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  • CNBC, Yahoo! enter content distribution agreement

    MUMBAI: CNBC and Yahoo! Finance have entered into a content distribution agreement. As per the deal, Yahoo! Finance will distribute content from CNBC, CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia and CNBC.com to Yahoo! Finance users in the US and worldwide. This is CNBC’s first global online alliance, and Yahoo!’s first global finance video agreement.

    CNBC will provide video clips from its global networks and articles from CNBC.com. The content will be available to Yahoo! Finance users in the U.S. and will also be available to Yahoo!’s 21 international financial news sites.

    The video clips will encompass commentary and analyses of the day’s top business stories, premarket opening buzz, interviews, investing and stock-picking segments from CNBC programmes, including Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer and Fast Money, international market news and analyses from CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia.

    CNBC president Mark Hoffman said, “This agreement brings together Yahoo! and CNBC for online business and financial information. This alliance draws on the strength of CNBC’s global assets and expands the reach.”

    Yahoo! senior vice president and media head, Scott Moore said, “In an increasingly globalized economy, it’s essential that Yahoo! Finance offer investors news from the major global financial markets. The addition of CNBC video content will help Yahoo! Finance users from around the world make more informed financial decisions.”

  • Equestrian TV show boosts global coverage

    Equestrian TV show boosts global coverage

    MUMBAI: A year after it launched the television magazine FEI Equestrian World has grown in terms of the number of channels that air it. From next month it will air on BBC World in Asia and other territories. Asian viewers can also catch it on ESPN Star Sports and on CNBC Asia. In India the next edition of the show airs on BBC World on 3 March at noon and on 4 March at 5 pm.

    More than a competition and sports news magazine, this monthly half-hour programme concentrates on the spirit of the Equestrian and the lifestyle surrounding it. It also focuses on the FEI’s efforts in key areas such as sports development. Interviews with equestrian stars such as Olympic Champion Rodriogo Pessoa of Brazil, Britain’s Pippa Funnell, the only rider to have ever won the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing, FEI World Cup Jumping champion Marcus Ehning or American Reiner Shawn Flarida are only a few of the equestrian stars featured in the magazine.

    The camera’s investigating eye caught them outside of the usual competition arena. Whether in their kitchen, at the beautician’s or at the golf green, these personalities could be discovered in a more private and softer light.

    The importance of breeding, the concerns of horse owners or hippotherapy are also given their importance in the show. FEI Equestrian World is broadcast by several channels. In addition to BBC World the other channels include BBC World, CNBC Europe, ESPN Classic Sport which air it in Europe. Sky airs it in the UK.

    BBC World, Art, City 7, Fox Sports; ESPN International air it in the Middle East.

  • Casbaa launches mobile TV group

    Casbaa launches mobile TV group

    Hong Kong: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has announced the formal launch of the Casbaa Mobile Group, a team of organisation members dedicated to the effective, business-model focused deployment of mobile TV services across the Asia Pacific.

    The announcement was made during the first plenary day of the Casbaa Convention 2006 in Hong Kong.

    Among the Casbaa members participating in this Casbaa Group are mobile content providers such as Turner Broadcasting, ESPN Star Sports, CNBC Asia, BBC World, Star Group, Walt Disney Television International and Sony Pictures TV International, as well as platform operator PCCW, handset manufacturer Nokia and chipset supplier Sun Microsystems.

    The Casbaa Mobile Group met with the DVB-H Asia Pacific Alliance (Dapa), which comprises DVB-H dedicated broadcast platform operators such as Bridge Networks of Australia, MiTV of Malaysia and MECA from Indonesia, as well as Nokia, an official statement from Casbaa said.

    “The Casbaa objective is to create an environment where the regulatory and business issues surrounding Mobile TV can be debated with hard information exchanged to encourage the distribution of paid video content to as many Mobile TV subscribers as possible,” said Casbaa CEO Simon Twiston Davies.

    The Casbaa engagement with Dapa followed a meeting earlier in the year with the Asia Mobile Initiative (AMI), where video-to-mobile streaming information was exchanged with roaming platforms M1-Vodafone (Singapore), Celcom (Malaysia), DTAC (Thailand) and SMART (Philippines).

    “As is demonstrated by the heavy emphasis on mobile issues in our the Casbaa Convention programme this year, the pay-TV industry places the development of a robust business model for Mobile TV as one of its highest priorities for our digital future,” said Twiston Davies.

    There is a long-term commitment by the content industry to work more closely with mobile platforms and manufacturers to create an economically viable business for everyone. This is just the beginning of the development of new and substantive revenue stream for our industry, he added.