Englewood, Colo., USA/Hong Kong - EchoStar Corporation, a leading provider of end-to-end pay TV delivery systems and a designer and manufacturer of equipment for satellite, IPTV, cable, terrestrial and consumer electronics markets, and AsiaSat announced the formation of a joint venture for the delivery of a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service to Taiwan and other targeted regions in Asia. The satellite TV service will broadcast from AsiaSat 4, providing a wide variety of audio and … [Read more...] about EchoStar and AsiaSat form DTH joint venture
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BBC Worldwide licenses major new titles to ABC TV
Nature stories will air on ABC1 following a content deal with BBC Worldwide Australia. Life (10 x 50) is a natural history blockbuster, shot in HD, and the definitive exploration of the diversity of life on Earth; Yellowstone (3 x 50) follows the intertwining stories of the inhabitants of one of the world's last and most spectacular wildernesses; and Nature's Great Events (3 x 50) unveils the spectacular power of nature as it witnesses the planet's most breathtaking natural events. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide licenses major new titles to ABC TV
StarHub mobile TV adds three new channels
Singapore - StarHub announced that it will be adding three StarHub TV channels - Asian Food Channel, Bloomberg and JimJam to its StarHub TV on Mobile service. The current channel line-up includes CNN, CNBC, Channel NewsAsia, Football Channel, Goal TV1, Goal TV2, Animax and CTI TV. StarHub TV on Mobile features a selection of ‘live' news, sports, food and entertainment channels for viewing on any 3G or 3.5G mobile phone. … [Read more...] about StarHub mobile TV adds three new channels
PacMan packs a ratings punch
GMA-7’s delayed telecast of the IBO light-welterweight world title boxing match between home-grown hero Manny Pacquiao and Briton Ricky Hatton captured a staggering 41.9 percent of viewers in the Philippines. Rival network ABS-CBN counter-programmed with the Philippine TV premiere of Shake, Rattle & Roll 9 and One More Chance – which rated second and third with 19.4 percent and 18.7 percent, respectively. Gabriel Buluran, general manager of Taylor Nelson Sofres Philippines’ TAM … [Read more...] about PacMan packs a ratings punch
Credit-crunch content
While the economic crisis has been widely reported across the spectrum, it has so far been reflected on our TV screens in the form of cheaper programming and far less on-air advertising. Singapore’s MediaCorp cut the number of episodes in its English-language drama Red Thread (a blessing some might say), and STAR World is plugging its ad-gaps with ‘minisodes’ from Sony Pictures TV – including Married with Children, Starsky and Hutch and Charlie’s Angels. CNBC Asia … [Read more...] about Credit-crunch content
A sporting chance
As rights for the next three-year cycle of English (Barclays) Premier League come up for grabs, operators and channels are bracing themselves for a soccer spending spree that spirals ever upward. Is the EPL (BPL) really worth the revenues it commands and can those costs realistically be recouped? Asks Magz Osborne Apart from the FA Premier League’s UK home market, Asia Pacific is home to the two countries that spent the most on the last three-year cycle (2007-2009), namely Hong Kong and … [Read more...] about A sporting chance