Mumbai- Nachiket Pantvaidya will join BBC Worldwide Global Channels on July 11 as General Manager, South Asia, to lead the Global Channels team in the region, manage growth strategy for BBC-branded channels, and drive awareness of BBC channel brands. He reports to Christine Leo-McKerrow, SVP Global Channels Asia-Pacific. Nachiket was Executive Director, Programming and Production, for India’s Disney Channels for three years, where he managed the localization of the Disney brand with Indian … [Read more...] about Pantvaidya joins BBC Global Channels as General Manager, South Asia
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BBC World announces World Challenge finalists
London- World Challenge 2007, a competition run by BBC World and Newsweek for business and community projects, has announced its 12 finalists. The finalists, who will be profiled in six 30-minute programmes on BBC World and in advertorials in Newsweek, were chosen from a record 942 nominations. They include Indonesia’s The Masarang Palm Sugar Factory– Providing an alternative to wood in the sugar industry; Vietnam’s Sa Pa Essentials – Boosting income with medicinal … [Read more...] about BBC World announces World Challenge finalists
Celestial Pictures and Zonemedia bring Shaw Brothers martial-art titles to Turkey and Northern Cyprus
Hong Kong– Celestial Pictures and Zonemedia concluded an exclusive agreement to air martial-art films from Celestial’s Shaw Brothers Film Library on ActionMAX (Digiturk, Channel 15) in Turkey and Northern Cyprus at 10.00pm every Monday from July. Celestial’s Shaw Brothers films will debut on pay TV in South Eastern Europe and South Western Asia to reach a potential 71 million viewers. Zonemedia licensed the pay TV rights to premiere martial-art titles made between the 1970s and … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures and Zonemedia bring Shaw Brothers martial-art titles to Turkey and Northern Cyprus
Disney jumps into Australia’s BigPond
Sydney– Australian telco Telstra’s BigPond Movies VOD service has added Disney-ABC International Television to its list of suppliers, joining Warner Bros. Sony, MGM, the BBC, Granada, Discovery, TWI and Troma, and local distributors such as Icon, Hopscotch, Beyond and Becker Entertainment. It’s the Disney Co.’s first internet movie VOD deal in Australia. BigPond’s download-to-rent scheme prices new movies at A$5.95 (US$5.00) or $4 for members, and TV episodes at … [Read more...] about Disney jumps into Australia’s BigPond
CNBC launches suite of mobile services
Singapore– CNBC has rolled out mobile services including WAP and SMS products, available to operators and subscribers in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, China and Malaysia. It also signed up Nokia and StarHub as distributors of the new offerings. The basic package is offered through operators and is accessible free of charge by consumers through the WAP portal on mobile browsers at asia.cnbc.com. The premium service, available through operators and subscription, offers Country … [Read more...] about CNBC launches suite of mobile services
AETN International’s Asian ad sales to be handled by Press Start Media
New York/Singapore- AETN International has appointed Press Start Media to represent its ad sales in Asia. AETN International’s channel brands in the region include The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network, launched by AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) on June 15 on PCCW’s now TV in Hong Kong, Astro in Malaysia and Brunei, StarHub in Singapore, while the former is available on TrueVision in Thailand. According to Sean Cohan, Senior Vice President, International, A&E … [Read more...] about AETN International’s Asian ad sales to be handled by Press Start Media
