Author: TVA Editor

Buoyed by demand for Olympic Games-affiliated packages, China Central Television (CCTV) garnered RMB6.7 billion (US$855 million) in ad revenues from its annual prime time auction for 2007.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ASIAN TELEVISION BUSINESS. FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF TELEVISION ASIA, TELEVISION ASIA'S EXECUTIVE NEWS…

Hong Kong – Paul Aiello succeeds Michelle Guthrie as Chief Executive Officer of STAR, effective March 1 2007. Although announced…

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ASIAN TELEVISION BUSINESS. FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF TELEVISION ASIA, TELEVISION ASIA'S EXECUTIVE NEWS…

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ASIAN TELEVISION BUSINESS. FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF TELEVISION ASIA, TELEVISION ASIA'S EXECUTIVE NEWS…

Singapore/Japan – NHK and MediaCorp are collaborating to offer The Asian Pitch, a platform for Asian independent directors to create…

Singapore – Mega Media Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Omnicron Media Kreasi, Indonesia with support from MDA…

Singapore – Buena Vista International Television (Asia Pacific) (BVITV-AP) the international television distribution arm of Walt Disney Company announced major…

Singapore – Canada’s Distraction Formats has placed its catalogue in the hands of Singapore-based Theatre Red to develop business in…

DA, Fortune Star Entertainment (HK) Limited, video and movie distributor, Innoform Media and Singapore production company, Boku Films entered into…

Mediacorp TV, Singapore acquired FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) programming Project Runway, American Idol, The Apprentice, Prehistoric Park, Bills Food, and Jamie…

Singapore/Japan – NHK and MediaCorp are collaborating to offer The Asian Pitch, a platform for Asian independent directors to create…

Singapore – The 2006 Asia Television Forum (ATF), Asia Film Market & Conference (AFMC) and Asia Animation Conference (AAN) closed…

London / Mumbai – NDS acquired 100% of the share capital of Jungo Ltd, residential gateway software provider, for up…

India – Satellite television company Gemini TV and Udaya TV, excluding the FM radio division, will merge with Indian broadcaster…

London – BBC World, the BBC’s commercial 24 hour news and information channel, has signed a distribution deal with TU…

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – The new CNBC.com website has launched to complement CNBC’s live cable television coverage – leveraging the…

UEFA has granted broadcast rights for the EURO 2008 European Football Championships in a number of territories outside Europe via…

Mumbai – Media e2e, Oracle and Wipro Infotech announce  the formation of a Media Technology Consortium to address growing technology…

Bangkok – Ordered to pay 94 billion baht (US$2.67 billion) within 45 days of the Supreme Court ruling, Thailand’s only…

Australia’s free to air channels and pay TV broadcasters are locked in a fierce battle over sports rights, now entering a ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ phase.

2006 will prove a landmark year in terms of the commercialization of cricket in India

Rupert Murdoch’s oft-quoted ‘sports is the battering ram of pay-TV’ still rings true, but with ever-increasing platforms, rights purchase can be as much about keeping your competitor out as keeping your subscribers happy. Magz Osborne finds out why share value can be just as important as viewership share.