HKT (SEHK: 6823) – HONG KONG, March 28, 2017 – PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has signed an agreement with SAP Mobile Services now SAP Digital Interconnect to merge their respective Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) domains into a single IPX domain. The agreement signifies the creation of a global, independent full-service IPX offering, with customers now being able to benefit from both SAP’s extensive LTE roaming footprint and PCCW Global’s state-of-the-art IPX Voice and VoLTE capabilities, all offered via a single dedicated network connection.

With the increase and acceleration of subscriber demand in LTE and a broader range of mobile services, service providers must adapt to the rapidly increasing rate of growth in data traffic, while also coping with the changing regulations, market expectations, and the many new technical and operational challenges. The combined capabilities of PCCW Global and SAP will help mobile operators better address these challenges by offering various new services including state-of-the-art ENUM capabilities to facilitate easy and cost-efficient routing of VoLTE traffic.

Ms. Ronnie Klingner, President Mobility, Security and Digital Services, PCCW Global, said, “PCCW Global and SAP Digital Interconnect aim to provide best-of-breed IPX services to their existing and new customers, offering one of the largest and most far-reaching on-net connectivity solutions in the industry which combine a comprehensive suite of both IPX and VoLTE services.”

Mr. Sethu Meenakshisundaram, President of SAP Digital Interconnect, said, “By combining the strength of SAP Digital Interconnect, an industry leader in global roaming services, with PCCW Global’s voice footprint and extensive MPLS backbone, we aim to deliver customers unrivalled scale, quality, and flexibility in mobile services. This collaboration has extensive future potential globally and is intended to benefit operators both in the short- and mid-term.”

PCCW Global and SAP Digital Interconnect plan to combine their footprints into a single IPX offering which will enable the two companies to deliver a range of new and advanced services including high-quality GRX, LTE data roaming, diameter, SCCP, Flex IPX (bandwidth on-demand), VoIPX, VoLTE and Globalview (advanced analytics and reporting).
CSL, the leading mobile network operator in Hong Kong and an operating division of HKT, will be the user of the combined IPX domain. Mr. Richard Midgett, Managing Director, Wireless Business, HKT, said, “We are delighted to be one of the first to benefit from this latest development. With PCCW Global and SAP Digital Interconnect, we can now access a broad range of services that support both our current and future needs.”

About PCCW Global
PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 150 countries, the PCCW Global network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications solutions which include Ethernet, IP, fiber and satellite transmission solutions, international voice and VoIPX services, managed network & security services and our expanding “as-a-service” solutions including OTT video and Unified Communications.

PCCW Global is headquartered in Hong Kong, and maintains regional centres in Belgium, China, France, Greece, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. To learn more about PCCW Global, please visit www.pccwglobal.com.

About HKT
HKT (SEHK: 6823) is Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider and leading operator in fixed-line, broadband and mobile communication services. It meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sales, outsourcing, consulting, and contact centers.

HKT offers a unique quadruple-play experience in Hong Kong delivering media content on its fixed-line, broadband Internet access and mobile platforms jointly with its parent company, PCCW Limited.

HKT also provides a range of innovative and smart living services beyond connectivity to make the daily lives of customers more convenient, whether they are at home, in the workplace, or on the go.

For more information, please visit www.hkt.com.

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For more information, please contact:
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Email: ivan.wy.ho@pccw.com
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28 MARCH 2017, HONG KONG – Telstra is calling for nominations for the second annual Telstra Business Woman in Asia Award with an expanded criteria to include female entrepreneurs and women from not-for-profit and social enterprises operating in Asia.

Cynthia Whelan, Telstra’s Group Executive New Businesses and Telstra Business Women’s Awards Alumni, said the inaugural Award in Asia in 2016 had been a great success in celebrating brilliant women in the region and the Award in 2017 was going to be bigger and better.

“We were thrilled to receive hundreds of nominations of inspiring female business leaders from across Asia for last year’s Award. Profiling and building networks of successful women is critical to overcoming barriers to equality in the workplace and we are very pleased to have welcomed last year’s cohort into the Telstra Business Women’s Award Alumni network,” said Ms Whelan.

The recent Women in Business report by Grant Thornton revealed that, although there is a slight increase in the proportion of senior roles held by women, it was still only at 25% globally and in many Asian countries it was even lower. For example, only 7% and 17% of senior roles were held by women in Japan and India respectively.

