Jul 17, 2008
1- Shanghai Media Group is looking at 3-D TV. (A real Bandwidth hogger.) Others are working on it too, so it should be in most markets by 2017. – Ron Westfall, Current Analysis 2- Piracy of satellite signals can reach up to 50 percent in Asia. 3- Customers demand higher quality of service from Mobile
Jul 17, 2008
This chart nicely differentiates emergent types of Internet TV.Source: Ross Pollack, Senior Vice President, distribution in Asia for Sony.
Jul 16, 2008
This chart neatly summarizes potential IPTV markets in Asia. Taiwan and Korea fall into the zone I identified in this video pitch and this posting. The IPTV wildcard zone also offers great potential. Source: Bob Scott, Cisco Director-Strategy and Business Development.
Jul 16, 2008
Preston Lau, General Manager of Google in Hong Kong presented an update on YouTube at the Broadband World Forum Asia 2008. – YouTube’s biggest categories: Humor (75%), Music (54%) News (46%). (I think these numbers add up to more than 100 percent because you can select more than one category per video.) – Two thirds
Jul 15, 2008
This photograph was used by Chinnee M. Tong of Microsoft TV to illustrate how – despite China’s famed-penchant for piracy – Chinese consumers are in fact willing to pay for content. The yellow dots highlight satellite dishes on this building Chinnee photographed. Note that some apartments have several dishes and most would have to pay
Jul 14, 2008
IPTV, a recent obsession of mine, has been a recurrent theme at the Broadband World Forum 2008 in Hong Kong, but not everyone thinks implementation is easy. John Reister of Big Band Networks: Entering IPTV is difficultHigh competition- Rival media types- Many providers moving into IPTV and set-top boxesBig investmentEnd users have heavy and growing
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
