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The Spark For Mobile TV Ads In Korea

New ratings service will provide welcome ammunition for struggling operators.

August 5, 2008 | Read more »

A Feminine Touch For Pay-TV

Sony banks on more brands targeting women as it rolls out sister channel to AXN.

August 1, 2008 | Read more »

 

TVB Eyes New Dawn For On-Demand

Broadcaster senses a commercial opportunity; launches free service to test the water.

July 19, 2008 | Read more »

Step Two For NBC Universal In India

With the ink drying on a deal with NDTV, NBC U International president Pete Smith wants to see five channels on air in 2009.

June 2, 2008 | Read more »

Redgate Gets Serious About Outdoor

Creates new Redgate Outdoor arm to work alongside existing divisions in print and radio.

February 27, 2008 | Read more »

SPH Reveals Regional Ambition For Digital Sales

The Lion City’s main newspaper publisher is earning a reputation as a digital innovator. Its latest ploy? Selling online video ads across Asia.

February 22, 2008 | Read more »

Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo!

Microsoft has proposed a US$44.6 bil. acquisition of Yahoo! in a bid to gain greater share of the global online ad market and more momentum.

February 3, 2008 | Read more »

Turner Embarks on Digital Shake-Up For 2008

Online properties will be empowered as business units with own P&L, with Cartoon Network in the vanguard.

January 26, 2008 | Read more »

MTV Refocuses its Sales Pitch

TV network will attach less importance to developing original content for brands in favor of more cost-effective options

January 17, 2008 | Read more »

Sony WSG Win IPL Rights At US$1 bil.

Sony and the World Sports Group have won the media rights to a big bonanza cricket franchise, the Twenty20 Indian Premier League, for US$1 bil.

January 15, 2008 | Read more »

Ad Growth Boosts SPH Sales

Robust print advertising boosted sales growth for Singapore Press Holdings during the Nov. 2007 quarter.

January 15, 2008 | Read more »

Time Warner Delves Deeper Into India

Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting will capitalize on the long-term growth of India through an expansionary JV with the Alva Brothers.

December 13, 2007 | Read more »

Focus Media Bags CGEN

Focus Media just got even bigger in China with the strategically sound acquisition of CGEN Digital Media.

December 12, 2007 | Read more »

Linktone Expands China TV Business

Linktone is expanding its broadcasting business in China through an advertising sales partnership with Tianjin Satellite Television.

December 12, 2007 | Read more »

NTV Shops To Ease Ad Pain

Leading Japanese commercial broadcaster Nippon TV (NTV) is partnering with Seven & i Holdings and Dentsu to launch a shopping portal.

November 28, 2007 | Read more »

Focus On The Prize

China's Focus Media is on fire with digital OOH and its fast growing online and mobile businesses. Next up is a 10-15% rate card increase for OOH.

November 27, 2007 | Read more »

Content, Blogs and Google Drive Sina

Chinese portal Sina's growing content capabilities, new celebrity blogs and alliance with Google is likely to further boost ad sales.

November 17, 2007 | Read more »

TVB Gears Up For HDTV

TVB will launch an HD digital terrestrial channel on New Year's Eve, reaching 60% of Hong Kong's population at launch.

November 15, 2007 | Read more »

Murdoch Hopeful On India, Bleak on China

STAR is back on track in India but is cutting its investment in China, says News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch.

November 15, 2007 | Read more »

Behind Time’s Lifestyle Play in India

Time shifts attention from Japan and Korea to India, to woo upmarket brands with its lifestyle read Style & Design.

November 14, 2007 | Read more »

ATV Looks Beyond Spots

Hong Kong broadcaster ATV, which relaunched last month, has also overhauled its sales team with a new structure and targets.

November 6, 2007 | Read more »

Comcast's Asian Landgrab: A Conservative Affair

Comcast will still keep a tight hand on the fiscal reins as it embarks on a major push to drive up revenues outside the US.

November 6, 2007 | Read more »

Pay-TV Enters Mainstream in Japan

Dentsu and J:COM signals a heightened interest in alternative forms of TV advertising in a country where traditional broadcast media still rules.

November 2, 2007 | Read more »

CNBC Seeks to Move Closer to Local Partners

CNBC is eyeing content deals and closer co-operation with local partners to bolster its global programming, according to Jeremy Pink.

November 2, 2007 | Read more »

Hong Kong Gets A Taste of The New ATV

A major push by terrestrial Hong Kong broadcaster ATV to revitalize its image and attract a younger audience has got off to an unsteady start.

November 2, 2007 | Read more »

Financial Times Drives Digital Growth

Starting from mid-October, FT is opening up access to FT.com, by allowing free access to 30 stories per month.

October 2, 2007 | Read more »

Havas: Strong Growth in H1 2007 Results

Satisfactory first-half 2007 results for Havas are in line with expectations.

