23 April 2013
Campaigning for Malaysia’s 13th General Election has started in earnest. The parties and independents are out to win the hearts of some 13 million voters eligible to decide on the government of the day on 5th May 2013, .
Channel NewsAsia’s teams are reporting on developments from the ground daily. Viewers will also be given highlights, analysis and background to the politics in Malaysia as the campaigning period gets underway.
Track the news on Channel NewsAsia’s Facebook (facebook.com/channelnewsasia), Twitter ( @channelnewsasia) and online at www.channelnewsasia.com/malaysiadecides.
The Malaysian election specials are telecast on Channel NewsAsia at the following times:
Two Visions, One State: An Insight Special
Thursday, 25th April, 8-8.30pm (Sin/HK/Mnl)
Politics in Malaysia has always been seen through the prism of race. Today, 40 years on, the race-based formula has come under threat by a coalition of opposition parties which has chosen to champion the rights of those in need irrespective of race. Which of these competing visions will win?
Perspectives: Malaysia Decides
Sunday, 28th April, 8-9pm (Sin/HK/Mnl)
A two year election campaign comes down to the wire in Malaysia. How do the various contenders plan to tackle corruption, economic development and the issue of race? Perspectives put these questions to key politicians from the different political parties.
Agents of Change: An Insight Special
Thursday, 2nd May, 8-8.30pm (Sin/HK/Mnl)
The Youth, Social Media and Civic organizations were instrumental in dealing a severe blow to the ruling Barisan Nasional government in the last 2008 general election when it lost its two thirds parliamentary majority for the first time since 1969. As Malaysia braces for its 13th general election, will these agents of change continue to cost the BN crucial votes at the next polls?
Malaysia Decides: Results
Sunday, 5th May, from 8pm (Sin/HK/Mnl)
Over 13 million voters cast their ballots in one of Malaysia’s most intense election races. Catch the latest results and the analysis in this special programme.
15 April 2013
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has announced it will hold public screenings of its cutting-edge Super Hi-Vision (8K) format at the Cannes Film Festival, featuring the first 8K narrative comedy short Beauties À La Carte.
NHK is exploring 8K production in various genres. Most recently, it partnered with Brazilian commercial broadcaster TV Globo in February 2013 to shoot the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in 8K. Viewers at the public screening in Cannes will also be able to see this coverage of the Carnival along with content in the genres of wildlife, entertainment, arts, and sports.
NHK’s senior manager in charge of 8K content production Nobuhiro Haneda said that new technology is driving new content. “We learned from our 8K initiative at the London Olympics that viewers and broadcasters are tremendously excited about 8K. The production of Beauties À La Carte is part of our efforts to understand the technical challenges of producing drama in this new format. I hope we can work with film‐industry professionals to further explore the possibilities of using 8K for feature films.”
Beauties À La Carte, is a 26 minute comedy directed by Toshio Lee (of Detroit Metal City fame) and based on an original story by Kundo Koyama, writer of Departures, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
11 April 2013
The Julian Assange Show, RT’s weekly interview program, won Silver World Medal in the Documentary/Information Program: Politics television category. The 12-episodes series aired exclusively on RT from April through July 2012 and featured exclusive interviews with some of the most influential and iconoclastic politicians and thinkers of the day. The program generated a media firestorm, was reported on by the most prominent media organizations and discussed in a multitude of blogs across the world.
The Silver World Medal that RT was awarded for The Julian Assange Show was the highest honor awarded this year in the Politics category. The only other entry honored in that category received a Bronze.
RT also won the New York Festivals Gold Medal in the Information/Magazine Program Promotion category, with its promo for From The Shadows (Desde la Sombra), a weekly show hosted by renowned author and public speaker Daniel Estulin on RT’s Spanish channel. The program takes a closer look into the secrets held by world’s business and political elites.
RT has previously been a laureate of New York Festivals in 2009, in the Best News Documentary category. Then, the network won Silver World Medal for “A city of desolate mothers” – RT’s special report on South Ossetia.
