Advanced Television

Singapore

Mediacorp selects ThinkAnalytics’ Think360

ThinkAnalytics, a specialist in personalised content discovery and hyper-targeted advertising solutions, has announced that Mediacorp, Singapore’s national media network, has selected the Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform for mewatch, its OTT streaming service. This will support Mediacorp’s strategy to drive viewer engagement by offering viewers personalised and relevant content from its content library, with support […]

April 25, 2023

Singapore: StarHub renews F1 rights

StarHub has  secured the broadcasting rights for the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship through beIN Sports. ​StarHub’s Sports+ customers in Singapore will be able to continue watching all the F1 action via beIN Sports on channel 213. The new season flagged off on March 5th with the Bahrain Grand Prix which was won by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen. […]

March 6, 2023

Kacific Broadband extends link with ST‘s iDirect

Singapore-based satellite operator Kavcific Broadband has extended its link with ST Engineering’s iDirect in a partnership to expand services in Southeast Asia as well as Central and Western Asia, and Eastern Africa. ST Engineering iDirect, whose Dialog hub platform was instrumental to Kacific1’s existing successful programme, will “provide a comprehensive next-generation ground infrastructure including systems […]

February 14, 2023By Chris Forrester

Singapore Airlines offers free WiFi

Singapore Airlines, following on from a trial last year, is offering free WiFi broadband connectivity to most of its passengers. First and Business class passengers can access unlimited free WiFi. Premium Economy can also get free access for 3-hours if they are members of the airline’s KrisFlyer club, while club members in Economy can get […]

February 3, 2023By Chris Forrester

Witbe expands APAC presence

Witbe, a specialist in test automation and proactive monitoring for video service providers, has announced that the company is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with new headquarters in Singapore and powerful Witbe Cloud network monitoring capabilities. The Singapore office will officially open on February 2nd with a grand ceremony attended by Witbe […]

February 1, 2023

StarHub rings in Lunar New Year with free preview

From January 19th to January 26th, all StarHub Entertainment customers will enjoy a Lunar New Year free preview with over 100 channels from a myriad of content genres – including Hub Sports 1 to 3, HBO, Hub VV Drama, National Geographic Channel, and Nickelodeon. In between the festivities, customers can binge on a slate of […]

January 16, 2023

Rewind Networks’ HITS NOW on Singtel

Rewind Networks has announced HITS NOW, Asia’s one-stop curated destination, offering a diverse range of US shows, including reality and talent shows, dramas, comedies, game shows and entertainment news. Starting February 6th, HITS NOW will debut in Asia with Singtel in Singapore, and will be available on Singtel TV, Singtel TV GO and CAST. HITS […]

January 5, 2023

108 Media acquires Piccadilly Pictures

London/Singapore-based international content investment studio 108 Media has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake of London-based film and television financing firm Piccadilly Pictures.In addition to bolstering its ambitions in Europe, 108 Media will also begin to expand the remit of their latest acquisition into emerging markets by launching Piccadilly Pictures APAC, a new […]

December 6, 2022

StarHub, Singtel, Mediacorp telecast World Cup in Singapore

With the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 kicking off on November 20th, StarHub, Singtel and Mediacorp will be offering football fans in Singapore complete coverage of all 64 matches, who can stream the games live or on-demand on any device. This marks the second collaboration between the three companies, following a three-way tie-up […]

October 31, 2022

WBD, Singapore Tourism Board content partnership

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have announced a three-year partnership to collaborate on entertainment and lifestyle content, as well as joint marketing, to spotlight and inspire travel to destination Singapore. Both parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create new content, leveraging WBD’s portfolio of brands and popular […]

October 17, 2022