Hong Kong– ESPN STAR Sports is looking to manage distribution of programming to head-ends across Asia and satellite transponder usage using Tandberg Television’s video compression head-end for its MPEG-4 AVC contribution and distribution (C&D) system. ESPN STAR Sports’ programming has a cumulative reach of over 310 million viewers in Asia via its encrypted pay services to 15 networks covering 24 countries. It’s using Tandberg Television’s MPEG-4 AVC EN8000 encoders … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports chooses Tandberg Television for MPEG-4 AVC contribution and distribution system
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MEASAT demonstrates HD collaboration
Singapore – A number of key industry players have taken a co-operative approach to help stimulate the growth of HDTV in the region. Rivalries have been put aside to bring together a High Definition (HD) video distribution solution tailor-made for the Asian market. The solution has been developed with Scientific-Atlanta and Tandberg Television providing the MPEG-4 compression systems, and Ascent Media and Pacific Century Matrix providing the play-out and uplink services from Singapore and … [Read more...] about MEASAT demonstrates HD collaboration
AsiaSat expands service to India
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Indiasign Pvt. Ltd. will jointly launch a C-band MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 2. New platform will be operated by Indiasign’s teleport in New Delhi, providing uplink and distribution services to Indian broadcasters through AsiaSat 2’s C-band transponder capacity. Indiasign’s Chief Operating Officer Anoop Bhatia says the new MCPC platform will offer satellite uplink and … [Read more...] about AsiaSat expands service to India
China closing in on Japan as Asia’s top media market
China will overtake Japan as the largest entertainment and media market in the Asia Pacific in 2009, when E&M spending in the PRC hits US$131.9 billion. And China will surpass the U.S. in overall Internet spending in 2010 to become the world’s largest Internet territory in the world. That’s according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2007-2011. The introduction of a major resort casino in Singapore will lead to a surge in growth during … [Read more...] about China closing in on Japan as Asia’s top media market
NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
Tokyo- NHK’s 24-hour international TV channel, NHK World TV, will air 14 atomic bomb related programmes this August to promote peace. The shows were broadcast by NHK in Japan between 1975 and 2004 and will air for the first time on its international TV channel. Titles to be shown are The People's Pictures: Drawings of the A-bomb Aftermath; These Things We Left, Hiroshima's Warning; Why Didn't I Help? The Memories of 7,000 Survivors; Nagasaki: A Record of Life and Death; Hiroshima: The … [Read more...] about NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
Tokyo- NHK’s 24-hour international TV channel, NHK World TV, will air 14 atomic bomb related programmes this August to promote peace. The shows were broadcast by NHK in Japan between 1975 and 2004 and will air for the first time on its international TV channel. Titles to be shown are The People's Pictures: Drawings of the A-bomb Aftermath; These Things We Left, Hiroshima's Warning; Why Didn't I Help? The Memories of 7,000 Survivors; Nagasaki: A Record of Life and Death; Hiroshima: The … [Read more...] about NHK World TV to air atomic bomb related programmes in August
