Hong Kong – The eighth annual CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2008 to be held June 16, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore will be themed ‘Ahead of the Curve’ to explore the potential for satellite services offered by the increasing demand for communications products in Asia. David Ball, chairman of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee and regional vice president, Asia Pacific, for Intelsat said, “The increased demand for spectrum devoted to HDTV, interactive … [Read more...] about CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2008 to move Ahead of the Curve
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Granada Int’l closes HD content deal with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom
Hong Kong – Granada International, part of UK’s ITV, has sold more than 300 hours of HD programming to Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom, to be available via its Multimedia On-Demand (MOD) IPTV-VOD service. Titles covered by the deal include recently launched dramas My Boy Jack, Murdoch Mysteries, Durham County and Ballet Shoes; multiple series of factual programming Planet Science and Brainiac; various Hollywood TV movies and three series of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, as well as … [Read more...] about Granada Int’l closes HD content deal with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom
NHK-led Japan Consortium wins Japanese broadcast rights for 2010, 2012 Olympics
Lausanne, Switzerland – Japan Consortium, an association of pubcaster NHK and the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) has clinched Japanese broadcast rights for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games for ¥32.5billion (US$310.8million). The Japan Consortium was selected by the International Olympic Council (IOC) for its capacity to reach the widest audience on multiple broadcast platforms including free-to-air TV, pay-TV and digital media including the … [Read more...] about NHK-led Japan Consortium wins Japanese broadcast rights for 2010, 2012 Olympics
Youth nation
The youth segment of audiences worldwide holds arguably the greatest potential in terms of increasing disposable income levels as well as access to social networks and communities which form the basis of viral marketing and pop culture. While advertisers and marketers are all too keen to tap into these demographic assets, the youth segment remains among the most challenging to attract to television. Dynamic, mobile and technophile, teenagers are characterized by their short attention span and … [Read more...] about Youth nation
CEO View – INX Media’s Indrani Mukerjea
Mumbai-based INX Media Pvt Ltd, an aggressively expanding home-grown network, epitomizes the pace at which TV’s broadcasting sector is evolving. After launching Hindi music entertainment channel 9XM and 9X Hindi general entertainment (GE) channel in, respectively, October and November of last year, INX has introduced its premier English news channel as part of INX News Pvt Ltd. Slated for launch over the next nine months or so, are nine more channels including three regional entertainment … [Read more...] about CEO View – INX Media’s Indrani Mukerjea
Asian TV biz set to ride out global slowdown
The three-month American Writers Guild strike took a heavy toll on many Asian broadcasters, forcing them to run repeats, delay the launches of some series and otherwise rejig their schedules. Now that the supply of US programming is flowing again, the outlook among the Hollywood studios and the region’s channels is optimistic in the lead-up to the LA Screenings. Apart, that is, from the spill-over effects of the financial shocks in the US, particularly in US-sensitive territories such as … [Read more...] about Asian TV biz set to ride out global slowdown