Mumbai- UTV and Malaysia-based Astro Measat rolled out brand Bindass on July 18, India’s first local 360° leisure and entertainment brand for youth comprising TV channels, mobile, web, gaming, merchandising, retail and nationwide on-ground events. Highlighting the launch was ‘Bindass Space Yatra’, a nationwide hunt for India’s first passenger on the RocketPlane XP commercial flight into space. According to Bhaktiani, spokesperson of Rocketplane, it’s the first time … [Read more...] about UTV and Astro Measat’s brand Bindass launches
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Swati Shetty named Director, India, for Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)M
Mumbai- Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has bolstered its executive team in India by hiring Swati Shetty as Director, India, responsible for the firm's TV distribution business across all platforms in the market. Shetty replaces Amit Malhotra, who was promoted in June 2007 to Regional Sales Director, Pan-Asia, India and Singapore. Shetty will be based in Mumbai and report directly to Malhotra in Hong Kong as well as the Managing Director for Walt Disney Company (India) Pte Ltd … [Read more...] about Swati Shetty named Director, India, for Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)M
Haydn Arndt upped to SVP, sales liaison, NBC Universal International Television Distribution
Universal City – Haydn Arndt has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales Liaison, NBC Universal International Television Distribution from Vice President, Sales Liaison, overseeing Australia and New Zealand. He will continue to be based in NBC Universal’s Sydney office. Since joining NBC Universal in 2005, Arndt has been responsible for overseeing the free, pay and basic cable television sales of NBC Universal programming throughout Australia and New Zealand. He has since … [Read more...] about Haydn Arndt upped to SVP, sales liaison, NBC Universal International Television Distribution
Radio Frequency Systems opens centre in Warwick, England
Sydney-- Broadcast RF technology group, Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), has opened a technical sales and support centre in Warwick, England, headed by Dave Thickett, RFS European Sales Director for Broadcast and Defence Systems. The new facility is home to RFS' growing team of broadcast systems, sales and project engineers for the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMAI) region, complementing the company's distribution centre at Haddenham in central England. "The RFS Warwick technical support … [Read more...] about Radio Frequency Systems opens centre in Warwick, England
fix8 brings user-generated reality to Stickam Japan
Kyoto– fix8, provider of rich, interactive media tools for user generated content, and online video communications player developer Stickam Japan, announced their partnership at the Red Herring Japan technology conference held July 22 – 24, to combine the former’s interactive avatar creator with the latter’s live video broadcast technology. The collaboration will enable Stickam Japan users to animate live video with virtual costumes and props as well as to create … [Read more...] about fix8 brings user-generated reality to Stickam Japan
Broadband telco subscribers predicted to surpass cable subscribers
The number of subscribers worldwide who get their broadband Internet connections from telecommunications companies will reach 413 million in 2010, outnumbering cable subscribers. That’s according to iSuppli’s Broadband Paradigm Shift or Just an Interim Step to Fiber? report. More than 70 million of these telco broadband subscribers will have fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections by 2009, posing a competitive threat to cable companies because fibre connections can carry television … [Read more...] about Broadband telco subscribers predicted to surpass cable subscribers
