Singapore - Thirty years on, CommunicAsia is Asia's most established and relevant trade event for the infocomm industry. The event last year, together with BroadcastAsia and CGOverdrive, featured more than 2,200 exhibiting companies from 61 countries and attracted over 62,000 trade attendees from across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, US and the Middle-East regions. The shows will return to Singapore Expo from 16 - 19 June 2009. CommunicAsia2009 will feature key technologies that draw huge interest … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia celebrates 30 years of IT innovation & achievement
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Brand makeovers
Discovery Turbo 22 September 2008 saw Discovery Turbo replace Discovery Real Time in Australia, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Discovery Turbo is a new 24-hour channel dedicated to speed and all things motored - targeted at males 18-54. (This was not a rebrand per se, Discovery Real Time still exists as a brand in the UK and Europe.) Explains Tom Keaveny, executive vice president and managing director Discovery Networks Asia Pacific, “When we first launched Discovery Real Time in the region … [Read more...] about Brand makeovers
South Korea to speed up exports of IPTV, DMB and WiBRO
Korea - The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has said that it plans to speed up exports of homegrown IPTV, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) and Wireless Broadband (WiBRO) technologies, according to reports in local news portal ETNews, and will launch marketing strategies based on its market research. KOTRA has reportedly designated the US and Eastern Europe as its target markets for IPTV technology exports, Europe and Southeast Asia as its target markets for DMB exports, and … [Read more...] about South Korea to speed up exports of IPTV, DMB and WiBRO
Korea: IPTV postal service available from 2010
Korea - Officials at the Knowledge Economy Ministry say they will establish a postal service using Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) technology within this year to be commercialized in 2010. Koreans will soon be able to post and receive letters through the IPTV from as early as next year. The new system will also enable users to get access to various shopping and financial services. A test run is expected around September. … [Read more...] about Korea: IPTV postal service available from 2010
StarHub to deliver IEPL service into Malaysia; goes into full digital mode
Singapore - StarHub extended its International Ethernet Private Line (IEPL) service into Malaysia, following a partnership agreement with Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM). This means businesses in Singapore can deploy high-quality data, IP and voice/VoIP solutions into Malaysia using StarHub's international Ethernet connection. Launched in March 2008, StarHub's IEPL service - which scales from 2Mbps to 1Gbps - has been available to Singapore businesses that require point-to-point International … [Read more...] about StarHub to deliver IEPL service into Malaysia; goes into full digital mode
NDS safeguards Mediascape’s Cignal digital TV from piracy
Manila - NDS, the provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV announced that its VideoGuard conditional access technology ensures that Mediascape, the Philippines' digital satellite pay-TV provider remains unaffected by piracy. Pay-TV piracy in the Philippines recently made headlines as police raided pirate pay-TV operations, including illicit satellite TV reception as well as unauthorised cable systems in the Manila metropolitan area. According to CASBAA, pay-TV piracy in the … [Read more...] about NDS safeguards Mediascape’s Cignal digital TV from piracy