Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced several leadership roles across its Asia Pacific business, following the appointment of James Gibbons as President, Asia Pacific last month. As the company looks to accelerate growth across all lines of business, WBD says it will move forward with a combined market and functional leadership that caters to unique […]
DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced the appointment of Charles Ma as Head of Media Rights Sales (APAC) amongst a number of appointments designed to further strengthen its Broadcast Partnerships Division. DAZN is one of the biggest rights holders in sport, with properties such as the Bundesliga, LaLiga, NBA, NFL, Premier League, Serie A […]
Lightware Visual Engineering, a manufacturer of connectivity solutions for the professional integrated systems market and a pioneer in signal management, has announced that the company has appointed Robin Enlund as President for the Greater APAC region. Based in Sydney, Enlund joins Lightware with more than two decades of management and sales experience in audio-visual, IT, […]
OTT SaaS Platform provider Green Streams has strengthened its senior leadership team in taking on board two highly experienced professionals with a proven track record in the telecommunications and TV industry. Khushvant Kundi (former VP at Synmamedia and Ericsson) and Mounir Djouaher (former CEO Algérie Télécom) will bring in their vast expertise to drive and […]
Moonbug Entertainment, a part of Candle Media, has announced the appointment of Yasmin Zahid as the company’s new head of distribution and brand partnerships, APAC. Reporting to Nicolas Eglau, managing director of EMEA and APAC, Zahid will be responsible for strategising Moonbug’s long-term growth in APAC to build out global franchises. Zahid replaces Kelly Cooke […]
A report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA), titled Netflix in the Asia Pacific, predicts that Netflix will grow revenues in the region this year by 12 per cent Y/Y to top $4 billion (€3.7bn), compared with 9 per cent growth in 2022, while local content investment will reach $1.9 billion. According to MPA, Netflix’s […]
Nokia and Singtel have announced the successful implementation of IP transport slicing across an end-to-end 5G network. The Proof of Concept took place in Singtel’s 5G Garage, a live test facility, training centre and ideation lab, involving 5G radio, 5G core, and Nokia’s IP transport network slicing solution. It focused on evaluating the solution’s capabilities […]
MEASAT has renewed its partnership with Rock Entertainment Holdings, which will see general entertainment channel Rock Entertainment, movie channel Rock Action and children’s channel ZooMoo continue broadcasting via the MEASAT-3a satellite. All of the channels will reach audiences across Asia Pacific. “MEASAT warmly welcomes this renewal by Rock Entertainment Holdings whom we have been supporting […]
Pankaj Gupta has joined Quickplay as Head of Solutions Engineering, APAC and MVPD. Gupta, who joins Quickplay after three years with Synamedia, will leverage his expertise in helping content distributors shape and build video delivery systems as he spearheads go-to-market strategies in the APAC and India markets for Quickplay’s industry-first, cloud-native OTT platform. “The success […]
Intelsat, the satellite and terrestrial network operator, has announced the appointment of Gaurav Kharod as the regional Vice President for its Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Kharod comes from Intelsat’s India office, where he served as the managing sales director of South Asia and India. Kharod will assume the responsibilities from Terry Bleakley, who previously led […]