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  • CNBC adds two million households in Asia Pacific region

    MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNBC has expanded significantly in Asia Pacific this year, adding nearly two million households to their regional footprint.

    CNBC Asia Pacific re-launched their business day programming schedule, creating 5 new shows and increasing Asia Pacific programming to 9.5 hours every business day, established a bureau in Sydney, launched a new suite of mobile products, established a partnership in Korea with Digital Chosun, strengthened the cooperation with premier news organizations in the Philippines and Japan providing special local segments into CNBC’s programs.

    CNBC Asia Pacific head of distribution Jacqueline Lam says, “CNBC, reaching nearly 400 million households globally, has enjoyed significant growth in the Asia Pacific region, especially in new markets, as well as with new partners. We would like to thank our partners, and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial co-operation with them.”

    CNBC Asia Pacific has expanded significantly in Korea, New Zealand and Vietnam this year. CNBC has added a little more than one million households in Korea on the Qrix and Areum Broadcasting Network platforms, nearly 700,000 households in New Zealand, on the Sky TV platform, and at least 333,000 households in Vietnam, on both Ho Chi Minh Cable TV and Vietnam Cable TV.

    CNBC Asia Pacific MD Jeremy Pink says, “The success of a television channel is dependent on how the channel is able to refresh itself, adapt to changes and yet be able provide it’s core competencies that the audience values. CNBC is committed to growth and expansion in the Asia Pacific region this year, by enhancing our programming, integrating and distributing of content on multiple platforms, as well as strengthening our relationship with key partners in the region.

    “This significant increase to our footprint is a testament to the success of our growth, and also reinforces the channel being the most watched regional business news channel by affluent viewers, investors, C-suites, business decision makers, financial professionals, top management personnel and opinion leaders in Asia Pacific”.

  • CNBC Asia Pacific appoints director, news and programming

    CNBC Asia Pacific appoints director, news and programming

    MUMBAI: CNBC announced the appointment of John Casey to its Asia Pacific team, as the Director, news and programming. Casey reports to Jeremy Pink, president and managing director of CNBC Asia Pacific. Casey, based in Singapore, heads the news and programming division of the network in this region.

    In his capacity, Casey will oversee CNBC’s efforts to enhance the network’s programming. His responsi-bilities include supervising the development of content, talent and program schedule for CNBC Asia Pacific, ensuring the high quality of CNBC’s daily output, and developing new, compelling content for CNBC’s broadcast, mobile and broadband platforms.

    Casey joins CNBC in Asia Pacific, from CNBC Europe, based in London. He was the deputy head of news and the executive producer, Worldwide Exchange and Power Lunch. Casey has had more than a decade of experience in the production of business and financial news programs, and the management of news networks.

    He was instrumental in launching Worldwide Exchange, the world’s first global, tri-anchored, live newscast, simultaneously broadcast from Asia, Europe and the United States. He had also developed CNBC Europe’s rolling, volume-driven ticker, and the FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index, in collaboration with FTSE. He helped establish CNBC Nordic, in Denmark, and CNBCe in Turkey. He had also designed and built the CNBC Europe newsroom system.

    “John’s tremendous experience in the production of business and financial news content, his superior ability in managing a news room and his keen instinct for stories, coupled with his unwavering sense of editorial integrity, makes him a valuable member of our editorial and management team,” Pink said. “We’re delighted to have John head our news and programming division in Asia Pacific.”