Singapore– MediaCorp announced the appointment of industry veteran Cheah Chee Kong as Chief Content Officer starting 9 November. In his role, Cheah will drive the content strategy and development for its extensive portfolio of entertainment products across its TV and digital platforms, as well as content syndication. He will be reporting to Shaun Seow, CEO of MediaCorp. Doreen Neo, Head of Studios and Georgina Chang, Head of The Celebrity Agency, will report to him. Prior to this, Mr Cheah … [Read more...] about MediaCorp hires Scripps’ creative head
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Singapore nominated at International Emmy Kids Awards
Singapore – The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), MediaCorp and Oak3 Films announced that Spelling Armadillo has been nominated for the 4th International Emmy Kids Awards in the category of Kids: TV Movie / Mini-Series. This is the first time a Southeast Asian production is nominated under the Kids: TV Movie / Mini-series category in the International Emmy Kids Awards. The Awards will take place on 5 April next year at MIPTV. A collaborative effort between the three parties, … [Read more...] about Singapore nominated at International Emmy Kids Awards
Singapore pride at MIPCOM
Singapore presented more than 600 hours of compelling Asian stories made for the global audience at MIPCOM 2015, including news TV and animation programmes that made its debut at the market. The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) had led a delegation of 16 Singapore media companies to MIPCOM; comprising of live action and animation producers, as well as distributors like August Media, Infinite Studios, MediaCorp, One Animation, Beach House Pictures and Parade Media Group. The country … [Read more...] about Singapore pride at MIPCOM
Twitter collaborates with MediaCorp
Singapore - In its first-ever TV partnership in Southeast Asia, Twitter announced a collaboration with MediaCorp to showcase premium video highlights of Singapore’s 50th National Day Parade (NDP) exclusively on the new @MediaCorp Twitter account (https://twitter.com/mediacorp). MediaCorp will tweet the high-quality video clips throughout the event and during the live TV broadcast on 9 August to enhance the TV watching experience with the live, public conversations about #NDP2015 on … [Read more...] about Twitter collaborates with MediaCorp
Globecast provided services for the 28th SEAGames
Singapore — Globecast announced that it has supplied distribution services for ten broadcasters covering the recent SEA (South East Asian) Games. Globecast was contracted by HBS, the Production Partner of MediaCorp, official media partner and host broadcaster to provide distribution. The 28th occurrence of the Games saw this major sporting event return to Singapore after a 22-year gap. 36 sports and 402 events featured in the eleven-day spectacle including more unusual sports like wushu, … [Read more...] about Globecast provided services for the 28th SEAGames
OOH Media doubles Opti-Prime locations
Singapore – MediaCorp’s OOH Media rolled out additional 20 Opti-Prime locations in city fringe and suburban areas, owning a total of 40 Opti-Prime locations including the Orchard and city areas. According to Nielsen SOAR, OOH Media’s networks are able to reach out to more than 90% of PMEBs, youths, women, men and parents. These would be further reinforced with the additional Opti-Primes at populous locations, with high traffic of people transiting to and from where they live, … [Read more...] about OOH Media doubles Opti-Prime locations