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YuppTV subscribers reaches 100 thousand

YuppTV, popular OTT leader in the Indian content made its presence felt in Malaysia in February 2018. Fast forward to now, within 10 months YuppTV has garnered strong support from Malaysian Indians and expats from India. YuppTV boasts 100 thousand subscribers and the number is growing. YuppTV brand is recognised

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Malaysian journalists’ group urge for anti-sexual harassment laws

In August 2018, the Institute of Journalists (IoJ) began preliminary interviews with media personnel who have experienced sexual harassment at their workplace or in the course of carrying out their work. The purpose of this at the time was to better establish the prevalence of sexual harassment, and glean whether

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AirAsia transfers digital businesses to Redbeat Ventures

AirAsia transfers digital businesses to Redbeat Ventures

AirAsia Group Berhad has announced the transfer of its digital businesses to Redbeat Ventures Sdn Bhd (RBV), its wholly-owned subsidiary. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, AAGB announced that RBV entered into a Share Sale Agreement with AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia Investment Ltd respectively on 25 June 2018 to

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Big shoes to fill in at The Star

The successor to Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai at the Star Media Group (SMG), following his decision to retire as its managing director and chief executive officer, will have big shoes to fill. It will be a tough act to follow, more so when media outlets around the world are

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MCMC shuts down madlabs.com.my after Nestle Malaysia complains

In an ongoing story on Nestle’s QR code fiasco, numerous reports emerged recently stating that the QR code printed on Maggi Hot Cup labels did not lead users to Maggi’s official website. Which Nestle allegedly  stated that they “accidentally printed the Mad Labs Q code on 170,000 tonnes of packages

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We Are The Champions: Johan Ishak and his thoughts on 2019

It’s that time of the year again, time to close the books and get a fresh start for the new year. Of course, the same question will be on every marketer’s mind, what’s next for the marketing industry in 2019? Johan Ishak, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Media Prima Television Networks (MPTN)

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2019 to be the year of deepfake content & 5G islands

Telenor Group’s research arm, Telenor Research, has identified seven tech trends to study up on for 2019. Here are the 7 trends Telenor Research understands will make a big impact in 2019. 1. Deepfake: Too good to be true? 2019 will bring the world more deepfake content because a large

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Want to buy an armpit? How about playing football with a minister?

Astro Radio always pushes the limits to create the most impactful content for its diverse audience segments! As Malaysia’s favourite radio network, Astro Radio is constantly innovating and creating fresh original content to captivate and grow its diverse, vernacular audience segments. In this issue, MARKETING goes behind-the-scenes to experience the

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