Singapore/Bonn - Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster, is expanding its television services in Asia. Beginning 2 March 2009, DW-TV ASIA+ will offer a mix of European lifestyle, culture and the arts as well as in-depth reports from business and politics. The new channel will feature 18 hours of English programming dedicated to serving a wider viewer base. The new grid will boast 71 per cent lifestyle/ infotainment/ health and wellness and 29 per cent news. All content will be drawn … [Read more...] about Second channel for Deutsche Welle in Asia
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ConsolidatE and innovatE to survivE
The TV industry is changing beyond recognition. Even the concept of ‘TV’ might itself be on the verge of extinction because visual content is available today on phones, laptops and MP3 players as well as your home entertainment centre. The only way to survive is to consolidate or innovate. We think of the change in our industry as being sudden, but in fact it’s been decades coming. Cable and satellite innovations led people to desire choice, but the internet must take the … [Read more...] about ConsolidatE and innovatE to survivE
State of play
Media watchers say that mio TV, the pay-TV channel launched by Singapore’s SingTel in July 2007, was left a non-starter after losing out on English Premier League (EPL) broadcast rights to market leader and pay TV incumbent StarHub Digital Cable. As it is, SingTel has struggled to amass less than 50,000 subscribers 17 months since launching, “reasonable progress”, according to SingTel’s director of mio TV and content, Low Ka Hoe, who wearily concedes that football is the … [Read more...] about State of play
It’s not just cricket
A cricket fan, like most of his countrymen, Manu Sawhney passionately follows the sport. Right from the historic 1983 World Cup victory in England to the Twenty20 World Cup win last year, Sawhney cherishes all the major achievements of the Indian cricket team, posted over the last two decades and a half. And the relatively new 20-20 format has gone down well with Sawhney who, like the majority of fans, is eagerly awaiting the start of the Champions League T20 in India. “This new format has … [Read more...] about It’s not just cricket
Simply the best
Tom Keaveny, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific We are thrilled to have won again for the second year in a row and receiving recognition from our peers for the quality of work that we produce. It is truly an honour. The awards belong to the team at Discovery and our production partners whose creativity and hard work have delivered such wonderful films. Our investment in local content and creating documentaries that are relevant to our audience here in … [Read more...] about Simply the best
Africa switches to Al Jazeera English
Doha - Al Jazeera Network has revealed that its English news channel now broadcasts to over 20 million households in Sub-Saharan Africa, following a raft of new distribution partnerships across the continent. Al Jazeera English is now available across Africa in Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. "2008 has seen Al Jazeera English become one of the leading international news channels for sub-Saharan Africa", says Phil Lawrie, Al … [Read more...] about Africa switches to Al Jazeera English