A news network launched its trial transmission in Malaysia on Dec 1. Touting itself as Malaysia’s first free-to-air news and current affairs channel, Worldview Broadcasting Channel (WBC) launched its three-hour daily telecast within the Malaysian capital’s Klang Valley. It plans to increase this to six hours by February towards eventually having 24-hour transmission. Click here …
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Dec
07
TV Asia Pacific Interview with Ward Platt
Asia’s largest pay-TV channel operator with almost 30 brands, FOX International Channels (FIC) is employing a variety of methods to further expand its reach. As Ward Platt, president for the Asia Pacific and the Middle East at FIC, tells TV Asia Pacific, the company is rolling out more feeds for English-language pan-regional brands like Star …
Dec
06
Yonhap’s news cable TV begins in Korea
Yonhap News Agency’s news cable TV channel, “news Y,” began broadcasting nationwide today, launching a new chapter in South Korea’s media, the agency reports. The channel broadcast its first signal through cable TV networks and a satellite broadcasting channel. Its services are also available on Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). Four new general programme cable channels …
Oct
24
SAB TV sets foot in the U.S
Sony Entertainment Network has launched SAB TV, India’s premier family comedy channel in the US. SAB TV is now the first free-to-air 24/7 South Asian television channel in the US. The channel will be available to over 10 million households on channel 23.4 in the New York metro area and channel 44.4 in Dallas/Fortworth, Texas. …
Oct
04
The death of public service television
Something is very wrong in the state of New Zealand when public service broadcasting ends up behind Sky TV’s paywall shut off from 50 percent of New Zealanders who can no longer watch what was once free to air. That’s what has happened to TVNZ’s Heartland formerly on TVNZ 6. The channel, along with TVNZ …
Sep
21
COLORS launches on NOW TV platform in Hong Kong
Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd, an equal joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) and Network18, one of India’s leading entertainment conglomerates, today announced the launch of its flagship channel, COLORS in Hong Kong. Audiences will soon get to watch COLORS as Viacom18 collaborates with Hong Kong’s NOW TV platform to bring India’s …
Sep
19
Dailymotion to distribute Reuters videos
10.10 Europe/London, September 15, 2011 By Robert Briel Video file sharing site Dailymotion and news agency Reuters have signed an agreement that will see Dailymotion distribute live and on-demand video news content from Reuters. Reuters video content can now be viewed on Dailymotion via a dedicated Reuters channel. Dailymotion is among the top 30 most …
