After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Asia
1 min read
Vodafone to sell US$2.5 billion Indus Towers stake
Vodafone is mulling a US$2.5 billion sale of its stake in India’s largest cell tower…
2 min read
StarHub secures Singaporean EPL rights in surprise deal
StarHub has agreed a six-season rights deal with the English Premier League for Singapore. The…
1 min read
OSN expands deal with Endeavor Content
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has expanded its partnership with Endeavor Content, with the…
1 min read
Irdeto partners with TASS for China-oriented DRM solution
Security firm Irdeto has announced a collaboration with Beijing Jiangnan Tianan Technology Co (TASS) to…
1 min read
Friends gets heavy censorship upon return to China
The eagerly awaited return of iconic US sitcom Friends to screens in China has been…
1 min read
Magnite expands Samsung Ads relationship into India
Independent sell side advertising platform Magnite has expanded its CTV business in India via a…
1 min read
Reliance Industries seeks US$1.6 bln investment to increase Viacom18 stake
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is looking to raise US$1.6 billion to buy ViacomCBS out of…
1 min read
Eleven to start charging in SE Asia as sports broadcaster expands rights portfolio
Eleven Sports has announced a series of rights deals for Southeast Asia and Hong Kong,…
1 min read
Q India to launch dedicated alternative animation channel
Indian media group Qyou Media has announced the launch of a new channel dubbed Q…
1 min read
Disney accused of appealing to Chinese government with missing Simpsons episode on Disney+
Disney has been accused of curtailing controversial content in its Hong Kong launch of Disney+….
1 min read
China Evergrande Group sells entire stake in streaming company HengTen
China Evergrande Group, the country’s second-largest property development business, has sold its 18% stake in…
1 min read
Toonz launches pay TV channel for Indonesia
India’s Toonz Media Group has launched Toonz Kids, a new pay-TV children’s channel in Indonesia,…
1 min read
Astro TV integrates Netflix
Malaysian telco Astro has announced the integration of Netflix into its Astro TV set-top box. …
1 min read
Prime Video launches on StarHub TV+
Singaporean telco StarHub has announced the launch of Amazon Prime Video on its StarHub TV+…
1 min read
SPNI extends Champions League rights deal
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has renewed its broadcast rights deals with UEFA in a…
2 min read
Omdia: Disney+ Hotstar boosts OTT to surpass pay TV in SE Asia
Total cumulative paid OTT subscriptions will surpass traditional pay TV in Asia and Oceania this…
1 min read
Positive performance for Indian DTH market
The Indian pay TV market added 290,000 DTH subscribers in Q2 2021. According to the…
1 min read
Netflix says paying SK Broadband over Squid Game surge creates ‘anti-competitive environment’
Netflix has rebuffed demands from SK Broadband to pay data usage fees over a surge…
1 min read
Airtel introduces Airtel IQ Video CPaaS product
Indian telco giant Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its new Video Platform as…
1 min read
Squid Game worth US$900 million to Netflix
Netflix’s original Korean series Squid Game has been estimated to be worth around US$900 million….
1 min read
Sony picks up Bundesliga rights for India
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has agreed a two-year licencing agreement with the German Bundesliga….
1 min read
Zee accuses Invesco of hypocrisy in criticism of Sony merger
Indian media company Zee has shot back at major shareholder Invesco as the companies continue…
2 min read
Zee founder accuses Invesco of hostile takeover plot
Subhash Chandra, the founder of Indian media giant Zee, has dramatically accused Invesco of plotting…
1 min read
Netflix to edit Squid Game after Korean woman gets inundated with messages and calls
Netflix has said that it will edit scenes from its wildly popular Korean series Squid…
1 min read
OTT on the rise in Australia and New Zealand
OTT subscriptions are set to overtake DTH in Australia and New Zealand by 2026. While…
1 min read
Sirius TV launches DTH bouquet
Malaysian DTH operator Sirius TV has signed a deal with SES to deliver a new…
1 min read
Netflix sued by SK Broadband over data usage following Squid Game surge
Netflix is facing a lawsuit from South Korean ISP SK Broadband over a surge in…
1 min read
US$3.6 billion Baidu-YY Live deal unlikely to be approved by Chinese government
The Chinese government is reportedly likely to thwart tech company Baidu’s US$3.6 billion acquisition of…
1 min read
Amazon launches Prime Video Channels in India
Amazon has brought its streaming aggregation service to India. The company has made eight global…
1 min read
Malaysia set for rapid SVOD growth
SVOD penetration in Malaysia is set to more than double in the coming years. According…