Paris – MIPTV has announced that Sophie Turner Laing, Managing Director for Entertainment, News and Broadcast Services, BSkyB, will open the MIPTV 2013 Media Mastermind keynote line-up. Sophie Turner Laing has overall responsibility for Sky’s entertainment and news channels including Sky 1, Sky News, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Movies, as well as Broadcast Operations, Network Planning and the Sky Creative Agency. “We’re delighted to welcome Sophie … [Read more...] about BSkyB’s Sophie Turner Laing to open MIPTV’s 50th edition
Archives for December 2012
Jeff Zucker named President of CNN Worldwide
Jeff Zucker will join CNN Worldwide as President of the multi-platform global news enterprise, it was announced by Phil Kent, Chairman and CEO of CNN parent company Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. In January 2013, Zucker will assume executive oversight of a portfolio of 23 branded news and information businesses that include CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN.com and HLN. Zucker will report to Kent and will be based at CNN in New York. Zucker started his 25-year career with NBC as a researcher … [Read more...] about Jeff Zucker named President of CNN Worldwide
CBS will take viewers “Under The Dome” in summer 2013
Studio City, California – CBS has ordered 13 episodes of Under The Dome, a serialised drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel of the same name. Under The Dome premieres in summer 2013. Under The Dome tells the story of a small New England town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic … [Read more...] about CBS will take viewers “Under The Dome” in summer 2013
ESPN STAR Sports returns to StarHub TV
Singapore – StarHub has announced its acquisition of the broadcast rights to ESPN STAR Sports’ (ESS) portfolio of multimedia assets including television, broadband, and mobile services on a non-exclusive basis. This comprises six ESPN STAR Sports TV channels, which brings the number of dedicated sports channels on StarHub TV to 22; the broadband video player ESPN Player and the live streaming mobile service, Mobile ESPN. The six TV channels and ESPN Player will be launched on StarHub … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports returns to StarHub TV
The Need for Agility in Building OTT Platforms in Asia
As one casts a look across the evolving multiscreen market, there can perhaps be no more significant reality than the one looming for Asia Pacific-based pay-TV operators and telcos preparing to deploy mobile, over-the-top (OTT) television services. Whether or not OTT multiscreen efforts will generate significant revenues, they have become a necessary business strategy: multiscreen is here to stay and it’s clear that linear TV isn’t going away any time soon. Yet, while the multiscreen … [Read more...] about The Need for Agility in Building OTT Platforms in Asia
The International Emmy Awards 2012: A good year for Asia
This year’s International Emmy Awards held at the New York Hilton on November 19, 2012 saw a record of up to 12 nominees from Asia. 15 countries; Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and the UK, made the nominations list this year. Submissions went through three rounds of judging over six months by jurors across 67 countries. Nine categories were presented at the gala, eight of which had nominees … [Read more...] about The International Emmy Awards 2012: A good year for Asia