Taiwan’s media scene has changed significantly since the beginning of the internet era. According to Nielsen Taiwan, only 18% of its population had access to the internet daily in 2000. But by 2015, 79% of its population of 23.3 million are connected. Television still remains the most popular platform for receiving news, but this viewership has declined from 93% to 88% in 2000. Still, pay-TV is increasingly saturated with the focus shifted to more on-demand services. pay-TV … [Read more...] about Video streaming gaining popularity in Taiwan
Pay-TV
Thailand in View
Bangkok – CASBAA returns to Thailand to host its third Thailand in View, an in depth forum examining the multichannel TV industry in the country, on 6 September at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld. In conjunction with the forum, CASBAA will also release a member exclusive Thailand in View 2016 market research report with the most up-to-date information on Thailand’s exciting pay-TV market and containing important TV industry data and regulatory information. Guests … [Read more...] about Thailand in View
Pay-TV operators to develop data-driven CRM strategies
London – To stem customer attrition Pay-TV operators today have to ensure they move beyond simply providing a good service and collecting payment, and instead use insights gleaned from subscriber data to pre-empt customer defections and even win back those who have already left, according to a new research-based whitepaper from Paywizard. In the paper, entitled Seize the Moments: Easy Exit, Welcome Return, Paywizard demonstrates that increasingly pay-TV customers are demanding a better … [Read more...] about Pay-TV operators to develop data-driven CRM strategies
Seeking the next big thing
Tell us about your new platform. Recently, we’ve done two things with StarHub in Singapore - first, at the beginning of April we launched BBC First, our premium drama service. We decided to launch it as an on demand service rather than as a linear channel. In other parts of the world, we have a BBC First linear channel, for example - in Australia, Belgium and South Africa. We felt that BBC First was more suited as an on-demand service in Asia, as for premium drama such as Sherlock, Luther and … [Read more...] about Seeking the next big thing
NAGRA and MTM reveal APAC pay-TV findings
Cheseaux, Switzerland and Singapore – NAGRA, a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) company and a provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, in partnership with MTM, a leading international research and strategy consultancy, have revealed the APAC findings from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum research program. This latest paper reviews the pay-TV landscape in the Asia-Pacific region and confirms that growing competition is driving an increased focus on innovation. The region is … [Read more...] about NAGRA and MTM reveal APAC pay-TV findings
IPTV surpass satellite TV
The number of paying IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region overtook paying satellite TV ones in 2015, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. Covering 22 countries, the fifth edition of the Digital TV Asia-Pacific Forecasts report states that IPTV growth is far from over with 123.5 million subscribers expected by 2021. China will contribute 78.4 million IPTV subs (or nearly two-thirds of the region’s total) by 2021. Of the 314 million digital TV homes to be added between … [Read more...] about IPTV surpass satellite TV