Tokyo - The sixth edition of the annual Tokyo International Anime Festival opened on March 22 with a record 270 exhibitors, including 55 from overseas, occupying 750 booths at Tokyo Big Sight. Out of 457 entries, Kadokawa Movies' feature film The Girl Who Leapt through Time was declared the year’s best anime and its director Mamoru Hosoda took the best director's award. One innovation this year is the Robot Animation Expo, exhibiting 55 robot anime from the early days of … [Read more...] about Record exhibitor turnout for Tokyo International Anime Festival
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PCCW’s now TV enhances its menu of channels
Hong Kong - Triple play service provider PCCW's IPTV network, now TV, inked multiple deals to carry Rainbow Media's VOOM HD channel, National Geographic Channel's video-on-demand (NGC VOD) service as well as Eurosport and Eurosportnews channels. The new offerings will potenially reach now TV's 700,000-strong customer base.24-hour VOOM HD channel provides HD programming on adventure travel, fashion, luxury lifestyle, art, live concerts, action sports and video gaming. VOOM HD … [Read more...] about PCCW’s now TV enhances its menu of channels
Nickelodeon Australia developing a safe-predictive text engine
Sydney- Nickelodeon is developing a new application for a safe-predictive text engine to ensure the security and suitability of content on its web site. Hugh Baldwin, Digital Media Director, Nickelodeon Australia, said this will enable viewers to chat online with their friends and other kids in community, but with limits on vocabulary. “This is an example of how we're trying to provide the freedoms and the great fun that can be had online, but at the same time, taking into account … [Read more...] about Nickelodeon Australia developing a safe-predictive text engine
ABC Island a new destination for Second Life
Sydney- The ABC was the first Australian media organisation to establish a presence in Second Life (secondlife.com) when ABC Island opened for visitors, initially on a trial basis, on March 19. Second Life is a 3D virtual environment created by US-based Linden Lab in 2003. Within the computer-rendered world, 'residents' can explore a territory larger than 42,000 acres in real-world scale, where they can create their own identity (an 'avatar') and interact with others in a … [Read more...] about ABC Island a new destination for Second Life
ABU guides broadcasters towards implementing DTV services
Kuala Lumpur- The ABU’s second international Digital Television Symposium 2007, being held in Kuala Lumpur March 26-29, is designed to help broadcasters implement DTV services and to provide updates on Mobile TV and HDTV.Speakers will include TV executives from Astro, Al Jazeera, DVB, Kordia, MediaCorp, Motion Pictures Association, Newtec, NHK, Nokia, Technomedia, Thomson, Quantel, Tektronix, TVB Hong Kong, Radio Frequency Systems and Rohde & Schwarz.“DTV will provide … [Read more...] about ABU guides broadcasters towards implementing DTV services
Industry associations propose changes to counter satellite bandwidth shortfall in India
New Delhi – VSAT Association of India (VSAI), Global VSAT Forum (GVF), and Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) have appealed to the Indian government to reconsider allocating existing satellite services’ bandwidth to terrestrial wireless service, Wimax.This was raised at an emergency meeting with representatives from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Planning Commission, which reports directly to the Cabinet.The … [Read more...] about Industry associations propose changes to counter satellite bandwidth shortfall in India