Third quarter 2009 will see the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) call for tender bids in “a beauty contest” for the UHF 470-742 megahertz spectrum. The successful bidder, to be announced late this year or early 2010, will build a single digital terrestrial transmission/TV broadcast (DTTB) infrastructure. While digital is already a reality for DTH operator Astro, the country’s free-to-air (FTA) TV services RTM 1 and 2, TV3, NTV7, 8TV and Channel 9 will … [Read more...] about Malaysia looks to digital dawn
Channel: Companies
Pay TV’s big match – or mis-match?
Financial year ended 31 January 2009 saw Astro All Asia Networks plc report record high subscriber additions in its Malaysian pay-TV business, and healthy growth in its radio business. Good progress was also made in the pay-TV business in India. In Malaysia, pay-TV subscriber growth, standing at 2.64 million subscribers up from 2.27 million last financial year, was underpinned by a strategy focused on targeting new customers through the Group’s continuing investment in local content. Gross … [Read more...] about Pay TV’s big match – or mis-match?
MDec drives digital and more
“While digitization is yet to take off in Malaysia, we are very upbeat about it. As far as content digitisation is concern, MDeC is playing a pivotal role in getting all content to be fully digital,” explains Kamil Othman, MDeC’s Head of Creative Multimedia Department. “In Malaysia, most of the analogue assets are parked in various Government agencies, which requires consolidation and to be fully digitalized. For example, most of the past news and film archives, history … [Read more...] about MDec drives digital and more
Get SET for some ‘wickedly juicy’ TV
Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is a brand new English entertainment channel devoted to serving the interest of discerning, urban career women in their 20s and 30s. The channel provides smart entertainment - sexy, chic, sophisticated and witty shows - with strong female leads and female-driven content, and features a variety of genres including fashion, lifestyle, drama, comedy and reality. http://www.set-asia.com/ and http://www.set-singapore.com SET is managed … [Read more...] about Get SET for some ‘wickedly juicy’ TV
China’s Cannes confidence
Interviewing Tian Jin, the vice minister for the People’s Republic of China’s State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (SARFT), I found myself the subject of media scrutiny for a change, the prey rather than the predator. His entourage swept in, and the interview was conducted under the hot spotlights of numerous TV cameras and glaring flashes of myriad press photographers. For as the vice minister explained, the delegation to this year’s MIPTV wasn’t just about … [Read more...] about China’s Cannes confidence
Major league content
CBS Paramount International Television The CSI franchise continues to perform well in the region along with our other returning series like NCIS, Medium and Numb3rs. Showtime product, Dexter and Californication are not only on pan regional cable but also licensing to several local free TV markets including Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. Our reality product, Survivor and America’s Next Top Model continue to have a strong following and, there is our strong daily line up of The Oprah … [Read more...] about Major league content