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: [...]
Singapore – BBC Worldwide Global Channels will launch its first subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, BBC HD, in Taiwan via Chunghwa Telecom, the territory’s largest operator of broadband multimedia services in April. BBC HD SVOD will offer 10 three-hour blocks of multiple-genre [...]
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 [...]
X|Media|Lab (XML), an international digital media event targeting to get ideas to market through creative development, business matching, and access to industry professionals, is starting its 2008 run from May 8-10, 2008 in Suzhou, China. Labs in Wellington, Seoul, Melbourne, Singapore, [...]
Beijing – ViDeOnline Communications, Ltd. (VDO), a video networking company, has won exclusive rights to package and create video advertisement partnerships for CCTV.com for live and VOD online channels video streaming broadcasts of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Under the agreement, [...]
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 [...]
Los Angeles – Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) will launch an E! Online branded mini-site on MSN (msn.co.nz) in New Zealand to offer E!’s up-to-the minute entertainment news and lifestyle content to the portal’s one million strong-community per month. The ad-supported [...]
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 [...]
Tokyo – The New Media Group (TNMG) has unveiled World On-Demand Television (WODTv), its first IPTV initiative for the Japanese market. WODTv will focus on offering channels and content for young urban Japanese audiences. The service is expected to add in-depth presentation and [...]
Asia's largest online and mobile music company, with 50-plus partner stores attracting the majority of online and wireless purchases, Soundbuzz also operates its own on-line store, www.soundbuzz.com, as well as providing content and/or technology infrastructure. The company has [...]