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| 06.01.2013 |
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Dave Alpert VP of Operations & CTO, HBO Europe
HBO is one of the world’s major broadcasting brands, and an innovator in bringing content to audiences worldwide. The company, which has a very strong presence in North America, is also looking at ways in which it can boost revenues in Europe. Dave...
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| 05.01.2013 |
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Tony Donovan COO, Sky News Arabia
Sky News Arabia is the new kid on the block. The news channel aims to take on the heavyweights in the MENA region such as Al Jazeera and CNN. With the channel set to celebrate its one-year anniversary in May, we talk to the Sky News Arabia’s COO, Tony...
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| 04.01.2013 |
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Mark Hollinger President & CEO, Discovery Networks International
Discovery Networks International went on a shopping spree last year to build its impressive international footprint even further. Center to this was the acquisition of the Nordic assets of SBS from German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 in a deal worth just under...
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| 03.01.2013 |
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Erkan Bostanci Head of Satellite Transmission, Turkuvaz Media Group
With a population of around 74 million people, Turkey is one of the biggest countries in Europe. It is also a market where satellite is strong, both from a pay-TV and a FTA perspective. The Turkuvaz Media Group, one of Turkey’s largest media groups...
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| 02.01.2013 |
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Niclas Ericson Director of TV Division, FIFA
Football is still the most popular sport on Earth, and the World Cup, organized by FIFA, is a global event on par with just about any major sporting event. For FIFA, as the Cup has continued to grow and people’s desire to access matches in different...
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| 01.01.2013 |
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Keiichi Kubota, Executive Director General Of Engineering, NHK
Japanese broadcaster NHK is at the cutting edge of new technologies. Its coverage of the 2012 London Olympics in Super Hi-Vision (SHV) is testament to that. This is just one of a number of ambitious projects that the broadcaster is involved in. Keiichi...
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| 01.01.2013 |
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Rupert Pearce, CEO, Inmarsat
Rupert Pearce took over as CEO of Inmarsat at the start of 2012 in the middle of a key transitional point for the company. The company is investing around $1.2 billion in three Ka-band satellites as part of its Global Xpress system. In 2013, the first of...
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| 12.01.2012 |
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Ashok Venkatramani, CEO, MCCS
MCCS is a key provider of news channels in India, one of the biggest broadcast markets in the world, and broadcasters such as MCCS are eager to tap into the demand for more content. Ashok Venkatramani, MCCS CEO, talks about the broadcast market in India and...
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| 11.01.2012 |
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Christophe Foglio, CTO, M6 Group
The M6 Group is one of France’s largest commercial broadcasters. The media company is planning on launching a number of new channels this year, as well continuing to modernize its infrastructure so it can provide content on more devices. Christophe...
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| 10.01.2012 |
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Tom Choi CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has been in the headlines a lot in recent years, as it has aggressively expanded its fleet of satellites as it looks to build a strong new pan-regional operator. This year, the operator made an interesting strategic decision in...
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| 09.01.2012 |
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David Lyle CEO, National Geographic Channels U.S.
National Geographic is a powerful brand with broadcasting channels that can be found around the world, which make valuable editions to any pay-TV platform. However, like most broadcasters, it is faced with a new set of challenges as it looks to monetize its...
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| 08.01.2012 |
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John McCoskey CTO, Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a private, non-profit corporation whose members are America’s public TV stations — non-commercial, educational licensees that operate more than 350 PBS member stations and serve all 50 states, Puerto Rico...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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Punit Goenka CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises
With a population of more than 1 billion people, India is one of the world’s biggest and most dynamic broadcast markets. The country continues to expand the size of its potential DTH subscriber base, and for broadcasters this is good news, as pay-TV...
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German Hartenstein, Managing Director, ESPN Brazil
Latin America is a vibrant sports broadcasting market. The spotlight will be on the region even more during the next four years as Brazil gets set to host both the soccer World Cup and the Olympics. For a broadcaster like ESPN, it is a great time to be in the...
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Colin Jung, Managing Director, Content Business Development, KBS Media
Korea Broadcast Systems (KBS) operates in one of the most dynamic media environments in Asia. Colin Jung, managing director for content business development at KBS, talks about how the broadcaster has been slow to adapt to this new environment, and how it...
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| 05.01.2012 |
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John Linwood CTO, BBC
The eyes of the world will be on the United Kingdom and the BBC during the next few months as the summer Olympics begin in London. The BBC, one of the world’s largest broadcasters, is set for a huge year because of this and they are ready for the...
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| 04.01.2012 |
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Marcello Maggioni, Executive Vice President, Customer Group, Sky Deutschland
German DTH operator Sky Deutschland recently reached three million customers and is closing in on one million HD customers. Marcello Maggioni, executive vice president, customer group, Sky Deutschland, talks about the next steps for the company as it looks to...
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| 03.01.2012 |
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Sam Barnett CEO, MBC Group
MBC Group, one of the Middle East’s strongest FTA broadcasters, signed a significant HD agreement with YahLive in December to broadcast its portfolio of high-definition channels. As a result of the deal, viewers of YahLive now have access to seven HD...
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| 02.01.2012 |
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Eric Klein, CEO, High TV 3D
While 2011 was characterized by more sober predictions for the take-up of 3-D TV, there are still many believers among broadcasters in the medium. Most ardent among them is High TV 3D, a broadcaster that claims it has the “most widely distributed...
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| 01.01.2012 |
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Anton Kudryashov CEO, CTC Media
CTC Media is one of Russia’s largest broadcasters and a key player in the country’s evolving broadcast landscape. As Russian satellite operators, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Gazprom Satellite Systems (GSS), put up more...
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