Seoul – A group of subscribers has commenced collective legal action against Korean telco hanarotelecom for alleged unauthorized sale of subscribers’ personal information. 20 former and current employees including hanarotelecom’s former CEO are facing charges of transferring 83.5 million pieces of personal data including addresses, social security numbers and telephone numbers to some 1,000 telemarketing firms between January 2006 and December 2007. According to local media … [Read more...] about hanarotelecom sued for alleged sale of subscribers’ information
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hanaTV crosses 900,000 subscribers mark
Seoul – hanarotelecom’s IPTV service hanaTV has reached a subscription base of 900,000 to lead the South Korean IPTV market in subscriptions, ahead of rival KT’s Mega TV service which registered 567,230 subscribers as of March 2008. Quarterly revenue for Q1 2008 from hanaTV came up to KRW21.3billion (US$21.3million). hanarotelecom posted Q1 2008 revenues of KRW493billion (US$491.5million), a 9.3% increase year-on-year and a 0.9% increase quarter-on-quarter. Revenue growth was … [Read more...] about hanaTV crosses 900,000 subscribers mark
SPTI seals day-and-date movie VOD deal with KT
Hong Kong – Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Korea’s KT Corporation inked a day-and-date VOD licensing deal for current and upcoming movies, and a VOD deal for new TV series, to be offered on KT’s IPTV service Mega TV. The day-and-date agreement covers recently released movies including Vantage Point, The Water Horse, Across the Universe, and Stephen Chow’s CJ7 which will be available on Mega TV on the same day as the local home video or DVD release. … [Read more...] about SPTI seals day-and-date movie VOD deal with KT
Video Ezy makes video rental easy with IPTV platform and STB software
Sydney – Video Ezy, Australia's video and DVD rental chain store will roll out an IPTV platform and set-top box (STB) software to deliver electronic video rental services to more than 1,000 stores across Australia and New Zealand. The electronic rental service will include an in-store kiosk with movie library, a branded USB or iPod-type storage system and an in-home Java-based STB software. Users have to plug the USB or iPod into the kiosk to rent the content for playback on the Java STB … [Read more...] about Video Ezy makes video rental easy with IPTV platform and STB software
TNMG and Info-fresh to offer IPTV content to US-based Japanese
Tokyo – The New Media Group, KK (TNMG), owner of the World On-Demand IPTV platform, and Info-fresh, Inc., operator of www.info-fresh.com a community and information website for overseas Japanese have partnered to develop and market bundled IPTV content offerings for Japanese in the US market. Scheduled for launch in July 2008, the service initially targets Info-fresh’s 50,000 members at www.info-fresh.com, with Japanese content to be co-developed by the partners and delivered via … [Read more...] about TNMG and Info-fresh to offer IPTV content to US-based Japanese
AXN Beyond now in Hong Kong
Hong Kong – SPE Networks-Asia’s AXN Beyond, the spin-off channel from flagship action and adventure English entertainment channel AXN, is launching on PCCW’s IPTV service now TV on April 15, 2008. Hong Kong is the second market that AXN Beyond is available in, following the channel’s debut in the Philippines’ on SkyCable earlier in 2008. AXN Beyond serves up drama series, movies and animation shows from the US across genres including sci-fi, suspense, horror, … [Read more...] about AXN Beyond now in Hong Kong