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13-27 January C NTENT 2020 www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com Whitehead exits in ViacomCBS reorg Asia rolls into Europe, ME, Africa under Raffaele Annecchino May the gods of Health, Wealth & Happiness smile on you always. Happy Year of the Rat! Mark Whitehead Thailand, China Veteran Asia pay-TV head, Mark White- Australia and New Zealand. head, is exiting ViacomCBS’ Singapore- Kyriacou joins the newly expanded strengthen ties in based regional networks operation at division on 3 February as president, Vi- the end of this month in a wide-ranging acomCBS Networks U.K. and Australia, BEC, Tencent deal re-org announced out of New York and which includes responsibility for Ireland, Ch3 originals on WeTV, London today. New Zealand and Israel. ViacomCBS Networks International’s Her role includes oversight of Viaco- Ch3+, Tencent Video Asia footprint will be managed by Raf- mCBS’s free-to-air broadcast networks, faele Annecchino, currently president of Channel 5 in the U.K. and Network 10 in Thailand’s BEC World and Chinese the division’s operations across Southern Australia, streamer, Tencent-owned WeTV, have and Western Europe, the Middle East Network 10 CEO, Paul Anderson, ad- tied up to distribute Thai drama in Thai- and Africa. Annecchino’s new remit also ditionally becomes EVP, ViacomCBS land and on Tencent Video in China. includes Northern/Eastern Europe. Networks Australia and New Zealand with The new deal is part of WeTV’s aggres- His new title is president, ViacomCBS immediate effect, reporting to Kyriacou. sive growth ambitions and follows strong Networks Europe, Middle East, Africa and No announcements have been made take up of BEC’s dramas across the Asia (EMEAA).
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