“It is clear we still have a long way to go when it comes to achieving equality among business leadership in Asia, and we hope the Award can play a role in achieving this goal,” said Ms Whelan.

This year, female entrepreneurs and women from not-for-profit and social enterprises residing in Asia are also eligible to be nominees of the Telstra Business Woman in Asia Award, a category of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards, alongside women from corporate or private sectors.

“As a champion of innovation through our startup accelerator program muru-D and our investments in emerging technology businesses through Telstra Ventures, we are excited about the opportunity for female entrepreneurs in Asia to be recognised as part of the Awards,” said Ms Whelan.

Coming from India, 2016 Telstra Business Woman in Asia Award winner, Rituparna Chakraborty, Co-Founder of TeamLease Services Ltd, sees women as playing an important leadership role to drive change.

Reflecting on winning the Award, Ms Chakraborty said, “If I’m able to inspire a single woman to break all kinds of ceilings, I would be really pleased and happy.”

TeamLease has a vision of “Putting India to Work” and has transformed the labour force of India by influencing a change in labour laws in the country to enable apprenticeships.

Entries for the 2017 Telstra Business Women’s Awards open Wednesday 26 April 2017 and close on Thursday 15 June 2017.

Nominations for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards are open all year round and can be made on https://www.telstrabusinesswomensawards.com/nominate/

 

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Media contact: Gladys Kwok/ +852 2837 4730

Email: Gladys.kwok@edelman.com

 

Media contact: Charlene Leung / +852 6131 9387

Email: Charlene.leung@team.telstra.com

 

About Telstra

Telstra is a leading telecommunications and technology company. We offer a full range of services and compete in all telecommunications markets in Australia, operating the largest mobile and Wi-Fi networks. Globally, we provide end-to-end solutions including managed network services, global connectivity, cloud, voice, colocation, conferencing and satellite solutions. We have licenses in Asia, Europe and the United States and offer access to more than 2,000 points of presence across the globe. For more information visit www.telstra.com.

• Unicoms Services launches end-to-end, hosted OTT service for pay-TV operators tapping turn-key OTT streaming platform Conax GO Live and Appear TV processing technology supporting Android and iOS devices

Oslo, Norway, March 27^th , 2017 – Conax, part of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD:S), and a leader in content and service protection for pay-TV and digital entertainment services worldwide, and Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation video processing platforms, today announced that Bulgaria’s Unicoms Services has deployed its UnyQTV hosted OTT platform for pay-TV operators deploying advanced technology provided by Conax and Appear TV.

A Conax customer since 2010, the new platform supports Unicoms services expansion into the OTT arena, supported by award-winning, feature-rich OTT streaming platform Conax GO Live, pre-integrated with Appear TV’s premium content processing platform. Unicoms Services is already hosting over 50 operators from the Balkans region with Conax Contego conditional access and is the first professional white label OTT solution available in Bulgaria.

The UnyQTV platform enables two business models: (i) a white label technical solution that allows for simple rebranding leveraging the operator’s existing assets and (ii) the UnyQTV “Revenue Share” model. The latter provides a complete pay-TV operator ecosystem for low-risk entry to OTT services, significantly reducing operating cost and investment for quickly launching Live-TV channels on smartphones and tablets, including support for catch-up TV. The Conax GO Live OTT platform provides a user-friendly app and exceptionally fast deployment. The Unicoms Services hosted solution offers mid to smaller DVB-C, DTH and IPTV operators a Live-TV offering enabling subscribers access to over 60 of the most popular Bulgarian and foreign channels.

On March 30^th, at the TV Connect Conference in London, Nastya Popova, Executive Director, Unicoms Trading, and Einar Vågmo, Director Product Management Multiscreen at Conax will share a comprehensive customer case study and valuable insights on “Speeding Up Time-to-Market with Pre-Integrated OTT Solutions” during the Morning Plenary session (11am).

“The TV screen is no longer just the traditional TV set,” confirms Nastya Popova, Executive Director, Unicoms Trading. Smart devices have become a part of daily life, with consumers demanding new applications of traditional TV services. Tapping the agility of the Conax and Appear TV technology, the new UnyQTV cloud OTT platform enables small and mid-size operators to compete with and best offerings on the market, providing secure, rapid deployment of value-added services – at an affordable price. Operators can tap an OPEX based model to deploy highly desirable OTT content without initial upfront hardware investments and expertise or offering the UnyQTV application’s “revenue share” model.”

