Singapore – Discovery Networks Asia and electronics manufacturer Samsung have renewed the latter’s ‘Meet the World in Full HD’ campaign on Discovery Channel and Discovery Travel & Living for another year, furthering the partners’ 2007 initiative to communicate benefits of HD to consumers with technology demonstrations. From April 2008, a series of four 20-second vignettes will run on Discovery Channel to showcase capabilities of Samsung HDTV sets. Samsung will also … [Read more...] about Discovery Asia and Samsung renew HD marketing partnership
Discovery
Viaccess to buy out Orca Interactive
Ra’anana, Israel – Viaccess, the France Telecom subsidiary specializing in content protection, conditional access and DRM solutions, will acquire a 100% stake in Orca Interactive Ltd, a provider of IPTV middleware and applications for an estimated US$21.4million. Completion of the transaction is subject to conditions precedent and to the approval by Orca Interactive’s shareholders in an extraordinary general meeting scheduled for April 15, 2008. Through the acquisition, … [Read more...] about Viaccess to buy out Orca Interactive
Viaccess to buy out Orca Interactive
Ra’anana, Israel – Viaccess, the France Telecom subsidiary specializing in content protection, conditional access and DRM solutions, will acquire a 100% stake in Orca Interactive Ltd, a provider of IPTV middleware and applications for an estimated US$21.4million. Completion of the transaction is subject to conditions precedent and to the approval by Orca Interactive’s shareholders in an extraordinary general meeting. Through the acquisition, Viaccess and Orca look to improve … [Read more...] about Viaccess to buy out Orca Interactive
Discovery Asia and Samsung renew HD marketing partnership
Singapore – Discovery Networks Asia and electronics manufacturer Samsung have renewed the latter’s ‘Meet the World in Full HD’ campaign on Discovery Channel and Discovery Travel & Living for another year, furthering the partners’ 2007 initiative to communicate benefits of HD to consumers with technology demonstrations. From April 2008, a series of four 20-second vignettes will run on Discovery Channel to showcase capabilities of Samsung HDTV sets. Samsung will also … [Read more...] about Discovery Asia and Samsung renew HD marketing partnership
Discovery Channel Magazine debuts across Asia
Singapore – The Discovery Channel Magazine, a consumer publication inspired by the television network, has debuted across Asia. The launch event was attended by more than 200 industry guests in Singapore on February 22, 2008, with a second trade event February 26 in Hong Kong. The Discovery Channel Magazine is a collaborative effort between Discovery Networks Asia and Reader’s Digest Asia. Published bi-monthly, the Discovery Channel Magazine offers articles and images encompassing … [Read more...] about Discovery Channel Magazine debuts across Asia
BBC Worldwide boosts South Asian Global Channels team
BBC Worldwide has named three new appointments in India to its South Asian Global Channels business operations. Jasdeep Pannu is named as director of programming, Shaalu Wadhwa as director of marketing & communications and Abhijeet Deolekar is appointed as creative director. Having joined the Mumbai team in January, Pannu is responsible for all aspects of programming and scheduling for the channels in South Asia and. Pannu was head of programming for Discovery Channel and Animal Planet where he … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide boosts South Asian Global Channels team