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Azelis announces Strategic Appointments

Mei Ling Tan July 27, 2016

Azelis, a leading global speciality chemicals distributor headquartered in Luxembourg, announces strategic organisational changes, including Asia, and a new appointment to the Board of Directors, to position the Group for…

Alliance Group market-ready lamb packs to hit Chinese shelves

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Alliance Group’s lamb packs for the Chinese retail market. Alliance Group’s new lamb range of market-ready retail packs will be launching in China next month. The co-branded lamb range will land…

Retail, food/beverage sales to rise in July: MOEA

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

On the back of rising demand for the upcoming Ghost Festival, the local retail sector is expected to see sales growth in July, at a time when many retailers have…

Turner, Globe launch Cartoon Network on mobile

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Turner Asia Pacific and Globe Telecom in the Philippines are making available to Globe customers two upgraded Cartoon Network apps. An authenticated version of the Cartoon Network Watch and Play…

Netflix beams ‘Star Trek’ in 188 countries

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Netflix has signed a licensing agreement with CBS Studios International to be the exclusive premiere home of “Star Trek” in 188 countries, excluding the United States and Canada. Each episode…

Google to train 2m app developers in India

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

In a bid to bridge the skills gap in the mobile app development segment in India, Google has launched a new certification program to train two million Android app developers…

More than half the world is still offline

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Despite falling prices for ICT services, more than half of the world’s population is still not connected to the internet, the latest ITU figures show. The UN agency estimates that…

Philippines to develop national broadband plan

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte announced in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday that he wants the newly created Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to…

TOT said to plan TD-LTE trial next month

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Thai state-owned operator TOT reportedly plans to launch trial TD-LTE services over the 2.3-GHz band early next month. The operator is waiting for permission from regulator NBTC to use network…

Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg steps down

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Ericsson has announced the resignation of long-serving CEO Hans Vestberg, effective immediately, as the company seeks to transform to adapt to changing market dynamics. Vestberg has also stepped down as…

Trinity Pictures co-makes two films with Chinese partners

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Trinity Pictures, India’s first franchise feature film studio, is planning two landmark Indo-China co-productions to be released in fiscal 2018, according to Eros International Media. These are Kabir Khan’s travel…

Ooyala launches server-side ad insertion

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Ooyala now offers live server-side ad insertion (SSAI) for broadcasters and media companies distributing live, ad-supported video. A part of Ooyala Live and its ad-serving platform, Ooyala Pulse, the technology…

Viacom unit debuts Nickelodeon block

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia is expanding its collaboration with Vietnamese multimedia communication group International Media Corp (IMC), to launch the first Nickelodeon-branded block on IMC’s YouTV channel, available…

Rising sales at department stores suggest recovery of retail sector

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

South Korea’s major department store chains saw their sales move up 2.4 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, government data showed Sunday, indicating a recovery may be…

Zee acquires Sarthak Entertainment for $17m

Mei Ling Tan July 26, 2016

Zee Entertainment Enterprises has decided to acquire fully Sarthak Entertainment, which operates Odia-language Sarthak TV. The acquisition shall be from current shareholders of Sarthak Entertainment, subject to requisite regulatory approvals,…

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