MUMBAI: The Asia/Pacific region is leading the global revolution of IPTV in infrastructure deployments, applications development and subscriber adoption, reports global research firm In-Stat. The study...
The recent decision taken by the government to allow broadcasters to uplink directly from India seems to have caught the fancy of almost all the television...
MUMBAI: Leading global research firm Synovate has announced an expansion of its media research services. The new global group will be based in London and led...
MUMBAI: KyLinTV, which provides Chinese programming in North America, has signed on Woman TV via IPTV to give viewers a taste of the largest selection of...
CNN International has another set of numbers to thump its chest about. The International Air Travelers survey (IATS Asia 7) – conducted by the European Data...
MUMBAI: Discovery is the number one regional cable and satellite channel in Asia for the ninth consecutive year for past month, past week and yesterday viewership,...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company’s Princess collection received the Best License (Entertainment) award 2006, at the Hong Kong Trade Development Third Asian Licensing Awards. Disney Princess...
MBAI: MTV Asia will roll out the red carpet and welcome the biggest stars of Asian and international movies when it stages its first movie awards...
SINGAPORE: So what if IPTV is still taking baby steps in India? Come 2015 and India is going to be the third most happening market for...
MUMBAI: China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Limited has purchased a 19.9 per cent interest in Phoenix from Star Group Limited. After the transaction, Star will continue...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has once again urged the Hong Kong hospitality sector to boost legitimate entertainment and sports industries,...
MUMBAI: CNN correspondents will report from across Asia on the most polluted cities in a half-hour focus on the continent’s environmental crises and the threats they...
Bomanbridge Media, Vietnam’s VTV, Sonia Fleck, SkyVision, Secuoya, Earth Touch, PeacepointMUMBAI: Star Group and Richard Li’s Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) will be working together to explore...
MUMBAI: The Hong Kong-based PCCW Mobile announced it has become the world’s first mobile provider to broadcast real-time TV over its 3G network, using Cell Multimedia...
MUMBAI: Discovery Asia has announced its second collaboration with Nokia. The two parties have launched the second edition of the Mobile Filmmakers Awards. With the first...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) and Optus have signed an agreement to launch an interactive broadband service Disney Connection on the Optus broadband portal....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced that following a review of its organisational structure in Hong Kong, it has appointed a...
MUMBAI: Hong Kong based IPTV solution provider Broadband Network Systems Ltd (BNS) will source and aggregate digital television channels for the Thailand-based True Corporation’s IPTV platform....
MUMBAI: Hungama TV is hotting up on weekends. For the next two weekends, the channel will air international kung-fu films that will keep kids glued to...
Wong Kar-wai believes that the culture and language of films in Hong Kong and mainland China share much in common. With the opportunities made possible by...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has welcomed an announcement by the Hong Kong Government that it will begin a three-month consultation...
MUMBAI: Entertainment Expo Hong Kong will take place from 20 March to19 April 2006. The event, which is in its second year, will bring together eight...
Airtimes: Indian Standard Times Saturday, December 24 at 09:30am, 20:00hrs and 2230 Sunday, December 25 at 06:00am, 17:00hrs and 20:30hrs (replays) Monday, December 26 at 09:00am...
Airtimes: Indian Standard Times Saturday, December 24 at 09:30am, 20:00hrs and 2230 Sunday, December 25 at 06:00am, 17:00hrs and 20:30hrs (replays) Monday, December 26 at 09:00am...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC’s channel BBC Four celebrates the wealth of contemporary international cinema by bringing viewers dedicated programming which highlights the work of leading directors...
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...
MUMBAI: Promax/BDA CEO Jim Chabin has got his tenure extended for five more years. This was announced by Promax/BDA chairmen Michael Benson (ABC Television Network) and...
MUMBAI: PCCW has announced that its broadband platform in Hong Kong now Broadband TV’s customer base has topped the half million mark more than a month...
MUMBAI: CNN International will be launching on PCCW’s now Broadband TV service in Hong Kong next year. Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific senior VP and GM...
MUMBAI: HBO Asia has announced that it will premiere its epic series Rome in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Phillipines from Sunday 27 November 2005. The...
MUMBAI: Hong Kong’s leading IT&T player PCCW’s now Broadband TV has chosen Tandberg Television as its market-leading advanced compression solutions for a roll-out of HD over...
For Asian satellite service provider Asiasat, the past year has been a period of expansion in a tight market. It recently announced the establishment of a...
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: If you are looking at Zee Telefilms as a short term investor, think again. Earnings and margins will continue to be under pressure as the...
MUMBAI: IPTV service revenue, subscribers, and capital expenditures are increasing rapidly, says a new report by analyst firm Infonetics Research, the US-based international market research and...
MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel, Zee Cafe is in a full revamp mode. It will kick off its first locally produced soap Bombay Talking on 19...
MUMBAI: Asian satellite operator, Asiasat, has announced that it has established a new distribution platform. This new Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) DVB platform will provide...
MUMBAI: CNBC has signed a three-market (Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore) distribution agreement to provide a series of specially customised mobile-on-demand business news and information content...
When it comes to India, CLSA’s media and entertainment investment banking head Simon Dewhurst has a pretty good handle on the dynamics at work in the...
MUMBAI: The Hong Kong Disneyland opened yesterday (12 September, 2005) to a swarm of Disney lovers. Close to 16,000 people flocked at the $3.5 billion park...
MUMBAI: Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (TBS) has launched its CNN Headline News and Boomerang channels in Hong Kong . Both networks are available on PCCW...
MUMBAI: BBC Prime will launch in Singapore on StarHub Cable TV tomorrow 1 September 2005. StarHub will package BBC Prime together with four new...
MUMBAI: Malayalam television network Asianet’s Programming vice president R Sreekandan Nair has been selected as a juror in the semi-finals judging for the 2005 International Emmy...
MUMBAI: Business and financial news channel CNBC Asia has added two new correspondents to its news team. Betty Liu joins the network’s Hong Kong bureau while...
MUMBAI: Celestial Pictures and The Weinsten Company announced that they will be joining hands to recreate The Avenging Eagle and Come Drink with Me. These movies...
BANGALORE: Telecom major British Telecom (BT) has announced further investment in Asia Pacific of approximately $48 million. The investment focuses on key IP platforms and the...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Time Warner has announced that Carol Melton has joined the company’s senior management team as executive VP global public policy. Reporting to...
MUMBAI: New York-based market research firm eMarketer has in its latest report called the e-commerce market in Asia-Pacific “a huge and still rapidly expanding one”. Japan...
MUMBAI: BBC World has been rated as the most trusted international news channel, according to International Air Travellers Survey (IATS), Global 2005. BBC won with 46...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) is continuing its efforts to stamp out satellite signal piracy in Hong Kong. In its latest...
