Hong Kong - Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Ayur Group’s broadcast arm Vintage Studio Pvt. Ltd. (Vintage) announced the signing of a lease agreement for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 for the launch of Vintage’s new television channel ‘Ayur Living India’ across India and the Asia-Pacific. Brand new free-to-air television channel ‘Ayur Living India’ will offer a variety of education cum value based social programmes in English and … [Read more...] about Vintage Studio Chooses AsiaSat 2 for ‘Ayur Living India’
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First ever prime-time series to debut online on MOBTV.sg
Singapore - MOBTV.sg will make history by offering its members online video streaming of its co-produced drama A Mobile Love Story free of charge before its scheduled free-to-air telecast in September this year. The drama’s first 10 episodes went online on 1st June, followed by the next 10 episodes in July. “We’re very excited about this move as it is the first time in the world an entire made-for- television primetime series has been offered online for free before … [Read more...] about First ever prime-time series to debut online on MOBTV.sg
TV5MONDE Asie at the Beijing Olympics
Beijing - The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad has chosen TV5MONDE Asie to be broadcast over the private Olympic CATV network, due to air from 24 June through 24 September 2008. Under this agreement, TV5MONDE Asie will be available to the thousands of viewers of the Olympic CATV network, athletes and their families, official delegations, sponsors, the press and all accredited personnel on screens at all competition venues, the Olympic village, the … [Read more...] about TV5MONDE Asie at the Beijing Olympics
MTV youth survey unveiled at Music Matters
Hong Kong - The third annual MTV Music Matters survey released at the Music Matters Forum in Hong Kong shows that young people in India, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines have the highest passion for music; it is being consumed by nearly everyone across TV, computer and mobile screens. Commissioned by MTV Networks Asia and partnered with TNS, the fieldwork was completed in March this year which encompassed 5,741 online interviews with urban individuals aged between 15-34 year-olds in 12 … [Read more...] about MTV youth survey unveiled at Music Matters
WiMAX expo opens in Taipei
Taipei - The total output of Taiwan’s WiMAX production value is estimated to reach NT$30 billion (US$987 million) by 2015 through the combined efforts of the government and the private telecommunications sector, according to vice minister of economic affairs Shih Yen-shiang said yesterday. Addressing the WiMAX Expo opening ceremony at the Taipei World Trade Center, Shih said the exhibition would showcase the nation's most advanced WiMAX technologies, which provide wireless data over long … [Read more...] about WiMAX expo opens in Taipei
Thai film company launches satellite TV subsidiary
Bangkok – Saha Mongkol Film is to invest 70 million baht (US$2.2 million) over the next two years to operate three movie channels via satellite TV. Best known for its film production, the company has created a new subsidiary Thai Mongkol Multimedia Plc to operate the satellite TV business, headed by president Akarapol Techaratanaprasert. The Thai pay-TV industry is set to grow since the Radio and Broadcasting Act took effect March 2008. Cable-TV operators will be granted 15-year licences … [Read more...] about Thai film company launches satellite TV subsidiary