India - Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has launched an IPTV service called 'MyWay BSNL' in the city of Chennai in association with Indian firm Smart Digivision, according to reports in local newspaper The Hindu. The new service offers over 150 linear channels as well as video-on-demand and music-on-demand libraries, and a parental lock to block certain content. BSNL plans to introduce features such as the ability to pause live TV in the near future. Customers can either rent the … [Read more...] about BSNL & Smart DigiVision launch IPTV in Chennai
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MDA may intervene in Singapore soccer showdown
Singapore - As bidding for the next three-year cycle of English Premier League soccer looms, the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore is believed to be looking at intervening to prevent the costs of broadcast rights escalating any further. MDA are believed to be hosting meetings between rival pay-TV operators StarHub Digital Cable and SingTel mio TV, to encourage compromise rather than competitive bids for the EPL rights. StarHub Digital Cable paid around US$150 million for the current … [Read more...] about MDA may intervene in Singapore soccer showdown
Flashpoint action in Singapore’s Central Business District
Singapore - NBC Universal pulled off the first Universal channel outdoor marketing consumer event to promote the channel's new show, Flashpoint. The massive guerrilla stunt at Singapore's Raffles Place Park involved 50 talents and was a depiction of a typical scene in the hit series now showing on Universal Channel every Wednesday at 9pm (StarHub channel 99). Flashpoint is a dramatic portrayal of an elite tactical unit - the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), which is based on the experiences of the … [Read more...] about Flashpoint action in Singapore’s Central Business District
StarHub appoints David Storrie as CEO of Nucleus Connect
Singapore - StarHub announced the appointment of David Storrie as CEO of Nucleus Connect with effect from 1 May 2009. As CEO, Storrie will lead Nucleus Connect to create a vibrant Retail Service Provider (RSP) environment offering comprehensive and flexible services that will help all RSPs select and deliver broadband connectivity services to their target markets quickly and seamlessly. A telecommunications veteran with more than 30 years of working experience, Storrie joined StarHub in April … [Read more...] about StarHub appoints David Storrie as CEO of Nucleus Connect
NDTV Good Times on mio TV
Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced that it has launched India's top English travel and lifestyle channel - NDTV Good Times - on its mio TV platform. Targeting travellers with a love for the Asian sub-continent, the channel features a wide range of lifestyle programming on health, fashion, food, travel and luxury. Among the programmes features are Heavy Petting, a weekly show about creatures who find their way into our hearts and homes; Cut!, an entertainment … [Read more...] about NDTV Good Times on mio TV
StarHub selected to build & manage the OpCo for Singapore’s Next-Gen NBN Project
Singapore - StarHub announced that its bid to build and manage the OpCo for the Next-Gen NBN has been selected by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). Called Nucleus Connect, the OpCo will design, build and operate the active infrastructure of the Next-Gen NBN, a nation-wide pervasive, ultra-high speed broadband network linking business users at the workplace, and Singaporeans at home, schools, learning institutions and other premises. StarHub will start up Nucleus Connect as a … [Read more...] about StarHub selected to build & manage the OpCo for Singapore’s Next-Gen NBN Project
