Los Angeles/ Hong Kong – While STAR’s Chief Operating Officer Laureen Ong is busy overseeing the company’s expansion efforts in the US, the full extent of an executive reshuffle at the company’s Hong Kong HQ remains unclear. STAR’s President of Platforms David Butorac resigned on Oct. 9, departing early 2008, and is being retained as a consultant. Programming’s Senior Vice President Ross Crowley has resigned but not yet left the company. Programming’s … [Read more...] about STAR expands in US, reshuffles in Asia
Platforms
Voom HD zooms around the globe
Cannes - Considering Voom HD Networks’ 24/7 linear channel Voom HD only began its roll out internationally last year, it’s on a fast track. The channel currently reaches 10 million homes outside the US, in 18 countries. A contract, details under wraps, has been signed to extend the channel to a further 15 countries, adding 5 million homes. And the game plan for 2008 is to boost the footprint to 50 countries and to start rolling out more international versions of some of its 15 … [Read more...] about Voom HD zooms around the globe
Globo TV trumpets Asian deals
Cannes – Globo TV has unveiled a slew of deals for Asia, the biggest with Indian communication group Sahara One. “Sahara One is going to launch a new channel - probably in December - called Firangi Channel,” explained a Globo TV spokesperson. “The proposal of this new channel is to exhibit the best of international programming in India. We set a volume deal with them for 4 years to provide the best content to the channel with the most famous and brand new telenovelas and … [Read more...] about Globo TV trumpets Asian deals
AMAZIA courting exhibitors and buyers
Cannes - More than a year out from the inaugural AMAZIA exhibition and conference, 50 exhibitors have signed up already, plus 30 buyers from the Asia Pacific. Giving a progress report on the event, AMAZIA director Franz Caduc expressed confidence that it will attract many companies which don't attend MIPCOM or the Singapore-based Asia Television Forum. He is convinced the trade show will serve as a bridge between music, video games, branded entertainment and other media platforms and … [Read more...] about AMAZIA courting exhibitors and buyers
AETN makes History in China
Cannes - AETN International has licensed 37 hours of The History Channel programming to China International Television Corp. (CITV), the commercial arm of state broadcaster CCTV. AETN International Senior Vice President Sean Cohan characterized the deal as another step in the company's expansion in the Asia Pacific, following the launches of The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network in Southeast Asia and the opening last month of the firm's regional HQ in Singapore. Moreover, Cohan … [Read more...] about AETN makes History in China
Bharti Airtel to launch IPTV services in Q4 2007
Herzliya, Israel – Indian telco Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services (B&TS) is currently undertaking IPTV trials in a thousand households and will launch its IPTV service in the last quarter of 2007. Similar to rival IPTV service providers Aksh Optifibre Ltd and Time Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd which use Optibase’s video over IP solutions, Bharti Airtel will deploy Optibase’s H.264 Media Gateway (MGW) 5100 IPTV encoding platforms for its IPTV offerings. Optibase's carrier … [Read more...] about Bharti Airtel to launch IPTV services in Q4 2007
