Hong Kong - Telco City Telecom (HK) Ltd. announced it had submitted an application to the Broadcasting Authority for a license to provide free-to-air TV services. City Telecom said in a statement it would need a maximum cumulative investment at HK$210 million before reaching positive free cash flow. With plans to offer various informative and entertaining content including news & infotainment, children, youth, elderly, as well as arts & culture, the telco expects to provide coverage throughout … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s City Telecom submits application for TV licence
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Chunghwa Telecom lowers Multimedia On Demand forecast
Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom has lowered its forecast for end-year subscribers on its Multimedia on Demand (MOD) fibre network. The telco now expects to reach 700,000 customers by the end of this year, and 1 million by the end of 2010. Chunghwa had been hoping to reach 2 million MOD customers by the end of 2010, according to reports in news website Benzinga. Chunghwa Telecom saw its IPTV subscriber base fall by 26,000 customers in the third quarter of this year to reach 660,000 by the end of June. … [Read more...] about Chunghwa Telecom lowers Multimedia On Demand forecast
New Zealand starts IPTV trials
New Zealand telco TelstraClear has started testing IPTV services, and has pointed out that it plans to deliver the service over the country's yet-to-be-built ultra-fast broadband network, according to reports in the New Zealand Herald. Mathew Bolland, head of national broadband network engagement at TelstraClear, said in an interview that the company has just completed testing IPTV in a workshop in the country's capital of Wellington, using the fibre network of Whangarei-based firm Northpower to … [Read more...] about New Zealand starts IPTV trials
Indonesia’s Telkom bumps IPTV launch to 2010
Indonesia - PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) announced that it will now be launching IPTV in 2010. The service will be available initially in Jakarta before expanding to five other locations including Surabaya, Medan and Bali by 2011. Speaking at a news conference, Rinaldi Firmansyah, president of Telkom noted that the telco's aim is to attract around 40 percent of the 8.7 million fixed-line subscribers after two to three years. The company has reportedly spent IDR 1 trillion (US$105 … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s Telkom bumps IPTV launch to 2010
Korea Communications Commission: KT nears 1mn IPTV subs
South Korea - Data from the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has revealed that telco KT had 988,000 subscribers for its IPTV service 'Qook TV', with 703,000 customers using its broadcast service and around 285,000 customers using its VOD-only service, reports The Korea Herald. However, the country's three IPTV operators - KT, SK Broadband and LG Dacom - are unlikely to meet the target of a combined 2mn subscribers for broadcast IPTV services which the KCC has set for the end of 2009. … [Read more...] about Korea Communications Commission: KT nears 1mn IPTV subs
Korea’s LG Dacom sees IPTV sales soar in Q3
South Korean telco LG Dacom saw revenues from its IPTV service 'myLGtv' soar 76% in the third quarter of this year to reach KRW 8.35bn (US$ 7mn), having a positive impact on the operator's overall profit for the period. The telco is one of three major IPTV operators in South Korea, which have collectively been given the aim of reaching 1mn subscribers by the end of the year. Regulatory impediments were lifted at the beginning of the year preventing the country's IPTV operators from delivering … [Read more...] about Korea’s LG Dacom sees IPTV sales soar in Q3
