While many might have seen the WTO ruling that China must end its monopoly import system for foreign entertainment products as good news, CMM-I’s recent report concludes that the ruling will not help Hollywood in China. The report, entitled The WTO Ruling on Importing Entertainment Products into China – What Does It Mean for You? says that the US entertainment industry must assess what it failed to accomplish in what it describes as an ‘adversarial’ dispute. In its … [Read more...] about Insights into China
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Digital-terrestrial TV to grow in China
According to Screen Digest, digital-terrestrial TV is going to grow significantly in China. Although initially driven by cable, China's televisual growth is now being further fuelled by digital over-the-air transmission, says Screen Digest. China is now estimated to have 390m TV households, of which about 180m are cable subscribers. Digitally-equipped homes are said to be about 3.9m connected via DTT, 2m IPTV users and officially about 60,000 DTH viewing homes. The remaining are … [Read more...] about Digital-terrestrial TV to grow in China
Metan’s President/CEO Larry Namer’s keynote speech at International TV Symposium in Nanjing, China
Beijing - International media industry veteran Larry Namer, founding partner and president/CEO of Metan delivered the keynote speech at the International TV Symposium in Nanjing China on November 7. Namer's address titled ‘The Status and Developmental Trends of the Television Business in America' focused on the creation of entertainment content, news programs, documentaries and features, and current media operations. His address also covered the creation of quality programming in China … [Read more...] about Metan’s President/CEO Larry Namer’s keynote speech at International TV Symposium in Nanjing, China
China will surpass Japan in 2011 to become largest telecom services market in Asia: report
Cambridge, Mass. - Fueled by mobile penetration into the rural market and by uptake of 3G services, China's telecommunications market will generate $187 billion by 2014, surpassing Japan to become the largest telecommunications services market in Asia, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. China's telecommunications market generated US$110 billion in 2008, making it the second largest telecommunications services market in Asia/Pacific after Japan, notes Daniel Yu, analyst at Pyramid … [Read more...] about China will surpass Japan in 2011 to become largest telecom services market in Asia: report
Malaysia’s Jia Yu to break into China market
Cyberjaya - Jia Yu Home Entertainment Sdn Bhd (Jia Yu), a company owned by MSC Venture Capital - a subsidiary of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), driver of the MSC Malaysia initiative, has signed a co-production deal with two of China's top television stations - Nanning TV and Changsa TV. The deal will let Jia Yu, Malaysia's homegrown international Chinese channel, co-produce the 2010 Chinese New Year (CNY) International Special Broadcast, that will be aired live during the festive … [Read more...] about Malaysia’s Jia Yu to break into China market
China government replaces Head of CCTV
Beijing - China's government announced it is replacing the head of China Central Television (CCTV), three months after a fire destroyed part of CCTV's new headquarters in Beijing. In a brief report, state-run Xinhua news agency said 61-year-old Zhao Huayong is being replaced because he had reached retirement age. It said Zhao is being succeeded by top propaganda official Jiao Li, vice minister of the publicity department of the Communist Party's Central Committee. Jiao was previously propaganda … [Read more...] about China government replaces Head of CCTV
