Paris - Niklas Savander, executive vice president, services, Nokia, will give the Mobile Media Keynote, ‘Social Location is Changing Digital Consumption Habits' at MIPTV 2009. Held on April 1, Savander's keynote will focus on how social connections and location are changing consumer digital consumption patterns. Savander has been a member of the Nokia group executive board since 2006. He joined Nokia in 1997 and has held a variety of senior business management, strategy, sales and … [Read more...] about Niklas Savander, EVP, Services, Nokia to keynote at MIPTV 2009
Platforms
AAAN continues Asia rollout
Singapore - AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) continues to expand in South East Asia with new carriage deals in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, and the appointment of a distribution representative in Thailand. In the Philippines, an agreement was signed with leading cable TV service provider, SkyCable, for AAAN’s full suite of channels. HISTORY, BIO and CI will launch this week on SkyCable in Metro Manila, while HISTORY HD will launch in April 2009. In Papua New Guinea, BIO launched on … [Read more...] about AAAN continues Asia rollout
STAR boosts distribution in Vietnam
Hong Kong - STAR announced that it has signed distribution deals with two new platforms in Vietnam. Effective immediately, STAR Movies, STAR World and Channel [V] International will be available on Vietnam's IPTV platform, iTV. Also with immediate effect, STAR Movies will launch on DTH platform, VTC. The channels are currently offered on the basic tier of both platforms. STAR currently distributes eight channels (Star Movies, Star World, Channel [V] International, Star Plus, Phoenix Chinese … [Read more...] about STAR boosts distribution in Vietnam
Bhavneet Singh joins Viacom18 board
London/Mumbai - Viacom18, the Viacom and Network18 joint venture in India, announced the appointment of Bhavneet Singh, managing director and executive vice president, emerging markets, MTV Networks International (MTVNI), to its management team and board of directors. Singh replaces Amit Jain, who has moved on to handle special projects within MTVNI. As managing director, emerging markets, MTVNI, Singh is responsible for the management and direction of MTVNI's portfolio of entertainment brands … [Read more...] about Bhavneet Singh joins Viacom18 board
Ad slump’s impact on Indian TV
World advertising spending is expected to reach US$490.5 billion dollars in 2009, according to Zenith Optimedia, slightly down from $491.6 billion in 2008. Whatever the final numbers there is no hiding from the fact that the global ad market is in the middle of a downturn that began in the third quarter of 2008 and has continued to worsen into early 2009. TV however, tends to perform relatively well in a shrinking ad market. Zenith points out that in the previous two downturns (in 1991-1992 and … [Read more...] about Ad slump’s impact on Indian TV
LiveJournal signs Singaporean ad sales representation agreement with MediaCorp
San Francisco - LiveJournal Inc., one of the world's most respected community publishing platforms, announced that it has completed an advertising sales representative agreement with MediaCorp. Under the agreement, MediaCorp will be responsible for advertising sales and campaign delivery for LiveJournal advertisers in Singapore. LiveJournal has an audience in Singapore of just under 850,000 unique monthly users and serves around 35 million pages a month. The site is the third ranked blogging … [Read more...] about LiveJournal signs Singaporean ad sales representation agreement with MediaCorp