Sydney, Australia- Tripleplay has announced the appointment of Shanelle Stokes to the position of General Manager of its Australasian business. With an extensive experience of both the AV and technology industries, Stokes joins with a significant knowledge of Tripleplay’s solutions and portfolio. Tripleplay CEO, Steve Rickless says, “We’ve worked with Shanelle for a number of years as an integrator and technology partner and have always been impressed with her level of knowledge, her … [Read more...] about Tripleplay appoints new GM
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Viacom appoints VP
Singapore- Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) announced the appointment of Amit Arora as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Asia, with immediate effect. In his new role, Arora will drive the cross-business growth strategy and business development opportunities in Asia to help shape the organisation’s decision-making. He will be based in Singapore and serve on the Asia leadership team, reporting to Mark Whitehead, Executive Vice President and Managing Director for … [Read more...] about Viacom appoints VP
CNN back on the road
CNN’s Road to ASEAN has begun its launch which will run across 10 months. The series will visit the 10 countries that make up the ASEAN powerhouse, looking at the region, people, culture, leading thinkers and businesses, and game changers. Road to ASEAN is presented by CNN anchor and correspondent Kristie Lu Stout. Coverage begins in Malaysia in November, and continues through Thailand in December before moving on to the remaining countries in 2016. Highlights of the coverage include: … [Read more...] about CNN back on the road
MediaCorp wins again
Singapore– MediaCorp clinched the Media Sales & Marketing Team of the Year award at the 2015 Singapore Advertising Hall of Fame Awards held at the Gardens by the Bay on 26 November. MediaCorp’s winning team came up with an ‘SG50- Design a Tee’ campaign which impressed a panel comprising the industry’s most respected marketing and creative practitioners. The campaign recorded over 1,500 designs in participation, and close to 10,000 tee-shirts was sold with some … [Read more...] about MediaCorp wins again
Videocon d2h launches of two new channels
Videocon d2h Limited (NASDAQ:VDTH) (“Videocon d2h”), has announced the launch of two new Malayalam channels, Flowers TV and People TV. Flowers TV is a Malayalam general entertainment channel, available on LCN 606, and People TV is a Malayalam news channel, available on LCN 641. With the addition of these new channels, Videocon d2h now offers 28 Malayalam channels and services. As India’s fastest growing DTH service and India’s most valued company on NASDAQ, Videocon d2h … [Read more...] about Videocon d2h launches of two new channels
Twitter launches new features
Singapore – A few months ago, Twitter mentioned some features coming soon, and Twitter is excited to start rolling out two of them: group messaging and a new mobile video experience. Converse with a group, privately Private conversations on Twitter are a great complement to the largely public experience on the platform. You might prefer to read (or watch) Tweets but converse about them privately. You might want to continue a public conversation privately with a smaller group, or start one … [Read more...] about Twitter launches new features