FIC Asia Hires for Commercial Team

SINGAPORE: FOX International Channels (FIC) Asia has named Theresa Ong as senior VP of affiliate partnerships for Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

Ong joins the company on October 12. She will report to Rohit D'Silva, the executive VP of commercial and sports for the Asia Pacific and the Middle East at FIC. Ong will be responsible for enhancing partnerships with FIC’s affiliates in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam, across the company’s entire channel portfolio. She will also be tasked with developing new revenue streams in both the linear and nonlinear space. Ong joins FIC from Discovery Networks International, where she was senior VP and general manager for Southeast Asia.

D’Silva said, “With factual, entertainment and sports brands in our portfolio, FIC Asia has grown rapidly into a multi-faceted media and content business. Hong Kong and Southeast Asia is a key region for us and it is imperative that we have a top-notch senior executive driving and upping the level of collaboration we have with our partners. Theresa brings with her unrivaled experienced and together with our local country GMs, will further strengthen our relationships, share best practices across markets and unlock value for us and our partners in a rapidly evolving ecosystem.”
 
Ong added, “I am thrilled to be joining FIC’s incredibly dynamic team. FIC is Asia’s number one network with the widest distribution and scale, and the breadth of their content and genres are second to none. Taking up this role at a time when they are experiencing tremendous momentum, with the ability to offer a compelling and varied slate of strong globally recognized brands, and have such vast prospects for growth and new opportunities is very exciting.”