Burbank, Calif. - Scott Rowe has been named to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Worldwide Communications, Warner Bros. Television Group, and Tammy Golihew has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Publicity, Warner Bros. Television. These announcements were made by Lisa Gregorian, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Warner Bros. Television Group. In his new role, Rowe will be responsible for managing all communications, both proactive and reactive, on a … [Read more...] about Warner Bros TV group names Senior Vice President, Worldwide Communications & Tammy Golihew Senior Vice President, Publicity, Warner Bros. Television
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Endemol appoints Head of Format Distribution
Endemol announced the appointment of Ana Langenberg as head of format distribution at Endemol Group. Langenberg will be responsible for ensuring formats created or acquired by Endemol flow seamlessly throughout the Group and will work closely with Endemol’s operating companies around the world to maximise the value of formats in each territory. She will also lead the distribution of formats in territories where Endemol currently has no operational presence. Langenberg is a senior executive … [Read more...] about Endemol appoints Head of Format Distribution
APOS 2010: Bringing It All Back Home
The Asia Pacific Pay–TV Operators Summit, the first of its kind, organized by research group Media Partners Asia (MPA) brought together 300 delegates from pay–TV and broadband industry communities in Bali, including 30 of the region’s leading pay– TV operators serving 40 million pay–TV homes. In his opening presentation at the Summit, MPA Executive Director Vivek Couto said that the fundamentals of Asia’s pay–TV and broadband industries were strong and … [Read more...] about APOS 2010: Bringing It All Back Home
MEASAT ’s HD goals
Having just announced that MEASAT had signed an agreement with GlobeCast Asia to provide transponder capacity for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, Terry Bleakley, MEASAT’s vice president, commercial operations said that this is the first time the company has been involved in distributing the FIFA World Cup. “The MEASAT–3 satellite located at the 91.5°E orbital slot has an excellent footprint and is the ideal platform to distribute content directly from South … [Read more...] about MEASAT ’s HD goals
TRAI seeks switch-off date
As Subhash Chandra, pointed out last year, “the cable plant is the fattest pipe running into the consumer premises and once converted to digital offers the biggest bandwidth for all possible data, voice and video applications or triple play services.” It has the added advantage of transparency, which benefits the entire television broadcasting value chain. Digitization is inevitable if the cable medium as a platform for signal distribution has to compete with other delivery … [Read more...] about TRAI seeks switch-off date
France 24 – looking to make headlines in Asia
Sub– or sibling brands: FRANCE 24 French, FRANCE 24 English, FRANCE 24 Arabic. Only FRANCE 24 English is currently available in Asia–Pacific. Ownership in Asia: 100%–owned by AEF, and represented in APAC by TV5MONDE’s regional office. Senior executive for Asia: Philippe ROUXEL, Vice–President Worldwide Distribution, FRANCE 24 Programming line–up: FRANCE 24 is the 24/7 international news channel covering world current affairs from a French perspective, through … [Read more...] about France 24 – looking to make headlines in Asia