Pakistan’s media players are getting quite irresponsible; as there are so many talk shows and political debates on the screen all the time and sometimes they seems to be crossing their limits. Media should work in its limits and according to some rules and regulations. Besides spreading exaggeration, Pakistani media should resolve the matters with positive attitude. Media is supposed to be responsible for the present society, trends, norms, values and so on. People are what they see around them. … [Read more...] about Role of media in Pakistan
Country Focus
India, moving on the fast track
Livemint reported that India’s pay-TV industry is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% to hit $14.5 billion in revenue by 2021 compared to a projected $ 9.4 billion in 2016. By 2025, 70% of India’s pay-TV base is estimated to be digitised, growing from 93 million subscribers to 129 million from 2016 to 2025 in light of the digital addressable system (DAS) being implemented by the government. According to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry, nearly … [Read more...] about India, moving on the fast track
4.1 million SVOD subs by 2019
Although linear TV in early 2015 was still adopted by 88% of Australian households, the figure is falling gradually, and the advent of OTT viewing as well as IPTV offers from Telstra’s new bundled video and broadband services and other major ISPs will see a more rapid shift from liner to time-shifted TV in coming years, especially since Netflix entered the market. Foxtel has seen steady revenue growth during the last few years but the company has struggled to increase pay-TV penetration in … [Read more...] about 4.1 million SVOD subs by 2019
Inside Indonesia and Thailand
Indonesia, treasure trove for pay-TV operators With a population of over 250 million, Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest country by population and also the largest archipelago in the world. According to Nielsen based on a gross rate card that excluded digital, it showed ad spend to have reached Rp 118 trillion (US$8.77billion). Early 2015 saw a deep slowdown in the market but advertising expenditure recovered at over 7%, being only slightly slower than 2014. Zenith Media expects … [Read more...] about Inside Indonesia and Thailand
On the Thriving Garden City
According to CASBAA, the media industry in Singapore is expected to grow by 25.8% between 2010 to 2015− reaching a value of about 2.3 billion in 2015. MediaCorp remains the sole provider of Singapore’s freeto- air (FTA) content, offering seven channels. StarHub (Cable TV) and SingTel (IPTV) are the only two dominant pay-TV operators in the country, regulated by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA). With MDA’s cross-carrying channel rule in place, the two operators … [Read more...] about On the Thriving Garden City
Into the Southern lands of Asia
INDIA As the world’s third-largest TV market after China and the United States, India has an estimated 247 million households of which 150 million have ownership to a television set. These are being served by cable TV systems, DTH services, IPTV services, and the terrestrial TV network of Doordarshan. The pay-TV universe consists of around 94 million cable subscribers including around 0.91 million subscribers in notified conditional access system areas using STBs; 46.25 million registered … [Read more...] about Into the Southern lands of Asia
