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DRM-free music reaches Asia
EMI and Hong Kong’s CSL offer first DRM-free music service in Asia Full track music downloads over mobile networks in Hong Kong and the majority of Asian markets have been slow burn despite increasing launches of 3G services. This could … Continue reading
Sina scores with soccer rights
Premium sports content heading to the web in China shows the challenges facing Pay TV By scooping live broadcasting rights for the hugely popular English Premier League (EPL) for the next three years, leading Chinese portal Sina.com has put the power of web … Continue reading
Might China Mobile Buy EMI?
It is always difficult to forecast the outcome of M&A rumors, other than whether or not they have some underlying logic. Last week, it was reported China Mobile is looking at buying EMI through UK-based, private-equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners and was also … Continue reading
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Japan Sets a Record in Mobile Music
Japan’s flourishing mobile-content market and chunky Arpus almost single-handedly inspired mobile operators around the globe to believe that data could mean big $s. When Hong Kong operators were making breakthroughs interconnecting SMS, NTT DoCoMo had iMode that gave you mobile … Continue reading
Piracy…old problem and new solutions
It was with a sense of déjà vu I read a story in a telecom newsletter reporting a clampdown on illegal satellite television dishes in Shanghai. Authorities in Shanghai‘s Nanhui District are shutting down retailers of illegal satellite dishes and … Continue reading
Can soccer break Pay-TV in China?
by Craig Stephen All Pay-TV operators face the challenge of putting on content that viewers are willing to pay a premium rate for. In China that task is all the harder when an ocean of cheap or free pirate content is … Continue reading