BBC World News published a study on the value of news to pay TV subscribers across the APAC region. The research, titled ‘The Value of News– and the Importance of Trust’, shows that, despite the proliferation of digital news offerings, TV is still the most popular platform for staying up-to-date with international news (85%), followed by social media (76%), news apps (50%), websites (49%), newspapers (45%) and news aggregators (36%). According to The Global Web Index,consumers’ use of digital … [Read more...] about BBC study reveals value of trusted news
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CNBC’s Managing Asia relaunches with new look
Singapore – CNBC, the world’s leading business and financial news network, relaunched its longest-running feature show Managing Asia with a fresh new look to mark its 20th anniversary in the month of May. CNBC’s flagship interview programme in Asia will kick off its 20th anniversary with guest Mr Peter Seah, Chairman of DBS Group and Singapore Airlines on Managing Asia’s 800th episode that will premiere on Friday, 5 May. Hosted by award-winning anchor Christine Tan, other guests scheduled to … [Read more...] about CNBC’s Managing Asia relaunches with new look
IPTV Piracy: The Fight Against a New Breed Of Pirates
There has never been a better time for TV entertainment. According to most predictions, content for TV is only going to boom from Hollywood to Bollywood. However, despite the success of the media and entertainment industry (M&E), there is the persistent and menacing trouble of online pirates who illegally access content and distribute them via direct downloads from websites, torrents sites, and streaming services. IPTV piracy isn’t a new phenomenon, but with the production in mass of premium … [Read more...] about IPTV Piracy: The Fight Against a New Breed Of Pirates
Discovery builds leadership team
Singapore – Discovery announced it is strengthening its central Corporate Leadership Team in Asia Pacific with key appointments. Operating leadership remains with the company’s five market clusters announced earlier in year. The move adds innovative, world-class capabilities and resources to accelerate the company’s stated ambition to evolve from a traditional linear pay-tv to a true convergent media and entertainment business across market clusters in Asia. The new executives bring … [Read more...] about Discovery builds leadership team
Hootsuite hires new General Manager of Asia Pacific
Singapore and Hong Kong – Hootsuite, the most widely used platform for managing social media, has announced Rich Meiklejohn as its first general manager of Asia-Pacific (APAC). The newly established role reflects Hootsuite’s rapid growth in APAC over the past year including adding 50 percent more people to their team in 2016. Hootsuite APAC now supports more than 2.6 million users at companies such as Woolworths, OCBC Bank, ANZ Bank, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and Telekom Malaysia … [Read more...] about Hootsuite hires new General Manager of Asia Pacific
Global Video Index
Engagement patterns by device There’s a common cliché in our industry that says the bigger the screen, the better. Well, it may be cliché, but it’s also true. The biggest screens, connected televisions, have seen their share of time watched for content longer than 10 minutes increase steadily over the past year. From Q1’s 43% to Q2’s 53%, Q3’s 71% and Q4’s 74%, a growth of more than 72% over 12 months. On the tablets, meanwhile, the share of time watched for the same content has declined … [Read more...] about Global Video Index
