Hong Kong - Amidst the ongoing restructure between STAR and Fox International Channels Asia (FICA), some senior executives appointments and relocations have been confirmed. Ward Platt, president of Fox International Channels Asia, relocates to Hong Kong from Tokyo. Avi Himatsinghani relocates to Singapore to assume the role of senior vice president and general manager ASEAN, Fox International Channels Asia. He will oversee operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Himatsinghani … [Read more...] about Fox International Channels execs confirmed
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Sharples exits as Endemol restructures in Asia
Hong Kong - Endemol announced the latest steps in its strategy for growth across Asia. Management across the region is to be restructured with all operations reporting directly into Arjen van Mierlo, CEO of Asian Operations at Endemol Group. Arjen will continue to be based at Endemol Asia's offices in Hong Kong, which will now also become the head office for the group's South East Asian business. In addition to the regional head office in Hong Kong Endemol has established leading development and … [Read more...] about Sharples exits as Endemol restructures in Asia
Fox International Channels execs confirmed
Hong Kong – Amidst the ongoing restructure between STAR and Fox International Channels Asia (FICA), some senior executives appointments and relocations have been confirmed. Ward Platt, president of Fox International Channels Asia, relocates to Hong Kong from Tokyo. Avi Himatsinghani relocates to Singapore to assume the role of senior vice president and general manager ASEAN, Fox International Channels Asia. He will oversee operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. … [Read more...] about Fox International Channels execs confirmed
Endemol restructures Asian operations
Hong Kong - Endemol announced the latest steps in its strategy for growth across Asia. Management across the region is to be restructured with all operations reporting directly into Arjen van Mierlo, CEO of Asian Operations at Endemol Group. Arjen will continue to be based at Endemol Asia’s offices in Hong Kong, which will now also become the head office for the group’s South East Asian business. In addition to the regional head office in Hong Kong Endemol has established leading … [Read more...] about Endemol restructures Asian operations
Endemol unveils new global distribution operation
London - Endemol unveiled Endemol Worldwide Distribution, a new global operation that will formally launch at MIPCOM 2009. The new division, resulting from the integration of Endemol International and Southern Star International, brings together the resources and expertise of two leading global distributors. The merged business incorporates 20,000 hours of content across multiple genres including drama, reality TV, game shows, entertainment, kids programming, animation and comedy. It creates one … [Read more...] about Endemol unveils new global distribution operation
CCTV launches four channels to Europe with GlobeCast
Beijing - GlobeCast has launched four additional channels for Chinese broadcaster CCTV on its platform on the EUROBIRD 9A satellite for pan-European coverage. CCTV-4, CCTV Español (Spanish), CCTV Russian and CCTV Arabia now have access to a potential audience of 300 million households. GlobeCast's solution for CCTV includes fibre delivery to its Brookmans Park facility outside London, where the channels are uplinked to the EUROBIRD 9A satellite at 9°E. CCTV is the latest major broadcaster to … [Read more...] about CCTV launches four channels to Europe with GlobeCast