The New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards honors the World’s Best Television & Films. This year’s Awards received entries from 50 countries from around the world. RT competed with such high-profile international broadcasters as BBC, CNBC, CNN, Deutshe Welle, ESPN, HBO, NHK, and TVE and was named a finalist in 5 out of the total 15 categories. The award ceremony took place on April 9th at NAB in Las Vegas.
10 April 2013
Euronews – the international news channel and Bloomberg Television – the 24-hour business and financial television network – have agreed to exchange various content in their coverage of major business stories worldwide.
Bloomberg contributes to Euronews’ “Business Weekly” programme, a round-up of the week’s main business events. Every Friday, Euronews’ Oleksandra Vakulina analyses the world’s top business stories with Jonathan Ferro, Bloomberg’s Markets Reporter, based in London.
Business Weekly every Saturday and Sunday on Euronews:
Euronews’ Business Weekly programme is a unique European view of world business events: breaking stories, analysis and reports from the key markets. An 8 minute programme every weekend on Euronews hosted by Oleksandra Vakulina, airing [CET] Saturday at 6:15, 10:45, 15:45, 19:45, Sunday at 3:14, 6:15, 9:45, 14:45, 17:45, Monday 2:45, 5:15, 10:45
The programme is broadcast in all the 12 language services of the channel* on air, on www.euronews.com/business-weekly, on Euronews’ apps available on the AppStore and Google Play.
* Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
8 April 2013
Infront Sports & Media announced the promotion of Infront China’s CEO and Managing Director, Ma Guoli, to Chairman of the Infront China Board of Directors. He will step up from his operational position to the new role as of 1 January 2014.
Philippe Blatter, Infront’s President & CEO, said: “Under Ma Guoli’s tenure Infront China has become an important growth engine for our Group. He has fostered considerable development and increasing commercial appeal of Infront’s properties, including key events such as the annual CBA All-Star Game and the CBA League Finals. We very much welcome that he continues to contribute his outstanding experience, leadership skills and reputation at Board level. This ensures continuity of experience and maintains Infront’s excellent relationships with our key partners and stakeholders across Asia.”
Ma Guoli added: “Following an important and successful phase of development and further expansion of Infront China since 2009 and after more than 25 fulfilling years in operational business, I am now greatly looking forward and proud to take on my new role as Chairman of the Infront China Board, focusing on the company’s long-term strategic development and the further enhancement of its network in the region. I am convinced that Infront with its strong international team will remain the leading force in Chinese sports business.”
A key role in Infront China’s success
In the past five years, Ma Guoli has played a key role in Infront China’s success. Under his leadership Infront’s role as the most prominent and respected international sports marketing company in the country has been further strengthened. Infront has successfully extended its commercial partnership with the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) to represent the country’s top sport basketball both at National Team and League level until 2018 and 2017 respectively.
As part of its comprehensive role, Infront has created tremendous momentum for Chinese basketball, resulting in record levels of sponsorship and media coverage. Just recently the company secured the Li Ning sport apparel brand as the CBA League’s Official Partner – by far the biggest sponsorship commitment ever for a Chinese sports property and one of the largest in today’s world of sports. Through its “Gateway China” service, Infront has successfully encouraged several international companies and sports to access the Chinese market. The transfer of the European concept “Art on Ice” to China was one the most recent example for the success of this initiative.
One of the most influential figures in Chinese sport
Ma Guoli is one of the most influential figures in Chinese sport. He is known not just in the country but throughout the sports world for his role as founder of CCTV-5, the first sports TV channel in China. With more than 25 years of experience in the sports industry, he has been responsible for China’s television broadcast of the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games and has worked on six Summer Games and four Winter Games in total before becoming the Chief Operating Officer of BOB. In 2000 he has been named as one of the top 50 “Most Influential People in Sport” in a survey by the Guardian newspaper in the UK.
Infront’s search for an ideal successor has been already initiated. Ma Guoli will assume the position as Chairman of the Infront China Board from Philippe Blatter who will continue to serve as a Board Member.
