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Premier League driving SVOD uptake in China, says report
Premier League driving SVOD uptake in China Subscription video on demand (SVOD) will rise to 28.3 million users in China in 2016, as OTT players secure exclusive rights to paid sports content such as...
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Amrish Kacker: an overview of the Asian OTT market
Broadband and TV Connect Asia Guest post from Amrish Kacker (Partner, Head of Asia-Pacific Analysys Mason) When you look at wireless traffic in Asia, a very large proportion of it is video. The numbers...
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BBC Worldwide: “Asia is now getting into OTT.”
David Weiland IP&TV News talks to BBC Worldwide’s Asian EVP David Weiland about the commercial arm of the BBC’s present and future plans for the region… IP&TV News: Hi David, can you give us...
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BBC Worldwide planning digital platforms for Asian market
Broadband and TV Connect Asia In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with IP&TV News published today, David Weiland EVP, Asia at BBC Worldwide, says that the BBC is looking closely at developing...
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Star TV lands on CineFunTV platform
Broadband and TV Connect Asia CineFunTV has announced the launch of South Asia’s Star TV channels on its platform, allowing it to offer “one of the best Hindi packages available across Europe.” The...
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Undercover Productions: “4G will give Indian OTT a boost”
Abhigyan Jha,Founder & CEO,Undercover Productions Few are doing more interesting things with internet TV than India-based mavericks Undercover Productions. Here we speak to Undercover founder &...
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China to battle piracy with state-owned streaming service
Broadband and TV Connect Asia The Chinese Government is to launch a state-owned video streaming service, TARA TV, in a bid to significantly reduce piracy within the region. The goal of the partnership...
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BBC World News signs new Hulu Japan VOD deal
Broadband and TV Connect Asia TVT has announced a deal to provide BBC World News video on Demand (VoD) content to Hulu Japan. TVT will be starting its work as VoD provider for Hulu Japan with the fast...
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Asia Pacific drives 180% global digital TV growth
Source: Digital TV Research Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of digital TV homes will increase by more than 1 billion between 2010 and 2020 to 1.65 billion – or up by 180%, according to...
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India leads way as emergent markets push pay-TV forward
Emerging markets drive satellite TV momentum The number of pay satellite TV homes will reach 265 million by 2020, up from 203 million at end-2014 and 143 million at end-2010, according to a new report...
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Asia Pacific SVOD homes to top 68 million by 2020
Source: Digital TV Research Digital TV Research forecasts 68.83 million Asia Pacific SVOD homes by 2020, quadruple the 2014 total. The Asia Pacific OTT TV & Video Forecasts report maintains that...
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ZEE launches Indian digital content channel with FilmOn
Broadband and TV Connect Asia Internet TV company FilmOn.com has announced a partnership with India’s leading commercial broadcaster, Zee Entertainment, for a new premium content channel for...
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Ovum: Asian mobile needs telco-OTT collaboration to grow
Neha Dharia At the Mobile World Congress Asia edition in Shanghai in July, Chairman of China Mobile, Xi Guohua, took a bold stand by stating that in order to capture the next wave of the mobile...
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Skyworth joins piracy fight as first Chinese AAPA member
Skyworth joins piracy fight as first Chinese AAPA member Skyworth, a global provider of smart home solutions and the world’s fourth largest set-top box manufacturer, has become the first Chinese...
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Ideal Group announces live news and sport rental service
Broadband and TV Connect Asia Ideal Group has launched a new equipment rental service for professional mobile video gathering called Ideal-Live. The service will be initially offered through Ideal’s...
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Alibaba and Disney team-up on Chinese OTT
Alibaba and Disney team-up on Chinese OTT In what looks like a big moment in the development of Chinese video on-demand, Chinese retail giant the Alibaba Group has teamed up with Walt Disney to...
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Survival of the fittest: how Asia’s telcos are adapting to Netflix threat
Netflix expands across all of Asia… except China and North Korea Guest post from Emma Hosgood Netflix announced at CES last week that its online subscription service has been switched on in 130 new...
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MUBI announces Chinese VOD
MUBI announces Chinese VOD Curated streaming video on demand service MUBI will launch a Chinese joint venture with Asian film producer Dong Ping’s Huanxi. Huanxi with invest $50 million in MUBI, with a...
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HOOQ: “We are excited about Netflix”
Krishnan Rajagopalan Asia features heavily in Netflix’s global designs, with recent launches including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan… SVOD, however, is by no means new to the...
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High 4K TV set for India launch
High 4K TV set for India launch Linear, Ultra High Definition (UHD) entertainment channel High 4K TV is slated to launch in India via Splendid Media. The channel will be available on digital TV...
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