Sydney - Foxtel has made a number of new appointments in its Owned & Operated Channels Group. Penny Win, who has served for many years in free-to-air and subscription television in Australia and New Zealand, has been hired as Group Channel Manager of W. Channel and Fox Classics. Brendon Moo has been promoted to Head of Factual Channels and Senior Executive of Publicity, with overall responsibility for The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network; he will also manage communications for … [Read more...] about Promotions handed out at Foxtel O&O channels
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Joyce Yeung to join BBC Worldwide Global TV Sales as SVP Asia
BBC Worldwide has appointed Joyce Yeung to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Global TV Sales, Asia, to lead the company’s content distribution activity across TV, DVD, digital platforms and licensing. Yeung will join BBC Worldwide in 2008. Based at BBC Worldwide’s Hong Kong office, Yeung will lead an overall sales team of 24 including the Tokyo sales force, supported by the Asian management comprising Katsuhiko Waza in Tokyo and Pierre Cheung, Linfield Ng, Maggie Wong … [Read more...] about Joyce Yeung to join BBC Worldwide Global TV Sales as SVP Asia
NBCU names Shigeo Yushita Channel Director, Japan, Global Networks Asia
Tokyo – NBC Universal named Shigeo Yushita as Channel Director, Japan, Global Networks Asia. Based in Tokyo, Yushita will launch and expand NBCU’s pay TV platforms in Japan and develop strategies for upcoming cable and satellite TV launches, as well as sales and marketing activities for the new channels. He reports to Raymund Miranda, Managing Director, Global Networks Asia, and Taichi Fukuda, Managing Director Japan, NBC Universal International. This follows NBCU’s acquisition … [Read more...] about NBCU names Shigeo Yushita Channel Director, Japan, Global Networks Asia
BabyFirstTV ups Kristin Feltz to VP Marketing
Los Angeles – BabyFirstTV, a 24-hour commercial-free educational and children development channel for babies and toddlers, has promoted Kristin Feltz from Director of Marketing to Vice President of Marketing. Based at BabyFirstTV’s L.A. headquarters, Feltz reports to the channel’s co-founder and Executive Vice President, Sharon Rechter, and is responsible for the channel’s marketing operations in affiliate relations and consumer marketing. Feltz joined BabyFirstTV in 2006 … [Read more...] about BabyFirstTV ups Kristin Feltz to VP Marketing
CCTV partners EuroNews and the European Commission
China Central Television (CCTV), EuroNews and the European Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Mandarin-language broadcast of Futuris, a magazine on science, space activities and technology co-produced by EuroNews and European Commission DG Research and Information Society. The agreement is the first step in a long term partnership between EuroNews and CCTV. Under the agreement inked in Beijing on Nov 14, EuroNews will provide a package of 9 programs a month which … [Read more...] about CCTV partners EuroNews and the European Commission
CNN expands presence in India
CNN has opened its new editorial operations in Chennai, India, and appointed Sara Sidner and Liz Neisloss as its two new India-based correspondents. Sidner will join CNN from Jan 2008 and is currently the weekend news anchor and field reporter at KTVU-TV in San Francisco / Oakland. Neisloss has joined CNN in Chennai and will cover southern India as well as support the CNN bureau in New Delhi. Neisloss was a CNN senior producer from 1990 to 2006. The new setup in South India increases CNN’s … [Read more...] about CNN expands presence in India