SYDNEY--24 Jun--AsiaNet /InfoQuest
Published research indicates that there are now one billion global web users with more than 40 per cent of them in the Asia Pacific. China rates number one.
As newspaper sales decline, websites increase as a source of news. AsiaNet, with a daily Asia-specific text news service and picture, combined with press releases from around the world and regional media information and collective news agency expertise is an established and sought after internet resource.
Since 1995, AsiaNet — as well as providing current news - has been a clearing house, translating and distributing exclusively to newspapers, radio and TV stations, specialist publications and internet sites full text, unedited press releases from major businesses, organisations and government coming into the region, within it, or wanting to send to other countries of the world.
“In launching our new website today — www.asianetnews.net - our partners, who are the principal news agencies of the Asia Pacific region, are looking ahead — beyond text and image,” said AsiaNet General Manager, Michael Worner.
He said the multimedia news release combining video, audio, image, text and social media, is the press release of the future, and this multilingual addition to the AsiaNet service will feature prominently on the new site as a rapidly growing number of users look for video content.
An IBM global survey concluded that 76 per cent of internet visitors have watched a video on their PC, with more than half doing it at least a few times a month.
Businesses worldwide are adopting and embracing the corporate video as an essential marketing tool, according to the respected eCorpTV site.
“Through our partners, as well as providing all the accepted media services, we can offer to build for their clients a multimedia release, and then deliver it locally or to thousands of targeted worldwide media in the main languages of Asia and also Spanish, German, French and Italian, and then archive it on the AsiaNet site,” Worner added
The AsiaNet partners are: Antara News Agency (Indonesia), Australian Associated Press, Bernama News Agency (Malaysia/Singapore), Infoquest (Thailand) K.K. Kyodo News (Japan), New China News (Hong Kong), New Zealand Press Association, Pakistan Press International, Philippines News Agency, Press Trust of India, United News of Bangladesh, Vietnam News Agency, Xinhua News Agency (China/Taiwan), Yonhap News Agency (South Korea).
SOURCE: AsiaNet
CONTACT: M.Worner,
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