Interviews

October 2007 Darren Childs has spent his entire career launching channels in various parts of the world—perfect training for his current position. As managing director of global channels at BBC Worldwide he overseas a portfolio of 18 wholly owned and …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati As co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group, Anne Sweeney not only oversees the entertainment and news divisions at ABC—including ABC Entertainment, ABC Kids, ABC Daytime and ABC News. Her responsibilities …

October 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani It has been a decade since viewers first tuned in to TELETOON, Canada’s first and only 24-hour animation station. As it celebrates its tenth anniversary, the station reaches more than …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati Back in 1982, long before British viewers even knew what a remote control was, Channel 4 hit the British TV scene with a fresh, sometimes irreverent, often innovative alternative to the more traditional program offerings …

October 2007 By Mansha Daswani The peer-to-peer global broadband platform Babelgum created quite a bit of buzz when it launched earlier this year, announcing a deal with the acclaimed director Spike Lee, who used the service to broadcast his previously …

December 2007 With its parent company based in Japan, Sony Pictures Entertainment was an early mover in Asia, launching the Hindi-language SET brand in India and rolling out the AXN action-adventure channel, among other networks, in addition to selling its …

December 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani In the last few years, Dori Media Group has emerged as a significant force in the telenovela business. The company, headquartered in Israel, has been busy doing finished-program and format …

December 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani While most of the major U.S. media companies have spent the last year or so playing catch-up in the Asia Pacific, News Corporation has been busy extending its lead. The …

December 2007 By Mansha Daswani With its strategic location in Asia, Singapore is positioning itself as the region’s media capital, and leading that initiative is the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA). The regulatory body’s mandate includes bolstering the country’s …

October 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani Firmly established as one of Scandinavia’s leading production-and-distribution firms, Zodiak Television has spent the last year actively expanding its reach into new markets. It has set up a dedicated office …