FOXTEL today welcomed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) charging a New South Wales man for allegedly running a significant piracy network involved in the theft and illegal on-sale of subscription television through a card sharing scam. This comes on top of charges laid yesterday by NSW Police against other another allegedly illegal piracy operation. The …
Tag Archive: Television
Dec
14
Bill boost for meaningful small screen content
NEW DELHI: A bill aimed at digitalization of cable TV was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday with the government assuring that the move would be beneficial for viewers and lead to better and more meaningful content. Information and broadcasting minister Ambika Soni, who had earlier introduced the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Second Amendment …
Dec
12
MediaCorp, CNN International win top awards
CNN International and MediaCorp have won top awards at this year’s 16th Asian Television Awards, Channel NewsAsia reports. Singapore-based broadcaster MediaCorp won the Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year award, while CNN International won both the Cable & Satellite Channel and Network of the Year awards. The annual awards show was held in Singapore last night …
Dec
12
Ad ban could weaken shows, hurt economy
As a former vice president at the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), I don’t know whether to laugh or cry after reading the new regulations by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) banning all advertising in the middle of prime time dramas longer than 45 minutes. The couch potato in me says “hurray.” …
Dec
09
DTH subscriber base goes over 41 million
Indiantelevision.com has reported that Pay direct-to-home (DTH) television platforms have a registered a subscriber base of 41,044,463 as in September 2011, showing a steady increase over the past four years. The numbers for the registered subscriber base for pay DTH was recorded 11,104,997 in December 2008, 19,148,848 in December 2009 and 32,054,073 in December 2010. …
Dec
07
Switched On: Keeping the ‘app’ out of Apple’s TV
Rumors continue to heat up that Apple will enter the television market next year, stepping up its Apple TV “hobby” into a greater revenue-generating vocation. The company would clearly like to repeat the kind of rousing success it has seen in smartphones. There, it entered a market at least as crowded and competitive as that …
Dec
01
Capital TV to make its debut today
PETALING JAYA: Capital TV, a new business and finance channel is slated to make its debut today but it is only exclusive to Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) Unifi subscribers. Adding more content is TM’s way of strategising itself to brace for competition from other players in the market place. “It need more compelling content for …
