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Digital TV | Promo Media Helps Al Aan Dubai in Pan Arab Expansion
2008-08-31 17:27:25
Zoya Sakr, Head of Sales and Marketing at Al Aan TV, Dubai (left)has informed Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) that Promo Media of Beirut has been appointed Al Aan's on-air advertising and marketing representative for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Sakr see this as a pan-Arab springboard in the fast growing satellite TV arena. Awareness levels of the Al Aan TV channel have increased ......
 
Digital Broadcast | Noor Dubai TV | Launches Sept 1
2008-08-31 17:00:16
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) can tell you that the United Arab Emirates' largest cross platform publisher, the Arab Media Group (AMG) is launching 'Noor Dubai' a new free-to-air satellite TV channel broadcasting locally-originating programs. AMG has chosen today, September 1, the auspicious first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan. "Noor Dubai" TV channel is a natural extension ......
 
Bernama TV Starts Internet News Feeds
2008-08-27 06:08:57
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) can report that Bernama TV, the Internet based network of Malaysia's state run news agency will launch its first live-feed Internet news channel on Sept 3, 2008. Bernama TV's Internet online feed will operate on a time delay of 2 - 3 minutes after broadcast on Bernama's news output on Astro Channel 502. The intention behind this latest addition to ......
 
Digital Vendor | Jampro Antennas in New Delhi Move
2008-06-15 02:54:39
Digital Broadcast Vendor News Asia :: Aditya Jain has joined Jampro Antennas as Regional Sales Manager for South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr Jain will operate from New Delhi. In his position of Regional Sales Manager, he will serve existing clients and work with Jampro US headquarters in Sacramento, California to develop strategies to target emerging markets. Jain joins Jampro ......
 
Digital Vendors | Singapore Digital New To Mobile TV
2008-06-15 02:03:15
Photo: Broadcast Australia Managing Director International Business Group, Chris Jaeger (left), with Singapore Digital Chief Executive Officer, Giulio Dorrucci. Digital Broadcast Vendor News :: Broadcast Australia, a Macquarie Group Company (ASX code: MCG) has launched a joint venture in Singapore, Singapore Digital with local technology company PGK Media to tackle the emerging mobile TV ......
 
Digital Vendor Pharos.tv | New Singapore Regional Office
2008-06-13 05:15:48
Photo: Patrick Keys Pharos.tv is to open a Singapore Office. Pharos.tv the Reading, UK-based, automation specialist that provides broadcast management solutions has informed Digital Broadcast Vendor News that it is setting up a Singapore regional office for sales and support activities. The announcement, timed to coincide with the Broadcast Asia 2008 trade show this month in the Lion City says ......
 
Australia Digital | ACMA Reviews IPTV Growth
2008-06-09 03:45:29
Digital Broadcast Vendor News is pleased to know that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has at last published its investigative report on IPTV and multimedia and Internet video. The report is most welcome for the fact Australia is behind in IPTV and Internet Video applications as cited by just five IPTV providers and fifteen internet video providers whose services ......
 
Digital Vendor | Simon Tsang New Asia Sales Head for Strategy & Technology
2008-06-09 01:34:25
Digital Broadcast Vendor News Asia has been advised that Strategy & Technology Limited (S&T) specialist in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5** middleware, has appointed Simon Tsang as Regional Sales Manager – Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Tsang (pronounced Chung - as in hung, or Chang) is based in S&T’s recently expanded Asia Pacific regional office. He reports to Colin Prior, ......
 
Digital Teleprompters | UK | Autocue Adds Support Staff
2008-06-02 02:33:52
Digital Broadcast Vendor News Asia can advise you of two new sales and marketing appointments in system installation, training and customer support at Autocue, the newsroom automation and teleprompting solutions provider. Simeon Pearl as International Sales Associate and Edward Lynch-Bell as Technical Support Representative have joined Autocue in London from another UK digital manufacturer, ......
 
Digital Broadcast | Renesas HDTV Mobiles For 2009
2008-05-31 10:29:25
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News passes long the interesting comment in the Nikki Electronics regional trade publication that mobile phones made in Japan could be HDTV ready for 2009, based on developments at Renesas Technology Corporation of Japan. Renesas has developed a processor for the 1920 x 1080 HD format. US Corporations NVIDIA and Texas Instruments had already made similar ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Japan Mobile ISDB-T Sales Off Y-O-Y
2008-05-31 06:41:11
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia(DBVNA) notes that in Japan, mobile hand device sales to end users are on the slide. 1Q/2008 sales dropped to 13.2 million units a decrease of 10.1 per cent year-on-year, according to a report by Gartner, Inc (NYSE:IT) research findings. "There were no new phone features in the first quarter of 2008 that were strong enough to drive growth, unlike the first ......
 
Digital Radio | Iran Festival Boosts Radio Programs: ABU
2008-05-20 10:04:18
You're reading this story on Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia: From the Tehran Times Art Desk: TEHRAN -- The Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), David Astley is convinced that the annual festival of radio in Iran helps develop radio programs in the region. Participating in the press conference held at the venue of Tehran’s Radio building, IRIB Deputy Director ......
 
