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  • HBO’s Jonathan Spink elected as Casbaa director

    HBO’s Jonathan Spink elected as Casbaa director

    MUMBAI: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) chairman Marcel Fenez today announced that Home Box Office Asia (HBO) CEO Jonathan Spink has been elected as a director of the association for a two-year term.

    Also re-elected to the Casbaa Board of Directors 2005 for two-year terms are AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson (Casbaa Treasurer) and Celestial Pictures CEO William Pfeiffer.

    Remaining on the Casbaa Board of Directors 2005 for the second year of their two-year terms office are Star Group CEO Michelle Guthrie, Thailand cable operator UBC chief operating officer Francois Theron, CNBC Asia president and CEO Alexander Brown, Turner International Asia Pacific president Steve Marcopoto and MTV Networks Asia Pacific senior vice president Richard Cunningham.

    However, Discovery Networks Asia EVP and MD Neville Meijers stepped down from the Casbaa Board after two-years in office.

    During the annual general meeting (AGM) of the association, held in Singapore on 3 December, the following were elected by the general membership to the Casbaa Council of Governors, the associations most senior group: BBC World’s Nic van Zwanenberg, Celestial Pictures’ William Pfeiffer, Claydon Gescher Associates’ Jeanne Marie Gescher, CLSA Asia Pacific Markets’ Simon Dewhurst, CNBC Asia Alexander Brown, ESPN Star Sports’ Rik Dovey, Herbert Smith’s Nigel Francis, iMedia House’s PJ Wong, International Launch Services’ Ted McFarland, Irdeto Access Thierry Raymaekers, Nielsen Media Research Forrest Didier, Jeanette Chan of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, Time Warner’s Hugh Stephens, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific’s Ian Carroll, TVBI’s Terry Mak and Zieland Productions’ Karl Rossiter.

    “Our priorities of fighting pay-TV piracy, promoting pay-TV advertising and driving industry development in key markets such as India and China were reaffirmed during the AGM and the following meeting of the Casbaa Council of Governors, said Fenez. “The Association has had a particularly good year in 2004.”

    “In the past 12 months Casbaa has enhanced its credibility as a clear voice for the industry. We have built on our long-term relationships in the Philippines, Thailand, India and China. We remain in constant dialogue with regulators and legislators in markets such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia,” he added.

  • Ted Turner, Oprah featured in Wharton’s most influential list

    Ted Turner, Oprah featured in Wharton’s most influential list

    MUMBAI: Media baron Ted Turner is one of just two media people who feature in ‘The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years’. The list was compiled by a panel from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. The other media person is the queen of the talk show genre Oprah Winfrey.

     
    For several months Wharton faculty, who participated in the selection of the top 25, have appeared on Nightly Business Report to discuss some of the business issues that these business leaders have faced.

    The special showcasing the list airs tomorrow 22 January on US public broadcaster PBS’ Nightly Business Report. The show was launched 25 years ago and claims to be television’s longest-running and most-watched daily business news programme.

    The number one person is Intel’s Andy Grove. A company release stated that the visionary, unconventional leader has over the years excelled at turning setbacks into strengths. The show is anchored by Paul Kangas in Miami, who has been with the programme since its inception, and Susie Gharib in New York.