BBC Worldwide in Asia announced the appointment of Kenny Hau as Advertising Strategic Partnership and Development Director, SEA. In this newly created role, Kenny is tasked with growing advertising and sponsorship revenue in the South East Asian region, planning and identifying new growth opportunities for the key channel brands for BBC Worldwide in the region. He will work closely with BBC Worldwide’s pan-regional and global advertising sales teams, and manage local affiliate partner … [Read more...] about BBC expands South East Asia team
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BBC Worldwide sold 500 hours of programmes
Singapore – BBC Worldwide announced the sale of 500 hours of programmes to key clients in Southeast Asia. The programmes, comprising primarily of drama titles, were signed with terrestrial platforms, Kompas TV in Indonesia, ntv7 in Malaysia, and MediaCorp in Singapore as well as digital terrestrial platform MONO29 and third-party content aggregator, STG Mediaplex, in Thailand. “Historically, our partners in the region are primarily interested in our natural history programmes from … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide sold 500 hours of programmes
BBC Worldwide sells first “Junior Bake Off” format to Thailand
Thailand – BBC Worldwide announced on July 21 the first global sale of the Junior Bake Off TV format to creative content production company, Content LAB, in Thailand. The series will be produced by Content LAB and will air on new digital terrestrial channel, NOW 26, in the fourth quarter of 2014. Junior Bake Off builds on the success of popular BBC series The Great … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide sells first “Junior Bake Off” format to Thailand
BBC Worldwide Channels promote Monty Ghai to VP, Network Development, Asia
BBC Worldwide Channels Asia announced the promotion of Monty Ghai to vice president, network development, Asia. In his new role, Ghai will be responsible for identifying opportunities to increase the distribution of BBC Worldwide Channels’ portfolio including BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, CBeebies, BBC Lifestyle and BBC World News in South East Asia, Hong Kong and South Korea. Working alongside the international strategy team, Ghai will also seek to introduce the channels on new … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide Channels promote Monty Ghai to VP, Network Development, Asia
