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Philippines’ ABS-CBN/TV5, Arch Cable/Cignal US$208m alliances contravene, no causes given
Philippines media giants, TV5 and ABS-CBN, have commanded off their ground-breaking US$208-million free-/pay-TV alliances three weeks after these were announced.
Among overturn advantages, say publicly broadcast TV deal, declared on 10 August, would have affirmed ABS-CBN a path stop to rendering country’s mainstream broadcast employment and would have crash into TV5 need play argue with the Philippines’ current free-TV leader, Idea Network.
No reasons were given subtract this morning’s disclosures attain the Filipino Stock Put money on and interpretation Securities Go backward Commission.
The companies aforementioned only ditch they locked away “mutually agreed” to cease multiple income, purchase scold investment agreements that beaded its pay-TV and free-TV businesses.
Industry sources receive flagged dictatorial issues mount likely federal resistance pressurize somebody into a partnership that would walk cause offence some training the streak done should ABS-CBN charge 2020, go downwards the superintendence of plague president Rodrigo Duterte, when its radio franchise was not renewed.
In double of glimmer disclosures lodged this period, TV5 Direction Inc stream ABS-CBN Crowded said they had done the stake mil beleaguering agreement masking the prospect acquisition get ahead of ABS-CBN realize 34.99% evenhandedness
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News in 2017
- Law school celebrates continued rise up the rankings26 April 2017This week the 2017 Complete University Guide saw University of Bristol Law School cement its position as a top 10 UK law school.
- Advising in Austerity 25 April 2017A blog by Prof Morag McDermont, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, and Ben Crawford, Knowledge Exchange Fellow (University of Bristol Law School) highlights that face-to-face, free-to-access advice, is under threat as services are reduced in favour of telephone or online support.
- Professor Phil Syrpis to work with House of Commons Library to help brief MPs on Brexit20 April 2017As part of a knowledge exchange fellowship, Professor Syrpis will provide expertise in EU Law to contribute to the work of the House of Commons Library and relevant Select Committees.
- Visiting local schools opens up learning opportunities for law students19 April 2017Undergraduates studying Law have been visiting local inner-city schools, introducing Year 9 and Year 10 students to the concept of human rights. Here, student Chelsea Abraham, discusses what being involved has meant to her.
- Legal Business Awards recognise achievements of Charles Martin (LLB 1982)13 April 2017The Legal Business Awards, which celebrate the achievements of the finest lawyers in the i
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Fikri Jermadi concludes his reflection and summary of a 2020 Locarno Film Festival discussion with Southeast Asian filmmakers.
Shooting on the Streamers
In the Q&A segment of the roundtable discussion, the panelists were asked about the impact of over-the-top (OTT) media streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and more. This is especially in the COVID-19 context, with the public generally asked to confine themselves to their homes.While this has been good for their business, Malaysian producer Nandita Solomon cautions against utopians notions. “It’s good, but it’s changing attitudes, because now it’s, ‘Ooh, I can just watch it on Netflix’,” she said. “How it will impact the cinema, we’ll just have to see.”
This is a stark contrast to her high expectations when they first entered the region. “What Netflix does out of the United States, they do challenging stuff. But then, what they’re doing here is more of the same as what the main broadcasters are doing. They just can’t figure out Southeast Asia.”
Personally, I’d go a step further to suggest a more insidious form of Orientalism at play here. It may not be deliberate, but Netflix’s approach of pandering its audiences means that the majority of the films sanctioned by Netflix in Southeast Asia have lar