Singapore – StarHub Digital Cable has repackaged a number of its channel tiers and has announced the addition of new offerings to bring the total number of channels on its pay-TV service to a total of 159 by July 2008. Adding to its six Basic Groups, StarHub rolled out the new Lifestyle Basic Group. Most of the channels in the Basic Groups and Basic Upsize tiers have been repackaged from the unbundling of its Family Plus tier of 21 channels across different genres and the Chinese Plus II … [Read more...] about StarHub re-tiers, adds new channels
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Singapore kick-start for NBCU channels’ July launch
Singapore – The carriage deal with Singapore’s StarHub in July will be the first in a series across the region for NBC Universal Global Networks’ SCI FI and Universal Channels. The third SCI FI channel in the region, as well as the first Universal Channel, will debut on StarHub Digital Cable in July. The channels will be made available with Chinese subtitling and offer viewers local interstitials and programming. This announcement is the first in a series of deal announcements … [Read more...] about Singapore kick-start for NBCU channels’ July launch
China and India to drive mobile growth in Asia
Mobile connections worldwide will reach 4.99billion by 2012, and revenues will grow to US$1,019billion. Mobile connection growth in Asia Pacific will remain strong in the next four years although the region comprises emerging markets with high growth potential like Indonesia and mature markets with slowing growth such as Australia, with penetration forecasts at 67% and 122% by 2012 respectively. That’s according to the latest forecasts published by analyst and consulting firm Ovum. The … [Read more...] about China and India to drive mobile growth in Asia
Media Prima posts strong profit growth for Q1, 2008
Petaling Jaya – Media Prima Berhad (MPB), Malaysian terrestrial TV broadcaster and integrated media investment group has posted a 101% growth in profit after tax and minority interests for Q1, 2008 to RM17.1million from RM8.5million in Q1, 2007, attributed to continued growth in contributions from all of its business divisions. Net profit rose some 140% from RM8.5million in Q4, 2007, to RM20.4 million, excluding exceptional items relating to the voluntary separation cost to increase … [Read more...] about Media Prima posts strong profit growth for Q1, 2008
MTV Asia Awards makes Malaysia return
Kuala Lumpur – MTV Networks Asia is bringing back its MTV Asia Awards (MTVAA) – set to take place at the Arena of Stars in Genting - City of Entertainment, Malaysia on August 2, 2008, to be hosted by 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto. MTVAA 2008 will be broadcast to over 291million homes regionally, and promoted on MTV Asia’s web-site. Portions of the programme will be carried on MTV channels worldwide to be available to more than 1billion viewers across 162 countries. The … [Read more...] about MTV Asia Awards makes Malaysia return
New policies and capabilities needed to tap enterprise mobility deployment
London – Worldwide enterprise spending on mobile devices will grow from US$6billion in 2008 to US$17billion by 2012, highlighting the need for IT managers to implement mobile device policies and technologies as enterprises expand mobile workforces, and employees’ increasing preference to integrate enterprise applications into their consumer mobile devices including Apple’s iPhone in a trend referred to as ‘consumerization’. That’s according to the Enterprise … [Read more...] about New policies and capabilities needed to tap enterprise mobility deployment
