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  • NGC signs deal with Japan’s J:Com TV digital service

    NGC signs deal with Japan’s J:Com TV digital service

    MUMBAI: The National Geographic Channel (NGC) will be available on the J:Com TV Digital service in Japan as of 1 June 2005

    The new deal will enable the broadcaster to reach out to an additional 300,000+ subscribers in Japan. NGC Asia MD & executive VP Ward Platt said, “We are delighted to launch on J:Com, Japan’s largest MSO. We are very excited that more and more viewers in Japan will be able to enjoy National Geographic Channel”

    NGC is one of the four new channels J:Com is adding onto its popular Digital pack which currently consists of 43 channels. The J:Com TV Digital service rolled out in April last year. News Broadcasting Japan (NBJ) manages the NGC business in Japan.

    NBJ senior VP and GM Frank Foley says, “In conjunction with the new distribution launch, National Geographic Channel will feature exclusive programs in July for J:COM viewers. We are also planning a series of National Geographic events, lecture and workshops in the J:COM service areas.”

    He adds that NGC is aggressively pursuing efforts in developing and realizing HD and on demand services. NGC is also leveraging cross media opportunities with various Nikkei National Geographic publications including the National Geographic Magazine Japanese edition (a JV of National Geographic Society and Nikkei BP), to add value to J:Com’s subscription acquisition efforts.

  • Zee to ‘keep pushing’ Zee Cinema for Singapore

    MUMBAI: Zee Network, which launched a dedicated beam of Zee TV for Singapore on 1 June, is now concentrating on getting Zee Cinema launched in the market.

    “We will keep pushing zee Cinema and as and when it is possible we will put the channel on,” Zee Network president international business Abhijit Saxena told Indiantelevision.com.

    Explaining the issues the network faces to get distributed in the Singapore market Saxena elaborates: “Singapore is a very controlled market. There, introducing any new channel becomes very difficult because the cable service provider’s capacity is limited at the moment. Also, there are certain restrictions in providing the number of Indian channels to the limited Indian audiences there. Hence, at the moment, it is only Zee TV.”

    Zee has been engaged in negotiations with its Singapore’s local cable service provider StarHub to carry more Zee family channels in the country. Reportedly, Zee is also waiting for StarHub to launch its digital service so that the service provider will have the capacity to accommodate more channels. At the moment, Zee TV has 25,000 paid subscribers in Singapore at the rate of Singapore $8.

    Zee Network has Zee TV and Zee Cinema presently available in the US while in the UK Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Music and Alpha Punjabi are available. The Middle East markets have Zee channels Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee News, Zee Music and Alpha Gujarati. In Africa Zee TV is available.