Singapore/Sydney – The March 26 debut of Squawk Australia, a one-hour daily business news show produced by CNBC Asia Pacific’s newly established Sydney bureau, neatly coincides with a relaunch of much of CNBC’s programming in Asia and Europe.For competitive reasons, CNBC Asia Pacific President Jeremy Pink was coy about the changes, but he referred to them as a ‘revamp’ of the schedule and an enhanced global programming strategy of Following the Money as the Markets … [Read more...] about CNBC puts Australia on global platform as its programming is revamped
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Making Learning Fun
From a purely cynical standpoint, producing programming that is educational is not only what’s expected of the brand, but a strong marketing tool when it comes to driving sales of Disney content, channels and the brand worldwide. And the emerging popularity of preschool programming in Asia would seem the ideal way to capture viewers while they’re young and exploiting their ‘pester power’ as their consumer appetite grows. But upon meeting Nancy Kanter, Disney’s … [Read more...] about Making Learning Fun
Discovery undergoes major restructuring – top executives leave
Silver Spring, MD – David M. Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, has implemented a number of personnel and structural changes. Senior executives including Discovery Networks US President Billy Campbell, whose position has been removed; heads of … [Read more...] about Discovery undergoes major restructuring – top executives leave
MTV Asia executives check out
Singapore – Steven Tan, executive VP and COO for MTV Networks Asia-Pacific (MTVN A-P), and Mark Glazier, VP and CFO for MTVN A-P, left the company at the end of January. Also Andrew Hoppe, VP of content, creative & digital, has resigned and MTVN A-P is recruiting for his replacement. The departures resulted from reduced support required from the Singapore team following the realignment of MTVN A-P’s operations to advance the company’s localization strategy.MTV Networks … [Read more...] about MTV Asia executives check out
2006 December – 18/12/2006 – 24/12/2006
Television Asia's Executive News18 December 2006 ITV loses appeal against licence fee rulingBangkok - Thai television network ITV, lost its appeal against the May 2006 ruling revoking the company’s rights to reduced concession fees and its replacement of news and educational programming with entertainment which breached the requirements of ITV’s original broadcasting licence.Temasek Holdings (Singapore)-linked ITV’s concession fees were granted by an arbitration panel … [Read more...] about 2006 December – 18/12/2006 – 24/12/2006
2006 December – 11/12/2006 – 17/12/2006
Television Asia's Executive News11 December 2006 Japan achieves nationwide digital reachJapan - All 47 prefectures in Japan can now receive digital terrestrial broadcasts, completing the switch that started in December 2003 with Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya metro areas. Eight prefectures in Kyushu were the last areas to be converted.The milestone was marked by a ceremony in Tokyo attended by government officials, celebrities and broadcasting execs. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced his … [Read more...] about 2006 December – 11/12/2006 – 17/12/2006
