Murdoch lectures on media ethics

August 23, 2012 – Shine Group chairman Elisabeth Murdoch has called for greater responsibility and morality in media at the Edinburgh International TV Festival in a speech which in parts went against comments made previously by brother James.

Delivering the annual MacTaggart Lecture, Elisabeth distanced herself from James’s keynote on the same platform three years earlier, in which he attacked regulators and the BBC and said the only guarantor of independence was profit.

“James was right that if you remove profit, then independence is massively challenged, but I think that he left something out: the reason his statement sat so uncomfortably is that profit without purpose is a recipe for disaster.”

NBTC push back for TrueVisions of Thailand

NBTC refuses TrueVisions request for leniency

August 20, 2012 – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has refused TrueVisions’ petition to cancel the Bt500,000 fine for failing to broadcast the June 8-July 1 Euro 2012 tournament as well as not delivering on its promises to subscribers.

TrueVisions is claiming that not being able to broadcast the games was not its fault because GMM Grammy, the holder of the broadcast rights, would not allow free-TV operators to transmit the signal through satellite receivers.

Taiwan product placement

NCC amends rules for product placement

August 23, 2012–In response to reactions over excessive product placement and a lack of clear rules for sponsorship, the National Communications Commission (NCC) made modifications to the Satellite Broadcasting Act and announced principles of “Three Nos One Exposure” — not affecting operations of independent programs, not encouraging the audience to purchase any products, not overemphasizing any particular products, and properly exposing brand names of the advertisers — for all broadcasters to follow.

The authority held a public hearing yesterday with broadcasters and scholars discussing related modifications for the existing Satellite Broadcasting Act, which regulates commercials of programs but not product placement or sponsorship. The NCC expects the modifications will set up clearer principles for broadcasters to follow.

YOU On Demand ups China distribution

YOU On Demand Increases Distribution

August 17, 2012: YOU On Demand has entered into a distribution pact with cable operator Dalian Tiantu Cable Network that covers Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) and Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD).

The agreement increases distribution to 5.5 million cable homes. Dalian currently has 1.6 million subscribers who will gain access to the SVOD service by the end of the year. The YOU Cinema On Demand SVOD offers hundreds of hours of Hollywood films. Dalian customers will also be among the first to access CHC Cinema On Demand, which lets users choose among hundreds of award-winning domestic movies each month.

Stations ask to cut down on foreign films

Stations asked to cut down on Chinese and S. Korean films

August 20, 2012: Hoang Huu Luong, Director General of the Press Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications, has recently made a statement on cutting down the broadcasting time of Chinese and South Korean movies.

“Local radio and TV stations need to improve the quality and number of domestic entertainment shows, as well as increase the broadcasting time of those shows, and limit the broadcasting of foreign movies, especially Chinese and Korean films,” the director frankly said at a meeting on August 16 with local press from the central and highlands regions.

Is Tablet TV a new medium?

August 22, 2012 – Writing in the Digital Home Observatory blog, Strategy Analytics Vice President and Principal Analyst David Mercer suggests that behaviour and usage patterns for Tablet TV consumption could present opportunities for content providers to drive revenues associated specifically with tablet viewing.

“The television industry is still getting to grips with the implications of multiscreen,” suggests Mercer. “Nearly a year ago our research (Multi-Screen User Behaviors in the Home) pointed out that ‘multiscreen’ is not a simple concept: different devices attract different behaviour patterns, and content players need to take this into consideration when developing experiences specifically tailored to multiscreen viewers.”

Connected device makers give boost to broadcasters’ OTT revs

22-08-2012: Within the next five years, 27% of OTT video transactions will be initiated via fixed connected CE within the home, accounting for 46% of world over the top (OTT) market revenues generated, according to a new study from IMS Research.

In its new study “Business Model Evolution in OTT and On-demand Video Markets – 2012 Edition,” the analyst predicts that in 2017 broadcasters will account for 17% share of world OTT video market revenues and pay-TV operators for 11% share.

The study calculates that broadcasters will generate $1.8 billion in OTT market revenues in 2012, mostly through advertising, and will grow this to $5.9 billion in 2017. Furthermore, it suggests that over the next five years, more broadcasters will attempt to monetise back catalogue content via the pay-per or subscription model, as well as look to international expansion as a means of generating OTT revenues, as in the case of the BBC’s global iPlayer app.

NBTC effort to improve Thai TV soaps misguided

August 22, 2012 – The vernacular Daily News newspaper on August 13 reported the alarming news of the latest move by the broadcasting regulator to “improve” the country’s notorious soap operas.

Thais and even some foreigners who have been here long enough know how many of these popular TV melodramas are “committed” to over-dramatisation and stereotyping of characters.

Jealousy, class discrimination, chauvinism, exaltation of wealth and power, violence, typecasting and reinforcement of prejudices against people like housemaids, ethnic minorities and transvestites prevail in these television series. In recurring soap storylines, protagonists often can’t seem to do anything wrong even when they commit some wrongs.

Triple-play subscriptions to rocket to 400 mil.

21 August 2012 – Global triple-play subscriptions will reach 400 million by 2017; up by nearly 300 million on the end-2011 total and up by 380 million on the 2007 total, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.

Covering 80 countries, the 308-page Triple-Play Forecasts report forecasts that the Asia Pacific region will contribute 257 million of the 2017 total; up by more than 200 million on the end-2011 total. China alone will have 193 million triple-play subscribers by 2017 (with only 39 million recorded at end-2011) – or 48% of the global total.

LCOs ask for separate regulator

Indian LCOs ask for separate regulator for cable operators

NEW DELHI (August 20, 2012): Local cable operators (LCOs) are demanding the creation of a separate Cable Television Regulatory Authority of India to deal with issues relating to broadcasting on the ground that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) comprising experts in telecom is ill-equipped to deal with their issues.

The LCOs have suggested that all cable TV operators should become members of the Council of Cable TV of India which should be given recognition and representation by the Government on all relevant platforms.

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