September 27, 2007 | Read more »

SCMP Faces Up to Life Without Notices

Hong Kong publisher SCMP says the outlook for the remainder of 2007 and 2008 is weak with the loss of notices.

September 22, 2007 | Read more »

WPP Halts Losing Streak

Citigroup has consolidated its US$500 mil. global media account with WPP-owned Mediaedge:cia, halting a recent trend that has seen WPP lose key accounts.

September 22, 2007 | Read more »

Dentsu Eyes Recovery

Dentsu endured a poor June quarter but hopes that a TV ad upturn and the Athletics World Championships will boost its fortunes.

August 21, 2007 | Read more »

Baidu Keyword Costs Increase

Baidu’s keyword costs are growing fast and closing the gap with Google but advertisers still find that Baidu delivers superior ROI.

August 20, 2007 | Read more »

Circulation Climbs at The Economist

The Economist continues to grow in strength with its Asian circulation climbing by 5% year-on-year.

August 20, 2007 | Read more »

Media, Digital and Asia Drive WPP

Strong growth in Asia, led by China, and continued momentum in media buying and digital boosted WPP's interim results.

August 20, 2007 | Read more »

BusinessWeeks Says Swadee In New Language Format

Thailand celebrates the arrival of a Thai-language BusinessWeek.

August 1, 2007 | Read more »

Euro RSCG Singapore Appoints New Stars to Dell Account

Euro RSCG's Singapore office takes on top talent for hefty Dell account.

July 31, 2007 | Read more »

Asia, Digital and New Biz Boost Publicis

Momentum in Asia, new accounts and growth from digital were the positives for Publicis in an otherwise disappointing 1H.

July 28, 2007 | Read more »

Havas Organic Revenue +4.4% in 1H 07

Global agency group Havas reported a 4.4% increase in organic revenue for the first half of 2007.

July 27, 2007 | Read more »

Digital Fuels Korean Media

Online and digital businesses are creating new life in Korean media.

July 25, 2007 | Read more »

Cheil: Down But Not Out

Leading Korean ad agency Cheil Communications had a fairly weak June quarter but the company is looking forward to a major rebound.

July 25, 2007 | Read more »

The Season of Zee

Indian broadcaster Zee racked up more than US$50 mil. in advertising during the June quarter, a yearly growth of 47%.

July 19, 2007 | Read more »

Dentsu Sales Drop By 4%

Dentsu, Japan's leading ad agency, saw sales decline by 4.2% year-on-year for the June 2007 quarter and by 5.9% for the month of June.

July 16, 2007 | Read more »

Publicis Wins In June

Publicis was the top global agency in June, winning some US$440 mil. worth of new business.

July 16, 2007 | Read more »

SPH Revival

Robust double digit ad growth at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) shows that the publisher is enjoying a revival.

July 13, 2007 | Read more »

CFO India Launches

A country known for its business acumen has gained a new magazine, known for its business analysis acumen.

July 6, 2007 | Read more »

Nexus India Launches US$100 Mil. Fund

Nexus India Capital has closed a US$100 mil. venture cap fund to invest in a number of sectors including media, communications and technology.

July 4, 2007 | Read more »

WPP Up 5.2%

Leading global agency group WPP June 26 said its revenues for the first five months of 2007 had increased by 5.2%.

June 26, 2007 | Read more »

WPP: Media Buying and Planning Core Drivers

Global agency group WPP saw its 2006 revenue in China and India grow by 23% and 19% year-on-year, respectively.

March 20, 2007 | Read more »

WPP Courts China

WPP-owned Ogilvy Group China has become the first agency to invest in marketing for China’s rocketing property sector.

November 28, 2006 | Read more »

PAX Survey Results Released

Survey shows small growth or stability in print media reach for most print regional publications and steady growth in TV news channels.

November 28, 2006 | Read more »

TV for Your Hand

Turner Broadcasting is making more content for the phone.

November 28, 2006 | Read more »

Mergers & Australia

A flurry of mergers activity in Australia primes the broadcast market.

November 23, 2006 | Read more »

Media Prima to Take Stake in Outdoor Firm

Malaysia's Media Prima makes a run for the outdoor market.

November 23, 2006 | Read more »

WPP Invests in Asia

Global agency group WPP acquired four agencies in Asia October 19, including two in India and China.

November 23, 2006 | Read more »

Microsoft Offers Digital Solutions

Microsoft is delivering customized ads to reach a consumer market that is spending more time online.

November 23, 2006 | Read more »

STW Communications Expands its Brand Stance

STW Communications (STW) November 3 made three new acquisitions spending a total of A$39 million (US$30 million).

November 23, 2006 | Read more »

Viacom International Japan Flexes Its FLUX

MTV launches a new online property in North Asia, soley advertiserd-driven.

