Media fusion and future TV: Examining multi-screen TV convergence in Singapore

This study examines Singapore's national media blueprint and industry stakeholders' coping strategies in response to multi-screen TV development. The findings show Singapore muti-screen TV development is still at a nascent stage after launching Media Fushion and FutureTV plans in mid 2009. The policymakers play a key role to follow national media blueprint to unify the inter-industry and cross-country collaboration. TV operators and telcos are found to remediate themselves by harnessing the power of internet and mobile technologies for content innovation and distribution. To tackle the complicated convergent issues in multi-screen TV industry, this study proposes to separately regulate the technology-neutral platforms and diverse audiovisual content. It also recommends a pro-innovative policy with the light-touch licensing scheme and loose content regulation to facilitate the development of the next TV. --three-screen TV,multi-screen TV,convergence,media fusion,IPTV,mobile TV,cross-platform,TV technologies,TV market,TV policy

Evidence-informed regulatory practice: an adaptive response, 2005‑15

Overview: In this occasional paper, the ACMA reflects on its regulatory practice over the past 10 years; specifically, the role of research in evidence-informed decision-making and regulation. It looks at how the ACMA has used research in an environment of ongoing change to document and build evidence, inform public debate about regulation, and build capability among our stakeholders to make communications and media work in Australia’s national interest

Marketing Strategy Telkom Internet Protocol Televison (IPTV) To Increase Subscribers Number for Area Operation Bandung

Business transformation transfigured fromvoice communication to multimedia (Voice, Data andVideo) is not inevitable in the current telecommunicationsindustry. Telkom develops IPTV (Internet ProtocolTelevision) as an effort to revitalize the Fixed Wirelinebusiness in the middle of the changing landscape of thetelecommunications industry. This IPTV service utilizesthe existing network of fixed wire telephone network(Fixed Wireline). On this technology, one cable can be usedfor various data transmission services, including voice,data and video. Since the commercialization on the early2012, sales performance has decline 37% on the fistquarter and continue to decline in the next month.Referring to the business issue and challenges of the futuretelecommunications business competition, Telkom seeks todevelop a New Wave Telkom Business through IPTVService in an effort to make it as a new revenue generatorreplacing the Fixed Wireline business that has entered thestage of maturity.Business issue exploration aim to identify strengths,weaknesses, opportunities and challenges that occur inTelkom IPTV services in Bandung city, so that the root ofthe problem can be identified. The steps taken in theprocess are collecting secondary data analysis, analyzingbusiness issue exploratory, market research to potentialcustomers, proposing marketing strategy communicationand implementation of IPTV services by Telkom. Based onthe analysis from root of the problem, Telkom IPTVservice marketing activities which are conducted isconsidered incomprehensive and is not on target, thereforeit is necessary to design a marketing strategy that cananswer the root of the problems which are occurred.Proposed business solution includes the application of theMarketing Mix which emphizes on Integrated MarketingCommunication. With the implementation of businesssolutions, such as increasing awareness to target market,marketing communication emphasize on servicedifferentiation, Utilization of Existing Customer Base andSales Bundling Concept can solve existing businessproblems.Keywords: IPTV, Market Penetration, Integrated MarketingCommunication

Internet protocol television (IPTV): The Killer application for the next-generation internet

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) will be the killer application for the next-generation Internet and will provide exciting new revenue opportunities for service providers. However, to deploy IPTV services with a full quality of service (QoS) guarantee, many underlying technologies must be further studied. This article serves as a survey of IPTV services and the underlying technologies. Technical challenges also are identified

Department of Education Iowa Public Television Performance Plan, FY 2014

Agency Performance Plan, Iowa Public Televisio

Service Bundling and the Role of Access Charge in the Broadband Internet Service Market

Using the classical Hotelling model, this paper analyzes the incentive for a CATV service provider to bundle broadband internet services when entering the broadband internet services market. In addition, the effect of such service bundling by an entrant on the market incumbent with ownership over existing bottleneck facilities is analyzed. Furthermore, an access charge that maximizes social welfare is explored and determined. Two cases are considered: in the first case, the market is fully covered; and in the second case, the market is not fully covered. With full market coverage, an entrant has an incentive for service bundling if there is sufficient service differentiation. The entrant's bundling strategy reduces the incumbent's profit. In this case, the total social welfare is independent of the level of the access charge and only has an effect of redistributing the net surplus between consumers and the incumbent. With partial market coverage, the entrant has an incentive for service bundling at a low access charge. The incumbent's profit increases if the access charge is higher than the cost of access provisioning. In this case, the total social welfare is dependent on the level of access charge and the welfare maximizing access charge is less than the unit cost of providing access.cable TV; broadband internet service; bundling; access charge; convergence

Six emerging trends in media and communications - occasional paper

This paper examines six emerging trends in media and communications, which highlight that consumers are increasingly using personalised access pathways to communications and content services that cut across different networks, devices and services. Introduction The ACMA monitors industry and consumer data to identify changes in the media and communications environment and their impact on regulatory settings. Previous ACMA research, such as Broken concepts1 and the Emerging issues2 series of papers, has identified areas of regulatory strain resulting from changes in this environment. The ACMA’s 2014 data collection program highlighted six further trends that are of particular interest as they indicate challenges to the regulatory frameworks within which the ACMA works. These trends illustrate how developments in communications device technologies and over-the-top (OTT) services and content offer both: new opportunities for businesses and individuals as consumers and citizens potential challenges to confident and optimal use of these new services. The evolving media and communications environment offers new ways to understand and achieve policy objectives, and may expose alternatives to ’black-letter’ regulation. However, changes in media and communications can also strain the effectiveness and efficiency of existing regulatory settings designed in an environment where content and communication services have been delivered by network owners over dedicated networks and devices. The selected trends highlight that consumers are increasingly using personalised access pathways to communications and content services that cut across different networks, devices and services. This paper looks at the implications of these six trends for existing regulatory settings

Growth and Upheaval in the Network Media Economy, 1984-2018

This report examines the development of the media economy over the past thirtyfour years. Since beginning this project nearly a decade ago, we have focused on as comprehensive as possible selection of the biggest telecoms, internet and media industries (based on revenue), including: mobile wireless and wireline telecoms; internet access; cable, satellite & IPTV; broadcast television, specialty and pay television services and over-the-internet video subscription and download services; radio; newspapers; magazines; music; internet advertising; social media; operating systems; browsers, etc. This year, we have made some fairly dramatic changes in terms of what we cover, and the breadth of our analysis. For the first time, this report takes some preliminary steps to capture a broader range of audiovisual media services that are delivered over the internet beyond online video subscription and download services and internet advertising, including: online gaming, app store and music downloads