Malaysia’s dominant broadcaster Media Prima Berhad (MPB) is acquiring the 20% of 8TV it doesn’t own for RM20 million (US$5.8 million) as it benefits from a 10%-15% surge in sales this year. The aggregate audience share of MPB’s four stations grew to 54% in Q1 2007 vs 50% at the end of last year, ahead of public broadcaster RTM’s two channels (17%) and pay-TV operator ASTRO (29%). Media Partners Asia attributed the increase to improved content led by local dramas and … [Read more...] about Media Prima increases viewing share and mops up rest of 8TV
Channel: Content
Baseball boosts Chunghwa Telecom’s IPTV service
Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) reported subscriber numbers for its IPTV service jumped by 17% to more than 300,000 since it launched live broadcasts of Major League Baseball at the end of April. However CHT has revised its year-end subs target down to 515,000 from 580,000 as it continues to lag rival cable TV operators in content carriage and acquisition, according to Media Partners Asia. CHT is also testing an IPTV system from Microsoft with 1,000 users and will expand the trial to about … [Read more...] about Baseball boosts Chunghwa Telecom’s IPTV service
X|Media|Lab Melbourne to act as a bridge to Beijing
Sydney- The X|Media|Lab Melbourne creative workshop to be held August 10-12 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, themed "Digital Worlds: Social, Virtual, Mobile," is attracting an illustrious list of practitioners including film director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth), Dr David Liu, founder/ CEO of Beijing’s Cyber Recreation Development Corporation, Kamar Shah, Worldwide Head of Industry Marketing at Nokia, and Marcelino Ford-Livene, Head of Interactive Advertising for Intel’s … [Read more...] about X|Media|Lab Melbourne to act as a bridge to Beijing
MEASAT introduces new HDTV distribution platform for Asia
Kuala Lumpur- MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has introduced an HDTV distribution platform for international broadcasters distributing HD content across Asia-Pacific. Recently showcased at the CommunicAsia 2007 exhibition in Singapore, the new platform addresses content acquisition, MPEG-4 compression, encryption, uplink and content distribution via the MEASAT-3 satellite. Developed with play-out and uplink services providers Ascent Media and Pacific Century Matrix (PCM) from Singapore and … [Read more...] about MEASAT introduces new HDTV distribution platform for Asia
Agis, BNS and Toshiba to launch mobile TV service in Indonesia early 2008
Jakarta- Indonesian electronics company PT Agis Tbk, IPTV and mobile TV systems integrator Broadband Network Systems, Ltd. (BNS) and mobile TV technology provider Toshiba will build a broadcast-based, nationwide mobile TV network in Indonesia scheduled for launch early next year. Operated by Agis, the service will be the first DMB-based mobile TV service outside Japan and Korea. Toshiba will supply major head-end and transmission equipment, management software, and provide technical and … [Read more...] about Agis, BNS and Toshiba to launch mobile TV service in Indonesia early 2008
IPTV and content to drive FTTx markets in Asia-Pacific countries
Broadband subscribers in Asia Pacific will grow beyond 195 million in Asia-Pacific by the end of 2010 while content services will be a key offering from operators, says telecoms and software consulting firm Ovum RHK in its recently released study of broadband deployments and service drivers in Asia-Pacific. Noting the differences in each country’s regulation of IPTV and content delivery, the report also reveals various factors contributing to FTTx expansion including national broadband … [Read more...] about IPTV and content to drive FTTx markets in Asia-Pacific countries
