Educational programming has always been a staple in the Asia media landscape, and opportunities for this genre are ripe across the region. Some of the programs are supported by commercial entities, some by government agencies and other a combination of both,” says Ling Sze Gan, content sales, Asia, AETN International. Gan says educational content is in demand particularly in countries where the culture of learning is high and robust, and the population is hungry for knowledge. … [Read more...] about Education or edutainment?
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Best of British
Talking to Television Asia Plus at MIPCOM 2009, BBC Worldwide’s managing director of global TV sales Steve Macallister described the market as having a very good vibe, with plenty of people coming to Cannes with an interest in doing business – compared to the air of accountability at MIPTV in April. He outlined the three main emphases for the Asia Pacific region, starting with the increase of BBCW’s format licensing and format production business in the region. “In … [Read more...] about Best of British
Australia: Call for global broadcast network
Sydney - Mark Scott, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, has laid out a vision for the international future of the ABC, which is the parent organisation of Radio Australia and Australia Network. It includes consolidating the broadcaster's presence in the Asia Pacific region, as well as rolling out new services in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Scott said it will take major investment, but he is hoping to convince the government it is a significant part of … [Read more...] about Australia: Call for global broadcast network
Life on Mars
Sorting through old files recently we came across two documents that reflect how far India’s subscription TV market has come in the past 15 years and how the industry leadership saw this coming. Firstly a document tagged ‘Project Mars’ from 1995/1996. The idea was to create a consortium founded by a leading Indian newspaper publisher, a UK media group, a Hong Kong broadcaster and an Australian soap opera programming specialist. A distant possibility was a terrestrial license to … [Read more...] about Life on Mars
NDS – to Infinite TV and beyond
What percentage of NDS’ business is its traditional core business, versus new and evolving solutions and services? With over 50 percent of our 4,000 staff working on software and middleware solutions, you can see this is a key part of business. We don’t break down revenue by product as there is crossover between the technologies and we are really talking about an end to end solution with CA and the value added services brought about by middleware and set top box software. Being at … [Read more...] about NDS – to Infinite TV and beyond
Maxis to manage Astro’s next-generation network
Malaysia - Telecommunications provider Maxis Communications Bhd will design, supply, commission and manage satellite broadcaster Astro's next-generation network infrastructure. Astro's next-generation network will integrate data, voice and video services on a single platform. The value of the contract is RM81mil over a period of five years, and Maxis will refresh the network equipment in Astro's current voice and data infrastructure nationwide while deploying VoIP (Voice-over-Internet Protocol) … [Read more...] about Maxis to manage Astro’s next-generation network