Singapore - Held in conjunction with Asian Television Forum, this year's Digital Future Symposium 2008, held on December 10 at Suntec Singapore, will carry the theme ‘This Business of Content Protection: Movers, Shakers, and Direction Makers' and will focus on the needs and expectations between content protection companies and their consumers. Distinguished keynote speaker, Yangbin Wang, founder and chief executive officer of Vobile Inc. will share some insights and latest developments in … [Read more...] about Digital Future Symposium 2008 – focusing on content protection and consumers
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The VOD squad
while channel providers are celebrating regulatory changes that finally permit Korea’s telco giants to offer linear channels in real time, it’s not quite such good news for content distributors that Internet Protocol (IP) TV providers will only be allowed to carry existing channels – and not programme their own. With big content budgets, and competition driving up content prices, Korean telcos have been good customers to the content providers – licensing a variety of … [Read more...] about The VOD squad
Thailand in focus
but Thailand’s sometimes prickly political situation has created uncertainties for the media industry as players looked to the government for direction. A military appointed National Legislative Assembly, after the coup of 2006, did move on new broadcasting laws that had been stalled over several years. Political uncertainties also fed into concerns over the economic outlook that took the edge of advertising spending. The President of MCOT - the operator of Modernine - Channel 9 - Wasan … [Read more...] about Thailand in focus
MCOT’s Modernine rises to the challenges
THE Mass Communications Organization of Thailand (MCOT) Channel 9’s new direction sees a move back to entertainment programming, after efforts over recent years to promote news and documentaries. Wasan Paileeklee, MCOT’s president, is confident regarding the trend. “For MCOT we are targeting about 15 percent growth and we are confident that we should be better than the overall industry in terms of competitiveness,” Wasan told Television Asia Plus. Channel 9 – better … [Read more...] about MCOT’s Modernine rises to the challenges
Vietnam focus
THE investment in infrastructure has included placement of additional submarine cables due to increased traffic through the international telecom network. With new infrastructure in place, in 2006 the national government granted cable TV service providers permission to launch broadband internet services. Hanoi TV and Broadcast Service and Saigontourist Cable TV were soon followed by Vietnam Cable TV Technology Centre (VCTV) and HCM City TV. But the expansion has not been without its problems. TV … [Read more...] about Vietnam focus
Talent search
according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2008-2012, the overall entertainment and media market in Asia Pacific will see 11.1 percent growth in 2008. The segment experienced 9.4 percent growth in 2007, boosted by double digit growth in internet advertising, casino and regulated gaming, video games, internet access, TV subscriptions and license fees and recorded music. Growth in the number of subscription households boosted TV subscription by 11.7 … [Read more...] about Talent search