Over the past decade, television broadcasters have bet that DVR-proof live sports will remain highly profitable, and shelled out tens of billions of dollars to acquire broadcast rights to the NFL, NBA, MLB, EPL, Olympics, World Cup, college football and basketball, and all other sports imaginable. Fox, CBS, and NBC all created sports-only cable channels, and the Longhorn Network, SEC Network, Big 10 Network, and Pac-12 Network were all launched. To a large degree, paying rights fees is an … [Read more...] about Will sports rights bubble burst?
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Lifestyle Channels
Parent brand: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Sub or sibling brands: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Kids, Discovery Science, Discovery HD World, TLC, Eve, Turbo, DMAX, Investigation Discovery, Eurosport, Eurosport News, Setanta Sports. Ownership in Asia: Discovery Communications Senior executive for Asia: Arthur Bastings, President & Managing Director, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Channel description: DMAX is the definitive factual entertainment destination for … [Read more...] about Lifestyle Channels
Japanese screen for the world
CONTENT TOKYO allows professionals in the TV entertainment content business to negotiate, network and discover inspiration and new ideas efficiently all in one place. The 6th edition of Japan’s largest comprehensive trade show will take place from 29 June to 1 July, uniting six exhibitions: Licensing Japan, Production Companies Expo, Content Solutions Expo, Advanced Content Technology Expo, Content Marketing Expo and the Creators’ Expo. Last year featured 1,323 exhibitors hailing … [Read more...] about Japanese screen for the world
Chinese market for global audience
As the earliest film festival initiated in China, STVF is the epitome of China’s TV industry, which boosted the growth of the Chinese TV market. With the theme, “Motivate the Whole World with Magnolias Blooming Resplendently”, the 22nd instalment of STVF will be held in June this year. Last year, STVF welcomed over 7,000 industry participants within five days. One of its main events, the Film & TV Market, featured 300 domestic and international exhibitors, the largest ever in the event’s … [Read more...] about Chinese market for global audience
Via Satellite events
IPTV overtakes Satellite in APAC According to Digital TV Research, the number of paying IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) overtook paying satellite TV ones in 2015. The research house says IPTV growth is far from over with 123.5 million subscribers expected by 2021. China is expected to contribute 78.4 million IPTV subs (or nearly twothirds of the region’s total) by 2021. Of the 314 million digital TV homes expected to be added between 2015 and 2021, 107 million … [Read more...] about Via Satellite events
Surge in sports content – China in focus
The 2016 edition of SPORTELAsia saw a 22% increase in new organisations present compared to the previous year. This year raked in 736 registered attendees representing more than 371 companies across 47 countrieswith 40% of the attendees of C-level. The three-day conference kicked off with expert panel discussion on ‘China: What’s Next’, - focusing on the future of sports content in China. With a population of nearly 1.4 billion people, China is a vast market with the largest number of … [Read more...] about Surge in sports content – China in focus