Sydney - Australia's free-to-air broadcasters will join forces to create an on-demand streaming video service to TV screens in an attempt to deal with serious threats to their audience base, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The ABC's head of TV, Kim Dalton, said the move, likely some time next year, would be the "next major chapter in free-to-air TV". It comes as a host of emerging broadcasting rivals, such as TV set manufacturers, games console producers and digital video recorders like TiVo, … [Read more...] about Australia: free-to-air broadcasters to join forces
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Ten Sports: ready for more channels after technology change
Ten Sports say they can now transmit three more channels on their satellite space after changing transmission systems. The Dubai based operation has changed from the Mpeg 2 to the Mpeg 4 transmission system, and say that the change-over is an important one for their business. Peter Hutton, COO of Ten Sports, confirmed, "The system has first of all allowed us to improve the picture quality of all 7 of the channels that we currently transmit on the IS10 satellite, but also allows us transmit up to … [Read more...] about Ten Sports: ready for more channels after technology change
Korea’s continued confidence in content
Despite the comparatively high uptake of online, mobile and IPTV in South Korea, domestic TV still dominates both in terms of media consumption and viewer ratings. And while the country waits for its economy, and its currency, to recover, Korean broadcasters seem upbeat about the performance of their latest offerings. According to Kim Young Won, deputy managing director, SBS Productions, SBS’ Brilliant Legacy is doing very well domestically, “with rating ratio going up to almost 40 … [Read more...] about Korea’s continued confidence in content
Asian TV Awards 2009 – fourteen years of celebrating excellence
Now into its fourteenth year, the Asian Television Awards (ATA) continues to build on its previous successes, last year attracting a strong response with 1,187 impressive entries from 13 countries. Launched in 1996, ATA is the Asian TV industry’s most significant and celebrated event, recognizing excellence in programming, production and performance. Determined by an expert panel of over 50 judges from across the region, the results are tabulated and audited by international auditing firm … [Read more...] about Asian TV Awards 2009 – fourteen years of celebrating excellence
Results for NHK World TV
Tokyo - NHK announced information of its audiences to its revamped NHK World TV channel. Addressing the Japanese public broadcaster's monthly press conference, executive vice president Yoshinori Imai said that in Hong Kong, 17.9% of people are watching NHK World at least once a month. In the UK, the figure was 6.1%, while in Washington 4.5% tuned in. The most popular programmes are the English language versions of the NHK Specials and Asia 7 Days. Imai said that in December the channel would … [Read more...] about Results for NHK World TV
Australia: Chairman of SBS honoured
Australia - The Chairman of public broadcaster SBS, Carla Zampatti, has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in this year's Queen's birthday honours list. Zampatti was honoured for her business leadership along with her contribution to multicultural broadcasting. She was appointed SBS Chairman in December 1999 and was reappointed for a further five years in December 2004, reports The Australian. Also honoured were veteran television journalist Ian Leslie and radio broadcaster and … [Read more...] about Australia: Chairman of SBS honoured