SPTI Expands its Mobile Entertainment Group

CULVER CITY, September 19:
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is
adding executives to oversee its mobile teams in Asia Pacific and Latin
America.

“Sony Pictures
is firmly committed to growing its mobile entertainment business, and is
dedicating significant resources to ensure its future growth,” says Jason
Wells, SPTI’s senior VP of mobile entertainment, who heads the group. “With the
global team in place, SPTI’s mobile entertainment group will provide not only
content from blockbuster movies such as Casino Royale, but also be a single source for SPE's
integrated mobile offerings ranging from TV series on mobile to interactive
games."

Andy Bishop,
based in Los Angeles, has been promoted to VP of sales and business development
for mobile entertainment. Reporting to Wells, Bishop will be directly
responsible for sales and distribution in Canada, Latin America and Brazil, and
will work with all of SPTI’s regional offices around the world, overseeing
business development and sales strategy with mobile operators and other
strategic wireless partners worldwide. He was previously SPTI's director of
business development and sales planning for mobile entertainment.

SPTI also
appointed Stephen Brough as director of mobile entertainment for Latin America,
reporting to Bishop. Based at
SPTI's Latin American headquarters in Miami, Brough heads the mobile
entertainment team for the region, who are responsible for business development
and the sale of mobile TV/video, games and personalization products to mobile
operators and customers throughout the region.

In the
Asia-Pacific region, Rosemary Tan has been appointed director of mobile
entertainment, Asia-Pacific. She, too, reports to Wells and is based at SPTI’s
Asia headquarters in Hong Kong. Also based in Hong Kong, Rose Tsang joins SPTI
as manager of mobile entertainment, Asia-Pacific.

SPTI’s mobile
entertainment team is charged with extending SPE’s theatrical and TV assets, as
well as its range of custom-made mobile content, into mobile distribution
outside the United States.