CEO of DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg Paris - MIPCOM announced that entertainment executive and CEO of DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg has been named MIPCOM 2013 Personality of the Year. Katzenberg will accept the award during a gala dinner for industry executives at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. The same day, he will address the MIPCOM audience in the Palais des Festival’s Grand Auditorium and share his perspectives on the television … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Jeffrey Katzenberg named Personality of the Year
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New VP of Sales and Marketing for Turner
Robi Stanton, VP Sales and Marketing for Southeast Asia Pacific, Turner International Asia Pacific. Hong Kong - Turner International Asia Pacific has announced that Robi Stanton is to take on a new position as VP of sales and marketing for the Southeast Asia Pacific region. She will oversee brands including Cartoon Network, Toonami, Cartoonito, Boomerang, TCM, truTV and adultswim, while she also assumes responsibility for CNN and HLN network and content distribution in the Southeast Asia Pacific … [Read more...] about New VP of Sales and Marketing for Turner
Eurosport appoints new SVP for Affiliate Sales & Marketing
Gursharan Sethi, SVP, Affiliate Sales & Marketing, Eurosport Asia-Pacific. Paris - Jean-Thierry Augustin, CEO, Eurosport Group has announced the appointment of Gursharan (Gushi) Sethi as Senior Vice President (SVP), Affiliate Sales & Marketing, Eurosport Asia-Pacific. Sethi, previously Director of Affiliate Sales & Business Development, Eurosport Asia-Pacific, takes over affiliate sales and marketing duties previously held by Arjan Hoekstra who joined Discovery … [Read more...] about Eurosport appoints new SVP for Affiliate Sales & Marketing
9 Story completes acquisition of CCI catalogue
Toronto, Canada - 9 Story Entertainment has announced the closing of its agreement with CCI Kids, the family content division of CCI Entertainment, under which 9 Story has acquired the underlying rights to CCI Kids’ owned children’s and family library. Under the terms of the agreement, 9 Story has also gained distribution rights for CCI Releasing’s other titles in the kids and family genre, totaling over 1,000 half hours of content. In addition, Natalie … [Read more...] about 9 Story completes acquisition of CCI catalogue
Viki adds Krikorian and Goldberg as its newest strategic investors
Viki, a startup based out of Singapore that combines premium videos with crowd-sourced subtitles, has announced two new investors to the board. Blake Krikorian, founder of Sling Media and now corporate VP at Microsoft overseeing XBox, and Dave Goldberg, CEO of Survey Monkey, are making strategic investments in video site Viki. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the site surpassing the 400 million words subtitled mark (the equivalent of 10,000 novels) and now has 163 … [Read more...] about Viki adds Krikorian and Goldberg as its newest strategic investors
MediaCorp appoints Head of Digital Enterprise
Singapore – MediaCorp has appointed Nick Fawbert as its Head of Digital Enterprise from August 1, 2013. Fawbert brings with him 20 years of experience in the media industry. Based in Singapore since 2007, Fawbert was instrumental in the formation of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in Singapore, getting key industry players onboard the IAB to develop the local digital ecosystem. Prior to joining MediaCorp, he was CEO of Third Space Consulting, a boutique … [Read more...] about MediaCorp appoints Head of Digital Enterprise