Hong Kong – Edward Hanapole has joined STAR as Chief Information Officer from parent company News Corporation. In the newly created post, Hanapole is responsible for developing STAR’s digital technology and new media capabilities across the region. Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Laureen Ong, Chief Operating Officer of STAR. Hanapole was formerly Vice President, Global Technology of News Corporation where he led efforts to increase content and technology sharing among its Internet … [Read more...] about Edward Hanapole joins STAR as Chief Information Officer
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ESPN STAR Sports wins multimedia broadcast rights for English football
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
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
Pay-TV piracy deprives industry of $US1.54 billion for 2007
Hong Kong – Piracy cost the regional pay-TV industry $I.54 billion in lost revenue in the past 12 months, up from $US1.13 billion in 2006, according to the annual survey by CASBAA and Standard Chartered Bank. Covering Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Macau and new addition Pakistan, the report also estimates at least $213 million has been lost in unpaid taxes across the region this year. Lee Beasley, Head of Media and … [Read more...] about Pay-TV piracy deprives industry of $US1.54 billion for 2007
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
Mabuhay new media!
IN the overall picture, declared cable penetration in the Philippines remains relatively low with the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd.’s October 2006 Cost of Pay-TV Piracy study for Asia Pacific suggesting the country still faces an ‘uphill pay-TV piracy battle’.CASBAA blames piracy for holding back the development of the cable and satellite TV industry with nationwide cable penetration to just 8% of all … [Read more...] about Mabuhay new media!
