Singapore – The latest salvo fired in the pay TV battle in Singapore saw Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) take exclusive media rights including mobile, Internet and pay TV rights to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup European football competitions from 2009-2012. Both competitions have been broadcast on ESPN and STAR Sports channels packaged by ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), carried on StarHub Digital Cable. SingTel is planning to stream UEFA Champions League and Cup games live and … [Read more...] about SingTel scores 2009-2012 UEFA Champions League and Cup rights
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India in focus
In the continued proliferation of new satellite TV channels and increasing competition from several other ‘screens’ be they Internet, mobile phones or outdoor, TV as a mass medium in India is being challenged to brace itself for future. The role of TV in the overall communication strategy remains as critical as ever before. Especially considering the fact India has 219million households with 112million TV homes (64million color TV homes and 68million homes have access to cable and … [Read more...] about India in focus
Sweet sold music
Asia's largest online and mobile music company, with 50-plus partner stores attracting the majority of online and wireless purchases, Soundbuzz also operates its own on-line store, www.soundbuzz.com, as well as providing content and/or technology infrastructure. The company has licensing agreements with all 4 major international music majors plus more than 45 major domestic labels and independent music labels. As a spokesperson explains, “In markets like India, labels like Saregama … [Read more...] about Sweet sold music
BBC Worldwide’s programming goes on MySpace
London – BBC Worldwide and MySpace have partnered to provide BBC programmes to the social networking website’s 100 million users via a dedicated MySpaceTV channel. Starting from Jan 24, BBC Worldwide’s content will be available in seven languages across the 27 territories that MySpaceTV is currently serving. BBC and MySpace will share advertising and channel or genre sponsorship revenue. The agreement follows a similar deal struck between BBC Worldwide and YouTube in March … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide’s programming goes on MySpace
Southeast Asia start for Lotus Channel in second quarter
Singapore - Lotus Channel, targeting women aged 25-45, is looking to roll out in Southeast Asia first, followed by South Asia and North Asia - excluding China and Japan. Gregg Creevey, one of the channel's founders along with May Lee and other unnamed partners, says the 24-hour linear Lotus Channel is looking to launch in the second quarter of 2008. Creevey says the channel is sourcing between 700-1,000 hours of content, across various genres, to mirror the demographic's multi-genre viewing … [Read more...] about Southeast Asia start for Lotus Channel in second quarter
UTV Music label launched
Mumbai - UTV Software Communications has launched its own music label - UTV Music - with the movie soundtrack of Jodhaa Akbar. Starring Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, the movie's soundtrack was previously scheduled to be handled by ADAG Big Music. UTV Music is being headed up by UTV's executive vice president, marketing, distribution and syndication, Siddarth Roy Kapur. UTV has tied up with Sony BMG for the physical distribution, broadcasting and publishing … [Read more...] about UTV Music label launched
