Australia – Optus, the Australian arm of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel), will restructure its business to drive greater efficiencies and give customers a stronger voice. As part of the restructuring, Optus will make 750 roles – coming from senior and middle management as well as operations, back office and support functions – redundant over the coming months, with an associated one-off charge of approximately AUD 37 million. The new structure will see the creation … [Read more...] about Optus restructuring to affect 750 jobs
Archives for May 2012
Top XYZ and Austar execs step down
Bruce Mann, CEO of XYZ Networks, and Nikki Warburton, Group Director, Product, Sales & Marketing, Austar, have announced their departures. This news follows Foxtel’s AUD 1.9 million acquisition of Austar last month. Previously, Foxtel and Austar shared a 50:50 ownership of XYZ Entertainment. With the merger, Foxtel now owns 100 percent of XYZ. Mann steps down after spending ten years as CEO. Warburton, who has been with Austar for 12 years, will leave later this month. … [Read more...] about Top XYZ and Austar execs step down
Korea: The Bigger Picture
It’s a foregone conclusion that 2011 will be remembered as a watershed year for South Korean TV. The nationwide roll-out in December of four new cable channels from local print-media giants and a CNN-like cable news channel from the national news agency made certain of that. What remains to be seen is whether these and other developments with less game-changing potential are ultimately viewed in a positive or negative light. Similarly, while Korea chalked up another record year when it … [Read more...] about Korea: The Bigger Picture
Four Screens Strategy
With the knowledge that audiences want to consumer news content in a variety of ways, the BBC works to make that user experience as seamless as possible and have developed a “Four Screens Strategy” to seamlessly bridge desktop, mobile, tablet and connected TV devices in a way that works for the BBC and its partners. TVA Plus: What has research revealed that prompted the necessity of the Four Screens Strategy? What research has shown us is that our audience wants access to our … [Read more...] about Four Screens Strategy
Extended Vision: What the Second Screen brings to TV
TV viewing behaviour is changing. Again. Research and the personal experience of many people tells us that while viewers are watching their main TV screen (the first screen), more than ever before they are watching other screens simultaneously - including tablets, laptops and other mobile devices. How prevalent is this trend? According to a survey conducted for the Nielsen Wire*, in the US, 88 percent of tablet owners and 86 percent of smart phone owners used their devices while watching TV at … [Read more...] about Extended Vision: What the Second Screen brings to TV
And the winner is…
At the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, all eyes were on the final five pitchers narrowed down from 70 entrants over 30 countries. One of them would walk away with €25,000 worth of development money, courtesy of Warner Bros. International Television Production. For a pitch competition that positions itself as a “unique platform for pitching original ideas of neverbefore seen non-scripted entertainment,” the ideas presented to the near-capacity crowd were … [Read more...] about And the winner is…
