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MediaCorp to air Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Internet, 10 May 2010

Singapore - MediaCorp today announced it will be the official free-to-air broadcaster for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Its network of television, radio, newspaper, and online platforms will deliver the content for YOG to the homes of Singapore viewers, listeners [...]

RCTI's Hartono heads to Microsoft
Internet, 13 January 2010

Jakarta – Sutanto Hartono will be stepping down as chief executive officer of Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) at the end of the month to become the new Country General Manager of Microsoft Indonesia. Assuming the CEO role at RCTI will be Hary Tanoesoedibjo, group CEO/President [...]

The naughty noughties’ digital legacy
Internet, 1 January 2010

Having weathered a number of recessions in the past decade, industry execs in the Asia Pacific region seem far more philosophical about the downturn, compared to the gloom dominating the US and Europe. The West, not having suffered successive setbacks as Asia has, seems to be [...]

New Zealand in focus
Internet, 1 October 2009

In May 1959 New Zealander’s sat down to watch their first experimental broadcasting. Originally available only to households in the Auckland area, programmes were limited to two hours a week on Monday nights. Dr Jonathan Coleman, Minister for Broadcasting says viewers only saw [...]

Angel Orengo to succeed Pollack as SVP distribution at Sony Pictures Television
Internet, 17 July 2009

Hong Kong – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced today that Angel Orengo has been named senior vice president, distribution, Asia-Pacific. Relocating to SPT’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong, starting 1 August 2009, he will oversee SPT’s distribution efforts in all of Asia, [...]

Montefiore to succeed Clontz as StarHub CEO
Internet, 14 July 2009

Singapore - StarHub Ltd announced today that Terry Clontz will retire as its CEO in January 2010, but will continue as a Director with the Group. Succeeding him as CEO is Neil Montefiore, former head of Singapore mobile telco M1. Clontz joined StarHub in January 1999 as [...]

Content to the small screen
Internet, 1 June 2009

A number of countries may be on the brink of deploying commercial mobile broadcasting services, however the advertising and subscription models necessary to make those services a profitable reality are still far from developed. But as Martin Farrimond, general manager – new platforms [...]

StarHub profit up 3 percent, pay-TV subs up 4 percent in first quarter
Internet, 8 May 2009

Singapore – In the quarter, net profit after tax increased 3 percent to S$82 million on the back of S$531 million revenue. Profit before taxation was 1 percent higher at S$101 million year-on-year (YoY). Free cash flow at S$115 million was 277 percent higher compared to last year’s [...]

The race into cyberspace
Internet, 1 May 2009

In a shared car en route from MIPTV in Cannes to Nice airport, a rather hungover, very senior advertising executive from a major London-based global agency made a few rather startling confessions regarding the place of mobile in the marketing mix. “It’s mainly for PR purposes, [...]

Playing catch-up
Internet, 1 December 2008

featured as a Big Interview, as part of MIPCOM 2008’s Broadband Video Summit, director of future media and technology at the BBC Erik Huggers shared some facts about the BBC iPlayer. The BBC iPlayer is available on PC, Mac, Linux, Virgin Media, Apple iPhone and iPod touch and [...]