With hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and television and radio stations, Mongolia’s media scene is competitive, dynamic and increasingly varied. The sector’s strong growth, with new outlets opening on a regular basis, reflects the vibrancy of Mongolia’s growing democracy. Television is the main medium of consumption, with cable becoming increasingly popular, and eight new broadcast channels...
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Chapter | Media and Advertising from The Report: Mongolia 2012
The mineral wealth of Mongolia, a vast and isolated land, has brought the world to its doorstep. The country’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, and production from and investment in its two largest mines should see GDP growth continue to climb.
Articles & Analysis | The bigger picture: Cinema and television are both expected to see increased demand from The Report: Indonesia 2012
The market in both pay-TV and cinema remains highly concentrated, but developments in 2011 and the prospects of strong growth point to a greater level of competition in years to come. Indonesian pay-TV is currently expanding at the slowest rate of all in Asia, with household penetration at a mere 3% in 2010 – roughly 1.3m households across the...
Articles & Analysis | Online, but switched on?: The country has rich potential for highly profitable online marketing from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Indonesians are clearly avid internet surfers, but can they be made to pay? Convergence is the name of the game, with GSM operators banking on triple-play packages while fast-growing groups like James Riady’s Lippo Group are launching online news portals. While the lines have blurred between service and content providers, the challenge of how to...
Articles & Analysis | Breaking news: Growing opportunities for domestic and international media investors from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Since TVRI’s 25-year monopoly in television was ended by the launch of RCTI in 1989 by Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), and Surya Citra Media’s SCTV shortly thereafter, the media sector has taken great strides in Indonesia. A number of large diversified conglomerates have emerged since, though these now face competition from smaller-sized firms....
An archipelago of over 17,500 islands, Indonesia is today the world’s fourth-largest country by population, at 245m. The astonishing diversity of ethnicities and cultures comes together in a democratic framework under the pancasila, or “five principles”: nationalism, humanitarianism, representative democracy, social welfare and monotheism