Korea: Korean free-TV broadcaster, SBS, has been awarded Korean broadcast rights for Olympics events until 2016 for a total of US$72.5 million, the…

Taiwan: The Carlyle Group is moving quickly to place its imprint on Eastern Multimedia Corp after purchasing 60 per cent of EMC and 40 per cent of…

Internet portals and how to regulate them will be the centre of discussion on August 17 at a public forum organised by Korea's Ministry of Culture…

Korea: Korean drama producers are in danger of losing their audiences as regular Korean Wave Cinderella-like plots lose out to soap operas targeting…

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's public broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is proposing a new commercial (albeit limited) framework, according to…

China: Chinese internet portal, Sina Corp, has reported a 45 per cent year-on-year rise in online ad revenues to US$29.5 million for the quarter to…

India: Telco Bharti Airtel says it is spending US$100 million on an IBM service delivery platform that includes an integrated portal and content…

Korea: The Korea Culture and Content Agency (KOCCA) has appointed one of Korea's best-known cartoonists, Lee Hyun-Se, as its first representative…