-Daniel Johansson, EVP Global Sales & Marketing, Conax, “In a market eager to access live content on a variety of devices, Conax and Appear TV are helping Unicoms Services provide their service operators with a viable, user-friendly over-the-top content distribution service they can earn money on. The hosted platform enables operators to rapidly deploy OTT services and stream content securely. By making it easy for viewers to consume desired content legally and at an affordable price also reduces competition from illegal streaming services.”

“OTT not only offers the most flexible way of delivering content to any device, but does so via a range of new business models, offering significant potential for monetization. The partnership between Conax and Appear TV delivers complete, highly functional and expandable solutions that make OTT deployment easy by design, since every component is pre-tested and pre-integrated – that transforms OTT delivery into a simple, quick time to market option.   Rather than battle with technology, this frees customers to concentrate on delivering high quality, highly innovative new services such as the UnyQTV Cloud OTT platform”, says Carl Walter Holst, CEO, Appear TV.

About UNICOMS Trading Ltd.

Founded in 1992, UNICOMS TRADING is a trusted and reliable partner and system integrator for major Telecom, Cable TV, Satellite TV and Internet companies in Bulgaria and Balkan region for 25 years. Headquartered in Sofia, the company is specialized in providing all kind of active and passive equipment for building broadband communication systems, HFC, LAN/MAN, FTTH and PON networks, headend equipment, design, installation, hosting and other services. UNICOMS SERVICES is 100% subsidiary company of Unicoms Trading LTD operating as a service provider, hosting solutions provider and OTT/IPTV operator; UnyQTV is the brand name of the service provided by Unicoms Services for streaming live TV to iOS and Android devices in an OTT environment. www.unicomstrading.com

About Conax

A part of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD:S), Conax is a leading global specialist in service protection for digital TV and entertainment services via broadcast, broadband and connected devices. Based on the Conax Contego security back-end, Conax’ future-ready technology offers modular, fast-time-to-market solutions that enable easy entry into a world of secure multiscreen, multi-DRM content delivery and secures rights for premium content delivery to a range of devices over new hybrid network combinations. Conax spotlight technology includes the Contego-as-a-Service cloud-based platform, award-winning “Conax GO Live” live TV streaming, benchmark multi DRM protection and the Conax Connected Access connected IPTV security client combining Conditional Access and DRM security in a single client. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, ISO 9001 & 27001 certified Conax technology enables secure content revenues for 425 operators in 85 countries globally. For more information, please visit www.conax.com  and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook to join the conversation.

About Appear TV
Appear TV is based in Oslo, Norway, and has recently opened an additional office in Bangkok, Thailand. The company produces world-class equipment that enables operators to deliver professional broadcast services to millions of users around the globe. The company is dedicated to developing reliable, revenue-generating and innovative solutions for operators looking to deliver real-time content to the home. Appear TV head-ends are designed for modularity, high density, and flexibility. www.appeartv.com

 

Conax media contact
Leslie Johnsen
Head of Public Relations & Communications

Mob: +47 41 45 80 43
Email: leslie.johnsen@conax.com

Appear TV contact:
Nicolay Schweigaard
Communications Manager
nicolay.schweigaard@appeartv.com

Appear TV PR contact:
Lisa Belli
D. Pagan Communications, Inc.
lisab@dpagan.com

Achieves the certification by Great Place to Work® Institute, India

Mumbai, India, March 27, 2017: Leading Indian content company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) today announced that it has achieved the certification as a Great Place to Work® by the Great Place to Work® Institute, India. The Great Place to Work® framework assesses an organization on employee perception through Trust Index© dimensions namely, Credibility, Respect, Camaraderie, Pride and Fairness. It further evaluates and benchmarks people practices through Culture Audit©. Based on this framework, it was revealed that Zee Entertainment had significantly positive employee perception and robust people practices, which identified it as an organization with a Great Culture.

Speaking on this noteworthy achievement, Mr. Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, ZEEL said, “My heartiest congratulations to the team on ZEE being certified as a Great Place to Work®. At ZEE, we consider our employees as our most valued asset and this certification only goes to reinforce the fact that we are taking focused and proactive steps in nurturing our talent.”

Elaborating further, Mr. Praveer Priyadarshi, Chief People Officer, ZEEL said, “With the Group philosophy of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – The World Is My Family” woven into the fabric of ZEE culture, we believe in fostering the growth and development of every member of the ZEE family. Our Human Resources practice at ZEE has been instrumental in driving this change and providing constant support to businesses by creating collaborative working relationships through our SAMWAD philosophy, talent-based hiring, rewarding through robust performance management processes, recognizing top performers through our Employee Recognition Program – ‘Zeelompics’, identification, development and nurturing of our talent through our High-Potential Development Program – ‘ACE’. Our global presence provides our employees an opportunity to perform and demonstrate their talent effectively in diverse markets and cultural context.”

Commending ZEE on the certification, Mr. Prasenjit Bhattacharya, CEO, Great Place to Work® Institute, India said, “ZEE has striven to develop a High-Trust, High-Performance Culture™ and has been Great Place to Work-Certified™. This certification showcases ZEE’s dedication to winning its employees’ trust and creating a great workplace. It is part of their efforts to build an organization where employees trust the people they work for, have pride in what they do, and enjoy the company of the people they work with.”

Every year, over 8000 companies from across 50 countries participate in the certification program conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute. Great Place to Work® Institute blends an analysis of the employees’ workplace experience through the Trust Index Survey, along with an assessment of the organisation’s processes and practices via a Culture Audit. In addition, this year, representatives from Great Place to Work® Institute, India had visited the ZEE office in Mumbai and interacted with employees to understand their work experiences at ZEE to get a first-hand experience of the organisation’s culture and processes, for the purpose of benchmarking against other organizations across industries.

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Note to Editors

About Great Place to Work®:

Great Place to Work® has conducted pioneering research on the characteristics of great workplaces for over 25 years and is considered the gold standard for assessing and certifying great workplace cultures. It believes that all organizations can become great workplaces, and it’s their mission is to help them succeed. Great Place To Work® partners more than 8000 organizations every year around the world to help create and sustain a High-Trust, High-Performance Culture™ and get Great Place to Work-Certified™.

 

About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL):

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, is one of the leading global content companies. With an extensive content library housing over 222,000+ hours of television content and rights to more than 3,818 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film stars, ZEE entertains over One Billion viewers across 171+ countries. ZEE has a strong presence across the media and entertainment value chain including Broadcasting, Films, Digital, Theatre, LIVE Events & Talent. ZEE also operates multiple digital offerings like Ditto TV, OZEE and India.com.

More information about ZEE and its businesses is available on www.zeetelevision.com.

 

Official Social Media Platforms:

Twitter                 :               ZEECorporate/Twitter.com

Facebook            :               ZEECorporate/Facebook.com

LinkedIn               :               Linkedin.com/Company/ZEECorporate

 

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Media Contact:

Jayshree Kumar / Arantxa Gonsalves

Corporate Communications – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)

Mobile: +91 9769286661 /9820336890

Email: jayshree.kumar@zee.esselgroup.com / arantxa.gonsalves@zee.esselgroup.com

The prestigious critics’ choice award selected the short as the best case study in the Animated Frames category

MUMBAI, INDIA (March 27, 2017) – Turner has won critical acclaim for Lamput at FICCI Frames 2017 as the Best Case Study in the Animated Frames category.

The original series, which features a gooey orange nutcase that outwits a pair of hapless doctors, has received praise for its ability to tell multiple stories and inspire laughter.

Lamput is created by Mumbai-based Vaibhav Studios and has been on-air, online and on-app since 2016 in Asia Pacific on Cartoon Network and POGO, and worldwide on Boomerang, Turner’s second flagship kids channel.

Mark Eyers, Chief Content Officer for Turner’s Kids Networks in Asia Pacific, commented: “We couldn’t be happier for this little orange character who has truly sparked to life over the last year to delight kids everywhere. This award demonstrates the depth of talent in India and how a simple idea can be transformed into something shown on screens around the world.”

This is three years in a row that Turner original content has been shortlisted at FICCI Frames. Cartoon Network won Best Animated Film for its Roll No. 21 – Kris in Bollywood in 2016 and Best Animated Film for Roll No. 21 – Ticket to Australia the year before.

Lamput was greenlit by Turner Asia Pacific’s virtual studio as part of Cartoon Network’s shorts programme, which connects artists, animators, writers and studios from around the region.

Delve into the world of Lamput and his escapades here: https://youtu.be/onYw0POzs5s.

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About Cartoon Network Asia Pacific

Turner’s Cartoon Network, the number one kids’ channel in Asia Pacific, offers the best in original animated content including the multi-award-winning global hits Ben 10, The Powerpuff Girls, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time and We Bare Bears.

Cartoon Network is available in 29 countries throughout Asia Pacific and is currently seen in more than 135 million pay-TV homes. Internationally, it is seen in 192 countries and over 370 million homes, and is an industry leader with a global offering of the best in award-winning animated entertainment for kids and families.

The brand is known for putting its fans at the center of everything by applying creative thinking and innovation across multiple platforms. Cartoon Network also reaches millions more through its websites, games and apps, including Cartoon Network Watch and Play and Cartoon Network Anything. Cartoon Network, sister company to Boomerang, POGO and Toonami, is a brand created and distributed by Turner, a Time Warner Company.

 

About Turner Asia Pacific

Turner Asia Pacific creates and distributes award-winning brands throughout the region, running 61 channels in 14 languages in 42 countries. These include CNN International, CNNj, CNN, HLN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, POGO, Toonami, Warner TV, Oh!K, TCM Turner Classic Movies, truTV, MondoTV, TABI Channel, and HBO, HBO HD and WB in South Asia. Turner manages the business of Pay- and Free-TV-channels, as well as Internet-based services, and oversees commercial partnerships with various third-party media ventures; it teams with Warner Bros. and HBO to leverage Time Warner’s global reach. Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. (“Turner Asia Pacific”) is a Time Warner company.

 

For further information, contact:

James Moore, Turner Asia Pacific

+852 3128-3720 / james.moore@turner.com

Irdeto Rights for China DRM with TEE integration is the first-ever hardware-protected ecosystem for China DRM that will give operators more control and confidence to launch premium content services   

CHINA, CCBN, 23 March 2017 – Irdeto has announced the successful integration of Irdeto Rights for China DRM with Amlogic’s S905X, S905D, and S912 system on chips (SoCs). These SoCs are equipped with advanced security features that enable integration with trusted execution environment (TEE).

With this first hardware-protected ecosystem for China DRM in the industry, operators in China and content owners benefit from having full control and confidence to launch premium content services that support Hollywood studios high value early releases as well as 4K/UHD content.

China is forecasted to have the largest market share for over-the-top (OTT) TV and video revenues in Asia Pacific ($7.9 billion) by 2021, according to a research by Digital TV Research.

“As global video-on-demand services grow, China is emerging as one of the largest markets for OTT demand and new offerings, especially for premium content services,” said James Xie, Vice President, Corporate Business Strategy at Amlogic. “We are delighted to integrate our TEE hardware with Irdeto Rights for China DRM, to bring the highest form of security for 4K/UHD content to operators in China and content owners. We are also confident that our collaboration with Irdeto will instill greater confidence for the studios to invest more in the Chinese market.”

“With the anticipated growth in OTT, our partnership with Amlogic will facilitate the availability of premium content for the Chinese audience and meet the growing demand,” said Marco Xie, General Manager, China, Irdeto. “With a world-class level of security for delivery platforms, content owners can accelerate the release of new content and explore new business models to generate greater revenues from premium content offerings for the Chinese audience.”

As part of the Irdeto 360 security suite, Irdeto launched Irdeto Rights for China DRM, the first-ever Chinese government-approved and Hollywood studios-validated DRM solution last year. It is uniquely offered together with Irdeto TraceMark™ forensic watermarking and is fully compliant with the standards of The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT). With Irdeto’s support of the first hardware-protected ecosystem for China DRM, operators are able to securely offer consumers access to premium content.

 

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About Irdeto

Irdeto is the world leader in digital platform security, protecting platforms and applications across multiple industries, such as media & entertainment, payments and automotive. Our solutions and services enable customers to protect their revenue, create new offerings and fight cybercrime. With nearly 50 years of expertise in security, Irdeto’s software security technology and cyber services protect over 5 billion devices and applications for some of the world’s best known brands. Our unique heritage as a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN) means that we are a well-established and reliable partner to help build a more secure future. Please visit Irdeto at www.irdeto.com.

