Singapore – Singapore’s cable TV operator StarHub is launching 24-hour Mandarin language news channel TVBS-News on StarHub Digital Cable’s Chinese Entertainment Basic Group at no extra charge on March 3, 2008. TVBS-News is the first Mandarin news channel to be available on the service’s basic tier. TVBS-News channel is based in Taiwan and offers current affairs programming and coverage on Taiwanese, regional and global news through its correspondents and partnerships with … [Read more...] about StarHub Digital Cable to launch TVBS-News channel
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Disney rings the bell for mobile
Singapore – Disney Channel Southeast Asia is set to unveil its first made-for mobile venture As the Bell Rings. Television Asia Plus March 2008 print issue, due out February 26th, has the full exclusive. The short-form live action series will launch March 2008 on StarHub’s Disney Mobile Xtra service, as Singapore becomes the tenth market to launch a localized version of Italian-born Disney format Quelli dell’ Intervallo. Disney’s first Mobile Xtra venture on StarHub was … [Read more...] about Disney rings the bell for mobile
Disney rings the bell for mobile
Singapore – Disney Channel Southeast Asia is set to unveil its first made-for mobile venture As the Bell Rings. Television Asia Plus March 2008 print issue, due out February 26th, has the full exclusive. The short-form live action series will launch March 2008 on StarHub’s Disney Mobile Xtra service, as Singapore becomes the tenth market to launch a localized version of Italian-born Disney format Quelli dell’ Intervallo. Disney’s first Mobile Xtra venture on StarHub was … [Read more...] about Disney rings the bell for mobile
StarHub cable TV subs exceed half a million
Singapore – StarHub’s cable TV service customer base has grown 4% from Q3 to reach 504,000 households at end-December 2007. The subs brings cable household penetration in Singapore to 45%. StarHub Digital Cable customers expanded 27% to 408,000 households, or 81% of the total cable TV customer base. Announcing the group’s Q4-2007 and full year financial results, StarHub reported that revenue from cable TV grew 9% to S$342million (US$242.1million) in 2007 from S$313million … [Read more...] about StarHub cable TV subs exceed half a million
Indonesia’s XL to expand 3G mobile subscriber services
Singapore – PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL), the third largest mobile telco in Indonesia with more than 14 million users, has added a new data centre and an intelligent network built by Datacraft. Worth US$2.2million, the new infrastructure will enable XL to expand subscriber services to include 3G-based video calls, music and movie downloads, games, news-on-demand and location-based services. A key component of the restructured network is the IP Transfer Point (ITP) that serves as a … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s XL to expand 3G mobile subscriber services
STAR Chinese Movies 2 channel to debut in Singapore and North America
Hong Kong – STAR will launch STAR Chinese Movies 2, a new channel offering Chinese movies from the 1970s – 1990s, in Singapore on StarHub Digital Cable from Jan 25 and in North America on KyLinTV’s IPTV platform from Feb 1. STAR Chinese Movies 2 will be airing shows from its contemporary Chinese film library that houses some 600 titles. These include martial arts films Enter the Dragon and Once Upon a Time in China; action movies Police Story and Project A; crime flicks Better … [Read more...] about STAR Chinese Movies 2 channel to debut in Singapore and North America
