India: Adlabs, a part of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India‘s leading entertainment conglomerate, made a major investment in state-of-the-art 4K film scanning, colour grading and colour management technology from FilmLight. The key elements of the package include a Northlight 24K pin registered film scanner, five Baselight colour grading systems and facility wide Truelight colour management. The company employs the systems in its Digital Intermediate workflow at its … [Read more...] about Adlabs launches 4K DI theatre with FilmLight technology
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67,000 attend CommunicAsia2008 & BroadcastAsia2008
Singapore - CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia 17-20 June 2008 saw a total of 67,573 attendees, with 52 percent coming from outside of Singapore, hailing from about 100 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, Europe, US and the Middle-East. Held together with CGOverdrive2008 and inter-government and industry meetings such as the imbX Ministerial Forum and the Regional Seminar on Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting, the event spread over eight halls. More than 2,300 exhibiting companies … [Read more...] about 67,000 attend CommunicAsia2008 & BroadcastAsia2008
National Geographic Channel Asia partners with MEASAT
Kuala Lumpur – MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (MEASAT) and National Geographic Channel Asia have announced an agreement for the National Geographic Channel HD and 2 other standard-definition channels, National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild to be distributed to payTV operators across Asia Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa via the MEASAT-3 satellite on the PCM (now GlobeCast Hong Kong) HD MCPC platforms. The 24-hour National Geographic Channel HD in Asia Pacific is currently … [Read more...] about National Geographic Channel Asia partners with MEASAT
WiMAX expo opens in Taipei
Taipei - The total output of Taiwan’s WiMAX production value is estimated to reach NT$30 billion (US$987 million) by 2015 through the combined efforts of the government and the private telecommunications sector, according to vice minister of economic affairs Shih Yen-shiang said yesterday. Addressing the WiMAX Expo opening ceremony at the Taipei World Trade Center, Shih said the exhibition would showcase the nation's most advanced WiMAX technologies, which provide wireless data over long … [Read more...] about WiMAX expo opens in Taipei
SingTel adds TRACE, launches mio TV on Mobile
Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) has announced the launch of its mio TV on Mobile service, and brought on international urban music and culture TV channel TRACE to its mio TV IPTV service. “With Singapore’s high mobile penetration rate and SingTel’s customer base of over 2.5 million mobile users, the largest in Singapore, it makes sense to offer compelling content on our mobile platform so that Singaporeans have access to their favourite mio TV content … [Read more...] about SingTel adds TRACE, launches mio TV on Mobile
Qualcomm and CETECOM sign test services agreement
Hong Kong – Qualcomm Inc, developer of wireless technologies and data solutions, and CETECOM Inc (USA), an independent wireless technology testing and certification organization have signed a test services agreement to establish the latter as the first independent FLO certification lab. CETECOM will apply approved testing and certification processes published by the FLO Forum and perform FLO Series I, II and III testing services on cellular and consumer electronics devices intended to … [Read more...] about Qualcomm and CETECOM sign test services agreement