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Myanmar Media United Co., Ltd. (MMU) has announced the appointment of British television executive Glen Felgate as MMU’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Felgate, a former Reuters Television broadcast journalist and founding General Manager of Cambodia’s number one TV channel CTN, will take up his post in March. Felgate, who set up and ran Cambodian TV station CTN for 10 years, has spent the last year setting up a Public Relations and TV production company, Quantum Publicity, in Phnom Penh. 

“The potential for media is enormous,” said Felgate. “We are currently conducting research but all the indications are that there is a large population hungry for entertainment.”

MMU has a 10 year licence to operate five digital free-to-air channels connected to national broadcaster Myawady TV (MWD). MMU is having preliminary talks with media companies in Southeast Asia and is currently looking for international investors to form a partnership or joint venture. The group was founded in November 2011 and was awarded a licence to operate TV in Myanmar in May last year.