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Breaking News

TVB lays off staff, freezes pay - 1 December 2008

Hong Kong – 212 ‘non-artistes’ were to receive termination letters today at Hong Kong’s dominant commercial broadcaster TVB. Confirmed Friday by the external affairs department, cutbacks are put do [...]

Bloomberg on KT MEGA TV, Korea - 26 November 2008

Bloomberg Television Asia Pacific is the first foreign media to begin a 24hrs live streaming service on Mega TV by KT, Korea's largest fixed-line telephony operator and broadband internet provider. Th [...]

HBO Asia appoints new marketing head - 24 November 2008

Singapore - HBO Asia has appointed Magdalene Ew as vice president, marketing. Ew will oversee the regional marketing strategy for HBO Asia. Ew reports to Jacelyn Kek, senior vice president, sales & af [...]

Executive News

Ad growth forecast at lowest since 2002
Executive News, 24 November 2008

Hong Kong - Advertising growth in Asia-Pacific will slow to 2.5 per cent in 2009, its lowest rate since 2002, according to the latest forecasts from Media Partners Asia (MPA). In 2008, regional ad rev [...]

MPAA CEO Dan Glickman delivers industry address at 3DX Festival
Executive News, 24 November 2008

Hong Kong/Singapore - Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman delivered the industry address to delegates attending the 2008 3D Film & Entertainment Technology [...]

Strong momentum in China-Singapore media collaborations
Executive News, 24 November 2008

Singapore - Led by a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) on media cooperation between the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and the People's Republic of China's State Administration for Radi [...]

ESS secures rights to UEFA Champions League for Malaysia, Brunei and China; adds UEFA Europa League for China
Executive News, 24 November 2008

Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has renewed a multi-year exclusive agreement with Europe's governing body of football, UEFA, for multi-platform rights on a pay basis to the UEFA Champions' League f [...]

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Growth or sloth?
30 May 2008

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Plus points 20 February 2008

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Universally speaking 1 October 2007

Upcoming Events

Asia Television Forum

10 December 2008 - 12 December 2008
Location: Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Center,Singapore

Siggraph Asia

10 December 2008 - 13 December 2008
Location: Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Center,Singapore

November 2008 Issue

Cover Story:

The attention economic crisis
1 November 2008

what with global warming and the global financial meltdown, it seems hardly a day goes by without a heart-wrenching natural disaster, or greed-fuelled economic one, dominating the day’s headlines. Possibly even more worrying than the events themselves, is that anyone should be surprised at their occ [...]

Olympic sponsors’ medal tally
1 November 2008

sponsors constantly question the effectiveness of their investments in event sponsorships and the effect it has on their brand equity, revenue growth, profitability and market share. Sponsors face the difficulty of quantifying, within reasonable time after the sponsorship event, the potential benefi [...]

Keeping news new in a 2.0 world
1 November 2008

it’s been one hell of a spell for the world’s news gatherers; in the midst of covering the countdown to the US Presidential Elections – a race being played out in a more public arena than ever before – the economic crisis finally hit home. It’s not as if no-one saw it coming, over a year ago MEASAT [...]

Nexon generation gaming
1 November 2008

with rapid, worldwide improvement of internet penetration and overall environment surrounding the online industry, the online game market has consistently grown to a market size estimated at over US$8.5 billion as of 2008, accounting for 9.9 percent of the world’s entire gaming market. Online gaming [...]

Collision course
1 November 2008

“when I was asked to come to Singapore, and told I had to talk about the future of video games, I said ‘I’ll be talking to the future of video games’, and here I am, “ started Professor Jenkins, addressing Students’ Day at the recent Games Convention Asia Conference, held 18-20 September 2008 at Sun [...]