The recent deployments of PPV and even VOD/SVOD have been primarily driven by platforms looking for competitive advantage, and to reduce subscriber churn.
And as demand for applications surges in the region, emerging technologies such as IPTV and mobile TV are opening up new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Singapore – SingTel has introduced Bloomberg’s new multi-faceted application for mobile devices exclusively available to SingTel postpaid mobile customers, marking the world’s first launch of the mobile service.
The interactive service allows users to create a personalized portfolio [...]
Seoul/Hong Kong – Games developer Electronic Arts is set to acquire the assets of Hands-On Mobile Korea, the Korean mobile developer and publisher responsible for mobile role-playing game Heroes Lore. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and EA does not expect the [...]
Speculation is mounting that REED MIDEM's cross-platform content show AMAZIA is to be cancelled.
Scheduled for 17-20 November 2008, at the HKCEC in Hong Kong, many exhibitors were confused at AMAZIA's timing so soon after MIPCOM, just before the CASBAA Conference, and in apparent [...]
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 [...]
New York – Starcut, which has been working with CNBC in Asia since June 2007, has announced a deal with NBC Universal to provide tools and software for building and managing ad-supported mobile internet sites (WAP) for NBC series including “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Biggest [...]
Seoul – Korean rivals Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are collaborating for the first time to jointly develop a mobile TV technology aimed at becoming the industry standard in North America.
The surprise and inaugural cooperation was jointly announced by Park Jong-woo, [...]
Hong Kong – Action and adventure channel AXN will premiere new post apocalyptic world 2.5D animated series, Afterworld, on May 19, 2008, and will complement the TV series with online and mobile initiatives. The series will also air on Animax channel from July 7.
Afterworld follows [...]