Singapore – BBC Lifestyle has debuted in Indonesia on PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk’s (EMTEK Group), newly launched digital Pay-TV service, Nexmedia. “Indonesia is a major market for us in Asia with the pay-television market there offering enormous room for growth,” commented Mark Whitehead, SVP and GM of BBC Worldwide Channels Asia. The launch of BBC Lifestyle on Nexmedia follows closely the formal launch of BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and BBC Entertainment in Taiwan … [Read more...] about Indonesian lifestyle
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Trace continues Asian expansion
Hong Kong - Trace Sports HD launches today in Malaysia and Indonesia will follow on 1 December. The HD sports channel is available via HyppTV, Malaysia's newest Broadband TV provider, and Indonesia's TelkomVision Groovia TV, the country's first IPTV service. It was also picked up by Thailand's TrueVision recently. James Ross, CEO of Lightning International, Representative for Trace Sports HD in the Asia-Pacific region, said the growing demand in these two markets for sports news makes them … [Read more...] about Trace continues Asian expansion
HBO makes Demands in Indonesia
Singapore - HBO Asia has announced that HBO On Demand is now available for the first time in Indonesia. Subscribers of PayTV operators First Media and Telkomvision’s IPTV platform can access the service from this month. Additionally, enhancements to two of HBO Asia’s bouquet of channels and services took place from 1 October. HBO Signature has refreshed its on-air identity; and HBO HD, the first high definition regional subscription English movie channel in Asia, has time-shifted. … [Read more...] about HBO makes Demands in Indonesia
All orange for Irdeto
Jakarta – PT Mega Media Indonesia, the country’s newest player in direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast services, has selected Irdeto’s conditional access (CA) solution to launch ‘Parabola Orange TV’ pay TV services. Parabola Orange TV broadens Indonesia’s access to digital TV broadcast services through a combination of post-paid subscription and a “Prepaid Plus” concept while offering unlimited free-to-air viewing. Irdeto provided Mega Media Indonesia … [Read more...] about All orange for Irdeto
BabyFirst grows in Asia
Los Angeles, CA – BabyFirst, the US-based 24/7 commercial-free educational channel for babies distributed in Asia by HBO, has expanded its reach to include leading operators NexMedia, AORA and Megamedia in Indonesia, and CEPCO in Cambodia. BabyFirst can now be seen throughout Indonesia via AORA on channel 114 and on NexMedia (formerly known as MAC) on channel 101. MegaMedia will launch the BabyFirst service in Indonesia later this year. In addition, CEPCO will offer the BabyFirst channel … [Read more...] about BabyFirst grows in Asia
Indonesia hungry for more TV
Ramadan has seen a surge in TV viewers and consumption level in Indonesia. Compared to regular months, there were 14 per cent more TV viewers during Ramadan 2010. Viewers are also watching more TV, spending 4 hours and 40 minutes compared to 4 hours and 16 minutes during regular months. According to Nielsen, there are several explanations for this. First, consumers prefer to stay home and watch TV, which airs religious programs during this time. Additionally, school holidays during this period … [Read more...] about Indonesia hungry for more TV
