Singapore - HBO Asia has announced that HBO On Demand is now available for the first time in Indonesia. Subscribers of PayTV operators First Media and Telkomvision’s IPTV platform can access the service from this month. Additionally, enhancements to two of HBO Asia’s bouquet
TVA Plus: VOD, IPTV and OTT services have become quite entrenched in North America and Europe, with Netflix, Hulu and others quickly becoming commonplace. How do you view the emergence of such services in Asia? Paul: Video on Demand (VOD), Internet-Protocol TV (IPTV) and Over-The-Top
Jakarta – PT Mega Media Indonesia, the country’s newest player in direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast services, has selected Irdeto’s conditional access (CA) solution to launch ‘Parabola Orange TV’ pay TV services. Parabola Orange TV broadens Indonesia’s access to digital TV broadcast
London/ Beijing - Vision IPTV today has signed a multi-year agreement with China Central Television (CCTV) to distribute three of the Chinese network's channels to UK audiences via its latest broadband connected FreeviewHD televisions and set top boxes. CCTV will have a dedicated
Netflix is set to launch in the UK and Ireland in early 2012. In a statement, the company said consumers have unlimited access to films for a monthly subscription, and that a wide variety of electronic devices will be compatible with the service. More detail on content and pricing
Munich/Mumbai – Siemens CMT and Zee Entertainment have agreed on a worldwide long-term partnership in the development and establishment of delivering television content over the internet. Zee TV will deploy the Over-The-Top (OTT) television solution from Siemens. With this platform,
Los Angeles – Universal Pictures is launching its Facebook Social Cinema experience internationally by offering the first Johnny English film for rent in the UK and Australia, as well as the US. The comedy/spy thriller’s Facebook debut ties-in with the recent theatrical release
Hulu, the US catch-up TV portal is no longer up for sale. In a joint statement from its owners News Corp., Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company and the Hulu senior management team, the company said the sale process had been terminated. “Our focus now rests solely
This year’s MIPCOM saw multiple cross-platform deals made, blurring the lines that once separated television from the digital sphere. Miramax, Netflix and Fox Broadcasting Company are three examples of this digitalization of TV taking place. Miramax, which attended its first
Melbourne – Almost three quarters (74 per cent) of consumers with a broadband connection surveyed by Ovum’s Consumer Insights Analyzer, claim to surf the internet at the same time as watching TV. The independent telecoms analyst found that 37 per cent of consumers actually indulge