Digital Vendor | NDS Opens New Delhi Office
2008-05-20 09:09:25
NDS Asia Pacific, owned by NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS) has informed Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia, that it has opened a sales and support office in New Delhi. A leading provider of technology solutions for digital Pay TV, NDS already has a Mumbai office and a Bangalore Research and Development Center. With 900 staff already working in India, NDS says it is committed to providing ......
 
Time Warner Cable | 2008 Cable Show
2008-05-20 08:51:28
Fox BusinessNews has a wrap of the 2008 Cable Show in New Orleans on the role of Time Warner Cable (TWC) as the industry moves forward. Rebecca Gomez interviews Peter Stern VP for Strategic Planning at Time Warner Cable. Stern addresses: time shifting consumer options, giving customers greater control to watch what they want, when they want and through what equipment using the innovative "Star ......
 
Digital Broadcast Asia | SingTel Now Into Mobile TV
2008-05-20 01:48:29
In a formal announcement to Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia, Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) said it had launched its Mobile TV service in Singapore today using Nokia Siemens Networks’ Mobile TV streaming solution to become one of the first in Asia-Pacific. This service complements SingTel's mio TV service and adds another dimension to accessing quality pay TV content anytime ......
 
Broadcasters| US Radio-TV Tops 175m Weekly Audience Worldwide
2008-05-18 09:02:15
United States Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman, James Glassman said in Washington on May 15 that the government funded international broadcasting outlets reached a 175 million audience on a weekly basis. The figure is up from 155 million audience in 2007. Mr Glassman was addressing a meeting of the "Heritage Foundation". BBG's broadcasters include the Voice of America (VOA), ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Fox Makes 2 in India for Murdoch
2008-05-18 03:42:03
Rupert Murdoch's STAR India has the sub continent covered with its STAR-DEN 50:50 joint venture with the Digital Entertainment Network. Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia hears that following re-positioning of the Hong Kong based, Star Group last year, the other Murdoch TV broadcast group, FOX has recently applied to India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for an operator's licence ......
 
Digital Broadcaster | Kalaignar TV Chooses Harris To Equip
2008-05-18 03:28:11
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia has been informed by the Hong Kong office of Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) that Madras-based, Kalaignar TV has installed a broad based range of Harris automation products for its satellite broadcast operations that officially launched on air in February 2008. Sharad Kumar, company director and shareholder (20 per cent) at Kalaignar TV said of the deal: “ ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | NZ TV Channel 40 Waikato starts
2007-11-10 10:37:15
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News has learned from the Asia-Pacific satellite forum Apsattv (at) yahoogroups.com, that a new regional family TV station, starts November 15 to serve the Waikato area of New Zealand. TV Central is using UHF Channel 40 as its frequency. The reason for the forum buzz was that a member in the area complained that the Channel 40 frequency just happened to be the UHF ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | BBCArabic Seeks Uni Recruits
2007-11-10 09:40:19
With weeks away to the launch of the BBC Arabic TV Channel, the BBC in Dubai has informed Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia that a series is of interactive media workshops to recruit talented young university graduates to become broadcasters, is under way. Labelled as “The World as You See It” road show is to target media studies attendees to groom the best into becoming the program and ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | NDTV Using Omnibus iTX System Solution
2007-11-10 05:37:43
A reminder from Digital Broadcasters News Asia that New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) launched two new channels from its headquarters serving the Middle East region. "NDTV GOOD TIMES", went on-air Sept 7, 2007 followed by "NDTV ARABIA" on September 10. Both channels target expatriate (NRI) Indian viewers in the Gulf states. NDTV appointed OmniBus Systems of the UK to supply its comprehensive ......
 
Digital Broadcasters: Radio24 News Radio
2007-08-20 06:09:35
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) has been updated on progress to Malaysia's National News Agency, Bernama's radio launch date. That is now set for September 3.Radio24 News Radio has begun its dry run on FM 93.9Mhz in Kuala Lumpur serving the Klang Valley initially.The FM radio station says it will have a live interactive news format including traffic reports from reporters on the ......
 
Digital Radio Australia Trials DAB+ For First Time
2007-07-30 15:39:45
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) was informed today that following other Australian digital radio systems trials, terrestrial broadcasters started the technical trials using DAB+ technology in Sydney, NSW. The test is using upgraded multiplexers from digital broadcast vendors: Factum and Radioscape (the "MAP250" and "fusion, version 6" respectively). Testing is to focus on the ......
 
DBVNA :: TVNZ Charter Renewal - Good News For DTV Vendors
2007-07-27 07:47:15
This Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) message is directed at those involved in New Zealand's broadcast TV technology sector both at the individual company level as well as at the TV industry grouping level - to the opportunity for you to influence the digital direction of Television New Zealand (TVNZ). The reason is that it is now review time of the Television New Zealand charter ......
 
