Hong Kong - The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) is pleased that the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Philippines has served its first ever temporary restraining order (TRO) against a pirate cable operator - Turtle Cable, a company in Baao, Camarines Sur province - for copyright infringement. "This is the first time we have brought a cable piracy case to the IPO, and we are pleased that the IPO administrative judge has recognized the validity of the TV … [Read more...] about CASBAA cheers breakthrough Philippine piracy order
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67,000 attend CommunicAsia2008 & BroadcastAsia2008
Singapore - CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia 17-20 June 2008 saw a total of 67,573 attendees, with 52 percent coming from outside of Singapore, hailing from about 100 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, Europe, US and the Middle-East. Held together with CGOverdrive2008 and inter-government and industry meetings such as the imbX Ministerial Forum and the Regional Seminar on Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting, the event spread over eight halls. More than 2,300 exhibiting companies … [Read more...] about 67,000 attend CommunicAsia2008 & BroadcastAsia2008
ASEAN reaches agreement on specifications for set-top boxes and policy parameters for analogue broadcasting switch-off
Singapore - The 6th ASEAN Digital Broadcasting (ADB) Meeting held in Singapore on 19 June 2008 successfully concluded with officials agreeing on a common set of technical specifications for standard definition and high definition digital set-top-boxes for ASEAN. Progress was also made on discussions on policy parameters for ASEAN countries in considering the strategies and schedule for the switch-over to digital broadcasting, and closer collaborations forged on high definition (HD) content … [Read more...] about ASEAN reaches agreement on specifications for set-top boxes and policy parameters for analogue broadcasting switch-off
Singapore developers get Invigorated to design multi-platform games
Singapore - Under the Media Development Authority's (MDA) INVIGORATE initiative, budding game developers will stand a chance to receive funding of up to S$50,000 to develop game prototypes that can lead to commercialization. MDA is inviting game developers to submit proposals under the initiative between 1 July and 8 August 2008. Launched in 2006, INVIGORATE aims to spur development of innovative video games that can be commercialized for the world market. Previously focused on mobile and casual … [Read more...] about Singapore developers get Invigorated to design multi-platform games
Aug 21 launch for MEASAT 3a
Kuala Lumpur - MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has announced that the MEASAT-3a satellite has secured a launch on 21 August 2008. The fleet's fourth satellite, MEASAT-3a has been designed to expand MEASAT's C-Band and Ku-Band satellite capacity at the organization's key 91.5E orbital location. Operating in tandem with MEASAT-3 at the same location, the new satellite would also provide in-orbit satellite redundancy services for key customers. MEASAT COO Paul Brown-Kenyon said that the take-up … [Read more...] about Aug 21 launch for MEASAT 3a
Irdeto to protect content & business model to Chinese cable networks
Singapore - Irdeto announced that Hebei Broadcasting and Television Information Network (Group) Co., LTD and Xinjiang Broadcast & Television Transmission Network have chosen the Irdeto DVB conditional access solution for their digital migration process. With these agreements, Irdeto is slated to deliver two million smart cards to both of these cable networks over the next 24 months. Hebei is China's sixth largest province with 67.4 million people and with nearly 6.5 million cable TV subscribers. … [Read more...] about Irdeto to protect content & business model to Chinese cable networks