Singapore - Singapore will host 3DX: 3D Film & Entertainment Technology Festival (3DX). The five-day festival will take place from November 19 - 23 2008 and will consist of conferences with leading international speakers like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman as well as screening of 3D movies for the public. The 3DX Festival is hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), Infocomm … [Read more...] about Singapore hosts 3DX Festival
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J:COM group company merger
Tokyo - Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. announced that the Fukuoka Cable Network Co., Ltd., one of the Group companies of J:COM will merge with Cable Vision 21 Inc., a subsidiary company of J:COM as of September 1 2008. Both Fukuoka Cable Network Co., Ltd. and Cable Vision 21 Inc. have been providing quad-play services including cable television, high-speed internet access, fixed-line and mobile telephony services to customers in the Kyushu service area region under the J:COM brand. Fukuoka … [Read more...] about J:COM group company merger
Organizers optimistic for Asia Television Forum 2008
Singapore - With over 70 per cent of the event space already booked six months before the Asia Television Forum (ATF), organizers Reed Exhibitions says the 9th edition of ATF looks set to be a record breaker. "We are pleased with ATF's continuing impressive growth. ATF serves as the TV broadcasting and new media content marketplace bringing together international programming sellers and Asia Pacific buyers," said Michelle Lim, general manager for Reed Exhibitions. "For the past 4 years the ATF … [Read more...] about Organizers optimistic for Asia Television Forum 2008
67,000 attend CommunicAsia2008 & BroadcastAsia2008
Singapore - CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia 17-20 June 2008 saw a total of 67,573 attendees, with 52 percent coming from outside of Singapore, hailing from about 100 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, Europe, US and the Middle-East. Held together with CGOverdrive2008 and inter-government and industry meetings such as the imbX Ministerial Forum and the Regional Seminar on Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting, the event spread over eight halls. More than 2,300 exhibiting companies … [Read more...] about 67,000 attend CommunicAsia2008 & BroadcastAsia2008
ITV Worldwide triples development & acquisitions fund
London - ITV Worldwide has tripled its development and acquisitions investment fund to significantly expand its work with independent producers. ITV Worldwide is the newly integrated business which combines the recently merged Granada International and Granada Ventures, creating a one stop distribution house for home entertainment, TV and consumer products. ITV Worldwide looks to expand the relationships it has built with a host of independent production companies in a number of different ways … [Read more...] about ITV Worldwide triples development & acquisitions fund
Media Prima named Malaysia’s best managed mid cap company for second year
Petaling Jaya - Media Prima Berhad (MPB) was voted for the second consecutive year as the best managed Malaysian company in the mid-cap category in Finance Asia's 2008 poll for Asia's best managed companies. Under the annual exercise conducted by Finance Asia, votes were collected from over 200 fund managers and equity analysts across the region, who were asked to rank companies in ten Asian countries according to the overall management, corporate governance, investors' relations and commitment … [Read more...] about Media Prima named Malaysia’s best managed mid cap company for second year