Asia-Pacific News

Kuala Lumpur-based broadcaster Measat Broadcast Network System Sdn Bhd has appointed SALZBRENNER STAGETEC Media Academy as consultants to support their switch from level-based loudness management to loudness metering based on the ITU 1770 standard for their Astro Pay-TV channels. By switching to loudness metering and processing Measat aims to deliver a uniform, high-quality sound experience [...]

A recent new entrant to the Malaysian broadcast sector, the all-digital ABN (Asian Broadcasting Network) has selected ETERE’s MERP (Media Enterprise Resources Planning) platform as a base for its station infrastructure. The ABN Media Group is a Malaysian-owned integrated media group with diverse media and communication products and services which owns Asian Broadcasting Network (M) [...]

On 6 January 2013, Sennheiser Asia, together with local distributor, Tegas Broadcast & Multimedia Sdn Bhd, supported the 27th edition of Malaysia’s annual music competition, Anugerah Juara Lagu (also known as the Champion of Songs Awards) with the new flagship Digital 9000 series wireless microphone system at the Putra Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. Organised [...]

Many leading industry players are participating in the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2013 and contributing to it in various ways. The symposium, with the theme Next-Gen Media Space and the Connected World, 9th in the series, is organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union as a key forum towards development of the industry in Asia-Pacific and [...]

Top broadcasting industry players are supporting the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2013 as Principal and Major Sponsors. To be held in Kuala Lumpur on 5-8 March, the event is organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium (DRM) is the Principal Sponsor of the Symposium. Harris, WorldDMB Forum, Sony, the Malaysian Communications [...]

NETIA, a software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, announced that Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) has upgraded its regional station in Ipoh to Radio-Assist 8.1. NETIA’s Radio-Assist family of digital audio software programs has been in use at RTM for more than a decade, and the Ipoh-based station worked with Broadcast Communications [...]

VMware hosting provider StratoGen has announced the opening of its highly optimised cloud datacentre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The datacentre extends StratoGen’s capability to support its global customer base by providing premium VMware hosting facilities in this rapidly expanding region. The datacentre is ISO27001 certified with N+1 resilience on all systems. Designed from the ground [...]

Technicolor has announced that it has extended its contract with Astro, Malaysia’s leading integrated cross-media group. Further to the delivery of a first batch of MediaPlay High-Definition (HD) MPEG-4 set-top boxes over 2010-2011, Astro has granted Technicolor an additional contract for the same platform to be delivered in the coming months. The set-top box supplied by [...]

Elemental Technologies, the developer of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that Media Prima in Malaysia has deployed Elemental Live to ramp its live multiscreen offerings to Internet and mobile users.Media Prima is one of Malaysia’s leading integrated media investment groups and owns four television stations (TV3, 8TV, ntv7 and TV9), three radio [...]

ESPN STAR Sports has announced the launch of its first ever 24/7 football television channel ‘FOX Football Channel’ in Malaysia, featuring more than 500 league matches from a comprehensive mix of top football leagues around the globe. FOX Football Channel makes its debut in Malaysia through Telekom Malaysia’s first IPTV service HyppTV Channel 173, which [...]