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Ultra-broadband to cause bandwidth divide
News Adoption of ultra-high speed residential broadband will create bandwidth divide among world regions, as well as within countries in three to five years, says Gartner.
Tags: Networking technology, Bandwidth, Mobile Broadband, TV, Video, Gartner Inc., HDTV, Broadband, Cable, cable television
SingTel's EPL win 'not profitable', but ups ante
News Singapore carrier's winning bid to broadcast football league likely won't make profit but will drive up subscriber base to rival StarHub, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: IPTV, Starhub, SingTel, CEO, IPTV, TV, Singapore, pay-TV, cable television, Frost & Sullivan
Former M1 chief to head rival StarHub
News MobileOne's former CEO Neil Montefiore will head StarHub from January 2010, succeeding current chief Terry Clontz who will retire but remain as a group director.
Tags: Starhub, SingTel, Telecommunications, International Data Corp., Singapore, M1, cable television, CEO, mobile operator
Comcast exec: Expect more Web regulation
News Cable giant has delved into the Internet world with Comcast Interactive Media, and CIM's vice president says new laws will eventually follow new Web technology.
Tags: Regulations, Web 2.0, Google Inc., BitTorrent, Regulation, Comcast Corp., cable television, movie, Web 2.0, FCC
True Move to invest despite slump
News Thailand's third-largest mobile operator reaffirms it will continue to invest in the country's broadband development despite the current economic slowdown.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Investment, Wireless Broadband, Thailand, Analogue, Wireless, Broadband, Supachai, cable television
Study: Display ad growth dips in the first quarter
News Sales of Internet display ads rose 8.5 percent in the first three months of 2008, off their double-digit percentage growth of years past.
Tags: Internet advertising, Online Advertising, Paid Search, Sales, Advertisement, cable television, research company, News.com, marketing, Internet
eBay ends online ads sales system
News Internet auction house pulls the plug on Media Marketplace, a controversial pilot program designed to buy and sell radio and TV advertising on the Internet.
Tags: Internet advertising, eBay Inc., Online Advertising, Sales, Advertisement, cable television, Adweek, Oxygen, network, pilot program
Philippines: Mobile TV still in limbo
News Local carrier Smart Communications has not earned any revenue from its mobile TV service because the government has yet to issue policy guidelines on the technology.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Regulations, TVs, Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, Philippines, phone, cable television
Education takes off in rural India, helped by PCs
News Computer-assisted education is helping to draw village children back into school, and going a long way toward improving India's literacy rate of 65 percent.
Tags: Local Government, Regulations, IT training, Children, School, India, Computer-aided Learning, Education, Internet Connection, Computer
CyberWorks denies Softbank tie-up for broadband project
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, Asia's No. 1 Internet company, denied a newspaper report that it will cooperate with Softbank Corp to distribute its Pan-Asian broadband Internet service.
Short Take: SCV to use Vignette apps for cable TV portal
News Local cable television and broadband Internet service provider Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) has selected applications from Nasdaq-listed Vignette Corp for its cable TV portal.
Tomen to expand cable biz with HK fund
News Tomen, a mid-sized Osaka-based trading company, said it will receive help from Hong Kong investment fund Olympus Capital Holdings Asia to expand cable television business in Japan.
Sony buys 10% stake in KDDI's cable TV unit
News Sony Corp has acquired a 10 percent stake in a unit of KDDI Corp that supplies Internet connections to cable television subscribers.
Sony buys stake in cable operator
News Sony Corp will buy a 10 percent stake in Tokyu Cable Television, a Tokyo-based cable TV operator.
SCV broadband subscribers jump 30%
News Singapore Cable Vision has met its aim of signing 70,000 cable modem subscribers, just three months after revising its targets upwards.
