Jakarta – CNN Indonesia began broadcasting today marking an historic day for CNN International, Transmedia and the people of Indonesia. From brand new state-of-the-art news facilities located in the Transmedia broadcast centre in Jakarta, CNN Indonesia offers viewers a mix of national and international news, plus the latest in business and sport in Bahasa Indonesia. The start of CNN Indonesia TV follows the launch of CNNIndonesia.com in October last year. The digital platform is an … [Read more...] about CNN broadcasts from Indonesia
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9TV rebranded to CNN Philippines
Manila − CNN Philippines, the country's highly-anticipated brand new predominantly English 24-hour free-to-air news channel and website launched on 16 March. At 6am local time, 9TV officially rebranded to become CNN Philippines, marking a historic day for Filipinos, as well as CNN International and Nine Media Corporation. CNN Worldwide's President Jeff Zucker said, "We are thrilled to welcome CNN Philippines to the CNN family. Both CNN and Nine Media have worked exceptionally hard to … [Read more...] about 9TV rebranded to CNN Philippines
CNN to launch in Philippines
Manila – Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific and Nine Media Corporation announced a historic joint partnership to launch CNN Philippines, the country’s predominantly English news channel on free-to-air television, and also available 24 hours on cable and pay television. As CNN continues to lead the way as the world’s most visited news channel website, an important part of this partnership will be a world class digital component with the CNN Philippines TV channel being … [Read more...] about CNN to launch in Philippines
Sunny Saha to step down from Turner International Asia Pacific
Hong Kong – Sunny Saha has announced that he will step down as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Entertainment Networks, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. with effect from the end of February. Gerhard Zeiler, President of Turner Broadcasting System International, said: “Turner owes Sunny a great debt of gratitude. With passion and great professionalism, Sunny has safely guided Turner’s Southeast Asia Pacific business and its kids networks in Asia … [Read more...] about Sunny Saha to step down from Turner International Asia Pacific
CNN International appoints Rani Raad to head commercial division
London – Turner executive Rani Raad has been appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, CNN International. Raad will be responsible for the commercial strategy and vision of CNN International and will oversee its advertising sales, content sales, business development, international research and marketing activities. Additionally, Raad will keep his current responsibilities, managing Turner Broadcasting’s operations in Turkey, the Middle East and Africa. This … [Read more...] about CNN International appoints Rani Raad to head commercial division
Global leaders join Asia Pay-TV Operators Summit
Hong Kong / Singapore / Mumbai – Leaders of global media and telecom companies are meeting on April 22 - 24, 2013, in Bali, Indonesia for the fourth annual Asia Pacific Pay–TV Operators Summit (APOS). Organised by Media Partners Asia, APOS is a regional event for TV and broadband industry executives aimed to drive strategies, deals and policies across the converged ecosystems of media and telecoms. "Both emerging growth markets and mature, value geographies in Asia Pacific are … [Read more...] about Global leaders join Asia Pay-TV Operators Summit
