Astro - Globe Strategic Partnership for Tribe OTT Service in Philippines

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Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro), a leading content and consumer group in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, and Globe Telecom Inc. (GLOBE), number one mobile brand in the Philippines, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer Tribe over-the-top (OTT) video services to Filipino customers. The agreement also reflects the strategic intent of both parties to collaborate on content opportunities that will be distributed on Tribe and other platforms across the region.

Tribe is an OTT service for ASEAN video consumers, which was recently launched in Indonesia offering live and on demand content comprising live sports, Asian movies, and TV series including popular Korean entertainment.

Henry Tan, Chief Operating Officer of Astro said, “As part of our ASEAN expansion, Tribe is exploring opportunities to extend its reach to the Philippines by partnering with Globe. This is a win-win collaboration leveraging off Tribe and Astro’s invested platforms and core competencies to deliver great content to Filipino consumers. Recognizing the importance of local and differentiated content, Tribe and Globe look forward to more discussions on the collaboration of content tailored to the Filipino audience, for distribution on Tribe and other available platforms. 

Additionally, Tribe welcomes participation from content creators and producers in the Philippines and across the region. To differentiate itself from traditional OTT players, Tribe focuses on building a community of fans who are highly and socially engaged with each other around the content they consume. We will achieve this by enabling fan driven participatory activities to heighten the consumption experience, which we expect will align well with the social nature of Filipino consumers, particularly the younger demographic”.

Let’s Unlock And Go On A Great Escape!

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Escape reality and surrender to the newer, bigger, and wilder version of UNLOCK organized by the UP Society of Management and Economics Students (UP SMES).

UP SMES is an academic organization based in the College of Economics and Management, UPLB pursuing to promote academic excellence and to develop entrepreneurial mind.

In 2014, UNLOCK served as the organization’s celebration of a decade of success. Around 700 attendees hunted and partied with the FHM model and TV personality, Ms. Sam Pinto. The proceeds of this benefit party was used to purchase 80 monoblock chairs for Tyani Elementary School in Brgy. Bay, Los Baños, Laguna.

This 2016, UP SMES offers you a great way to start the month with the organization’s second party, UNLOCK 2.0: The Great Escape. To add more excitement to the event, the organization has partnered with DJ Arra Pascual, a pioneer DJ and the hottest DJ in asia.

Get freed this May 5, 2016 from 9AM onwards at Vargas Hall, UPLB.

In 2014, we hunted. This year, get ready to escape.

#Unlock2016

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ePLDT Reinforces Leadership in Cloud Security with CSA STAR Certification

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ePLDT, the digital enterprise enabler of PLDT Inc., the country's leading telecoms and digital services provider, has reinforced its security capability for cloud computing as it attained Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR) certification.

The industry’s most powerful security provider certification program, CSA STAR is a three-tiered provider assurance program encompassing rigorous auditing, transparency principles, standards harmonization, and continuous monitoring. It was established and is operated by CSA, the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. With this new status as a CSA STAR registered service provider, ePLDT assures enterprise clients that the PLDT Group’s cloud services adhere the global industry’s security best practices.

“We understand our customers’ need for transparency and visibility in terms of the security controls provided by our cloud computing solutions, as these services handle sensitive, mission-critical data that must be safely guarded and protected” said Nico Alcoseba, Head of PLDT Group’s Disruptive Business Group. “As a CSA STAR registered service provider, we ensure our customers that the cloud solutions we offer are not only secure but consistently comply with globally recognized standards.”

“This certification solidifies our position as a trusted provider of cloud services for the enterprise, as well as demonstrates our increased cloud computing maturity,” added Dave Simon, ePLDT Group CTO and Service Delivery & Operations Group Head. “Through continuous applications of the different security controls set by CSA on our own cloud operations, we as a provider can in turn educate our customers on the best practices in the cloud.”

To know more about ePLDT’s Cloud Services, visit www.epldt.com.