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Satellite an Essential Element of Video Distribution Alongside OTT Growth

Satellite an Essential Element of Video Distribution Alongside OTT Growth

Singapore, Nov 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) hosted its annual Satellite Industry Forum on Thursday, 18 November as a virtual conference, to end off the Asia Video Summit umbrella of events this year. The Forum opened with a look at Satellite Trends and Forecasts Post-Covid

Four Malaysians in Ethiopia are Safe: Wisma Putra

Four Malaysians in Ethiopia are Safe: Wisma Putra

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the latest developments in Ethiopia, following the ongoing armed conflict between the Ethiopian National Defence Force and forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). According to the Embassy of Malaysia in Khartoum, Sudan, all four Malaysians in Ethiopia, who are

SE Asia Power Demand to Rise as State Support Mitigates Covid-19 Impact

SE Asia Power Demand to Rise as State Support Mitigates Covid-19 Impact

Electricity demand in south-east Asia is likely to increase in 2021, following slow growth or contraction in 2020, thanks to state support that has mitigated the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on power consumption, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. In Vietnam, a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in 2H21

Tobacco Harm Reduction Has The Potential To Reduce Smoking Prevalence

Tobacco Harm Reduction Has The Potential To Reduce Smoking Prevalence

25 November 2021 (Kuala Lumpur) – The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Associations Malaysia (FPMPAM), a national body representing doctors in private practice in Malaysia, concluded its first tobacco harm reduction (THR) conference over the weekend, attended by more than 150 participants from the medical community. In total, 13 speakers including

Vape Consumers Association Launches #REGULATEMYVAPE Campaign

Vape Consumers Association Launches #REGULATEMYVAPE Campaign

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 November 2021 — The Vape Consumer Association of Malaysia, also known as VCAM, launches #RegulateMYVape, a campaign that calls for the regulation of vape in Malaysia for the safety of the consumers. In conjunction with the launch of the campaign, VCAM unveiled a campaign video, the Generasi Vape

Valef Yachts: Defining Benchmarks in Luxury Yacht Chartering

Valef Yachts: Defining Benchmarks in Luxury Yacht Chartering

Kassandra and Alexandra Lefakinis are co-owners and managing partners in the second generation of Valef Yachts – a family business that pioneered luxury and mega yacht charters in Greece when it was founded in 1969. The women now define the new benchmarks in luxury yacht chartering. The American-Greek sisters carefully select

Amazon World’s 5th Most Visited Website With 3 Billion Visits a Month

Amazon World’s 5th Most Visited Website With 3 Billion Visits a Month

Amazon has established itself as an eCommerce giant attracting a significant number of shoppers globally. The position has resulted in Amazon.com ranking among the top-visited websites globally. According to data acquired by Finbold, Amazon.com is the fifth most visited website globally, with 3 billion total visits as of

Ahmaud Arbery Murder: 3 White Men Are Found Guilty!

3 White Men guilty

Ahmaud Arbery Murder: 3 White Men Are Found Guilty!

The three white men who pursued and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man jogging through their Georgia neighbourhood last year, were all convicted of murder. A whoop rang out in the courtroom as the judge read the first guilty verdict. “Long time coming,” the person, later identified as Arbery’

U.S. Inflation: Prices Accelerating at Fastest Pace in 30 Years

U.S. Inflation: Prices Accelerating at Fastest Pace in 30 Years

U.S. Inflation accelerated in October, according to the Commerce Department, with the headline Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index rising 5.0 percent year on year. It says this is reaching levels not seen since 1990 and reinforcing broader concerns about the persistence of inflationary pressures. Meanwhile, the core PCE

Singapore: 51% Of Those Who Investing Are Buying More Stocks and Bonds

Singapore: 51% Of Those Who Investing Are Buying More Stocks and Bonds

Two out of every five Singaporeans have increased their investment in the last six months to boost their financial resilience. A UOB poll says around 51% of those who invested increased their stock and bond holdings. In terms of age group: Millennials (46%) are the most optimistic about investing, with

Rising Hotel Rates, Reopening Attractions Put Bangkok’s Recovery in the Fast Lane

Rising Hotel Rates, Reopening Attractions Put Bangkok’s Recovery in the Fast Lane

BANGKOK, THAILAND: Before the pandemic, Bangkok was the most-visited city on the planet – a thriving hive of energy and activity which attracted over 22 million international visitors per year. Then, without warning, it all went quiet. Now, following the long-awaited reopening of Thailand’s borders on 1st November 2021, Bangkok

DHL Supply Chain opens five new logistics centres in Japan to support GE Healthcare

DHL Supply Chain

DHL Supply Chain opens five new logistics centres in Japan to support GE Healthcare

TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 24 November 2021 – DHL Supply Chain (DHL), the global contract logistics leader, has opened five new logistics centres in Japan to support its operations for GE Healthcare Japan, a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostic, and digital solutions innovator. The five new logistics centres are located

Amazon Hires 50,000 More Workers for 2021 Holiday Season Than in 2020

Amazon Hires 50,000 More Workers for 2021 Holiday Season Than in 2020

With the holiday peak season approaching, more people are relying on online shopping amid growth in the eCommerce sector. Notably, Amazon is gearing up for the season, hiring additional workers to meet the demand. According to data acquired by Finbold, Amazon has onboarded 150,000 seasonal employees in 2021, an

Black Friday: Fifth of Brits Aim to Bag a Games Console

Black Friday: Fifth of Brits Aim to Bag a Games Console

As Black Friday approaches, over 70% of us have admitted that we’re more likely to make an impulse purchase on this day, with 1 in 5 Brits planning to buy a games console. With such big purchases in mind, Uswitch sought to see whether legendary consoles, such as the

Spending reaches a new record in the U.S.

