Broadcast Media
- News Corp Pulls Back from China TV Market [Reuters, 9 Aug 2010] News Corp said that it will sell control of its three Chinese TV channels to a fund backed by China’s No 2 media company, in a pullback from the market after years of difficulty.
- China’s Xinhua launches global English TV channel [BBC News, 1 Jul 2010] China’s state news agency Xinhua has launched a 24-hour global news channel in English.
- Singapore Gears Up for the Future of Media [ACN Newswire, 15 Jun 2010] Singapore is gearing up to exploit the opportunities in a rapidly-transforming media landscape with initiatives that seed the development and delivery of next-generation consumer applications and services.
- China to start global 24-hour English TV news [Yahoo! News, 30 Apr 2010] China’s biggest national news agency plans to launch a global, English-language television news network, part of efforts to expand the communist government’s media influence abroad.
- BBC teams up with citizen journalists’ network Global Voices [Guardian digital content blog, 9 Mar 2010] The BBC will be teaming up with the non-profit blogging network of citizen journalists, Global Voices, to offer a “different range of perspectives and commentary from around the world,” according to the BBC.
- TV’s Future - Mobile, Interactive – Not Free [CNN Money.com, 24 Feb 2010] In the near future, television is going to be available anywhere, on any device, at any time. Just don’t expect it to be free, analysts say.
- Disney, CNN, MTV Among Top 5 Most Social Brands: Study [Multichannel News, 6 Jan 2010] Disney, CNN and MTV are among the companies that create the greatest social media buzz, according to a study from Vitrue of online conversations on social networks, blogs and other sites.
- NBC Launches Game in Social Media [WebProNews, 15 Dec 2009] NBC is introducing a social media game to promote the series “Chuck” by getting fans to spread the word about the program on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
- Turner to launch TruTV in Asia [Variety, 3 Nov 2009] Turner Broadcasting is poised to expand its portfolio with the launch of its TruTV cable network across Asia starting in early 2010.
- TV industry looks for a game plan on using Twitter [Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct 2009] The entertainment business is struggling with the best way to use Twitter as celebrities and industry execs use the microblogging service to pitch themselves and their projects.
- Bloomberg and UTV To Form India’s Premier Business TV Network [Examiner.com, 10 Sep 2009] Bloomberg is joining a growing number of foreign news providers pushing into India’s booming cable television market, announcing a tie-up with Mumbai-based UTV to provide business news.
- Execs See Hype, Hope in Authentication [Broadcasting & Cable, 18 Aug 2009] There are many technical and legal hurdles to clear before the industry’s “TV Everywhere” authentication push reaches critical mass, television execs say.
- China launches Arabic-language TV channel [guardian.co.uk , 26 July 2009] CCTV’s 24-hour channel will air in 22 Arabic-speaking countries, reaching a total population of nearly 300 million people.
- The End of the 2-Minute Commercial Break [The Wrap, 17 June 2009] Next season, television viewers will see fewer traditional commercial breaks and an increase in innovative techniques such as shorter, more frequent ad stops and using actors from the shows in the commercials themselves.
- BBC, Google eye launch of global iPlayer [Telegraph.co.uk, 29 May 2009] Internet users may soon be able to watch full-length BBC television shows on a global version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service.
- Consumers want Internet access via their TVs [BizReport, 30 Apr 2009] The practice of surfing the Internet while sat in front of the television has been steadily increasing and so the convergence of PCs with TVs seems inevitable.
- Broadcast TV Faces Struggle to Stay Viable [The New York Times, 27 Feb 2009] Broadcast networks are facing a deep advertising recession that is hitting both them and their local stations. NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker warns that broadcast TV is “in danger of becoming” like the newspaper industry.
