June 21, 2006
ENPS signs new Indian client in time for BroadcastAsia
ENPS continues its run of new signings across Asia with the latest addition of Asianet, based in Kerala, India.
Asianet's reporters will soon join over 4500 journalists already using the newsroom computer system across Asia and the Asia Pacific. The broadcaster has three channels, including a 24-hour news channel, which is where the system will first be installed. Chief General Manager, Mr Suresh Narayan, who also set up the ambitious Amrita TV project last year in India, will spearhead this latest newsroom venture. ENPS will run alongside Leitch servers and VizRT and Vertigo graphics systems.
Asianet will be ENPS’ sixth Indian client, joining the stable of international broadcasters in the country’s fast-expanding media industry. These include India’s national broadcaster Doordarshan. Others are Sahara TV, Amrita TV, Channel 7 JTV and Malayala Manorama – the latter two having both launched 24-hour satellite channels.
ENPS has seven Australian clients including Nine Network Australia, Sky News Australia, 10 Network, the WIN group, Queensland Institute of Technology, NBN, Imparja TV and Southern Cross in Canberra.
ENPS also has a list of clients from Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Afghanistan, including:
- Original subscription television service provider Hong Kong Cable boasting 100 information and entertainment pay channels.
- TVB Hong Kong with a reach as far as countries such as the Europe, Australia and the Americas.
- Hong Kong-based STAR TV (News International) with an estimated 100 million viewers daily across the globe.
- Singapore-based MediaCorp, and sports and entertainment channel ESPN Star Sports.
- The SET TV and Tzu Chi Da Ai Channels in Taiwan.
- Thailand’s ITV – a private TV station and MCOT, also known as Channel 9.
- Afghanistan’s Tolo TV, based in Kabul with its music, entertainment, news and talk shows.
- A broadcast media training school in Jakarta, Indonesia set up by the UNDP to support budding journalists.
- Radio Television Brunei - the country’s state-run radio and television broadcaster.
- TV3 New Zealand – New Zealand’s main private commercial network, targeting the 18-49 year-olds.