Saugato Banerjee has been promoted to managing director for Asia at A+E Networks, consolidating the company's operations across the region under the leadership of one executive.
A+E Networks & JTBC Korea Align for Formats, Co-Production Partnership
May 16, 2019
A+E Networks and the Korean media company JTBC have signed a strategic formats representation agreement, which will expand the former’s format catalog and the latter’s reach in the U.S.
Lifetime Asia Slates Digital-First Original Series Who Runs the World
July 13, 2018
A+E Networks’ Lifetime Asia has lined up Who Runs the World with Mong Chin, a brand-new, digital-first original production hosted by Singaporean social media influencer Mong Chin Yeoh in her TV debut.
A+E Networks Restructures Asian Management Team
April 2, 2018
Alan Hodges is exiting his post as managing director of the Asia Pacific at A+E Networks, with Saugato Banerjee tapped to run North Asia and Leena Singarajah joining the company to oversee Southeast Asia and Australia.
A+E Networks Opens Digital Studio in Asia
February 27, 2018
A+E Networks is taking its digital production footprint outside the U.S. with the launch of its first digital studio in Singapore.
A+E Networks, JSBC Partner on Docudrama
November 20, 2017
A+E Networks has inked a co-production pact with China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation for a one-hour docudrama, Scars of Nanking.
A+E Networks, Outdoor Channel in Strategic Pact for Asia
November 7, 2017
A+E Networks has entered into a partnership that will see Outdoor Channel integrated into its suite of channel offerings in Asia.
HISTORY & Lifetime Launch in South Korea
October 12, 2017
The A+E Networks channels HISTORY and Lifetime are extending their reach into South Korea, where the company has unveiled new plans to ramp up original production.
HISTORY Channel Rolls Out in Vietnam
August 28, 2017
A+E Networks Asia has launched HISTORY in Vietnam on MobiTV, fully subtitled in Vietnamese.
New GM for HISTORY in Japan
June 12, 2017
A+E Networks has appointed John Flanagan as general manager for The History Channel Japan Corp. (THCJ).