Hong Kong– Celestial Pictures and Zonemedia concluded an exclusive agreement to air martial-art films from Celestial’s Shaw Brothers Film Library on ActionMAX (Digiturk, Channel 15) in Turkey and Northern Cyprus at 10.00pm every Monday from July. Celestial’s Shaw Brothers films will debut on pay TV in South Eastern Europe and South Western Asia to reach a potential 71 million viewers. Zonemedia licensed the pay TV rights to premiere martial-art titles made between the 1970s and … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures and Zonemedia bring Shaw Brothers martial-art titles to Turkey and Northern Cyprus
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CNBC launches suite of mobile services
Singapore– CNBC has rolled out mobile services including WAP and SMS products, available to operators and subscribers in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, China and Malaysia. It also signed up Nokia and StarHub as distributors of the new offerings. The basic package is offered through operators and is accessible free of charge by consumers through the WAP portal on mobile browsers at asia.cnbc.com. The premium service, available through operators and subscription, offers Country … [Read more...] about CNBC launches suite of mobile services
AETN International’s Asian ad sales to be handled by Press Start Media
New York/Singapore- AETN International has appointed Press Start Media to represent its ad sales in Asia. AETN International’s channel brands in the region include The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network, launched by AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) on June 15 on PCCW’s now TV in Hong Kong, Astro in Malaysia and Brunei, StarHub in Singapore, while the former is available on TrueVision in Thailand. According to Sean Cohan, Senior Vice President, International, A&E … [Read more...] about AETN International’s Asian ad sales to be handled by Press Start Media
Idols-based mobile games heading for Europe and Asia
London– Namco Bandai Networks Europe Ltd is working with FremantleMedia Enterprises, the commercial division of FremantleMedia, to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on the Idols format, which has been sold to 41 territories. The multi-year agreement between the companies will see Idols-based mobile games launch across territories in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The Japanese entertainment company specializing in toys, video games and software, amusement … [Read more...] about Idols-based mobile games heading for Europe and Asia
International experts advise Singapore on new media growth strategies
Singapore- The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) concluded the second meeting of its International Advisory Panel (IAP) June 18-19, which reviewed Singapore’s progress in becoming a centre to produce, trade and finance media. The panel encouraged Singapore to leverage on education, medicine and science for growth in new media. The IAP recommendations will be considered in the Media Fusion 2015 master-plan, an updated version of the Media 21 plan, which aims to create 10,000 … [Read more...] about International experts advise Singapore on new media growth strategies
Hong Kong’s PCCW trials MediaFLO
San Diego/Hong Kong- PCCW Limited and Qualcomm Incorporated will conduct a technical trial of the latter’s MediaFLO technology in Hong Kong. The trial is intended to test the capabilities of MediaFLO handsets for PCCW's IPTV network, now TV, and to allow PCCW to assess the potential business model of a commercial mobile TV service based on MediaFLO. The trial runs from May 14 to November 13, 2007. Launched in September 2003, now TV has a customer base of over 800,000 in Hong Kong, and … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s PCCW trials MediaFLO
