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A TV screen in its own right, or a means of offering complementary services, TVA monitors the increasing importance of the mobile device.

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FME and MDA in multi-platform content pact
Mobile, 7 April 2008

Cannes – FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore have signed a multi-year production agreement for content with bilateral investment of up to US$12 million over the next 2 years. The deal extends form the production of Kylie Kwong: [...]

Echo Bridge to acquire Alliance Atlantis International Distribution
Mobile, 7 April 2008

Needham/Los Angeles – Echo Bridge Entertainment will acquire, through a share purchase, Alliance Atlantis International Distribution from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. The deal will allow Echo Bridge Entertainment to distribute rights to first run and catalogue programming from [...]

Celestial Pictures’ Shaw Brothers titles reach Japan and Central Europe
Mobile, 7 April 2008

Hong Kong – Celestial Pictures has signed content deals with Kadokawa Entertainment and MGM Channel Central Europe to provide Shaw Brothers titles to multiple platforms in Japan, and pay TV in central Europe. In Japan, Shaw Brothers Library titles are being offered across video, [...]

The ins and outs of Hong Kong mobile TV
Mobile, 1 April 2008

There is almost a sense of inevitability in Hong Kong when it comes to broadcast mobile TV. Technical trials of DVB-H and MediaFLO platforms have been successfully undertaken, and the Hong Kong Telecommunications Authority has announced preparations for mobile TV licence auctions [...]

IPTV, PC on the rise but no real threat - yet
Mobile, 1 April 2008

New access technologies, be they IPTV or mobile TV, and the number of screens with which consumers interact in a day, are throwing up a new set of challenges for service providers, media owners and content providers. The onus is on the industry to package and present content in a [...]

SingTel scores 2009-2012 UEFA Champions League and Cup rights
Mobile, 20 March 2008

Singapore – The latest salvo fired in the pay TV battle in Singapore saw Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) take exclusive media rights including mobile, Internet and pay TV rights to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup European football competitions from 2009-2012. Both [...]

HK FILMART opens with 480 exhibitors from 30 territories in attendance
Mobile, 17 March 2008

Hong Kong – Some 480 exhibitors from 30 territories worldwide including pavilions of Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, China, and Canada, as well as Hong Kong majors including TVBI, ATV, Mei Ah Entertainment, Media Asia, Emperor Motion Pictures were in attendance at the 12th Hong Kong [...]

Qualcomm buys Xiam Technologies for US$32 million
Mobile, 13 March 2008

San Diego - Qualcomm Inc., developer of wireless technologies and data solutions including the MediaFLO broadcast to mobile standard, has acquired Xiam Technologies Ltd, an Irish developer of wireless content targeting solutions for US$32million. The transaction will not affect Qualcomm's [...]

Virgin Mobile partners with Tata for India launch
Mobile, 4 March 2008

Mumbai – Monday March 3 saw a rise in Tata Teleservices Maharashtra shares following latest news regarding the Virgin Mobile brand’s India launch in association with the company. Both parties say this is not a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) deal – since such status is [...]

Disney rings the bell for mobile
Mobile, 1 March 2008

It's a December day in Loyang, and the rain is hitting the roof so hard the crew is worrying it will be audible on the recording. But the brightly-coloured set and cheery personalities of the young cast form a very welcome contrast to the monsoon raging outside. And the Singapore [...]