Hong Kong – FOX International Channels Asia has appointed Tactic Public Relations Limited (TACTIC), a subsidiary of Strategic Public Relations Group (SPRG), to manage its regional trade and corporate communications efforts in Asia. As a global brand with localised content, operations and marketing, FIC is committed to appointing local partners to ensure that its message resonates locally for each market in which it operates. “We are … [Read more...] about FIC appoints Tactic PR for regional support
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BBC World News Japan names MD
Tokyo - Starting September 2, 2013, Yuji Watanabe will join BBC World News Japan as Managing Director, heading up the BBC’s new business in Japan. His priorities as Managing Director will be exploring new business opportunities for the channel, expanding existing platforms and building the profile of BBC World News with Japanese audiences.BBC World News has been available to Japanese audiences since 1994 and Japan continues to be a key market for the channel’s international … [Read more...] about BBC World News Japan names MD
NGC Asia launches original pan-regional series
National Geographic Channel Asia (NGCA), FOX International Channels’ (FIC) leading factual entertainment channel, is launching an original pan-regional series produced in Asia for an Asian audience. I Wouldn’t Go In There sends blogger and urban explorer Robert Joe (“RJ”) to investigate the true stories behind some of Asia’s most reputedly haunted sites. This series is commissioned by National Geographic Channel Asia, produced by InFocus Asia and … [Read more...] about NGC Asia launches original pan-regional series
Keshet Australia gets new Head of Scripted
Producer and international film and media financing specialist Alan Harris has joined the new Australian TV drama arm of global production and distribution company Keshet International as Keshet Australia's Head of Scripted.Keshet Australia is a joint venture between Keshet International and RACAT, the production group owned by former FOX networks executive David Haslingden, which includes NHNZ, Beach House Pictures and Australia’s Northern Pictures. Keshet created and produced TV … [Read more...] about Keshet Australia gets new Head of Scripted
New Zealand’s SKY Sport gets BPL
The agreement brokered by MP & Silva, the international media company and media partners of Arsenal Football Club, allows SKY Sport customers in New Zealand to screen all content of Arsenal TV, the international club programming block that brings delayed matches of Barclays Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Capital One games played by Arsenal. The international programming block is a three-hour weekly programme of which 90 minutes each week is delayed matches of Arsenal. Other … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s SKY Sport gets BPL
First FOX theme park to open in Malaysia in 2016
Kuala Lumpur - Resorts World Genting has announced a licensing partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to develop the first international Twentieth Century Fox theme park. Opening in 2016, the new theme park at Resorts World Genting will feature some of FOX’s most recognised and powerful film brands including Ice Age, Rio, Alien and Night at the Museum. Dato Lee Choong Yan, president and chief operating officer of Genting Malaysia Berhad and Jeffrey Godsick, president of … [Read more...] about First FOX theme park to open in Malaysia in 2016
