NEWS
14 April 2009
Singapore: Asia-Pacific advertising spend is forecast to be down 3.4% this year, far less than global forecasts of a 6.9% slide (and way less than…
14 April 2009
Pakistan: Pakistan is on track to launch its first communications satellite in the second half of 2011, local authorities said. The new Paksat-1R…
13 April 2009
Japan: The New Media Group (TNMG) founder and chief executive Randy McGraw has exited the Tokyo-based new media company and is believed to have…
13 April 2009
Asia’s youth spend nine and a half hours a day consuming some form of media, according to Synovate’s fourth Young Asians study. The biggest “media…
13 April 2009
The lifestyles of Asia’s rich and active get a new platform early next year with the worldwide launch of sports channel Trace Sports. The channel is…
13 April 2009
Joint venture kids’ channel KidsCo has commissioned its first local production out of Asia. The 13-part “green” animation series, <i>Boo &…
13 April 2009
When Endemol’s chairman and chief executive Ynon Kreiz started redrawing the company map last year, Asia took a lot more space than it used to.Asia…
13 April 2009
The BBC has been told to reign in commercial ops, limiting money-making only to activities with a clear link with core BBC programming. In its 7…