New York, NY/Los Angeles, CA - Fox International Channels and AMC announced a global launch for the highly anticipated series The Walking Dead. The two networks will release the show during the same week this fall. AMC is set to premiere on October 31 followed by FIC’s worldwide launch the first week of November. A television production from Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) and Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk), and based on … [Read more...] about Fox Interntional Channels and AMC announce global launch for The Walking Dead
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NCIS Asian premiere on Fox
Hong Kong – The seventh season of NCIS will premiere exclusively on FOX on 16 August at 9.50pm. Viewers across South East Asia will be among the first to catch the all-new season drama. Revolving a group of talented special agents who travel the globe to investigate crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties, NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is an action drama with liberal doses of humor. Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs Gibbs (Mark Harmon) is the no-nonsense leader of the NCIS … [Read more...] about NCIS Asian premiere on Fox
CNN Digital no. 1 in online news for 22 months and mobile news for 41 months
CNN Digital remained no. 1 among all global news & current event sites in several key metrics in the US, beating sites such as MSNBC Digital, Yahoo! News and Fox News Digital: - CNN Digital ranked no. 1 in Total Usage Minutes: 850 million minutes, 303 million more than no. 2 MSNBC Digital and 333 million more than no. 3 Yahoo! News; no. 1 in Time Per Person: 23.4 minutes, the highest time spent among the top 20 News and Information sites (Source: Nielsen Online Netview, June 10); no. 1 in Page … [Read more...] about CNN Digital no. 1 in online news for 22 months and mobile news for 41 months
StarHub offers the widest range of HD TV content in Singapore
Singapore - StarHub TV will be boosting its channel offerings with the launch of seven new HD channels progressively from July 2010. The new HD channels which kicked off on 1 July 2010 are FOX HD, FX HD, Nat Geo Wild HD and STAR World HD, while Food Network Asia HD will be launched on 5 July 2010. Another two HD channels – FOXCRIME HD and Nat Geo Adventure HD – will be launched on 16 September 2010. With the addition of the seven new channels, the total number of HD channels … [Read more...] about StarHub offers the widest range of HD TV content in Singapore
Universal Networks International restructures ad sales team, appoints new Head of Sales
Singapore - Universal Networks International (UNI), the global channels division of NBC Universal announced a restructuring of its Asia Pacific advertising sales function, adding three new hires including Hamidah Hashim as head of advertising sales. Hashim leads a newly expanded ad sales team and will report to Christopher J. Williams, vice president of sales and commercial operations, Asia Pacific, who was given responsibility for all revenue generating activities of the entertainment channel … [Read more...] about Universal Networks International restructures ad sales team, appoints new Head of Sales
Fox strengthens Asia line-up with new appointments
HONG KONG – Fox International Channels (FIC) is giving its management team in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia a boost with new appointments in a bid to further accelerate its pan-regional advertising sales capabilities and drive local market growth following a year of outstanding business performance in fiscal 2010. Simeon Dawes has been appointed senior vice president for Fox One Stop Media (FOSM) while Rejesh Sheshadri has been appointed head of a newly created Trade Solutions division … [Read more...] about Fox strengthens Asia line-up with new appointments