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Tech perspectives
iptv, 1 June 2008

May Yin Oh Senior Director of Business Development for Greater China and India, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies. Mobile television is now a reality in 12 Asia-Pacific countries and consumer demand in Asia is growing faster than the rest of world. ABI Research estimates there will [...]

SingTel adds TRACE, launches mio TV on Mobile
iptv, 26 May 2008

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 [...]

DAIT and Chunghwa Telecom seal IPTV VOD content deal
iptv, 26 May 2008

Hong Kong – The Walt Disney Company’s international TV distribution arm, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has closed a content deal with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom for current movies and TV series to be made available on Chunghwa’s Multimedia On-Demand (MOD) IPTV [...]

Al Jazeera reports distribution gains
iptv, 26 May 2008

Doha – Al Jazeera Network has reported gains in distribution for both Al Jazeera English and the original Al Jazeera Arabic channels as the former’s reach expanded by 10million households to over 110million homes worldwide, while the latter is currently available to more than 50million [...]

SingTel launches mio TV on Mobile
iptv, 20 May 2008

Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced the launch of its mio TV on Mobile 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 [...]

Al Jazeera English debuts on nowTV , boosts Philippines by 500,000
iptv, 19 May 2008

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 [...]

KidsCo adds now TV in Hong Kong
iptv, 19 May 2008

London – KidsCo, the JV channel owned by NBC Universal (NBCU), DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment, has launched in Hong Kong on PCCW’s now TV. Originall slated for Mach 20 2008, a source attributed the delay to “technical difficulties”. March 20 saw KidsCo carriage deals [...]

China Netcom to expand IPTV trial service in 2008
iptv, 19 May 2008

Fixed-line operator China Netcom is looking to expand its IPTV trial service to 10 or more new Chinese cities later in 2008, adding to trials currently being conducted in six cities. China Netcom vice president Jiang Zhengxin revealed that coordination work is in progress among [...]

MediaCorp invests in Madhouse Inc’s Yona Yona Penguin
iptv, 19 May 2008

Singapore – MediaCorp is partnering with Japanese animation house Madhouse Inc with its investment into Yona Yona Penguin, a 3D CGI Japanese animation film created and produced by Madhouse Inc and France’s Denis Friedman Productions. Produced at a budget of US$13million, Yona [...]

Burman appointed new MD of Al Jazeera English
iptv, 15 May 2008

Doha - The Al Jazeera Network today announced that it has appointed Tony Burman as the new managing director for the Al Jazeera English channel. Predecessor Nigel Parsons assumes the position of managing director of business acquisition & development. Burman’s appointment [...]