Singapore - MediaCorp announced the appointment of Charles Marshall Ormiston to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. Ormiston, 47, is concurrently chairman Southeast-Asia & Asia-Pacific head of strategy for Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm. Ormiston specializes in leading major change programmes for multi-nationals and large Asian institutions, and is also the founder of Bain's Singapore office. … [Read more...] about MediaCorp appoints Charles Ormiston to its Board of Directors
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China begins work on national online TV station
China - Work on China's new national online TV station has begun, with programming content coming from CCTV as well as from provincial-level TV stations. The new online television station also plans to attract user-generated content production organizations, and will provide support for the online release of user-generated content. CCTV.com chief advisor Zhao Lifan says the new efforts represent the first steps for the national online TV station - including ‘station-to-web binding', which … [Read more...] about China begins work on national online TV station
BBC Worldwide ties up package deals for Asia
BBC Worldwide has licensed over 480 hours of programming to a number of Asian broadcasters from Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. KBS Korea has bought a mixed package of drama and documentaries such as Feasts and South Pacific while Korea’s Elle TV has licensed a mixture of drama and lifestyle titles such as Mistresses and Being Erica. Cakrawala in Indonesia has licensed documentaries such as Supervolcano and Warriors. Vietnam’s McCartney (broadcast on Ho Chi Minh City … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide ties up package deals for Asia
NHK and Science Channel announce largest-ever international co-production on giant squid
Cannes - NHK, NHK Enterprises, Science Channel and Atlantic Productions have teamed up for the largest-ever international quest for a living giant squid. Hidemi Hyuga, NHK's executive managing director said, "This is the start of a dream-come-true venture for NHK. We have long been in pursuit of the giant squid and have caught glimpses of it in the past 10 years, but we have never succeeded in filming it in its natural habitat. With our partnership with the Science Channel, I am convinced that … [Read more...] about NHK and Science Channel announce largest-ever international co-production on giant squid
NHK and Science Channel announce largest-ever international co-production on giant squid
Cannes - NHK, NHK Enterprises, Science Channel and Atlantic Productions have teamed up for the largest-ever international quest for a living giant squid. Scheduled to air in 2012, the global production will result in a multi-part special following the technological and scientific effort required to find and film the giant squid, in cooperation with marine biologist and giant squid expert Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera. The program will also explore the other exotic and unusual beasts inhabiting this … [Read more...] about NHK and Science Channel announce largest-ever international co-production on giant squid
Maxis to manage Astro’s next-generation network
Malaysia - Telecommunications provider Maxis Communications Bhd will design, supply, commission and manage satellite broadcaster Astro's next-generation network infrastructure. Astro's next-generation network will integrate data, voice and video services on a single platform. The value of the contract is RM81mil over a period of five years, and Maxis will refresh the network equipment in Astro's current voice and data infrastructure nationwide while deploying VoIP (Voice-over-Internet Protocol) … [Read more...] about Maxis to manage Astro’s next-generation network