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Austrian orchestra wows Jaipur audience

Austrian orchestra wows Jaipur audience The world famous Swarovski Orchestra from Austria wowed a discerning audience by performing instrumentals at Jaipur's well known Birla Auditorium. It was a rare opportunity for music lovers of the Pink City and they enjoyed it completly. "It was a unique occassion for us to witness this because we seldom get to see such good orchestration here in Jaipur, that too coming from Austria.It was remarkable." Audience got an opportunity to hear the classic and modern music of Europe and orchestra also played the national anthem Jan Gan Man in a perfect way on their various wind instruments. More: hindustantimes.com

Intel invests in Anytime to push Viiv in Asia Pacific

Intel invests in Anytime to push Viiv in Asia Pacific Intel Capital has taken equity in Asia VoD content provider, Anytime and Intel intends to use the Anytime service to promote its Viiv brand for PCs designed for the digital entertainment in the home. With the backing of Intel, Anytime will shortly launch, in Australia Anytime TV a service providing movies and other video content for download to a PC and for subsequent playback on a TV. Anytime TV will be available direct from Anytime on any PC with a broadband connection, in contrast to the existing Anytime service offered via ISP

In-Stat: Asia-Pacific IPTV subscribers to grow at CAGR of 73.3% by 2011

In-Stat: Asia-Pacific IPTV subscribers to grow at CAGR of 73.3% by 2011 The Asia-Pacific region is leading the global revolution of IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) in infrastructure deployments, applications development and subscriber adoption, according to research firm In-Stat. By 2011, the Asia/Pacific market is expected to reach 39 million IPTV subscribers, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 73.3% from 1.44 million subscribers in 2005, said the market research firm. Total IPTV revenues in the region will reach US$8.1 billion by 2011, In-Stat projects. With IPTV, telcos have the opportunity to fundamentally change their broadband customers video service experience

China puts most investment in Asia

China puts most investment in Asia China put 66 percent of its overseas direct investment to other parts of Asia, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. In addition, 42 percent of China's overseas contracted projects and 54 percent of labor export service are in Asia, according to figures from the ministry. During the January-November period of this year, China's investment in North America, Oceania, Africa and Asia grew more than 80 percent, and the volume of China's contracted projects and labor export service in Africa and Latin America grew more than 60 percent. During the eleven months, China's non-financial direct

China Netcom completes 402 mln usd sale of Asia Netcom

China Netcom completes 402 mln usd sale of Asia Netcom China Netcom Group (CNCG) and its Hong Kong-listed unit said they have completed the sale of 100 pct of Asia Netcom to an investor group for 402 mln usd. The investor group - led by Ashmore Investment Management Ltd, Spinnaker Capital Ltd and Clearwater Capital Partners - will pay 169 mln usd for the international service unit of Asia Netcom and 233 mln usd for the companys pan-Asian submarine cable network, China Netcom said in a statement. Going forward, CNCG has every intention to maintain a strategic business relationship with Asia