Culver City - Sony Pictures Entertainment is reportedly set to cut up to 450 jobs, around 6.5 percent of its 6,800-strong global workforce. Although home entertainment and IT are expected to be hardest hit, head of international TV Michael Grindon was the first major casualty of this latest round of layoffs. Last year the company cut 250 jobs, approx 3.5 percent of its workers. An internal message to employees said that the business is going through a rough period of trial and transition, … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures Entertainment job cuts ahead
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Grindon exits Sony Pictures after 24 year career
Culver City, CA - Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that Michael Grindon, President, International, Sony Pictures Television (SPT), will be leaving the company in March. Sony Pictures' international television business has undergone significant growth since 1986, when Grindon joined the company. Today, SPT has 122 television channel feeds in 140 countries reaching 435 million households, and has local language television production operations in 20 territories that have produced over 9,000 … [Read more...] about Grindon exits Sony Pictures after 24 year career
FremantleMedia Asia appoints President and Representative Director of FremantleMedia Japan, K.K.
Tokyo - FremantleMedia Asia has announced the appointment of Shingo Ishiyama as the president and representative director of FremantleMedia Japan, K.K. Before joining Fremantle, Shingo spent 21 years at Fuji Television Network and held a variety of positions in programming, production, sales, and strategic planning. Shingo was also general manager of Fuji's Los Angeles office from 2001-2003. He was most recently board member, deputy president & general manager of Animax Broadcast Japan, a joint … [Read more...] about FremantleMedia Asia appoints President and Representative Director of FremantleMedia Japan, K.K.
Sony Pictures Entertainment content onto mobile via PlayNow download kiosks in Asia
Asia Pacific - Sony Ericsson has expanded its in-store mobile content service to PlayNow kiosks in Asia. A music and content download service available on Sony Ericsson mobile phones since 2004 - there will be PlayNow kiosks at more than 80 Sony Ericsson stores throughout Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore during the first phase of the rollout. Using a smartcard available for sale at Sony Ericsson stores, consumers connect their mobile phone to a download station, select the entertainment content … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures Entertainment content onto mobile via PlayNow download kiosks in Asia
SPE Networks – Asia expands AXN and Animax presence in Korea
Hong Kong - Korea is gearing up to be a key market for SPE Networks - Asia (SPENA). In a deal inked with KT's Mega TV, AXN will be one of the six foreign re-transmission channels offered by the IPTV platform starting from November 17. The joint venture set up by SkyLife and Sony Pictures Entertainment - Animax Korea - will also be available to Mega TV subscribers. Launched in Korea in July 2005, AXN brought its brand to Korean viewers via the SkyLife DTH platform and has seen its subscriber base … [Read more...] about SPE Networks – Asia expands AXN and Animax presence in Korea
Tiger Gate makes CASBAA debut
CASBAA, Hong Kong - Backed by Lionsgate Entertainment, new company Tiger Gate Entertainment has two new channels, Kix and Thrill, for Asian audiences. Asian action channel Kix, and suspense, thriller, horror channel Thrill, will both leverage the Lionsgate library as well as airing some acquired programming. Former head of Celestial Pictures William Pfeiffer said that the channels have been a long held ambition, stemming back seven years to his time with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Now Tiger … [Read more...] about Tiger Gate makes CASBAA debut