Jakarta - Pay-TV penetration in Indonesia currently stands at just 2% of some 40million TV households, a low figure compared to various Asian markets. However, pay-TV growth has picked up in the last 12 months with legitimate pay-TV subscriptions including individual, residential and SMATV (multi-dwelling housing units) doubling in Q1, 2008 to 785,000. Competition in pay-TV is expected to increase in 2008/2009 with five preliminary licenses for satellite pay-TV services issued in September 2007, … [Read more...] about Pay-TV competition in Indonesia to heat up
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APAC dominates FTTx market with continued growth in 14 countries
Ovum RHK has published the results of a 14-country independent assessment of broadband deployments and service drivers in the Asia-Pacific region, with a specific focus on FTTx (optical fiber). "Ovum RHK believes there will be over 240million broadband subscribers in Asia-Pacific by the end of 2011," said Lynn Hutcheson, vice president, communication components at Ovum RHK. "APAC has over 80% of the worldwide FTTx deployments. Many operators indicated that content services were going to be a key … [Read more...] about APAC dominates FTTx market with continued growth in 14 countries
Online ad spend in Hong Kong hits US$22million for Q1, 2008
Hong Kong - Online advertising expenditure in Hong Kong reached HK$172million (US$22million) in Q1, 2008 as more than 1,000 advertisers promoted their brands online with more than 2,800 advertising campaigns which generated over 5.5billion ad impressions in the first three months of the year, according to Nielsen Online's AdRelevance report. By category, Computers & Electrical led ad expenditure at 17% of the total online advertising pie, followed by Finance at 15%, Education & Learning with … [Read more...] about Online ad spend in Hong Kong hits US$22million for Q1, 2008
IOL Netcom debuts IPTV service in India with Verimatrix content security
Singapore/Mumbai - Broadband Internet service provider IOL Netcom has launched India's first on-demand IPTV service in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore, available to more than 250,000 subscribers, using Verimatrix's content security technologies. IOL Netcom is expecting the expansion of content delivery options to PC to help customer acquisition, reduce installation resources and fulfill the entertainment on-demand promise. Premium content including movies from IOL Netcom's on-demand movie library … [Read more...] about IOL Netcom debuts IPTV service in India with Verimatrix content security
ESS and Imagine OmniMedia, FOX8 onto football talent search bandwagon
Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) and Singapore-based production house Imagine OmniMedia, along with Australian pay-TV channel FOX8 are the latest to jump on the football talent search bandwagon, lining up the region's third and fourth football talent search reality shows. These join Chinese shows Soccer Prince by Hunan TV, Kickworldwide and FremantleMedia, and Galleon Holdings plc, Guangdong TV Sports Channel and Chelsea Football Club's Soccer Super Star. ESS and Imagine OmniMedia signed a … [Read more...] about ESS and Imagine OmniMedia, FOX8 onto football talent search bandwagon
BBC World News goes mobile in India
Mumbai - BBC World News has sealed content deals with six Indian mobile operators including BPL, MTNL, Airtel, Vodafone, Spice Telecom and Idea Cellular. According to local media reports, BBC World News' content for the mobile platform is expected to include short news video clips. Currently, BBC World News content is being trialed by Spice Telecom and Airtel, as well as MTNL which announced it will launch a mobile TV service to offer up to 21 channels from June 2008 following current field … [Read more...] about BBC World News goes mobile in India