• ESPN Star Sports

    New faces at ESPN Star Sports

    Nov 09, 2001

    ESPN Star Sports' (ESS) Singapore headquarters is seeing some changes in its top management.

  • New faces at ESPN Star Sports

    Submitted by ITV Production on Nov 09, 2001
    News Headline

    ESPN Star Sports‘ (ESS) Singapore headquarters is seeing some changes in its top management.

    Laura Mellanby, who has taken over as vice president, programming will be responsible for ESS‘ programming strategy, acquisitions and scheduling for all the nine ESPN and Star Sports networks throughout Asia. Laura was earlier head of programming at Sportsnet in Canada.

    John Vamvakitis, previously vice president of business development at Pulse Entertainment in California, has joined ESS as vice president of strategic planning. He will be responsible for spearheading the conceptualization, analysis and evaluation of ESS‘ new business opportunities, as well as lead initiatives to improve the profitability and efficiency of existing operations.

    Mai Tatoy, previously the communications manager with CNBC Asia Pacific has been appointed manager, marketing communications at ESS Singapore. At ESS, Mai will be responsible for the management and implementation of communications programmes including event promotion, media relations and programming publicity across the region.

     

  • Scientific Atlanta forges alliance with
    cable operator Susquehanna

    Submitted by ITV Production on Nov 09, 2001
    News Headline

    Cable TV viewers in the US will now be able to play interactive games like backgammon, checkers and poker on Explorer digital interactive set-tops, thanks to Scientific Atlanta‘s alliance with Susquehanna Communications.

    Susquehanna subscribers, who play on its Classic Games channel, will be able to compare their performance with other system subscribers on top 10 leader boards.

    Scientific-Atlanta, a leading supplier of digital content distribution systems, gave the cable operator Classic Games through a simple software download to a cable headend. It is stored on an application server and delivered as per the subscriber‘s requirement to the Explorer digital interactive set-top.

    Susquehanna is among the top 20 cable companies in America with a 2,00,000 customer base. The service is first being offered in York and Williamsport, Pennsylvania and Brunswick, Maine.

    The deal comes shortly after an ITV gaming report, predicting the market for interactive television games in Europe and America to cross 8.5 million users by the end of the year. By offering enhanced facilities like interactive games, Susquehanna expects increased digital penetration and subscriber loyalty, by ensuring active participation.

    Susquehanna‘s Digital Premium Services gives subscribers 14 showtime channels, The Movie Channel, nine HBO channels, six channels of Cinemax, as also a maximum of 45 channels airing commercial-free digital music, an interactive on-screen guide and parental controls. 38 digital pay per view channels are also on Susquehanna‘s offer list.

     
  • DD national

    TV production companies, DD get investigative agency's stick

    Nov 09, 2001

    The cricket match fixing saga has spilled over into the television industry.

  • Doordarshan notches up higher earnings, plans programming revamp

    Nov 09, 2001

    Public broadcaster Doordarshan has already earned Rs 400 million more in the first six months of the current fiscal o

  • ICE

    Entertainment industry to converge at ICE summit

    Nov 09, 2001

    Kolkata will host th

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