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Breaking News

STAR unveils STAR JOLSHA - 27 August 2008

Mumbai / Hong Kong - STAR India announced the launch of STAR JOLSHA. The channel, which is scheduled for launch on September 8, is set to change the entertainment landscape in Bengal. STAR JOLSH [...]

HISTORY HD to debut in Asia Pacific - 26 August 2008

New York/Singapore/Hong Kong - AETN All Asia Networks Pte. Ltd. (AAAN) announced the launch of The History Channel HD (HISTORY HD) in Singapore and Hong Kong. The launch marks the debut of the HISTORY [...]

STAR affiliate to sell its stake in Balaji Telefilms - 20 August 2008

Mumbai/ Hong Kong - STAR Group (STAR), Balaji Telefilms Ltd. (BTL) and BTL’s promoters, have entered into an agreement whereby the parties have agreed to terminate the agreements entered into between [...]

Executive News

Global consumer confidence falls to record low: Nielsen
Executive News, 25 August 2008

Over half of global online consumers think their country is currently in recession and consumer confidence worldwide has fallen to its lowest since 2005, according to the Nielsen Global Consumer Confi [...]

STAR offloads Balaji Telefilms stake
Executive News, 25 August 2008

Mumbai/ Hong Kong - STAR Group (STAR), Balaji Telefilms Ltd. (BTL) and BTL's promoters, have entered into an agreement whereby the parties have agreed to terminate the agreements entered into between [...]

StarHub launches Video-On-Demand and On Demand Channels
Executive News, 25 August 2008

Singapore - StarHub has launched its suite of true on-demand services. Demand TV will offer two categories of on-demand services - Video-On-Demand (one-off purchases) and On Demand Channel (unlimited [...]

MEASAT-3a satellite launch postponed
Executive News, 25 August 2008

Kuala Lumpur - MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd (MEASAT) announced that the launch of its latest spacecraft, MEASAT-3a, originally scheduled for 21 August 2008, had been postponed. The postponement [...]

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Latest blog:

Growth or sloth?
30 May 2008

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Plus points 20 February 2008

TV to the power of 10 26 November 2007

Universally speaking 1 October 2007

Upcoming Events

IBC Conference & Exhibition

11 September 2008 - 16 September 2008
Location: RAI Center, Amsterdam

MIP Junior

11 October 2008 - 12 October 2008
Location: Cannes,France

MIPCOM

13 October 2008 - 17 October 2008
Location: Palais des Festivals, Cannes,France

June 2008 Issue

Cover Story:

Malaysia in focus
1 June 2008

2007 saw Malaysia’s media industry continue its ascendancy with major players recording healthy growth and profits with new business developments announced through the year, as the nation celebrated its 50th year of independence and nationhood. Advertising expenditure across all media in 2007 rec [...]

CNN takes Talk Asia to the streets
1 June 2008

for the March 8-23 period this year, CNN Asia Pacific embarked upon a truly cross-platform campaign to raise awareness of Talk Asia as a high-profile weekly interview show featuring Asian achievers and newsmakers, whilst also driving tune-in for an on-air interview with Shekhar Kapur interview on-ai [...]

The case for DTT
1 June 2008

There is much talk about the ‘digital dividend’—the potential rewards for governments through spectrum auctions following the closure of analogue TV services. There are also consumer benefits, with the introduction of additional channels, interactive content, better quality pictures in widescreen fo [...]

High five for AsiaSat
1 June 2008

“we have made some notable achievements over the past year. In the area of satellite transponder leasing, we renewed the contracts with several major customers and added new clients from the broadcast sector that successfully expanded the broadcast neighbourhood of our satellite fleet and diversifie [...]

Quality is key...
1 June 2008

The launch of MEASAT-3 (M3) allowed MEASAT to support the growth of core DTH customers in Malaysia and Indonesia. In addition, towards the end of 2007 we reached agreement with Antrix, the commercial arm of the ISRO, to support the launch of the Reliance DTH platform in India. Reliance have now fina [...]