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KidsCo debuts on PCCW’s now TV in Hong Kong
iptv, 14 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 IPTV service. The Hong Kong launch adds to carriage deals with regional operators including Singapore’s SingTel mio TV, the Philippines’ [...]

Richard Woo joins AAAN as director, new media and affiliate sales
iptv, 7 May 2008

Singapore – AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) has appointed Richard Woo as director of new media and affiliate sales. Based in AAAN’s regional office in Singapore, Woo reports to Louis Boswell, general manager, AAAN, and is responsible for distribution of AAAN channel brands including [...]

IOL Netcom debuts IPTV service in India with Verimatrix content security
iptv, 6 May 2008

Singapore/Mumbai – Broadband Internet service provider IOL Netcom has launched India's first on-demand IPTV service in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore, available to more than 250,000 subscribers, using Verimatrix’s content security technologies. IOL Netcom is expecting the [...]

Granada Int’l closes HD content deal with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom
iptv, 5 May 2008

Hong Kong – Granada International, part of UK’s ITV, has sold more than 300 hours of HD programming to Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom, to be available via its Multimedia On-Demand (MOD) IPTV-VOD service. Titles covered by the deal include recently launched dramas My Boy Jack, Murdoch [...]

Land of rising opportunity
iptv, 1 May 2008

Speaking at a media breakfast to announce TV Man Union Inc.’s collaboration with FremantleMedia, chairman and CEO of TV Man Union Inc., Yutaka Shigenobu said that Japanese media is in a constant stage of change. “With the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting in 2011, [...]

Asian TV biz set to ride out global slowdown
iptv, 1 May 2008

The three-month American Writers Guild strike took a heavy toll on many Asian broadcasters, forcing them to run repeats, delay the launches of some series and otherwise rejig their schedules. Now that the supply of US programming is flowing again, the outlook among the Hollywood [...]

BabyFirstTV to debut in China on SMG’s BesTV IPTV platform
iptv, 1 May 2008

Los Angeles – BabyFirst and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) have inked a deal to launch US-based child development channel BabyFirstTV on the latter’s BestTV IPTV platform in China from May 2008. Established in November 2005 as a subsidiary of SMG, BesTV is the first IPTV company in [...]

hanarotelecom sued for alleged sale of subscribers’ information
iptv, 30 April 2008

Seoul – A group of subscribers has commenced collective legal action against Korean telco hanarotelecom for alleged unauthorized sale of subscribers’ personal information. 20 former and current employees including hanarotelecom’s former CEO are facing charges of transferring [...]

hanaTV crosses 900,000 subscribers mark
iptv, 30 April 2008

Seoul – hanarotelecom’s IPTV service hanaTV has reached a subscription base of 900,000 to lead the South Korean IPTV market in subscriptions, ahead of rival KT’s Mega TV service which registered 567,230 subscribers as of March 2008. Quarterly revenue for Q1 2008 from hanaTV came [...]

SPTI seals day-and-date movie VOD deal with KT
iptv, 28 April 2008

Hong Kong – Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Korea’s KT Corporation inked a day-and-date VOD licensing deal for current and upcoming movies, and a VOD deal for new TV series, to be offered on KT’s IPTV service Mega TV. The day-and-date agreement covers recently [...]