long series of China-themed programmes to hotels and apartment...
MUMBAI: Warner Home Video has made major progress in China. The company has announced the historic formation of CAV Warner Home Entertainment. The joint venture with...
NEW DELHI: With increasing number of international brands entering the Indian market, one aspect of worry is the survival of local brands in a market where...
MUMBAI: Four years after his media empire News Corp crossed the great wall of China, media moghul Rupert Murdoch will launch a joint venture with China...
MUMBAI: China TV Media (CDM) claims to have notched a 100, 000 subscriber base mark within six months of its launch of its digital pay TV...
