Hong Kong based All Sports Network (ASN) have acquired the rights to broadcast US hockey throughout Asia.
The deal with The National Hockey League (NHL) gives the company blanket coverage of games on all formats, including HDTV and IPTV, in very large regions of the continent.
There are around 130 games per season, with highlights that [...]

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Now dubbed ‘Americas Com‘,
Informa Telecoms & Media ran the conference successfully as ‘GSM Americas’ for
12 years, working to gather delegates from all over South and Central America for
two days of networking and the opportunity to benchmark strategies and technology
choices with colleagues from comparable markets. These delegates were drawn from mainly
mobile operators, as well as their suppliers and partners.

While much of the value of the region’s telecoms sector continues to be in mobile,
cellular markets in Latin America are maturing fast towards the point of saturation.
Mobile operators may soon find it tougher to grow their businesses by acquiring wholly
new customers, even in some of the region’s less affluent countries. It remains to
be seen whether there will be a good level of solvent demand for ARPU-boosting value-added
services.

Given the scale of recent investments in 3G networks and HSPA in markers such as Argentina,
Brazil and Chile, operators will be hoping that lower levels of fixed-line teledensity
and PC penetration will enable them to position 3G devices as the most pervasive means
of accessing the Internet and participating fully in the information society. However,
in this context of mobile market maturity and relatively under-developed PSTN and
fixed-broadband sectors across the region, it has become desirable to look to the
wireline segment as a source of interesting future developments, conference topics
and operator CAPEX.

Happily, a logical and topical conference agenda is possible under these circumstance.
All over the world, via participation at our wider suite of emerging markets telecoms
sector events, we see the blurring of the once very sharp distinction between the
mobile and fixed line worlds. We see telecoms operators with both fixed and mobile
networks/business units seeing opportunities not only to make cost savings but also
to achieve effective differentiation by blending their wired and wireless offerings.
We see ‘mobile only’ players looking for partners in the wired world in order to compete
in this new FMC space. We see ‘fixed only’ service providers wondering if they can
survive long-term with no mobility proposition. All of this is made possible by the
development of convergence-friendly IP core networks and the coming together of wireless
access technology standards.

It has therefore been quite straightforward to gather speaker panels and groups of
delegates which reflect these convergence trends at our Com World Series events. Americas
Com 2008 is no exception. We will be welcoming the usual great speaker line-up
from major mobile operators such as TIM Brasil, Ancel, Movistar Chile, Iusacell and
Claro Brasil. What’s new for 2008 is the presence of a really diverse spread of other
kinds of telco: state or cooperative-owned telcos from Andean markets such as Bolivia’s
COTEL and COTECO, cablers such as Mexico’s Cablecom, competitive broadband/voice carriers
such as Mexican AlestraRio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires have been among the better
locations for this annual conference, but one effect of hosting the event either in
Brazil or a Conosur location has been making it challenging to draw participants from
Andean countries and Central America. So it has been really gratifying to confirm
the participation of companies from both these important regions.

So with about 4 weeks to go before Americas
Com 2008, we are excited by the diversity of the audience we have assembled -
and to see that numbers are tracking ahead of the delegate booking pattern for 2007.

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Americas Com 2008: High Time for Fixed, Mobile Integrated to Converge on Rio de Janeiro

TVover.net and Parks Associates are giving away 3 free CONNECTIONS Europe 2008 passes to the first 3 readers that email us at media@tvover.net with
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With the explosive growth of Asia’s economy, consumer spending on entertainment products
and services in the Asia region has risen to unprecedented height. From the popularity
of Asian movies, TV shows, online games, music, digital content, IPTV, mobile TV;
what was once considered a niche market is now being looked upon as the entertainment
giant. Digital Media and Entertainment is known to many as “the creative convergence
of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication,
social interaction and education”.

Responding to the increasing industry demand for latest media trends and entertainment
initiatives, UNI strategic presents Asia
Digital Media & Entertainment Forum 2008 to be held in Regal Kowloon Hotel,
Hong Kong on 11th & 12th September 2008; a regional conference focusing on current
market trends and latest imperatives in modern Asia.

“The Digital Media and Entertainment industry is at the brink of a revolution as a
result of infocomm technologies. This is transforming the production, processing and
distribution of content and services. In the process, it is opening up an era of new
interactive and immersive possibilities, experiences and business opportunities that
will radically change the world by 2015.” –- Infocomm Development Authority (iDA)
Singapore

The Asia Digital Media & Entertainment Forum 2008 is a 2-day executive level and
networking conference focused on discussing, analyzing and identifying critical areas
of business and market trends in the entertainment industries in Asia. It aims to
bring some of the Asia’s most recognized, high-profile film/TV production and distribution
houses, online games companies, mobile service providers, product manufacturers, legislative
leaders, content providers and more to discuss and analyze how to most effectively
generate and maximize profits in Asia.

Ascertain mobile TV & entertainment as Asia’s next frontier and adopt new VoIP
strategies within new media platforms. Ways to capitalize on IPTV and the possibilities
it brings to the audience and hear about satellite markets and its business opportunities.
Understand the exceptional role of digital technology in ‘Asian Markets’. Identify
and prioritize on D2C opportunity and be taught on how to take Asian contents to global
market. Learn about Wimax, Wireless Broadband and its benefits. Define most effective
business models and latest trends and establish cutting edge marketing strategies
that work. LISTEN to the evolution of entertainment convergence & IMS.

Asia Digital Media and Entertainment Forum 2008 is proudly endorsed by Hong Kong Wireless
Technology Industry Association and Hong Kong Wireless Development Centre and media
partnerships with TVover.net, ZDNet Asia, Telecom Live, Telecom India Daily, TelecomWatch,
ChinaTechNews.com, ChinaNewswire.com, MobileIN.com, CIOL and Asian E-Marketing.

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The chairman of Statmon Technologies has issued a response to the sharp decline in the company’s market capitalisation on 29 and 30 April and has stated there is no known business reason for the sudden decline.
Statmon Technologies is a leading provider of infrastructure management and control solutions for broadcasters and telecommunications providers, with installations [...]

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Statmon Technologies market capitalisation down 42%