Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has renewed a multi-year exclusive agreement with England’s football governing body, The Football Association (The FA), for broadcast rights to The FA Cup, England Internationals and The FA Community Shield on multimedia platforms for the 2008/9 – 2011/12 seasons. England Internationals include all Senior and Under-21 England Team home matches which total 21 and 20 marches respectively, in the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifiers … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports wins multimedia broadcast rights for English football
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Asia Media Festival set to make a bigger splash in 2007
Singapore – The Asia Media Festival 2007 (AMF 2007), the regional business platform for the media industry to be held Nov. 14 – Dec. 4 in Singapore, is set to grow this year with a marked increase in participation and the debut of several new events. Hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore and organized by Reed Exhibitions in collaboration with key industry partners, AMF 2007 is expecting 5,400 trade participants, 16% up on 2006. Among the new events will be the Apollo … [Read more...] about Asia Media Festival set to make a bigger splash in 2007
Microsoft takes a stake in Facebook – now what?
Microsoft’s purchase of a 1.6% stake in social networking site Facebook for $US 240 million has been welcomed by advertisers in Asia and hailed by some analysts as a landmark deal for Microsoft. As part of the deal, Microsoft, Facebook’s advertising partner in the US, becomes the exclusive advertising platform for Facebook worldwide. “We believe it will make advertising on Facebook more available to advertisers,” said Pauline Chu, General Manager, Carat Media Services … [Read more...] about Microsoft takes a stake in Facebook – now what?
Global consumers go mobile
The consumer electronics industry will surpass $US600 billion in worldwide revenues this year as consumers open their wallets to buy nearly 1 billion mobile phones, almost 200 million TV sets and more than 100 million computers. That’s according to the Consumer Electronics Association's International CE Ownership and Market Potential report, conducted with market researcher GfK. “Mobile phones, televisions and personal computers currently account for more than half of global CE … [Read more...] about Global consumers go mobile
PLDT’s mobile TV service hits cablers’ roadblock
Manila – The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and its subsidiaries Smart Communications and MediaQuest Holdings to justify at a hearing scheduled for this month their continued offering of mobile TV service myTV, amidst opposition from cable operators. Some 300 cablers under the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) umbrella asked NTC to stop PLDT from offering myTV to its 25 million … [Read more...] about PLDT’s mobile TV service hits cablers’ roadblock
Antrix leases Ku-Band capacity on MEASAT-3 for India’s DTH market
Kuala Lumpur - MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd and Antrix Corporation Ltd, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), have signed an agreement to lease Ku-Band capacity on the MEASAT-3 satellite. Antrix will lease eight Ku-band transponders on MEASAT-3 with an option to increase the number subsequently. The transponders will be used by Antrix to support the launch and development of a commercial new Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV platform in India. K.R. Sridhara Murthy, … [Read more...] about Antrix leases Ku-Band capacity on MEASAT-3 for India’s DTH market