A new digital cable TV network, known as the Asian Broadcasting Network (ABN), is set to launch in Malaysia by the second quarter of 2012, The Starreports. It promises to offer over 500 channels. At the point of launch, ABN expects to offer over 100 channels comprising a variety of content including free-to-air channels and …
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Nov
18
Zee Holds Talks With Comcast, Time Warner Cable to Triple Presence in U.S.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Z), India’s biggest publicly traded media broadcaster, is in talks with Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. to expand distribution in the U.S. and plans to more than triple the number of homes it reaches in the country next year. Zee Entertainment’s programming now reaches about 10 million U.S. …
Nov
17
Google TV is still a go
Google is committed to a TV platform and sees a lot potential as the connected TV market develops, despite the failure of its first attempt at TV, according to Suveer Kothari, head of international, Google TV. Kothari told the OTT Summit in London Google was aiming to make ‘Google TV 2’ as open an operating …
Nov
16
500-channel digital cable TV to take off in Q2 next year
The new digital cable TV network, known as Asian Broadcasting Network or ABN which is set to take off by the second quarter of 2012, promises to offer a new viewing experience to Malaysians and will have over 500 channels, including football. At the point of launch, ABN expects to offer over 100 channels comprising …
Nov
16
CCTV rebuts attack over report of monopoly probe
The war of words surrounding anti-monopoly investigations into two state-owned telecoms giants has escalated, with China Central Television hitting back at a newspaper report last week that criticised as unfounded and unprofessional its reporting of the probe. The exchanges reveal acrimony between the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) – the central planning agency and …
Oct
24
India: Cable operator held for illegal broadcast of channels
The Pune police have arrested a cable operator and his employee for allegedly broadcasting a some television channels illegally. The suspects are Suhas Jaisinghrao Pachpute, who operates Om Sai Cable Network in Chandan Nagar and Vishranwadi areas of Pune, and his employee Subhash Waghmare, resident of Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa. Another employee, Pradeep Rao of Vishwantwadi, …
Oct
17
McDonald’s goes for knockout with Ten
Network Ten and McDonald’s have joined together to create the broadcaster’s first prime-time advertiser-funded television program with the revival of 1980s game show It’s a Knockout. The show will air over the summer and is to be hosted by comedian HG Nelson, Network Ten sports personality Brad McEwan and former Hi-5 member and Southern Cross …
