Ho Chi Minh- Bloomberg Television is in a programming cooperation in Vietnam with Ho Chi Minh Television, technology conglomerate FTP, and content distribution and production house Q.net. Bloomberg Television provides summaries of global and regional business and financial news as well as clips of key interviews, which are versioned into Vietnamese and incorporated by Q.net into a 10-minute segment which broadcasts daily at 6:00 p.m. on Ho Chi Minh Television's flagship terrestrial channel HTV7. … [Read more...] about Bloomberg Television’s news segment airs on Ho Chi Minh Television’s HTV7
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FremantleMedia Enterprises announces series of promotions
FremantleMedia Enterprises’ (FME) TV distribution rights business has promoted Paul Ridley as Senior Vice President, Sales, Asia Pacific from his current role of Vice President, Sales. Based in FME’s Sydney office, he is responsible for TV distribution across the region and reports to David Ellender, CEO, FremantleMedia Enterprises. Also, Ganesh Rajaram has stepped up to the newly created position of Vice President, Sales, Asia, from his current role of Sales Director, Asia. He … [Read more...] about FremantleMedia Enterprises announces series of promotions
George Sakkalli takes Power into Asia
George Sakkalli has come on board Power, the European independent producer and distributor of feature films and TV mini series, as Vice President, Asian Sales and Distribution. Sakkalli was Vice President of Sales, Asia at Granada International where he sold ITV and third party UK/US content across terrestrial, satellite, cable, video/DVD, pay-per-view and broadband platforms. Power is doubling its global sales force under Chris Philip, Worldwide Sales President, as the company expands its … [Read more...] about George Sakkalli takes Power into Asia
Southern Star to join Fairfax Media empire
Sydney- Production and distribution group Southern Star will become a subsidiary of newspaper and online publisher Fairfax Media after its parent company Southern Cross Broadcasting (SCB) agreed to a takeover. The SCB board accepted a buy-out offer from Macquarie Media Group (MMG), which values SCB at A$1.35 billion (US$1.15 billion). Concurrently, MMG entered into an arrangement to on-sell to Fairfax Media the metropolitan radio stations, Southern Star, Satellite Music Australia, which supplies … [Read more...] about Southern Star to join Fairfax Media empire
Macquarie Media buys Southern Cross Broadcasting
Sydney- The board of Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Ltd. (SCB) announced today it has agreed to a buy-out offer from Macquarie Media Group (MMG), which values SCB at A$1.35 billion (US$1.15 billion). Separately, MMG has entered into an arrangement with newspaper and online publisher Fairfax Media Limited which will see Fairfax buy SCB's metropolitan radio businesses, production and distribution group Southern Star, Satellite Music Australia and other associated businesses. MMG will … [Read more...] about Macquarie Media buys Southern Cross Broadcasting
ESPN STAR Sports chooses Tandberg Television for MPEG-4 AVC contribution and distribution system
Hong Kong– ESPN STAR Sports is looking to manage distribution of programming to head-ends across Asia and satellite transponder usage using Tandberg Television’s video compression head-end for its MPEG-4 AVC contribution and distribution (C&D) system. ESPN STAR Sports’ programming has a cumulative reach of over 310 million viewers in Asia via its encrypted pay services to 15 networks covering 24 countries. It’s using Tandberg Television’s MPEG-4 AVC EN8000 encoders … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports chooses Tandberg Television for MPEG-4 AVC contribution and distribution system
