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Discovery HD launches Down Under - 1 July 2008

Sydney - Discovery HD has launched as one of the five dedicated HD channels on new service FOXTEL HD +. Since its 2005 launch into the Asia Pacific region, Discovery HD is now available in Austr [...]

Sony TV sets to get movie downloads - 30 June 2008

Tokyo – Sony movies are to be streamed via the Internet to its latest LCD sets, before their release onto DVD. Hancock, starring Will Smith, will be the first movie streamed over the Internet to So [...]

July 1 launch for Sci Fi and Universal Channel in Singapore - 29 June 2008

Singapore – NBC Universal’s two new channels Sci Fi and Universal Channel will debut on StarHub Digital Cable’s Entertainment Basic Upsize Group from 5pm July 1 2008. Sci Fi, taglined ‘where imagin [...]


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Executive News

Fox sets up Korea subsid for new media
Executive News, 30 June 2008

Seoul - Fox International Channels' (FIC) new subsidiary Fox Ventures Korea, slated for launch July 2008, is to target that market's rapidly growing new media business. Digital video-on-demand, an [...]

SVP seconded into BBC Global Channels Asia
Executive News, 30 June 2008

Singapore - BBC Global Channels' senior vice president strategy and business development Anne Howarth has been seconded to the Asia team. Described by one source as only a temporary secondment, the [...]

Li set to leave MTV Networks China
Executive News, 30 June 2008

Sources have confirmed that Li Yifei, executive vice president and managing director of MTV Networks China, is set to leave the company. But rumours that Li's exit was forced upon her are being pl [...]

Caldecott Production's Int'l to launch new HD channel
Executive News, 30 June 2008

La Rochelle - MediaCorp's Caldecott Productions International (CPI) will be launching its HD channel - Caldecott HD - on internet and IPTV platforms such as Babelgum, Joost, Factual TV, ClixSmartv and [...]


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Upcoming Events

Siggraph 2008

11 August 2008 - 15 August 2008
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, LA,California

IBC Conference & Exhibition

11 September 2008 - 16 September 2008
Location: RAI Center, Amsterdam

MIP Junior

11 October 2008 - 12 October 2008
Location: Cannes,France

June 2008 Issue
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Malaysia in focus
1 June 2008

2007 saw Malaysia’s media industry continue its ascendancy with major players recording healthy growth and profits with new business developments announced through the year, as the nation celebrated its 50th year of independence and nationhood. Advertising expenditure across all media in 2007 rec [...]

Featured Stories:

New media in practice
1 June 2008

While there is still much hype surrounding new media, most, in 2008, are no longer new. Newsgroup chat rooms, conceived in 1979, will celebrate their 30th anniversary next year. ‘Weblogs’, now commonly known as blogs, were created in 1997; ‘bloggers’ have been blogging for a decade. Yahoo and Google [...]

Meeting digital demands
1 June 2008

The recent deployments of PPV and even VOD/SVOD have been primarily driven by platforms looking for competitive advantage, and to reduce subscriber churn. And as demand for applications surges in the region, emerging technologies such as IPTV and mobile TV are opening up new revenue streams for [...]

ABS-2 reaches for the sky
1 June 2008

What have been ABS’s most significant deals and developments in the past 6-12 months? In the past 12 months, ABS has seen unprecedented growth of our business. We achieved our fill factor from 50% to 90% and increased the amount of television channels available on our satellite to over 90 channe [...]

WWE smacks down in Asia
1 June 2008

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is no stranger to the Asia Pacific, with loyal fans strewn across the region from Japan and Korea, through South and Southeast Asia, down to Australia and New Zealand. Recently, Taj TV’s Ten Sports brought WWE Superstar The Great Khali back to his native India [...]