Synamedia has boosted its senior team with the appointment of Scott Kewley as VP Advanced Advertising and Data Products. Scott will lead Synamedia’s addressable advertising and data monetization business, building on the firm’s heritage as an industry pioneer through its collaboration with Sky on the development of the AdSmart personalized ad targeting platform. Scott has extensive experience in the media and entertainment sector, having worked with tier-one consumer brands and … [Read more...] about Synamedia appoints new executives
Rubrik appoints new VP of Asia Pacific & Japan
Rubrik, the Multi-Cloud Data Control Company, announced the appointment of Kamal Brar as Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan. Brar will be responsible for driving Rubrik’s Asia operations. Based in Singapore, he will report directly to Chief Revenue Officer Brett Shirk. Rubrik has quickly grown from its founding in 2014; earlier this year it raised a $261 million Series E funding round at a $3.3 billion valuation. As data and applications proliferate in the enterprise, Rubrik’s … [Read more...] about Rubrik appoints new VP of Asia Pacific & Japan
HBO Asia and Viu announce second season of The Bridge
Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group, and HBO Asia jointly announce their partnership in the second season of Viu Original’s The Bridge, which will begin shooting its second 10-episode season this year and will be simulcast on Viu and HBO Asia’s channels and services in early 2020. Loosely based on the second season of the original series, season two will pick up one year after where the story ended in season one. A yacht registered in Singapore … [Read more...] about HBO Asia and Viu announce second season of The Bridge
ZEE5 Global now streams live news free for its global audiences
ZEE5 Global announced that it was making its top news channels available free for streaming in select countries in APAC, and in MENA and Africa. Audiences in these countries will be able to access 15 news channels and watch content like world headlines and business, sport, entertainment, and other trending news free of charge in seven languages; Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu and Punjabi. The free catalogue includes some of the most reputed channels e.g. Hindi news … [Read more...] about ZEE5 Global now streams live news free for its global audiences
LGI announces promotes vice president
Looking Glass International (LGI), the Australian based distribution company specializing in factual programming announced today the launch of a new corporate brand identity and name. The company will now be known as LGI Media and amongst the other changes will be the company’s logo and domain name. The corporate name has been refreshed to reflect LGI’s evolving its brand identity. As a valuable asset and with the reputation built under its previous identity, the optimal decision … [Read more...] about LGI announces promotes vice president
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP and Gamma host Gamma World Championship in Singapore
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship (ONE), has just announced that the organization will be working with the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) to host the inaugural GAMMA World Championship in Singapore from 18-23 November. Teams from over 60 countries have been invited to participate in the two-day tournament, and will be competing for national pride in the discipline of mixed martial arts across 16 weight divisions, both male and … [Read more...] about ONE CHAMPIONSHIP and Gamma host Gamma World Championship in Singapore
