Yahoo! Philippines country manager and country editor Kate Delos Reyes shows the features of anc.yahoo.com The Philippines’ 24/7 ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) and Yahoo! Philippines have joined forces to provide news content to online users in the region and Filipinos across the world. The partnership enables Yahoo! Philippines to build a strong presence on TV. The move makes ANC its top content partner, providing its network with the latest news and information culled directly from the LIVE … [Read more...] about ANC and Yahoo! Philippines ink news content partnership
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MP & Silva to distribute BPL in the Philippines and Taiwan until 2016
MP & Silva, a leading international media rights company, has secured a direct deal with the Premier League to distribute the media rights of the top-tier Premier League for the next three seasons in the Philippines and Taiwan. The package covers TV rights of all 380 matches per season in both territories. Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Scudamore, said: “We know MP & Silva well as they have acquired Premier League rights in the past and we are pleased to be … [Read more...] about MP & Silva to distribute BPL in the Philippines and Taiwan until 2016
NTC issues guidelines on cable TV and internet signal theft
According to Interaksyon, the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a new law criminalising cable TV (CATV) and internet signal theft. Under the draft rules, any person or private entity is prohibited from intercepting or receiving any signal or service offered over a CATV or cable internet signal by tapping, making or causing to be made, any connection to an existing CATV or cable internet network … [Read more...] about NTC issues guidelines on cable TV and internet signal theft
TV ASIA Plus WEB-EXCLUSIVE: New to CommunicAsia: Spacecom
Eyal Copitt, SVP Sales Africa, Asia & Marketing, Spacecom Q: How is Amos entering the Asia-Pacific market? A: First of all, Amos Spacecom is a satellite operator since 1996. In the beginning, we started with Europe, Middle East and Africa. This year, we are going to launch a satellite in a new orbital location of 65 degrees East, AMOS-4 – which for us is a totally new business, penetrating into the Asian market. Having the satellite at 65 degrees East over the Indian Ocean allows us to … [Read more...] about TV ASIA Plus WEB-EXCLUSIVE: New to CommunicAsia: Spacecom
CommunicAsia: SES extends partnership in Thailand and the Philippines
From left: Manop Tokarnka, CEO of IPMTV, Anie P. Naval, COO & Managing Director of MediaScape, Kriengkrai Sriananraksa, COO of IPMTV with Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES. Singapore - At CommunicAsia 2013, SES has announced that it has signed two deals in Asia Pacific. SES announced for a new multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Philippines’ Mediascape Inc for Cignal Digital TV on SES-7 at 108.2 degrees East. Additionally, … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES extends partnership in Thailand and the Philippines
ABS to provide localised playout for FIC Philippines
Hong Kong - Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and FOX International Channels Philippines Corporation (FIC) announced that they have signed a multi-year and multi-million dollar contract agreement for MCPC services, playout and satellite capacity on ABS-1 and ABS-2 satellites. This service will start second half of 2013 on ABS-1 satellite and will transition to ABS-2 after it is launched later this year. ABS has made a significant investment on the ground infrastructure and in the installation of … [Read more...] about ABS to provide localised playout for FIC Philippines
