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  • Another Vietnamese cable TV provider drops CNN, BBC

    (May 20, 2013) Popular Vietnamese cable television provider VTV CAB has stopped providing foreign channels, including CNN and BBC, after a new media law that requires editing of programmes before broadcast came into effect on Wednesday last week. ...
  • Tom Mockridge Appointed CEO of Virgin Media

    (May 8, 2013) Tom Mockridge, who spent more than two decades at News Corporation, has been named the CEO of Virgin Media. ...
  • Ads for Australia's big brands on-sold to piracy websites

    (May 10, 2013) The reputations of some of Australia's biggest brands have been put at risk by Microsoft and the Nine Network, after their ads were on-sold to a piracy website. Ads for major Australian brands run on piracy site Westpac, Telstra, ING Di...
  • Broadcasting Network joins IPTV and broadband fray by offering lower prices

    (May 10, 2013) The new digital cable TV operator, Asian Broadcasting Network (M) Sdn Bhd (ABN) is dangling high speed broadband (HSBB) and digital cable TV services at prices that are lower than the competition. ...
  • Youku Partner with BBC to Stream UK Drama

    (May 7, 2013) China's biggest video streaming site Youku has recently announced its cooperation with BBC, whereby a channel specific for UK drama will be opened on the streaming site. ...
  • NCC approves cable TV applications

    (May 9, 2013) The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday conditionally approved applications from West Coast Cable TV Co and VeeTime to offer cable services in new markets. ...
  • At least Bt15.19 bn to be raised in digital TV bids

    (May 8, 2013) The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Communication (NBTC) expects to raise at least Bt15.19 billion from the auction of 24 commercial terrestrial digital television licences, scheduled for August or September. ...
  • Baidu acquires PPS online video business

    (May 7, 2013) Baidu, the Chinese language Internet search provider, is buying the online video business of Internet video provider PPS for $370 million to create China's largest online video platform by number of mobile users and video viewing time. ...
  • China launches TV broadcasting satellite

    (May 3, 2013) China has launched a state-owned communications satellite into orbit to transmit TV and data to commercial customers across Asia, Africa and Australia for the next 15 years. Read more at Rapid TV News
  • Report: Pay-TV Revenue Growth to Slow

    (May 9, 2013) Price competition and the prevalence of free DTT in many markets will result in slower growth in pay-TV revenues over the next five years, according to a new report, as compared with the period from 2007 to 2012. Read more at World Screen

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