 

About Amlogic

Amlogic is a global fabless system-on-a-chip (SoC) leader that provides open platform solutions for multimedia consumer devices including OTT/IP STBs, Smart TVs and Smart Home products. Amlogic has combined its highly-optimized media processing engine and system IPs with industry-leading CPU and GPU technologies to produce solutions for leading pay-tv operators, OEM, and ODM partners. Through proprietary techniques, Amlogic has been able to achieve cost, performance, and power consumption optimizations never seen before. Amlogic lets partners rapidly develop market-leading products by providing turnkey solutions on both Android and Linux.  Amlogic is founded in Santa Clara, California, with R&D centers, support and sales offices in Santa Clara, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Taipei, and France.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Crystal Kung

Account Manager, WE Communications

P: +65 303 8472

Email: ckung@we-worldwide.com

 

Katie Walsh

Director, Corporate Communications, Irdeto

Mobile: +1-603-738-9599

Email: Katherine.walsh@irdeto.com

 

Around half (52%) of Chinese consumers aged 18 to 24 who watch pirated content indicated that mobile devices are their most frequent method of consuming this content – the highest globally – reflecting a prominent shift in viewer consumptions habits         

 

CHINA, CCBN, 23 March 2017 – A new online consumer survey from Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform security, found that 84% of Chinese consumers polled are aware that producing or sharing pirated video content is illegal. In contrast, only 58% think that streaming or downloading pirated content is illegal, revealing a lack of understanding that in fact both forms of piracy are illegal.

This calls for greater efforts in educating Chinese consumers that all forms of piracy are illegal. Education is expected to have a positive impact. Over half (57%) of Chinese consumers who watch pirated content stated they are willing to pirate less, or even stop watching, when told that piracy could hinder studio investment and cause a drop in the quality of content. Interestingly, Chinese consumers aged 35 to 44 are most likely to pirate (73%) – more than the younger demographic aged 18 to 24 (68%) – and are also the most willing (65%) to pirate less or stop watching.

With regards to the devices used most frequently to consume pirated video content, Irdeto’s survey found that 41% of Chinese consumers who watch pirated content use their laptops or computers to access this content while 43% use their mobile devices (smartphones or tablets). The latter is more pronounced among the younger demographic aged 18 to 24 and reflects a shift in viewer consumption habits, where 52% indicated that mobile devices are their most frequent method of consuming pirated content.

“The findings of the survey show that piracy will continue to be a major business challenge for operators in the near future. There is also a need for broader consumer education so that they will understand the negative implications that piracy can cause to the industry,” said Marco Xie, General Manager, China, Irdeto. “Content providers should proactively identify where piracy leaks are happening and what content is being pirated, so that operators can not only mitigate revenue loss, but also increase revenue potential by capitalizing on latent demand.”

A majority of the consumers (37%) who watch pirated content in China are most interested in watching movies that are currently shown in theatres, followed by TV series (18%) and Blu-ray edition of movies (12%). This reflects the consumption patterns of Chinese consumers who have a strong preference for Hollywood blockbusters that hit the Chinese box office.

However, competition from online video sites are expected to compete for market share and grow in popularity, especially among local video content service providers like Tencent, Youku Tudou and others that are investing in more local original content. These emerging players will not be spared from piracy unless they play their part in investing in content protection and educating consumers on the negative impact that piracy has on the industry, which ultimately affects the quality of a consumer’s viewing experience.

“Consumer education in China plays an important role in any anti-piracy strategy, especially given the lack of knowledge regarding what is legal and illegal, and is most effective when there is a high level of willingness among consumers to change their behavior,” said Rory O’Connor, Vice President of Services, Irdeto. “If industry players can elicit this change in consumer habits, alongside a compelling legal video service and a 360-degree approach to a robust security and anti-piracy program, they will be able to prevent pirates from stealing market share.”

Irdeto also conducted a Global Consumer Piracy Survey which you may view at this link: https://resources.irdeto.com/irdeto-global-consumer-piracy-survey

 

Methodology

The research was commissioned by Irdeto and conducted online from February 7^th–13^th, 2017 by YouGov. Total sample size was 1,044 Chinese adults (aged 18+). The figures have been weighted and are representative of the online population of adults in China (aged 18+).

 

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About Irdeto

Irdeto is the world leader in digital platform security, protecting platforms and applications across multiple industries, such as media & entertainment, payments and automotive. Our solutions and services enable customers to protect their revenue, create new offerings and fight cybercrime. With nearly 50 years of expertise in security, Irdeto’s software security technology and cyber services protect over 5 billion devices and applications for some of the world’s best known brands. Our unique heritage as a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN) means that we are a well-established and reliable partner to help build a more secure future. Please visit Irdeto at www.irdeto.com.

 

For further information, please contact:

Crystal Kung

Account Manager, WE Communications

P: +65 303 8472

Email: ckung@we-worldwide.com

 

Katie Walsh

Director, Corporate Communications, Irdeto

Mobile: +1-603-738-9599

Email: Katherine.walsh@irdeto.com