Tehran – The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has called on the International Olympic Council (IOC) to prioritize free-to-air broadcasters when distributing Olympic Games’ broadcast rights and to sell the rights directly to the free-to-air broadcasters. These were among the main concerns highlighted by the “Tehran Declaration on Media Coverage of the Olympic Games” adopted by the 44th ABU General Assembly in Iran on November 3. The General Assembly also appealed to … [Read more...] about ABU appeals to IOC to prioritize FTA broadcasters for Olympic broadcast rights
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Australia’s first business news channel to launch early 2008
Sydney- Sky News will launch Australia's first dedicated 24/7 business news channel in early 2008. Sky News Business Channel will deliver at least 16 hours per day of Australian-produced programming as well as drawing on content from the new FOX Business Network in the US, the UK's BSkyB Business News service and Reuters Television. "Business Channel is a major advance for business journalism in Australia," said Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO of Sky News' parent, Australian News Channel Pty Ltd … [Read more...] about Australia’s first business news channel to launch early 2008
Pay-TV piracy bill reads US$1.54 billion for 2007
Hong Kong – The survey of revenue leakage over the last 12 months in the regional pay-TV industry conducted by CASBAA and Standard Chartered Bank, has placed losses at $US1.54 billion, up from $US1.13 billion in 2006. Covering Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Macau and new addition Pakistan, the report also highlights that at least $US213 million has been lost in unpaid taxes across the region this year. Lee Beasley, … [Read more...] about Pay-TV piracy bill reads US$1.54 billion for 2007
Bebo and Yahoo!7 form strategic partnership
Sydney – Yahoo!7 and Bebo today unveiled an exclusive strategic alliance to provide display advertising, integration of popular Yahoo!7 products and the delivery of entertaining media. Under the agreement, Yahoo!7 will sell Bebo's display advertising in Australia, reaching an estimated 1.4 million users and doubling Yahoo!7's ad impressions. It's the first agreement of its kind with a social networking site in Asia Pacific, according to Yahoo!7. The partnership will consist of three major … [Read more...] about Bebo and Yahoo!7 form strategic partnership
CIMG unveils more channel brands at CASBAA
Hong Kong - Comcast International Media Group (CIMG), formerly E! Networks, made its debut in the Asia Pacific with a full rebrand at CASBAA Convention 2007. Aspects of CIMG’s new global strategy include the debut of The Style Network worldwide with an Asia Pacific launch scheduled for 2008. The Golf Channel is currently available in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore with a 24-hour service set to launch globally next year. Additionally, CIMG recently unveiled a suite … [Read more...] about CIMG unveils more channel brands at CASBAA
Movies-on-demand stifled by technology
HOLLYWOOD movies are driving the on-demand business in Asia Pacific—a business that is still in its infancy. But the industry is being hamstrung by a complex array of technological and cost issues.Safeguarding content from piracy, bandwidth availability and billing issues are among the factors impeding Video-on-Demand and Subscription VOD services. “Network infrastructure capacity constraints and content protection remain the biggest obstacles for SVOD carriage,” says Caroline Wong, … [Read more...] about Movies-on-demand stifled by technology