Universal City– Haydn Arndt has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales Liaison, NBC Universal International Television Distribution from Vice President, Sales Liaison, overseeing Australia and New Zealand, He will continue to be based in NBC Universal’s Sydney office. Since joining NBC Universal in 2005, Arndt has been responsible for overseeing the free, pay and basic cable television sales of NBC Universal programming throughout Australia and New Zealand. He has since … [Read more...] about Haydn Arndt promoted to senior VP, sales liaison, NBC Universal International Television Distribution
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Swati Shetty named Director, India, for Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)
Mumbai- Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has bolstered its executive team in India by hiring Swati Shetty as Director, India, responsible for the firm's TV distribution business across all platforms in the market. Shetty replaces Amit Malhotra, who was promoted in June 2007 to Regional Sales Director, Pan-Asia, India and Singapore. Shetty will be based in Mumbai and report directly to Malhotra in Hong Kong as well as the Managing Director for Walt Disney Company (India) Pte Ltd … [Read more...] about Swati Shetty named Director, India, for Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)
Bruce Dover named Chief Executive of Australia Network
Sydney- Former CNN International executive Bruce Dover is the new Chief Executive of Australia Network, ABC-TV's international television service to Asia, the Pacific and the Indian sub-continent. Dover, who starts on August 6, succeeds Ian Carroll, who was appointed the ABC's Director of Innovation earlier this year. He will report to the Director of ABC International, Murray Green, who oversees Radio Australia, International Projects and Australia Network. Dover is a former Deputy Editor of … [Read more...] about Bruce Dover named Chief Executive of Australia Network
CNN International hands out promotions
CNN International has promoted Ellana Lee to Managing Editor, CNN Asia Pacific to oversee all regional programming and newsgathering resources including studio operations in Hong Kong. Lee has worked at CNN for more than 10 years. Phil O'Sullivan steps up as Executive Producer, Hong Kong, responsible for daily programming and newsgathering production and planning from CNN's Hong Kong bureau, which is also the network's Asia-Pacific headquarters. O'Sullivan joined CNN from Television New Zealand … [Read more...] about CNN International hands out promotions
TV Globo to premiere full HD telenovela Dua Caras over Brazil’s first digital transmission
TV Globo has begun production in southern Brazil on the first-ever full HD telenovela, Duas Caras, for broadcast on December 3, 2007, in time for Brazil’s first digital transmission on December 2. Viewers in São Paulo will be the first to watch the HD telenovela written by Aguinaldo Silva and directed by Wolf Maia. Prior to Duas Caras, TV Globo has produced a number of its programs and external scenes for telenovelas in HD. These include series Mulher; mini-series A Muralha, Um Só Coração, … [Read more...] about TV Globo to premiere full HD telenovela Dua Caras over Brazil’s first digital transmission
MEASAT introduces new HDTV distribution platform for Asia
Kuala Lumpur- MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has introduced an HDTV distribution platform for international broadcasters distributing HD content across Asia-Pacific. Recently showcased at the CommunicAsia 2007 exhibition in Singapore, the new platform addresses content acquisition, MPEG-4 compression, encryption, uplink and content distribution via the MEASAT-3 satellite. MEASAT worked with play-out and uplink service providers Ascent Media and Pacific Century Matrix (PCM) from Singapore and … [Read more...] about MEASAT introduces new HDTV distribution platform for Asia