27 March 2013
Survey finds tablets complement TV viewing and finds 25-34 age demographic the biggest news enthusiasts
BBC World News and BBC.com/news have today released the results of the largest global study to date on the consumption of news in the digital age. The study, which was conducted by InSites Consulting, surveyed more than 3,600 owners of digital devices in Australia, Singapore, India, UAE, South Africa, Poland, Germany, France and the US in order to determine the growing impact of TV, smartphones, tablets and laptops on people’s news consumption habits. Survey participants were top income earners and owners of at least three devices amongst television, tablet, smartphone and laptop/desktop.
Key findings include:
- Tablet owners watch more TV news, not less, with 43% of tablet users saying they consume more TV than they did five years ago, and most saying they use tablets alongside TV.
- Young professionals, the 25-34 year old demographic are the biggest news enthusiasts.
- Second screening for news is becoming commonplace, with users often using devices in tandem. 83% of tablet users say they have used their tablets while watching television.
- TV still dominates overall usage, taking 42% of people’s news consumption time compared with laptops (29%), smartphones (18%) and tablets (10%).
- News audiences expect to see advertising nearly as much on mobile (79% tablet, 84% smartphone) as they do on TV (87%) and online (84%).
- People respond to advertising across all the screens, with 1 in 7 users indicating they responded to a mobile ad in the last four weeks whilst responses to TV and desktop are 1 in 5 and 1 in 4 respectively.
The survey found that, rather than competing, different platforms complement one another allowing people to layer their device usage throughout the day. Smartphones and laptops are most popular throughout the working day, peaking at around 1pm. TV usage spikes dramatically from 5pm onwards, and at its peak time of 7pm TV use is 50% higher than for any other device.
The survey also found that, in breaking news situations, users turn to television as their primary and first device (42%), with the majority (66%) then turning to the internet to investigate stories further. Users rated national and international news of most importance (84%, 82%), closely followed by local news (79%). Financial and business news (61%) were more highly valued than news about sports (56%) and arts/entertainment news (43%).
Jim Egan, CEO of BBC Global News Ltd said: “Avid news consumers are hungry for information wherever they are and expect to stay in touch on all the devices they now own. There’s been speculation for years that mainstream uptake of smartphones, laptops and tablets will have a negative impact on television viewing, but this study has found that the four devices actually work well together, resulting in greater overall consumption rather than having a cannibalising effect.”
26 March 2013
My-HD Media, the secure and affordable television platform that offers a single viewing card solution for High Definition (HD) channels in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions, announced at CABSAT 2013 its long term strategic partnership with Arabsat, one of the world’s top satellite operators and the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world.
Under the agreement, Arabsat will expand the reach of My-HD Media’s bouquet of channels to over 170 million viewers in more than 80 countries across the Middle East,Africaand beyond. The My-HD Media offering includes besides many other attractive HD channels the top network in the region: the MBC Group. Commenting on the strategic agreement, Mr. Cliff Nelson, CEO of My-HD Media, said: “I am pleased to announce our exclusive partnership with Arabsat during our first participation at Cabsat 2013. Arabsat has always been a frontrunner in the region and a prime hotspot for HD in MENA, and our partnership is intended to give us a valuable platform to provide superior HD content to over 170 million viewers across the (MENA) region.”
“We aim to build a diversified bouquet of 40 HD family entertainment channels and we are confident that our association with Arabsat will be a long term profitable collaboration that will add significant value to both parties but most importantly to the end consumer” added Mr. Nelson.
Mr. Khalid Balkheyour, President and CEO of Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat), said: “My-HD Media has quickly grown into a major contender in the HD industry, where they currently carry an impressive bouquet of HD channels that will continue to evolve and develop. The main objective from our successful alliance with My-HD Media will provide a commercially viable, mass market ready, end-to-end distribution platform to the broadcasters on Arabsat. My-HD Media will allow broadcasters to capture additional HD business across MENA. At the same time we are further expanding Arabsat’s HD reach and HD leadership in the market. And I am confident that in addition to the exclusive carriage for Saudi League in HD and the already existing choice of attractive Free-to-Air HD channels our viewers will really enjoy the new HD channel bouquet carried on the My-HD Media platform.”
26 March 2013
Leaders of key global businesses are converging in Singapore on 26 March 2013 to share strategies at the first Channel NewsAsia Luminary Leadership Forum. The event is a meeting of minds of top industry and thought leaders and practitioners to share advice on innovative solutions to overcome complex market challenges.
They will be addressing an invitation-only delegation of international executives at the Fullerton Hotel. Teymoor Nabili, veteran journalist and host of Channel NewsAsia’s flagship programme, Business Central, will facilitate the two sessions with influential leaders on the panels.
Leadership Forum Panel Members
The Speakers will deliberate on Making the Case for Change. Eminent panellists include Mr Manoj Menon, Partner and Asia Pacific Managing Director of Frost and Sullivan, Mr Emirsyah Satar, President and CEO of Garuda Indonesia, Mr Johan Nyvene, Chief Executive Officer of Hochiminh City Securities Corporation, Mr Valerio Nannini, Managing Director of Nestle Singapore and Professor Arnoud De Meyer, President of the Singapore Management University.
The second session will look into Going Green: Innovative Solutions. The panellists are Ms Aida Greenbury, Managing Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement of Asia Pulp & Paper Group, Mr Dean Draper, Managing Director of the Asean sub-region of BASF, Mr Joshua Soh, Managing Director of CISCO (Singapore and Brunei), Mr Budiarsa Sastrawinata, Managing Director of Ciputra Group and President of International Urban Development Association (INTA) and Mr Philippe Arsonneau, Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric (Asia Pacific and Japan).
