Sydney- The Asia Pacific Screen Awards’ International Jury convenes on Queensland’s Gold Coast from Nov. 5 to determine the winners of the inaugural awards, which will be announced at the awards ceremony on Nov. 13. Jury President, Indian actress Shabana Azmi, will be joined by Pusan Festival Director Kim Dong-Ho of Korea, Iranian director Jafar Panahi, UK producer Nik Powell and Chinese filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang. Some 34 films from 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region are in … [Read more...] about Asia Pacific Screen Awards jury named
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David Wisnia, VP, Distribution and Sales, heads STAR’s new LA sales office
Hong Kong / Los Angeles – STAR is expanding distribution of its Hindi and Mandarin language programming in North America with the opening of a sales office in Los Angeles. Headed by David Wisnia, Vice President for Distribution and Sales, the office will market and drive distribution of networks including STAR India PLUS, STAR ONE, STAR India NEWS and VIJAY. STAR will also market STAR GOLD and Mandarin language channels including STAR CHINESE CHANNEL and CHANNEL [V]. Wisnia joins STAR from … [Read more...] about David Wisnia, VP, Distribution and Sales, heads STAR’s new LA sales office
Andrew Marshall joins ESPN STAR Sports as SVP, Legal and Business Affairs
Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports has appointed Andrew Marshall as Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs to its Legal team. Based in Singapore, Marshall has region-wide responsibility for all legal matters related to ESPN STAR Sports networks across Asia as well as business development and strategic relationships. He reports to Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports. Marshall was General Counsel with the Asia Pacific operations of publicly-listed software company BEA Systems, … [Read more...] about Andrew Marshall joins ESPN STAR Sports as SVP, Legal and Business Affairs
MTV Pakistan and Indus Vision distributed via MEASAT-3
Kuala Lumpur- Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has furthered its partnership with Pacific Century Matrix (PCM), provider of satellite-based television broadcast solutions, with an agreement inked for Indus Media Group to distribute MTV Pakistan and Indus Vision via the MEASAT-3 satellite. This follows the announcement on October 10 that South Asian channels Filmazia and Filmax have migrated to the full transponder MCPC broadcast platform on MEASAT-3. According to Johnny Ng, PCM's Director of … [Read more...] about MTV Pakistan and Indus Vision distributed via MEASAT-3
More upheaval at Star
Hong Kong – Internal politics at Star are being blamed for yet more senior executive departures from the broadcaster. Programming’s senior vice president Ross Crowley and Karen Johnston are the latest executives to leave, following the resignation of Star Group’s president of platforms David Butorac. This comes less than a month after Jamie Davis stepped down as managing director of ESPN Star Sports – with continued tensions between the two joint venture companies … [Read more...] about More upheaval at Star
$20million partnership for Mark Burnett & Genting International
Singapore – Visitors to Genting International’s Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) will be able to watch TV shows being made and participate in live gameshows when it opens in 2010. This is part of an exclusive 10-year partnership between Mark Burnett International and Genting International to develop, produce and distribute reality television series and game shows for the region. A new company – Mark Burnett Productions Asia (MBPA) – will be formed under the agreement. The … [Read more...] about $20million partnership for Mark Burnett & Genting International