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  • Sony Pictures Television Asia ups Virginia Lim as VP – content & marketing

    Sony Pictures Television Asia ups Virginia Lim as VP – content & marketing

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Asia has promoted Virginia Lim as vice president – content & marketing.

     

    Lim will continue to report to SPT Networks senior vice president and general manager Hui Keng Ang.

     

    Based in Singapore, Lim will oversee a consolidated Asian and English content portfolio, which includes leading general entertainment channels AXN and One, as well as Animax, Sony Channel, beTV and GEM Asia. Specifically, Lim will be responsible for all programming, including original productions and acquisitions, brand marketing and on-air promotions.

     

    “We have streamlined and strengthened our business operations with a consolidated content group, enabling more effective collaboration internally and externally in this rapidly changing and competitive market enviornment. I know that Virginia’s innovative vision will lead and drive further growth in SPT Networks’ content business in Asia,” said Ang.

     

    Lim joined SPT Networks, Asia in 2008 as director of programming for Animax and became vice president of Asian content in 2012. In this capacity, Lim oversaw the programming, marketing and on air promotions for Korean entertainment channel One as well as Animax and Gem.

     

    Prior to joining SPT Networks, Asia, Lim worked with StarHub for over 10 years.

  • Hui Keng Ang becomes the senior VP and GM for SPT Asia

    Hui Keng Ang becomes the senior VP and GM for SPT Asia

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has promoted Hui Keng Ang to the position of senior vice president and general manager, networks, Asia. He would continue to report to SPT executive vice president, networks, Asia-Pacific George Chien.

     

    Ang will oversee the networks’ robust portfolio of channels across Southeast Asia, including AXN, Sony Entertainment Television, beTV, ONE, Animax and the recently-announced GEM. Ang would be based in Singapore and would also continue to manage the company’s interest in joint-venture networks AXN and Animax in Korea, as well as Televiva in Indonesia.

     

    Prior to this, Ang was the senior vice president, business operations, where he managed SPT Networks Asia’s channel operations, finance, technology and human resources. However, he had joined SPT Networks, Asia as the financial controller in 1997.

     

    He has also served as the networks’ growing Asian content portfolio, including Animax, which is currently available in 46 million homes across 17 markets; as well as ONE, which launched in 2010 and under his guidance has grown to be one of the top-rated pay-TV channels in Malaysia and Singapore.