Singapore - Microsoft and MediaCorp announced a strategic partnership to launch an online portal that will combine the best from the worldwide leader in global software, services and solutions and Singapore's leading media company.
To be launched in the second quarter of 2010, [...]
Hong Kong - Celestial Pictures (Celestial) has signed another exclusive five-year output deal with Media Asia Distribution Co., Ltd. (Media Asia) bringing all new films produced by Media Asia from 2010 to 2014 to CELESTIAL MOVIES. The output agreement is by far the biggest deal made [...]
Sydney – Setanta Sports, a new sports channel with significant rugby content, is set for launch in Asia this year.
Setanta Sports, HQ’d in Sydney for the region, has secured rights to a number of prominent rugby union properties including the RBS Six Nations and all tournaments [...]
Seoul - TV5MONDE has launched on QOOK TV throughout the territory.
Korea Telecom’s QOOK TV is South Korea’s largest IPTV operator with 1.2 million subscribers, including about 900,000 subscribers to linear channels, according to the latest figures from the operator.
TV5MONDE [...]
Hong Kong - NewCo Rai International has launched a new Italian language channel, Yes Italia to Asia. This new 24-hour channel is available free to air on AsiaSat 5, offering a variety of content on Italy’s artistic, cultural and environmental heritage to television viewers across [...]
New Delhi - India's Hindi general entertainment channel Colors, owned by Viacom18 Media, will launch on the UK's Sky platform, according to a statement.
Viacom18 is a joint venture between Viacom Inc. and leading Mumbai-based broadcasting group Network18.
Featuring a mix of [...]
Miami - Venevision International, a global entertainment company of the Cisneros Group of Companies, announced that the ‘Somos tu y yo’ (You and Me) format is a proven success for Malaysia’s Astro Ria, providing the highest numbers in the channel’s history.
‘Kau Dan Aku’, as the [...]
Barcelona - China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless have gained membership to the GSMA following their commitment to deploy commercial services based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE), the next-generation wireless technology for Mobile Broadband.
China Telecom, KDDI, and Verizon [...]
According to the Taiwan Telecommunication Industry Report, in 2009 the total sales revenue from mobile services reached NTD154.3 billion (about US$4.83 billion) in Taiwan, down 5.4% yr-on-yr; and the sales revenue from fixed-line telephone business was NTD96.8 billion (about US$3.03 [...]
Singapore - StarHub announced the launch of a new free 24-hour sports channel – SuperSports Arena (Channel 122).
The channel offers exciting local sports programming as well as international sports including football, tennis and golf tournaments, and wrestling.
StarHub TV customers [...]