November 23, 2006 | Read more »

WPP Posts Strong 1H 2006 Results

WPP CEO Martin Sorrell sees global advertising at 4%, but WPP should exceed this, says Sorrell.

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

Astro Sees the Sunny Side of the Street

Malaysia all-weather Astro All Asia Networks astounds again.

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

A Passage to India

The Independent travels to India.

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

IHT and NYT Join Forces to Unify the Ad Network

Soon, the NY Times Media Group, will be able to leverage all of its properties across the world.

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

More Content for India

India’s HT Media Ltd will publish exclusive content from The Wall Street Journal

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

NOW TV Brings Playboy to Hong Kong

The bunny ears are coming to NOW TV subscribers' screens.

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

Murdoch Space

He took the growing fandom of MySpace under his wing; now the media mogul has his sights on China's web-happy netizens.

November 21, 2006 | Read more »

Google Brings TV Content to the Aussies

Another Google expansion move, this time into downloaded content in Australia.

September 28, 2006 | Read more »

Cricket It Is

Zee Telefilms launches a huge bid for cricket matches over five years.

May 12, 2006 | Read more »

Growing Like A Weed

Korea’s leading pay-TV focused media group, On*Media, grew turnover by 21% in 2005 to reach W253 billion (US$258 million).

May 10, 2006 | Read more »

One Sales Team Under Time Inc.

Time Inc. integrates its sales teams.

May 10, 2006 | Read more »

Dentsu Expects Growth in 2006

According to Dentsu, advertising demand has noticeably improved and Japan’s renewed economic strength is likely to spur growth in FY 2006.

May 9, 2006 | Read more »

NOW TV to Boost Channel Offerings

Hong Kong telecom provider PCCW’s pay-TV service NOW TV continues to grow in strength.

May 9, 2006 | Read more »

More Restrictions On China's Pubs

GAPP has indicated that no new magazine titles will be welcome in the market.

May 7, 2006 | Read more »

China Mobility

Grey becomes the main agency and a chief marketing partner for all of China Mobile’s marketing and branding activities.

May 6, 2006 | Read more »

Back To Back Events Years Boost WPP

WPP saw organic revenue growth of 5.5% for 2005, while overall revenue grew by 25% to £5.4 billion.

May 5, 2006 | Read more »

Turnover to Turn a Profit for SCMP

The South China Morning Post Group expects a double-digit display advertising increase in 2006.

May 4, 2006 | Read more »

Aegis Boasts 7.2% Growth

Growth in digital, out-of-home and communications services helped boost Aegis' media performance.

April 28, 2006 | Read more »

TVB Results

Leading Hong Kong commercial broadcaster TVB saw turnover grow by 9% year-on-year in 2005.

April 28, 2006 | Read more »

The Asia IHT Expands

International Herald Tribune (IHT) April 19 announced a 9.2% year-on-year growth in audited circulation sales in 2005.

April 27, 2006 | Read more »

New Agency Kicks Off In Japan

Neo@Ogilvy will serve as a full-service digital and direct media company engaged in the planning and purchasing of online media.

April 25, 2006 | Read more »

News Corp.'s STAR Reaches US$110 million for Quarter

New channels in India, and advertising and subscription gains, give News Corp. bouyant financial news in Asia.

July 10, 2005 | Read more »

Reuters Takes a Slice of The Times Global Broadcasting

The team up with The Times Global Broadcasting means bigger share of Indian market.

July 9, 2005 | Read more »

Enhanced IHT Boosts Growth

Growth in circulation keeps IHT on solid ground.

July 8, 2005 | Read more »

Bigger China Audiences for Viacom

Shanghai HAHA Nick TV Production reaches 3.5 million pay-TV homes in Shanghai, while MTV Networks teams with China Mobile.

July 6, 2005 | Read more »

Dow Jones Re-Tools Flagging International Editions

The restructuring raises flags about the future of regional Asia news written in English.

July 5, 2005 | Read more »

Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather wins huge Lenovo bid.

June 5, 2005 | Read more »

One Million Served

The Economist has astounded all by reaching a global circulation of one million.

March 12, 2005 | Read more »

Holding Shanda At Bay

China's leading online portal holds off an aggressive suitor.

March 11, 2005 | Read more »

JCDecaux Showcases Advertising Award Winners

All of the best advertising shown in the Hong Kong International Airport got its day in the sun in late June.

February 26, 2005 | Read more »

JCDecaux Nails 15 Year Contract in Shanghai

Outdoor advertising keeps growing, and growing.

Read more »

Xinhua and the Case of the Wire Services Ransom

A bevy of new regulations on wire services providers could mean greater monitoring of foreign media in China.

Read more »

Taking the Salt Flats to China

Building on the popularity of motor sports in China, Ogilvy Action takes a gong for F1 marketing campaign.

Read more »

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Q3 2008

Game on

TV companies take a shine to the lucrative world of online gaming

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