Spending reaches a new record in the U.S.

Global supply chain disruptions have engulfed retailers (both offline and online) around the world, and the United States is no exception. Nonetheless, the National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that holiday sales in the United States will rise by 8.5 percent to 10.5 percent year on year in 2021.

Emerging Markets Are Rolling Back Extraordinary COVID Fiscal Stimulus

emerging markets

Emerging Markets Are Rolling Back Extraordinary COVID Fiscal Stimulus

Fiscal expansion supported EM growth throughout the covid crisis. In most countries, financing was not an issue and borrowing costs even fell. As the world normalizes, all EMs plan on rolling back crisis stimulus. “We have been tracking draft budget plans in the last few months, noting that many countries

Godaddy Managed WordPress Hacked

Godaddy Managed WordPress Hacked

Godaddy issued an official letter informing clients of a security incident impacting GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting service. If you are not using the services, but have a GoDaddy account, you may not be impacted. However, the hosting provider did not mention anything about accounts that are not using the

Every Month, Over 1.7 Million Bitcoin-Related Stories Are Published

Every Month, Over 1.7 Million Bitcoin-Related Stories Are Published

More Bitcoin-related content continues to emerge online as the assets surges in value. Overall, 2021 has recorded the highest Bitcoin publications with maiden cryptocurrency driving the sector. According to data compiled by Finbold, between January 1st and November 21st, 2021, an average of 1.77 million Bitcoin-related pages were published

KDDI-Supership Next-gen Digital Ads Prioritizes Privacy

KDDI-Supership Next-gen Digital Ads Prioritizes Privacy

TOKYO, Nov (Bernama) — KDDI CORPORATION (referred to as “KDDI” below), Supership Holdings Inc. (referred to as “Supership Holdings” below) and Supership Inc. (referred to as “Supership” below), all based in Tokyo, are jointly developing a next-generation digital advertising platform (referred to as “the platform” below) for a scheduled launch in

Time for a Correction for Bitcoin While El Salvador Issues a Cryptobond!

Time for a Correction for Bitcoin While El Salvador Issues a Cryptobond!

Bitcoin started last week at $65k and continued to decline, approaching the 25-day moving average around the mid $62k level. That support was broken and the price dipped as low as $58k, another important level from October. After several repeated attempts, the price broke through and touched $55k. From there,

Limited Prospects for a Quick Resolution to Global Inflation: Analysts

Limited Prospects for a Quick Resolution to Global Inflation: Analysts

The question of how long current high global inflation lasts is being widely debated. However, evidence suggests that the “transitory” argument of the past six months is gradually becoming less persuasive as the bottlenecks related to supply chain disruptions seem to be more persistent than previously thought. It may be

dUCk Unveils Bigger, Better, Greener Store in Haji Lane

dUCk Unveils Bigger, Better, Greener Store in Haji Lane

SINGAPORE, 23 NOVEMBER 2021 – The dUCk Group continues to expand its presence with a bigger, better and greener store at 50 Haji Lane. The newly relocated store expands to 1,800 square feet, aiming to spoil Singaporeans with a wide range of products. It also provides an interactive and collaborative

Petronas Earns Global Acclaim For Tech-Digital Solutions

Petronas Earns Global Acclaim For Tech-Digital Solutions

PETRONAS Digital Sdn Bhd (“PDSB”), the digital arm of PETRONAS, bagged two awards at the recent Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Malaysia Awards 2021 and IChemE Global Awards 2021. PDSB’s Start-up Excellence Live Advisory (STELLAR) Programme won in the Process Automation and Digitalisation category at the IChemE Global Awards

Hisense Marks World Cup 2022 With 'Too Big To Miss' Campaign

Hisense Marks World Cup 2022 With 'Too Big To Miss' Campaign

QINGDAO, China, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The FIFA World Cup 2022 is just a year away and Qatar will host football’s most prestigious tournament for the first time. Since sponsoring FIFA World Cup 2018, Hisense has achieved a substantial increase in sales and global awareness. In 2022, Hisense joins

ACEN and THE BLUE CIRCLE Completes Phase 2 for the Mui Ne Project

ACEN and THE BLUE CIRCLE Completes Phase 2 for the Mui Ne Project

The Blue Circle and its partner, ACEN, the listed energy platform of the Ayala Group, have completed Phase 2 of the Mui Ne Project in the Binh Thuan Province of South Vietnam. “We reached commercial operations of this second phase of our Mui Ne site. 2021 has been undeniably a