Sydney - Sky News will launch Australia's first dedicated 24/7 business news channel in early 2008, most likely in January. Sky News Business Channel will deliver at least 16 hours per day of Australian-produced programming as well as drawing on content from the new FOX Business Network in the US, the UK's BSkyB Business News service and Reuters Television. "Business Channel is a major advance for business journalism in Australia," said Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO of Sky News' parent, Australian … [Read more...] about Australia’s first business news channel to launch early 2008
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KidsCo inks deal with BBC Worldwide, signals growth in Asia
Hong Kong - KidsCo, the global joint venture children’s television channel owned by NBC Universal, DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Nelvana Enterprises, has signed a content deal with BBC Worldwide, which will supply KidsCo with series including S Club 7 in Miami & LA, Wallace and Gromit, Ace Lighting and Five Children & It. The deal will see the new content in the KidsCo schedule from January 2008. The channel, which already broadcasts in Romania, Hungary, Russia, … [Read more...] about KidsCo inks deal with BBC Worldwide, signals growth in Asia
Pay-TV piracy deprives industry of $US1.54 billion for 2007
Hong Kong – Piracy cost the regional pay-TV industry $I.54 billion in lost revenue in the past 12 months, up from $US1.13 billion in 2006, according to the annual survey by CASBAA and Standard Chartered Bank. Covering Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Macau and new addition Pakistan, the report also estimates at least $213 million has been lost in unpaid taxes across the region this year. Lee Beasley, Head of Media and … [Read more...] about Pay-TV piracy deprives industry of $US1.54 billion for 2007
Wieden and Kennedy Shanghai takes three awards at CASBAA TV Advertising Awards 2007
Hong Kong – The CASBAA TV Advertising Awards 2007 were presented on Nov. 1 at the Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong. In its fourth year, the awards recognize and promote advertising creative excellence in multi-channel TV across Asia Pacific. Astro’s Astro on Demand “Tai Chor La” campaign won the John Doherty Trophy for Campaign of the Year and Best TVC Southeast Asia. Wieden and Kennedy Shanghai’s “JUMP” campaign for Nike featuring Chinese … [Read more...] about Wieden and Kennedy Shanghai takes three awards at CASBAA TV Advertising Awards 2007
Public consultation to help decide RTHK’s fate
Hong Kong – A public consultation on the fate of pubcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) will be initiated by the Special Administrative Region Government later this year. A “detailed” process, the consultation is expected to stretch up to six months. Frederic Ma Si-hang, the territory's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, has stressed the restructuring exercise should not be considered the “equivalent of dismantling the station”. The public … [Read more...] about Public consultation to help decide RTHK’s fate
PLDT’s mobile TV service hits cablers’ roadblock
Manila – The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and its subsidiaries Smart Communications and MediaQuest Holdings to justify at a hearing scheduled for this month their continued offering of mobile TV service myTV, amidst opposition from cable operators. Some 300 cablers under the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) umbrella asked NTC to stop PLDT from offering myTV to its 25 million … [Read more...] about PLDT’s mobile TV service hits cablers’ roadblock