London - Travel Channel International has debuted on screens in Australia with fetchtv. Scott Larson, CEO of fetchtv, said TC would add an extra splash of travel and adventure to the already strong content line up available on the new IPTV provider. Henry Cole, presenter of one
Top public broadcasters from all over the world will meet in Singapore for the 20th Public Broadcasters International (PBI) 2011 from 26 to 29 October 2011, which MediaCorp will host. This year’s conference will cover funding issues, strategies to navigate the digital age, the
Hong Kong – CASBAA announced that Google, along with Indonesian media platform Skynindo, and Australian telco and information services provider Telstra, have joined CASBAA as Corporate Members. Also newly signed to CASBAA’s corporate roster are Bollywood content provider, Hungama
Mumbai – Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. (RBNL), India’s youngest multimedia entertainment conglomerates, announced its most impressive result ever for a fiscal quarter, across all its business operations. In the quarter ending June 2011 vs. June 2010, RBNL reported revenues of
New York – AMC/Sundance Channel Global announced additional carriage for Sundance Channel and WE tv with major distributors in five countries across Europe and Asia for its international television networks and video-on-demand (VOD) services. Sundance Channel and WE tv are expanding
Taipei – LI TV HOLDINGS (Li) is continuing its expansion in Asia, launching in Taiwan on kbro, a cable platform; Chunghwa Telecom MOD, an IPTV platform; as well as the IPTV arm of Hong Kong Broadband Network, bbTV in Hong Kong. According to Li, these landings have increased the
Singapore - Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) today announced it will start distributing 3D programmes in Japan for the first time. 3D content will be made available through J:COM On Demand, a VOD service operated by Jupiter Telecom, and LISMO Video Store, operated by KDDI.
Government regulation in China has made the road to converged services like IPTV and mobile TV being offered a long and hard one, according to research firm, Ovum. In a new report “Telecoms and Media Convergence in China: a Regulatory Perspective”, the precise reason for this
Singapore – Encompass Digital Media today announced plans for its US$20 million investment into Singapore operations, with boosting capacity through technology and infrastructure upgrading. The investment will also be targeted at employee upskilling and engagement with the wider
First American Idol, now Germany’s Big Brother. Endemol has launched a voting platform on Facebook in Germany for the reality television series, Big Brother. For the first time ever, fans will be able to vote online for the contestant that they would like to see leave the “Big
