Manila - Filipino telco Globe Telecom has rolled out a 3G-based mobile TV service and is marketing it as part of its 3G video streaming services instead of mobile TV. Globe Telecom is using Massachusetts-based NMS Communications' mobile TV solution, the same technology used by Hong Kong mobile operator CSL and European TV and radio broadcaster RTL Group. Available to Globe subscribers, the service offers six channels which include live feeds from CNN and three local broadcasters as well as … [Read more...] about Globe Telecom debuts 3G-based mobile TV service
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THAICOM closes US$33million in contracts, Q1, 2008
Nonthaburi, Thailand - THAICOM Plc, commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPSTAR satellite broadband system, has clinched 22 service contracts worth US$33million with television channels and telcos for its satellite bandwidth services on the THAICOM platform in Q1, 2008. A total of 11 new TV channels joined the THAICOM-5 satellite to bring the total number of channels to over 240 on a single platform, with many using the THAICOM Teleport and DTH Center at Ladlumkaew, Pathumthani … [Read more...] about THAICOM closes US$33million in contracts, Q1, 2008
Globe Telecom debuts 3G-based mobile TV service
Manila – Filipino telco Globe Telecom has rolled out a 3G-based mobile TV service and is marketing it as part of its 3G video streaming services instead of mobile TV. Globe Telecom is using Massachusetts-based NMS Communications’ mobile TV solution, the same technology used by Hong Kong mobile operator CSL and European TV and radio broadcaster RTL Group. Available to Globe subscribers, the service offers six channels which include live feeds from CNN and three local broadcasters as … [Read more...] about Globe Telecom debuts 3G-based mobile TV service
NHK-led Japan Consortium wins Japanese broadcast rights for 2010, 2012 Olympics
Lausanne, Switzerland – Japan Consortium, an association of pubcaster NHK and the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) has clinched Japanese broadcast rights for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games for ¥32.5billion (US$310.8million). The Japan Consortium was selected by the International Olympic Council (IOC) for its capacity to reach the widest audience on multiple broadcast platforms including free-to-air TV, pay-TV and digital media including the … [Read more...] about NHK-led Japan Consortium wins Japanese broadcast rights for 2010, 2012 Olympics
CEO View – INX Media’s Indrani Mukerjea
Mumbai-based INX Media Pvt Ltd, an aggressively expanding home-grown network, epitomizes the pace at which TV’s broadcasting sector is evolving. After launching Hindi music entertainment channel 9XM and 9X Hindi general entertainment (GE) channel in, respectively, October and November of last year, INX has introduced its premier English news channel as part of INX News Pvt Ltd. Slated for launch over the next nine months or so, are nine more channels including three regional entertainment … [Read more...] about CEO View – INX Media’s Indrani Mukerjea
Land of rising opportunity
Speaking at a media breakfast to announce TV Man Union Inc.’s collaboration with FremantleMedia, chairman and CEO of TV Man Union Inc., Yutaka Shigenobu said that Japanese media is in a constant stage of change. “With the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting in 2011, the way we produce and broadcast programming will diversify more than ever before. Relations between foreign and Japanese programmers and producers will become even more important,” said Shigenobu. … [Read more...] about Land of rising opportunity