Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) December 2018 Volume 35, Issue 11 | Page 2

2 EDITORIAL APB disrupting, reinventing & relaunching ITself in April Digital technologies have affected almost all as- Google — or collectively known as FAANG — as pects of our lives and, for better or for worse, the they continue to consolidate their positions in the publishing industry needs to disrupt itself and re- media and entertainment space? invent its business models. And this is exactly what These tech giants, who boast high growth APB is quietly doing in the past few months … We and deep pockets, have been investing heavily in will be launching a brand-new, easy-to-navigate original video content to attract and retain view- digital platform this Christmas and suspending ers to their respective platforms. Notably, Amazon our print for the time being. and Facebook have even won the streaming rights With effect from January 2019, you can follow to some of the world’s biggest sports events, a the news, views and interviews of broadcasters in content niche that traditionally was dominated Asia-Pacific as well latest trends and technologies by the pay-TV industry. impacting the media industry in the region on our FAANG — friend or foe? You are welcome to responsive digital platform www.apb-news.com. share your views on FAANG or any other issues As many of us are suffering from an overload of information as well as receiving inaccurate and that are impacting the broadcast industry. We love to hear from you … Your opinions fake news, our new electronic APB eNews Weekly and feedback will help us will be carefully curated, with reports short and to curate more accu- sharp, except for Trending and other analytical rately reports so as reports. This is to ensure our byte-sized news bul- to provide you with letin is easily assimilated and yet contains nuggets News You Can Use of useful information about what’s happening in — that’s our abid- the industry in Asia and beyond. ing commitment to professionals in the We do welcome feedback from you as to what industry. practices in running an all-IP workflow or other CORRESPONDENTS n India Shirish Nadkarni, [email protected] n USA Mike Feazel, [email protected] PRODUCTION production editor Zuraini Ridzwan, [email protected] senior multimedia designer Raymund Jaudian, [email protected] ad administrator Akram Saheed, [email protected] accounts manager Tan Hui Min, [email protected] MARKETING chief marketing officer Kylie Chua, [email protected] director - sales & marketing Jessie Tan, [email protected] manager - sales & marketing Mark Ng, [email protected] senior executive - sales & marketing Joey Moh, [email protected] executive - marketing & promotions Akram Saheed, [email protected] CIRCULATION Kylie Chua, [email protected] Joey Moh, [email protected] PUBLISHING publisher/editorial director Andrew Yeo, [email protected] n USA & Canada Gary L Rhodes SEDOR MEDIA INC 45 Florence Avenue, Leonardo, NJ 07737, USA Tel: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] cost-effective software-based systems. ANDREW YEO PUBLISHER APB PANELLISTS Asia-Pacific Broadcasting is published by: Editec International Pte Ltd Find us on Facebook n www.facebook.com/APBnews Get Twitter updates news editor Josephine Tan, [email protected] n Japan Mikio Tsuchiya WORLD MEDIA SERVICES INC 3-35-1-302, Hongodai, Sakae-Ku, Yokohama 247-0008 Tel/Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] regulations, best-of-breed hybrid equipment, best n www.twitter.com/APB_News contributing editor (technology) Karl K Rossiter, [email protected] BEIJING BUNCH EXHIBITION SERVICES LTD Room 501/B1, Thunis Development Building, No. 11 Huixin East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] latest mergers & acquisitions, new government Stay connected to managing editor Shawn Liew, [email protected] MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES kind of news you like to receive, be it requests for ogy giants Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and EDITORIAL n China Yang Ou Subscription to APB eNews Weekly is free. Do you want APB to keep an eye on technol- December 2018 (volume 35 issue 11) Dr Peter Siebert Head of Technology The DVB Project Stan Moote CTO IABM Andrew Anderson Head of Broadcast Operations Seven Network (Operations) Ltd 61 Tai Seng Avenue #05-01 Print Media Hub @ Paya Lebar iPark Singapore 534167 Tel: [phone] www.apb-news.com Editec International Pte Ltd All rights reserved. MCI (P) 020/08/2018 PPS 985/06/2013(022995) Printed by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd