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MediaCorp to stream seven 'Free-to-Air' channels
ChannelNewsasia.com
MediaCorp to stream seven 'Free-to-Air'...
SINGAPORE: Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim announced that within the next year, MediaCorp's seven 'Free-to-Air' channels will be available on the Internet.
Dr Yaacob was speaking at the Infocomm Media Business Exchange (IMBX) opening ceremony.
He said the initiative will also be a good way for overseas Singaporeans to keep abreast of events at home through the latest local TV programmes and be entertained by other programmes that MediaCorp has rights to.
Dr Yaacob said MediaCorp will be announcing the details of this service nearer its implementation.
MediaCorp will also be launching a new interactive service in the second half of this year known as "Over-the-Top" (OTT).
This new service will offer free and premium content over broadband and will be available on different platforms such as TVs, PCs, tablet devices and mobile phones.
One year on, Dr Yaacob said the 3DTV trial has been successful.
Singapore's Pay-TV operators, StarHub and SingTel, as well as Free-to-Air operator MediaCorp, are now able to transmit 3D content into homes.
SingTel's mioTV has also recently successfully screened the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United in 3D-format to all its subscribers.
Singapore is also on track in plans to go fully digital, in line with ASEAN's committed timeframe to switch off analogue TV transmission between 2015 and 2020.
Dr Yaacob said following ASEAN's adoption of the DVB-T standard for Digital Terrestrial Television, Singapore is looking into the early migration to DVB-T2, the second and latest generation of this standard.
The move will result in enhanced viewing experiences for consumers and provide them with greater choices in TV content and services.
Dr Yaacob said MDA is now putting in place a nationwide trial network to determine how the new standard can be suitably adopted for Singapore's terrain.
With this network, Singapore will be among the first in the region to establish a wide scale DVB-T2 trial infrastructure and MDA is planning for the trial network to be installed by September 2011.
ChannelNewsasia.com
MediaCorp to stream seven 'Free-to-Air'...
SINGAPORE: Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim announced that within the next year, MediaCorp's seven 'Free-to-Air' channels will be available on the Internet.
Dr Yaacob was speaking at the Infocomm Media Business Exchange (IMBX) opening ceremony.
He said the initiative will also be a good way for overseas Singaporeans to keep abreast of events at home through the latest local TV programmes and be entertained by other programmes that MediaCorp has rights to.
Dr Yaacob said MediaCorp will be announcing the details of this service nearer its implementation.
MediaCorp will also be launching a new interactive service in the second half of this year known as "Over-the-Top" (OTT).
This new service will offer free and premium content over broadband and will be available on different platforms such as TVs, PCs, tablet devices and mobile phones.
One year on, Dr Yaacob said the 3DTV trial has been successful.
Singapore's Pay-TV operators, StarHub and SingTel, as well as Free-to-Air operator MediaCorp, are now able to transmit 3D content into homes.
SingTel's mioTV has also recently successfully screened the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United in 3D-format to all its subscribers.
Singapore is also on track in plans to go fully digital, in line with ASEAN's committed timeframe to switch off analogue TV transmission between 2015 and 2020.
Dr Yaacob said following ASEAN's adoption of the DVB-T standard for Digital Terrestrial Television, Singapore is looking into the early migration to DVB-T2, the second and latest generation of this standard.
The move will result in enhanced viewing experiences for consumers and provide them with greater choices in TV content and services.
Dr Yaacob said MDA is now putting in place a nationwide trial network to determine how the new standard can be suitably adopted for Singapore's terrain.
With this network, Singapore will be among the first in the region to establish a wide scale DVB-T2 trial infrastructure and MDA is planning for the trial network to be installed by September 2011.
