Taiwanese Wimax services provider Tatung InfoComm has approached cable TV operators in southern Taiwan on cooperation on the Wimax service. The cooperation would focus initially on service promotion and later on network integration, Cens reports citing the company’s general manager, Y.C. Tseng. Reportedly, the company approached Chin Lian and HYA Cable TV. Source: Telecompaper.
Tag Archive: operators
Nov
24
How to scale multi-screen TV cost-effectively
A good portion of multi-screen video from Pay TV operators is viewed in the home and customers want the option to substitute a bedroom TV for a tablet, so operators will need to replicate their full channel line-ups within TV Everywhere offers. The challenge is how to do this cost-effectively, given the limited new revenue …
Nov
08
NCC holds hearing on amendments to infomercial laws
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said that its proposed amendments to the regulations governing infomercials would give TV stations clear instructions on the “dos and don’ts,” adding it would set stricter standards on news and children’s programs. A public hearing was hosted by the commission yesterday on the proposed amendments. The regulations on infomercials …
Oct
24
Satellite and cable TV set for big jump in penetration
The penetration of cable and satellite television is expected to reach 80 per cent of the country’s 20-million households this year, according to the Satellite Television Association (Thailand). Chairman Niphon Naksompop said last week that as many content producers had entered the cable and satellite television business throughout this year, penetration was growing faster than …
Oct
14
Power to the people – personalising the TV experience
Pay TV operators are using personalisation as a key weapon in the fight to attract and retain customers. Graham Pomphrey reports on the latest technologies and business models available to them. The average pay TV viewer is faced with a bewildering choice of content. Three hundred linear channels is not uncommon. Neither is a VOD …
Oct
12
Studios urged to accelerate premium VoD
Movie studios, which in the past have engaged in half-hearted tests of premium video-on-demand (PVOD), ought instead to embrace it as both a potential driver of profits and a hedge against piracy, according to BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield. PVOD allows viewers to rent movies from pay TV operators at a premium price while they …
Oct
12
The pay TV market is still resisting disruption
U.S. Pay TV operators lost a net aggregate of 380,000 subscribers in the second quarter, according to data compiled by IHS iSuppli. The sharp decline, which followed two quarters in which subscriber losses appeared to be stabilizing, inevitably rekindled talk of cord cutting and its close cousin, the rise of a la carte cable. Yet …