Ms Debra Soon, Managing Director of Channel NewsAsia said, “We’re privileged to have these very experienced practitioners bring us up to date on best practices in an interactive and open discussion. Their valuable experiences make compelling case studies, whether it is about making changes or turning a business burden into profit. The channel’s forte is in presenting a better understanding of Asia, and this platform we provide is part of its contribution to raising the intellectual capital across industries and cultures in Asia.”
Luminary Awards Gala Dinner
The Leadership Forum is organised alongside the channel’s premier Luminary Awards Gala, held on the same evening on 26 March 2013 at the Fullerton Hotel. The Luminary Awards recognises the success stories in entrepreneurship, and this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred on Dr Hc. Ir. Ciputra, Founder and Chairman of the Ciputra Group in Indonesia. Dr Ciputra is a prominent tycoon in the country’s property business for more than 40 years. He will share his insights on entrepreneurship at the Awards Gala Dinner. The dialogue will be recorded for a special programme to be telecast later on Channel NewsAsia.
The honours in the other three categories – the Innovation, Green and Future Business Luminary Awards – are firms and individuals who represent the pillars of Asia’s economic development in the areas of innovation, environmental sustainability and entrepreneurial spirit and leadership. They were selected from a field of highly qualified potentials after being scrutinised by an illustrious jury panel.
A member of the jury, Mr Valerio Nannini, Managing Director of Nestle Singapore Pte Ltd, commented, “I think it should inspire other people that are looking to the Luminary Awards, to try to do their best and improve themselves.”
The Awards will be announced at the Gala Dinner attended by more than 200 business leaders and top executives from different quarters of society.
25 March 2013
Elections for the AIB’s Executive Committee, the six-member group that oversees the Association’s strategic direction and work plan, were held during March. Eleven candidates had been nominated from within the AIB’s international membership for the Executive Committee whose members hold their position for a two-year term.
The six member Executive Committee is now
20 March 2013
Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 950,000 with Thai PBS, the only public broadcasting service in Thailand. The purchase includes a full complement of Vizrt’s broadcast graphics tools for the graphics department, newsroom, control room, and studio.
“Southeast Asia in general, and Thailand especially, have become very sophisticated broadcast markets” commented Martin Burkhalter, Vizrt CEO. “Thai PBS selected Vizrt for its ability to meet the specific demands of this market, our extensive local support capabilities, and because Vizrt has proven to be a trusted partner and a quality brand for broadcasters”
In the design department, designers will work on creating a new look for Thai PBS using Viz Artist, Vizrt’s 3D design platform. Viz Artist will power the channel’s ability to produce daily graphics for news, promotions and the broadcaster’s various Virtual Studios.
The purchase also includes Vizrt’s template-based newsroom workflow driven by Viz Content Pilot. Journalists in the newsroom access graphics templates directly from within their newsroom control systems (NCRS). Once the templates are edited, the journalists build playlists that are then triggered live on-air in the control room using Viz Content Pilot.
The TV network’s studio is driven by Viz Virtual Studio. This virtual set technology allows the network to have complete and flexible creative control of their virtual set content. It also allows templated graphics from the newsroom to be triggered as part of the set.
All graphic content throughout the network is rendered in real-time with Viz Engine.
About Vizrt: Vizrt provides real-time 3D graphics and asset management tools for the broadcast industry – from award-winning animations & maps to online publishing tools. Vizrt’s products are used by the world’s leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, the BBC, BSkyB, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, Times Online, The Telegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class production houses and corporate institutions such as the Stock Exchanges in New York and London use Vizrt systems.
20 March 2013
Bloomberg Media Group, a division Bloomberg L.P., and El Financiero, the media branch of Grupo Lauman, an integrated solutions company, today announced a long-term agreement to launch a new multi-platform Spanish-language business news service. The companies will create a high-definition television channel that combines Bloomberg’s global business and financial insight with locally-produced content. The service will be offered in Mexico and Central America. The companies also plan to offer content online, on mobile sites and in print with a co-branded section in El Financiero newspaper.
“Mexico is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and our agreement with El Financiero allows Bloomberg to deliver the sharpest global business and financial insight to a critical market,” said Andy Lack, CEO of Bloomberg Media Group. “This is a significant part of the company’s strategy of forming partnerships with leading providers in markets that have a compelling economic growth story, as we have done in India, Turkey, Mongolia, Indonesia, Africa and the Middle East.”
“The new venture with Bloomberg will provide local investors, businessmen and opinion makers, with high-quality, relevant content that moves markets,” said Manuel Arroyo, President and CEO of Grupo Lauman and El Financiero. “We look forward to bringing to the table Mexico’s key influencers to further the discussion around this region’s economic growth.”
Scheduled to launch in late 2013, this will be the first business news channel available in HD throughout Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. It will be broadcast from El Financiero’s new HD studio in Mexico City. An executive producer from Bloomberg Television will be appointed to work alongside El Financiero to assist in the production of the network’s economic and business coverage. The programming will draw from Bloomberg’s extensive financial and economic data as well as reporting from the company’s 2,400+ journalists in 146 news bureaus across 72 countries.
Mr. Arroyo, along with Enrique Quintana, Chief Editor of El Financiero, will participate in the Bloomberg Mexico Economic Summit on March 21, 2013 at the Club de Banqueros de Mexico. This event gathers the country’s most influential political, financial and corporate minds to discuss the critical issues surrounding the region’s growth.
For more information about the Bloomberg Mexico Economic Summit please visit: http://www.bloomberglink.com/event/mexico-2013/
