As one casts a look across the evolving multiscreen market, there can perhaps be no more significant reality than the one looming for Asia Pacific-based pay-TV operators and telcos preparing to deploy mobile, over-the-top (OTT) television services. Whether or not OTT multiscreen efforts will generate significant revenues, they have become a necessary business strategy: multiscreen is here to stay and it’s clear that linear TV isn’t going away any time soon. Yet, while the multiscreen … [Read more...] about The Need for Agility in Building OTT Platforms in Asia
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Second annual Digital Content NewFronts to take place from April 29 – May 3, 2013
New York – The founding partners of the Digital Content NewFronts – AOL, Digitas, Hulu, Microsoft Advertising, Yahoo! and YouTube – in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), announced that the second annual Digital Content NewFronts will be held April 29 - May 3, 2013, in New York City. The Digital Content NewFronts will be organised like the upfront marketplaces familiar for years in the television industry. The IAB, which is taking over as the Digital … [Read more...] about Second annual Digital Content NewFronts to take place from April 29 – May 3, 2013
BBC Earth presents Earth Unplugged: A digital nature channel for YouTube
BBC Worldwide has launched Earth Unplugged, a new YouTube channel from BBC Earth, BBC Worldwide’s global natural history brand. Earth Unplugged has released a trailer for the channel that will feature new films created for a digital audience by BBC Earth Productions, which is primed to become a destination site for wildlife and nature. Earth Unplugged is BBC Worldwide’s first original-content channel for YouTube and forms part of the company’s plans to build a true consumer … [Read more...] about BBC Earth presents Earth Unplugged: A digital nature channel for YouTube
BSkyB wins trademark battle against PCCW for “NOW TV” brand
UK’s BSkyB (Sky) has won a high court case against Hong Kong’s PCCW regarding its use of the name NOW TV for its new OTT service. PCCW, which operates the pay-TV service now TV in Hong Kong, had filed a complaint against Sky in April this year about the use of three signs by the company to designate their internet television service: first, the sign "NOW TV"; second, the sign "NOWTV.com"; and third, the following logo: PCCW claimed that the use of that name infringes Community … [Read more...] about BSkyB wins trademark battle against PCCW for “NOW TV” brand
Microsoft rumoured to be eyeing Netflix
An announcement regarding Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stepping down from Microsoft Corp.’s board of directors has triggered rumours that the software company may be targeting the leading online video subscription service provider for acquisition. According to an article in Forbes, buying Netflix would be in keeping with Microsoft’s revamped philosophy on the Xbox 360, which is now treating the device more like an entertainment device and less like a video game console. However, … [Read more...] about Microsoft rumoured to be eyeing Netflix
Celestial Tiger Entertainment announces five new carriage deals
Hong Kong – Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), the operator of pan-Asian channels dedicated to Asian entertainment, has announced five new carriage agreements on the first day of the 2012 CASBAA Convention held in Hong Kong. The deals will extend CTE’s channel distribution to Cambodia for the first time, extend CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES’ reach into the Philippines, and create a new on-demand service called KIX Thrill Select for a new over-the-top (OTT) interactive service in … [Read more...] about Celestial Tiger Entertainment announces five new carriage deals