Digital Broadcaster | Ten Sports Takes WASP3D Solution
2007-07-16 09:16:09
Ten Sports, Dubai - the satellite TV sports network targeting the Indian Diaspora and the sub-continent's television broadcast markets has chosen Beehive Systems and its WASP3D Graphics software for live playout, according to a Beehive release to Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA). Beehive's United Arab Emirates agent/distributor - Wecom Global, installed the WASP3D software solution ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Perth | New Radio Licenses
2007-07-13 09:24:08
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has advised Digital Broadcasters Vendor News Asia (DBVNA) that it is calling for local non-profit organisations to apply for two community radio station licenses up for grabs in the Perth, Western Australia marketplace. Deadline is August 16, 2007. The two FM frequencies being offered are 100.9 MHz and 90.5 MHz. 100.9 MHz became ......
 
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2007-07-09 07:00:00
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2007-07-09 00:00:00
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2007-06-28 07:00:00
LivinginCrete | BritsinCrete Blog | Wot's Hot Climate change is making Crete, Greece the hottest on record. ......
 
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2007-06-28 00:00:00
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Digital Broadcasters |Aussie ABC Massively Expands NewsRadio network
2007-04-22 08:30:30
ABC Australia, already one of the world's biggest radio networks in terms of terrestrial transmission coverage, informed Digital Broadcasters Vendor News that it is going one step further. Within three years it will make ABC NewsRadio its third main network after ABC Local Radio and ABC Radio National, terrestrially reaching all Aussie communities with a population of 10,000. That massively ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | All Blacks, Face TV3 Commercials Ban on Home Turf
2007-04-20 08:30:28
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News came across this "oh God, let me hold my head in my hands" broadcasting story from TV3 New Zealand. In reading it, bear in mind that New Zealanders just cannot get enough of their favourite boys in black shorts - the All Blacks. They are walking idols on and off the rugby turf. Canwest Mediaworks terrestrial TV network, TV3 paid a small fortune to outbid rival ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Radio Australia's Guangzhou Breakfast Goes Begging
2007-04-18 03:51:49
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News wonders why Radio Australia's Breakfast Club in its upcoming East Asia, three city tour was able to co-opt host broadcasters in Singapore (938Live FM) and Kuala Lumpur (Traxx FM) to simulcast their editions but when Phil Kafcaloudes the program's co-presenter kicks off on April 27 in Guangzhou, it is not happening? Not even a breakfast 'club sandwich' will be ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Doordarshan Up Up and Away in UK
2007-04-17 11:15:08
Digital Broadcasters Vendors News notes that after years of indecision, India's state TV, Doordarshan is up, up and away in UK's satellite land using DVB. From London on April 16 DD launches a general channel, DD India and 24/7, DD News. Both are free - to - air, part of the Sky UK satellite TV mux in Hindi and both are transmitted on the Eurobird satellite positioned at 28.5 degrees East. This ......
 
Digital Broadcaster | TVNZ Heads Up with Aussie
2007-04-16 22:55:48
Television New Zealand has informed Digital Broadcasters Vendor News that Aussie, Anthony Flannery a veteran newsman from Nine Network (PBL:AX) is to head up News and Current Affairs at the Kiwi network from May. Flannery has been responsible for Nine Television Network's highly rated, "A Current Affair" program. He is regarded as one of the most experienced broadcast journalists in the ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Bangladesh Maverick Ekushey TV Returns
2007-04-16 22:44:01
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News notes that Ekushey Television (ETV) in Bangladesh is still on air terrestrially and via satellite two weeks after getting its license back after a four year hiatus. A maverick broadcaster if ever there was one.Staying on air terrestrially seems no mean feat in a Bangladesh where ETV was forced off air in Aug, 2002 by then-prime minister, Begum Khaleda Zia for ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Google Adsense Radio Simple Operation
2007-04-16 22:29:14
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News reports that this IS the big news and it is such a simple operation.You have been following Google's move into radio advertising? Well here is the definitive result: Broadcast Electronics (BE) of Quincy Illinois, in collaboration with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) have added an AdSense software plug-in to BE's AudioVAULT digital studio system. This means that ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Listen Again to Australia Country Radio 1962
2007-04-15 23:55:54
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News invites you down a trip to memory lane from the days when radio announcers dressed up to present their programs not dress down as is the case today.Our friends at The Radio Heritage Foundation [www.radioheritage.net] has a secondradio heritage documentary on RNZI during April."More Australian Country Radio" re-visits 1962 to radio stations in Victoria, New ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | Bahrain | 1st Private TV Station
2007-04-15 05:54:55
Digital Broadcasters Vendor News has learnt that Bahrein (Bahrain - مملكة البحرين Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn ) this weekend is getting its first private digital broadcaster, Atlas Travel and Culture. Satellite channel owner is local businessman Jamil A Wafa and partners. Bahreini reports say media expert Dr Mohsen Saffar will chair the TV station's board. Atlas Travel and Culture is believed will be ......
 
Digital Broadcasters | India Doordarshan LPTs Replaced
2007-04-15 05:48:28
Just for the record here, on March 14 in the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha Chamber), Shri P R Dasmunsi, Minister of Information reported that: 84 Doordarshan low output transmitters (LPTs) of 100-watt effective radiated power (ERP) have been replaced during the years 2004 to the present. Of these, 76 were replaced with 500-watt LPT’s. A further eight were of greater ERP. ......
 
 
 
 
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