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Entertainment => Film & TV Talk => Television => Topic started by: upinsmoke on Sep 15, 2005 at 05:27 PM

Title: Broadband TV
Post by: upinsmoke on Sep 15, 2005 at 05:27 PM

I saw a commercial about broadband TV on Star channel.  Anyone got any info on that?

Title: Re: Broadband TV
Post by: xeqtionr on Sep 19, 2005 at 07:18 PM

You mean, STAR World, right?

I wonder how the shift to broadband TV would affect local cable and satellite subscriptions here in the Philippines.

Title: Re: Broadband TV
Post by: sardaukar on Sep 22, 2005 at 12:08 AM

I think this will just apply to Hong Kong.

Title: Re: Broadband TV
Post by: ralfy on Nov 21, 2005 at 03:34 AM

Have you seen this one? From what I know, it will be ad-driven:

http://television.aol.com/in2tv

Title: Re: Broadband TV
Post by: viper on Apr 07, 2006 at 04:47 PM

I think this is also IPTV. True this would require DSL connections but i think there willbe greater improvement in quality as they have also improved the compression techniques.

Title: Re: Broadband TV
Post by: ralfy on Apr 12, 2006 at 03:38 AM

Re: Star World, I think it's Now TV, available in HK:

http://www.nowbroadbandtv.com/

Title: Re: Broadband TV
Post by: Mr. Hankey on Apr 15, 2006 at 11:44 PM

Effective May 2006, Disney will make all its TV shows available for free download one day after the air in the States. Their catalogue includes Desperate Housewives, Lost and Alias. The downloaded videos will have to be viewed in a web browser, and have commercials that cannot be fast forwarded through.

This is quite a major change. I wonder if the downloads will be available to those not in the USA. Won't this affect foreign distribution rights if they are?