Singapore – StarHub, Singapore’s official broadcaster of the UEFA EURO 2008 European football championships will offer all matches live across cable TV, mobile and online platforms, with viewers able to purchase from April 2, 2008, the StarHub UEFA EURO 2008 Season Pass for the telecast package. The football tournament will be held from June 8-30, 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. UEFA EURO 2008 StarHub Premium (Channel 30) will telecast the main feed for the event with all matches … [Read more...] about StarHub announces UEFA EURO 2008 telecast details
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BBC to introduce BBC HD SVOD via Chunghwa in Taiwan
Singapore – BBC Worldwide Global Channels will launch its first subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, BBC HD, in Taiwan via Chunghwa Telecom, the territory’s largest operator of broadband multimedia services in April. BBC HD SVOD will offer 10 three-hour blocks of multiple-genre programmes to feature drama, comedy, documentary, natural history, music and arts programming. BBC HD will be broadcast in English with traditional Chinese subtitles and will debut programme promos and … [Read more...] about BBC to introduce BBC HD SVOD via Chunghwa in Taiwan
Taiwan in focus
Terrestrial TV is facing problems so profound and on so many levels that toward the end of a two-hour interview, Jack Hsiao-Cheng Chi, senior specialist, department of planning, National Communications Commission (NCC), asked his interviewer, “Why do you feel such pity for them?” In the context of the discussion, newcomers Formosa Television (FTV) and Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS) were excluded. Instead the reference was to the once mighty ‘Three Channels’ - China … [Read more...] about Taiwan in focus
Edging into the digital age
In what insiders described to be a reluctant move given the lack of tangible government support, Hong Kong’s free-to-air broadcasters Television Broadcasts (TVB) and Asia Television (ATV) rolled out digital TV services on the very last day of 2007 to meet the government-mandated deadline, as part of the preparations for telecasts of the Beijing Olympics in August 2008. The sporting extravaganza is expected to be keenly watched by Hong Kong viewers with equestrian events to be held in the … [Read more...] about Edging into the digital age
What is Asia watching?
BBC World World News Today: focused at South Asia, telecast Monday to Friday at 21.30 IST presented by the internationally acclaimed news personality and the BBC’s main presenter – Nik Gowing. Explains Dezma de Melo, BBC World’s head of research, India, BBC World, “In January 2008, BBC World conducted an online survey among viewers of BBC World and found that two out of five viewers watch this programme regularly. Three out of five strongly feel that this bulletin takes a … [Read more...] about What is Asia watching?
Brighton rocks
It would appear to be no coincidence that BBC Worldwide’s (BBCW) July 2007-appointed managing director, global television sales, and manager of the BBC Showcase event, is Steve Macallister, former head of Disney-ABC International TV’s distribution business in the Asia Pacific region. Two Asia Pacific markets, Australia and India, are classified among only four Group One priority markets for growth in BBCW’s Annual Review 2006/7. “In markets where English is widely spoken, … [Read more...] about Brighton rocks