Singapore – CNBC and the Investment Coordinating Board (ICB) in Indonesia, announced a sponsorship of a special week of Squawk Box on the Road: Indonesia.
This campaign will feature CNBC’s signature show, Squawk Box, broadcasting live from Jakarta and Bali for the week of July [...]
News channel, euronews, together with FFL Paris, has made a renewal of its brand. From 20:00 CET on 4 June, euronews revealed a new logo, a new signature, a new look, a new identity for the programmes, a new website and a new marketing campaign of unedited communication.
The [...]
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/Mumbai – Broadband Internet service provider IOL Netcom has launched India's first on-demand IPTV service in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore, available to more than 250,000 subscribers, using Verimatrix’s content security technologies.
IOL Netcom is expecting the [...]
Irdeto is cautiously optimistic about the Asia-Pacific market. Whilst one cannot ignore the activities and issues in the global economy, the amount of activity in the digital TV and related sectors in the region is still buoyant. Whilst the near-term is very important, it is the [...]
Hong Kong – Motion Picture Association (MPA) has promoted Michael C. Ellis to president and managing director of its Asia Pacific operations. Based MPA’s Asia Pacific HQ in Singapore, he reports to MPA president and COO Bob Pisano.
Ellis is responsible for developing strategic [...]
Ra’anana, Israel – Viaccess, the France Telecom subsidiary specializing in content protection, conditional access and DRM solutions, will acquire a 100% stake in Orca Interactive Ltd, a provider of IPTV middleware and applications for an estimated US$21.4million. Completion of the [...]
Imagine a typical Tuesday morning in New Jersey, as 9.30am sees suburban families tuning into Disney Channel to watch Handy Manny and his talking tools. What they got May 2, 2007 however, was hardcore pornography; a blunder for which cable company Comcast accepted responsibility.
And [...]
Hong Kong/ Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), and the Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), which represents the Motion Picture Association (MPA), raided three pirate optical disc burner labs and a related printing facility [...]
Sydney- ninemsn and Telstra’s BigPond have reached a deal which will see BigPond music, movies and game downloads available through the ninemsn network.
From early 2008, all music, movie and game download transactions from the ninemsn network will be made through BigPond.
ninemsn [...]