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StarHub simplifies pay-TV packages

July 16, 2013 – StarHub will be streamlining its pay-TV packages to simplify its proposition for customers with effect from 1 September 2013.

This will be done by merging the Basic Groups and Basic Upsize groups to form the newly enhanced Basic Tier. Accordingly, Basic Tier will become the entry-level group for price plan subscriptions and will adopt the same pricing structure as the current Basic Groups with Basic Upsize.

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On-demand adds just 2.3% to pay TV revenues in 2012

(Jul 15, 2013) A new report from Digital TV Research has found that in 2012, on-demand television generated just 2.3% of the $184 billion total for pay TV revenues.

However, the on-demand proportion is forecast to grow to 2.9% of the $203 billion total in 2018.

BBC announces PAX Q1 results

(Jul 12, 2013) BBC World News claims to be the territory’s No. 1 international news channel based on daily audience reach, according to the latest Ipsos PAX survey.

21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company to Maintain Ownership Positions in Hulu

(Jul 12, 2013) 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company today jointly announced that they will maintain their respective ownership positions in Hulu and together provide a cash infusion of $750 million in order to propel future growth.

Launched in 2008, Hulu is now a leading aggregator of premium online television content from over 400 content partners, and has achieved more than 30 million monthly unique visitors

New AXN Branded Networks to Roll Out in Central Europe

(Jul 12, 2013) Sony Pictures Television is delivering local language versions of AXN Black and AXN White in Central Europe.

Eurosport launches on Xbox 360

(Jul 11, 2013) Eurosport is to launch on the Xbox 360, adding additional content through its Eurosport Player.

The Eurosport Player app for the Xbox 360 will deliver Eurosport’s live sport content and on-demand as part of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.

Al Jazeera targets Mediapro

(Jul 12, 2013) Al Jazeera is understood to be in advanced talks to buy Spain’s Mediapro.

Should it succeed, it would gain a powerful footing in the country and in particular control of the lucrative Spanish football TV rights held by the Barcelona-based company.

BBC iPlayer plays Android catch-up

(Jul 12, 2013) The BBC is making significant progress in making iPlayer available on Android devices and now even has an Android development team that is almost three times the size of the iOS team.

12 July, 2013

Welcome to News Views, CASBAA’s news round-up culled from sources across the industry for the week ending Jul 12th. Curated by CASBAA’s staff, News Views carries on in the tradition of Market Watch to keep you in the loop. We always value your feedback, so tell us what you think!

Christopher Slaughter CEO	Despite the buzz around social TV, there are questions about how broad or deep the trend is. And as actual numbers are starting to come in, doubts persist about what audiences are doing on that second screen.
John Medeiros Chief Policy Officer	Indonesia’s latest raid against cable pirates took place in Batam, one of the country’s richer areas. No more pirate programming for Singaporean day-trippers!
Sara Madera Director, Member Relations & Marketing	When tragedy strikes, where do you turn for information? Most likely TV, says a recent Gallup poll. And interestingly, that hasn’t changed much since 1957.
Desmond Chung Associate Director, PR & Communications	There’s music in the air as Google YouTube makes a US $40Mn investment in VEVO. This generation’s version of MTV, VEVO is YouTube’s top channel partner, with 50.2 million viewers tuning-in in May alone, and is planning to use the money to continue its international expansion along with making an investment in creating original music-related content. Let the music play!
Jane Buckthought Advertising Consultant	The new ad regulations in India restricting advertising to 12 minutes an hour is affecting news channels. This compounded by some ad sectors reducing spending and some channels not being re-subscribed to post digitization. What’s the fallout?
Godfrey Chan Member Relations & Marketing Executive	Are Smart TVs turning Japanese broadcasters and manufacturers from collaborators to rivals? Japanese broadcasters are refusing to air commercials for a new Smart TV, amid speculation they feel threatened by its combined TV-internet function. Despite a reputation for innovative wizardry, Japan traditionally adopts “protectionism” for its high-tech industry (i.e. automobiles, cell phone, etc.). With the rapid growth of new media technology, will the broadcasting business be next?