Singapore – The Media Development Authority (MDA) today announced that Singapore’s free-to-air (FTA) TV channels will go fully digital by the end of 2013 using the DVB-T2 (Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial) broadcasting standard. As per the MDA mandate, FTA broadcaster MediaCorp will transmit all of its channels digitally by end 2013. Channels 5, 8, Suria and Vasantham will be available in HD by end-2013. The remaining three channels – okto, … [Read more...] about Singapore’s FTA channels to go fully digital by 2013
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OTT to take center stage at BroadcastAsia 2012
Singapore –One of the highlights for BroadcastAsia 2012 includes a new Over-the-Top (OTT) – aimed at addressing the delivery of content and reaching out to a new generation of audiences through PCs and mobile devices like tablets, smartphones and netbooks. A special showcase on the OTT business model and proposition will also be presented in collaboration with exhibitors Axon, EVS, Magna, Sony, Switchmedia and XOR Media (formerly known as Seachange), and with Sony Pictures Television … [Read more...] about OTT to take center stage at BroadcastAsia 2012
Singapore’s Starhub Pay TV services register highest growth
Singapore – Starhub Ltd has reported a 28% growth in net profit to S$88 million for the first quarter of 2012. The company’s Pay TV segment grew by 5 percent to S$96 million, accounting for 16 percent of its revenue mix and leading its other business segments in terms of growth. Starhub attributes the pay TV revenue growth to the higher HD set-top box rental revenue and the S$2 monthly subscription price increase effective since August 2011, which has also resulted in a higher pay TV … [Read more...] about Singapore’s Starhub Pay TV services register highest growth
NHK WORLD TV expands distribution in New York
New York – NHK WORLD TV, the stand-alone 24-hour English language TV news channel produced by NHK, is expanding its distribution in the New York ADI via Verizon FiOS (Channel 482). NHK WORLD TV debuted in the New York region last month as digital broadcast through a dedicated, over-the-air channel on Regional News Network (WRNN – Channel 48.5), making it available to six million households in the New York City area. The network is also available in HD in NYC area to Time Warner … [Read more...] about NHK WORLD TV expands distribution in New York
NHK WORLD TV goes on air in NYC
New York – NHK WORLD TV, a stand-alone 24-hour English language TV news channel, is now available for the first time to more than seven million TV viewers in the New York City region. NHK WORLD TV is available as digital broadcast through a dedicated, over-the-air channel on Regional News Network (WRNN -- Channel 48.5). The network will also be available in HD to Time Warner Cable subscribers (Channel 771 in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Channel 792 in Bergen County, NJ and … [Read more...] about NHK WORLD TV goes on air in NYC
SES unveils new IP-based technology
Singapore – SES, together with leading industry partners, has introduced SAT-IP, a new IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution to any IP-enabled device. Unveiled at the annual SES Industry Days, a LIVE demo of SAT-IP multiswitches showing the distribution of satellite programmes over various IP-based infrastructures (CAT5 Ethernet, Power Line, Plastic Optical Fibre and WiFi) was presented to more than … [Read more...] about SES unveils new IP-based technology
