India/Media Growth

BBC News: Indian media growth well scripted

India/Trust on Media

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union: Study: Indians trust media more than government

China/Cartoons

AP/The Houston Chronicle: China bans foreign-made cartoons

Asia/English-language media outlets

IHT: Asia's English readers miss in-depth media

"A host of new English-language media outlets has sprung up around Asia in recent years to try to fill the void."

Japan/Newspaper readership

The Japan Times Online: Readership of newspapers dips slightly: survey

"A survey shows that 92.5 percent of the public reads newspapers, on average 5.6 days a week. The finding apparently reflects Japanese people's continued confidence in conventional print media, though the rate of readership is down from 94.5 percent in the previous survey in 2003."

Singapore/Mobile-TV

Xinhuanet.com: Singapore telecom company launches mobile TV channel

"Mobile One (M1), one of the three major telecom operators in Singapore, and Media Corp Studios on Monday launched a Mobile Channel which enables M1's third generation (3G) service users to watch local television (TV) programs on their phones."

Asia/Print Investments

Printingtalk: Asia-Pacific, China Lead Way For Print Investment

"Based on levels of orders received during the trade show, the UK and the Asia-Pacific region, including China, are leading the way, according to Heidelberg's experience at Ipex 2006."