Watching how fast new 3D TV sets are being sold at Singapore electronic stores, you could be forgiven for thinking that consumers here are rushing home to watch new 3D TV programmes on their brand spanking new screens. But while falling prices of sets are pushing sales up for electronics makers such as Samsung, LG and Sony, the software, in the form of 3D TV content, has yet to show substantial growth in Singapore. Since the fi rst such programmes started appearing late last year, there have … [Read more...] about 3D: a local perspective
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Rocky road
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami shattered the moderate sign of optimism for Japan’s media industry. More than three months since the quake, it is still desperately trying to minimize the fi nancial fallout created by the disaster and its aftermath. Last year, things began looking up. TV advertising grew by 1.1 per cent, for the fi rst time in six years and in February ad agency Dentsu revised its fi scal operating profi t forecast (ending March, 2011) upward by 16 per cent to US$650 … [Read more...] about Rocky road
Good news!
In so many ways, the world was a much simpler place in 1991. The bipolar world order of the USA and Soviet Union crystallised so much of global politics and confl ict that it dominated the global news agenda. So many events were still being viewed through the same Cold War prism that had been in place for 30 years or more. Meanwhile, much of Asia was shrouded in mystery – China was inaccessible and, to international broadcasters, relatively peripheral; while Burma was also very diffi cult … [Read more...] about Good news!
Tweaking a Master
It all began with MasterChef Australia, which took the British competitive cooking show and made it bigger, more frequent and more competitive. The gamble paid off with the rejigged format becoming Australia’s highest rating TV show, with an estimated 4 million viewers watching the nail biting fi nal of the fi rst series in 2009 and a similar audience coming back for seconds for season two in 2010. The series helped make Ten some serious dough with a slew of sponsors from supermarket … [Read more...] about Tweaking a Master
Finding harmony
With a line-up of heavyweights, including segments with President of Sony Entertainment Network, Tim Schaaff, and Steve Lillywhite – a record producer who has worked with, among others, U2 and the Rolling Stones – plus Grammywinning singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, the 2011 edition of Music Matters will also be a leap into adulthood for the event, venturing from its home of Hong Kong abroad for the fi rst time. “Our move to Singapore gives us a solid platform for new talent to … [Read more...] about Finding harmony
Surplus stock
MIPTV has been and gone and despite relatively high numbers – Reed Midem estimated close to 11,500 people fl ocked to the Palais during the four-day event – on the ground it looked a tad quiet. Some stands appeared skeletal and a number of the major studios, such as Fox, Sony and Warner had a very small contingent, if any. And apart from a few launches; The Borgias, Camelot and Arnold Schwarzenegger entering the 2D realm (if his acting skills hadn’t already) via The Governator, … [Read more...] about Surplus stock