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Al Jazeera English attains carriage on Hong Kong Cable
Internet, 10 January 2008

Hong Kong - Al Jazeera English has signed a carriage deal with Hong Kong Cable Ltd for the news channel to land in the Special Administration Region. Debuting on Jan 16 on Hong Kong Cable’s channel 34, Al Jazeera English’s distribution continues to expand beyond 100 million households [...]

Southeast Asia start for Lotus Channel in second quarter
Internet, 8 January 2008

Singapore – Lotus Channel, targeting women aged 25-45, is looking to roll out in Southeast Asia first, followed by South Asia and North Asia – excluding China and Japan. Gregg Creevey, one of the channel’s founders along with May Lee and a number of unnamed partners, says the [...]

Full IPTV service given go-ahead in Korea
Internet, 2 January 2008

Seoul – Korea’s National Assembly has passed the long-awaited IPTV bill on Dec 28 to allow full IPTV services to be launched in the country. The new bill allows real-time Internet streaming of TV programmes being aired by terrestrial broadcasters to complete ‘pre-IPTV’ services already [...]

Mark Taylor named as VP, International Ad Sales, AETN International
Internet, 11 December 2007

New York / London – AETN International has appointed Mark Taylor as Vice President, International Ad Sales. Based in AETN's London office, Taylor is responsible for developing international ad sales strategies for AETN channel brands including The History Channel, The History Channel [...]

Frontline buy boosts BT’s IT aspirations
Internet, 10 December 2007

Singapore - BT Group is to buy Singapore IT firm Frontline Technologies for S$202 million (US$139.8 million) to boost its presence in Asia. With existing operations in Japan, South Korea and Australia, BT’s acquisition of Frontline will give it greater exposure to China, India, [...]

New Labor Government to facilitate broadband roll-out
Internet, 3 December 2007

Sydney - Australia’s new Labor Government headed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has identified building a high-speed national broadband network as one of its top priorities. The first step will be to reconstitute a panel of experts to review Australia's telecommunications industry [...]

New media approaches mainstream status
Internet, 1 December 2007

ACCORDING to the Nielsen Media Index 2007 survey, traditional media continue to sustain their mass audience presence. But Internet and cable TV, traditionally seen as ‘new’ or ‘alternative’, have moved a step closer to ‘mainstream’ media status with about half the population viewing [...]

Judgement Day
Internet, 1 December 2007

“WHAT gets me hooked on TV these days are episodic content that packs enough interesting plot twists and character development into each installment, making for highly engaging viewing. Ugly Betty is a good yardstick,” explains Danny Chan, Editor, Asia Image. As for what a Superpitch [...]

BBC World launches global print and online campaign for World News Today
Internet, 26 November 2007

London - BBC World has launched a global print and online consumer advertising campaign to support the channel’s flagship World News Today hour-long news programs which are broadcast during morning and evening primetimes across all time zones. World News Today delivers breaking news [...]

Internet in Taiwan on the rise, says Yahoo
Internet, 19 November 2007

Taipei – Internet penetration among 15-39 year olds in Taiwan has hit 74% and will continue to rise, according to executives from Yahoo Kimo Taiwan. Of Taiwan’s 12.5 million Internet users, 10 million are frequent users – up from 3 million in 1998. Amongst the 15-39 demographic, [...]