Hong Kong – Synovate has released results from its first PAX in-flight survey in Asia, revealing healthy readership rates for seven leading in-flight magazines across five major Asian markets and providing data on in-flight consumer behaviour. Movies and news topped the in-flight entertainment results, after travellers in 10 Asian markets including Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, India and Australia were asked which in-flight … [Read more...] about Synovate PAX reveals in-flight habits of affluent Asian travellers
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12,000 visitors converge on BroadcastAsia2007
Singapore - BroadcastAsia2007 attracted more than 12,000 visitors over four days from June 19-22, 2007. Some 47% of the attendees were from neighbouring ASEAN countries and from Europe, China, India and the Middle-East. Themed ‘Digital: The Journey Forward,’ the event saw 763 exhibiting companies from more than 40 countries gather to present digital technologies for IPTV, HDTV and mobile broadcasting. “Digital Convergence has taken a firmer foothold in the industry as there are … [Read more...] about 12,000 visitors converge on BroadcastAsia2007
Buzz and confusion in U.S. over HDTV
Sales of HDTV sets in the U.S. are predicted to total 16 million in 2007, boosting the HDTV universe to 52.5 million, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The CEA’s new study, “HDTV: You Have the Set, But Do You Have the Content?” found that 30% of U.S. households currently have an HD set and of these, almost a third own more than one. However it revealed only 44% of HDTV owners receive HD programming, as cost and lack of interest were cited as the main reasons … [Read more...] about Buzz and confusion in U.S. over HDTV
MEASAT demonstrates HD collaboration
Singapore – A number of key industry players have taken a co-operative approach to help stimulate the growth of HDTV in the region. Rivalries have been put aside to bring together a High Definition (HD) video distribution solution tailor-made for the Asian market. The solution has been developed with Scientific-Atlanta and Tandberg Television providing the MPEG-4 compression systems, and Ascent Media and Pacific Century Matrix providing the play-out and uplink services from Singapore and … [Read more...] about MEASAT demonstrates HD collaboration
AsiaSat expands service to India
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Indiasign Pvt. Ltd. will jointly launch a C-band MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 2. New platform will be operated by Indiasign’s teleport in New Delhi, providing uplink and distribution services to Indian broadcasters through AsiaSat 2’s C-band transponder capacity. Indiasign’s Chief Operating Officer Anoop Bhatia says the new MCPC platform will offer satellite uplink and … [Read more...] about AsiaSat expands service to India
BT takes NDTV to the U.S. and U.K.
Singapore – As part of New Delhi Television (NDTV)’s global growth strategy, BT’s Media and Broadcast sector is enabling the broadcaster to distribute to BSkyB and Direct TV in the U.K. and U.S. respectively. Since BT’s $50 million sale of its satellite broadcast business to Arqiva in April 2007, BT has invested $48 million in its media network for Asia Pacific. As NDTV’s global network supplier, BT will carry live news bulletins to multiple platforms on its fiber … [Read more...] about BT takes NDTV to the U.S. and U.K.
