Hong Kong - The SAR's second-placed terrestrial broadcaster, Asia Television (ATV) has appointed City Telecom chairman Ricky Wong as its chief executive officer; and former PCCW director Linus Cheung as executive chairman. Partly owned by ABN Amro, ATV is upping its digital offering in its efforts to gain market share from Television Broadcasts (TVB) which commanded around 73 percent of TV advertising revenues in 2007. Wong replaces Louis Rajkumar Page. Cheung, former executive director and … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s ATV appoints ex-telco execs
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Hana rebrands as SK Broadband
Seoul - Following its acquisition six months ago by telco giant SK Telecom, Hanarotelecom has been rebranded as SK Broadband. A major marketing push is expected during October as the company aims to dominate not just in internet protocol (IP) TV, but in high-speed internet, voice-over IP and home-networking services. Its Hana TV service, which has in excess of 760,000 subscribers, is now called broad&tv - other related products and services are variations of the broad& branding. Content … [Read more...] about Hana rebrands as SK Broadband
StarHub re-tiers, adds new channels
Singapore – StarHub Digital Cable has repackaged a number of its channel tiers and has announced the addition of new offerings to bring the total number of channels on its pay-TV service to a total of 159 by July 2008. Adding to its six Basic Groups, StarHub rolled out the new Lifestyle Basic Group. Most of the channels in the Basic Groups and Basic Upsize tiers have been repackaged from the unbundling of its Family Plus tier of 21 channels across different genres and the Chinese Plus II … [Read more...] about StarHub re-tiers, adds new channels
Al Jazeera English debuts on nowTV , boosts Philippines by 500,000
Hong Kong/Doha – Al Jazeera English debuted Wednesday on Hong Kong’s now TV, the IPTV unit of telco Pacific Century Cyberworks. Al Jazeera English launched as part of NOW TV's basic IPTV package, reaching some 882,000 subscribers. Transmission began 7pm local time with no additional charge and minimal publicity. The Doha-based new channel has been broadcast in Hong Kong via Cable TV since January 2008. Al Jazeera Network also sealed five distribution deals in the Philippines, … [Read more...] about Al Jazeera English debuts on nowTV , boosts Philippines by 500,000
THAICOM closes US$33million in contracts, Q1, 2008
Nonthaburi, Thailand - THAICOM Plc, commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPSTAR satellite broadband system, has clinched 22 service contracts worth US$33million with television channels and telcos for its satellite bandwidth services on the THAICOM platform in Q1, 2008. A total of 11 new TV channels joined the THAICOM-5 satellite to bring the total number of channels to over 240 on a single platform, with many using the THAICOM Teleport and DTH Center at Ladlumkaew, Pathumthani … [Read more...] about THAICOM closes US$33million in contracts, Q1, 2008
Channels caught in competition cross-fire
Singapore - Speculation is mounting that StarHub Cable Vision may axe channels as a warning to networks considering exclusive deals with rival telco SingTel on its mio TV pay-TV platform. One such channel in the firing line is BBC Entertainment, currently channel 76 on StarHub Digital Cable. Its future with StarHub is in doubt since parent network, BBC Global Channels, struck an exclusive deal with mioTV for its CBeebies, BBC Knowledge and BBC Lifestyle channels. Asked whether BBC … [Read more...] about Channels caught in competition cross-fire
