New Delhi, India - Cisco has announced that it has catered enhanced TV viewing experiences, reaching more than 30 million Indian home in the country's pay-TV industry. Using the industry estimated average of five people per household, Cisco is now enabling a rich and advanced TV experience for over 150 million viewers. Jeff White, Senior Vice President, Sales, India and SAARC, Cisco said, “The Indian pay-TV industry is one of the fastest growing and most … [Read more...] about Cisco reaches more than 30m digital homes and 150m viewers in India
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CommunicAsia: SES extends partnership in Thailand and the Philippines
From left: Manop Tokarnka, CEO of IPMTV, Anie P. Naval, COO & Managing Director of MediaScape, Kriengkrai Sriananraksa, COO of IPMTV with Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES. Singapore - At CommunicAsia 2013, SES has announced that it has signed two deals in Asia Pacific. SES announced for a new multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Philippines’ Mediascape Inc for Cignal Digital TV on SES-7 at 108.2 degrees East. Additionally, … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES extends partnership in Thailand and the Philippines
CommunicAsia: SES and TAS renew deal to deliver TV content across Taiwan
Singapore – SES announced at CommunicAsia2013 that global Taiwanese communications provider Teleport Access Services (TAS) has renewed capacity with SES to deliver a variety of TV programmes and live coverage of breaking news throughout Taiwan. TAS, a longstanding SES customer and the largest distributor of cable channels to cable headends in Taiwan, will use the capacity to broadcast TV content and provide satellite news gathering (SNG) services across the island. Michael … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES and TAS renew deal to deliver TV content across Taiwan
Encompass Digital Media Asia selects AsiaSat to distribute Edge Sport HD
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced that Encompass Digital Media Asia, one of the world’s top digital media services providers and a leader in global satellite and terrestrial connectivity has selected AsiaSat’s DVB-S2 MCPC platform, operated from its Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong, to distribute Edge Sport HD, a 24-hour action sports channel, on AsiaSat 5. Edge Sport was the first 24-hour … [Read more...] about Encompass Digital Media Asia selects AsiaSat to distribute Edge Sport HD
Broadcast Asia: OTT – A game changer for Asia
Singapore – “Online video channels have become the new DVR,” said Mr Benjamin Grubbs, YouTube’s APAC Head of Partner Marketing, in discussing how Sony Entertainment Television of Sony Pictures Television in India uploads full episodes of its dramas online, as fast as 30 minutes after the linear broadcast. He added that in countries such as Singapore, Japan and Korea, close to 50% of content is being consumed on-the-go, and that this means that producers have to be in more … [Read more...] about Broadcast Asia: OTT – A game changer for Asia
Encompass Asia Pacific builds region’s first MEGAPOD
Singapore – Encompass Digital Media, one of the world’s top digital media services providers and a leader in global satellite and terrestrial connectivity, announced that its Asia Pacific facility will double its current multichannel broadcast monitoring and playout capacity through the construction of a seven million US dollar MEGAPOD. This is the region’s first comprehensive over-the-top (OTT) services facility enabling Encompass continue to meet the growing demands of … [Read more...] about Encompass Asia Pacific builds region’s first MEGAPOD