How is CNBC performing above its competitors as a business amidst a very competitive broadcast news environment? KC: Today, the media landscape is extremely competitive – everyone’s a publisher now. We have never been about quantity, we have focused on quality. Over the last 27 years, we’ve built a community of regular consumers who are passionate about our content and the CNBC brand itself. By focusing on what we do best our audience continues to grow, both on TV and online. Why do we … [Read more...] about Making Headlines
CEO Profile
‘Think global, act local’
As the CEO of KI, what are some of your priorities now? Alon: I’m a huge believer in the phrase, ‘Think global, act local’, when it comes to content. Content is a local business, people want to watch shows in their own language. We respect local talent and believe it should take the lead on the home ground. We see Asia as one of our biggest markets today and especially now as China and India are booming in the industry. Homeland, which was based on our original drama Prisoners of War, … [Read more...] about ‘Think global, act local’
French Style in Asia
How is Style doing in Asia? Alex: Style HD offers 100% lifestyle programmes ranging over a variety of topics among which design & gardening, fashion & trends, gastronomy & lifestyle, travel & heritage. All the programmes are in French subtitled in English, traditional and simplified Chinese. Besides, TV5MONDE offers localised programming subtitled in 15 languages to the world’s business and cultural elite as well as the vast global community of Francophiles. We are already … [Read more...] about French Style in Asia
Infocomm Media Footprint
Gabriel: IMDA was set up to drive this notion of convergence. By convergence we mean the amalgamation of Infocomm and Media - it’s a new and exciting way for many Infocomm companies. They now recognise how important the media or content, in general, is for branding and building more loyal customers and for differentiating themselves in a very crowded and competitive marketplace. Everybody understands the potential of going digital and for IMDA; I think having an agency dedicated to looking into … [Read more...] about Infocomm Media Footprint
Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television
KBS has successfully defended itself during several crisis since early 2002 to the most recent, ‘Music Bank’ mistake regarding the winner.’ How has KBS emerged as Korea’s choice broadcaster over and over again? Ko: We are proud to have the largest number of passionate and talented TV content creators at KBS. A considerable number of producers and local broadcasters who have gaining great popularity were initially from KBS. So much so that we served as a content hub for the … [Read more...] about Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television
Modern Time’s Jorgen
What is Modern Time’s general strategy for Asia? We are both a content producer and distributor in Asia with strong footing in Japan, India, China and a few other countries. We also operate a multi-channel network (MCN) business that we recently launched in Japan, China and India, where we work with Yahoo. Some of the videos you see on Yahoo are produced by us. There are about two thousand journalists around the globe producing more than four hundred videos a day for multiple newspapers. … [Read more...] about Modern Time’s Jorgen
