Dec 06, 2016 23:00 JST

Source: CASBAA

Jonathan Spink Heads CASBAA Board 2017
He serves as the Chairman of the Board as Regulatory, Content Development, Tech & Influence top CASBAA agenda.

HONG KONG, Dec 06, 2016 - (ACN Newswire) - Following its first meeting on 06 December, the CASBAA Board of Directors announced that Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the next 12 months.

With almost three decades of experience in the pay television industry, Jonathan Spink is responsible for the overall management of HBO in South East and South Asia. Under Spink's leadership, HBO Asia has built a growing network of standard-definition and high-definition channels and services, as well as developing several groundbreaking original local productions.

The CASBAA Board of Directors announced on December 6 that Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2017.
 


Spink succeeds Sompan Charumilinda, Vice Chairman of TrueVisions, as Chairman of the CASBAA Board. "Khun Sompan has been a Board member for more than a decade, and most recently, served diligently in his term as Chairman of the Board," said Spink. "On behalf of my fellow Directors and the broader membership, we thank him for his guidance and insights over the years and we look forward to his continued contribution on the Association's Board."

Spink also welcomed new Directors elected during the Association's 2016 AGM held 10 Nov in Macau; namely, Rohit D'Silva (FOX Networks Group Asia), Jonas Engwall (RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network), Marcel Fenez (Fenez Media), Todd Miller (Celestial Tiger Entertainment), Alexandre Muller (TV5MONDE), and Andrew Stott (Olswang Asia). They join returning Directors Sompan Charumilinda (TrueVisions), Andrew Jordan (AsiaSat), Amit Malhotra (The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia), Ricky Ow (Turner International Asia Pacific), Mark Patterson (GroupM), Joe Welch (21st Century Fox), and Christopher Slaughter (CASBAA) to make up CASBAA's Board.

"With the multichannel TV industry in all its forms facing unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities in 2017," Spink added, "the coming year promises to be busier than ever for CASBAA. I look forward to working with my fellow Directors and the CASBAA Executive Office to ensure that the work of the Association is relevant to all its Member companies, as they adapt to a rapidly developing operating environment."

Following the announcement of the Chairman and Board of Directors 2017, CASBAA CEO Christopher Slaughter highlighted the increasingly broad Membership of the Association. He noted that during 2016 several new members joined, including the Premier League, Rewind Networks, Nielsen, Strategic IP Information, Metrasat, Trilegal, and Kantar Media. Also during the year, TV5MONDE, Intelsat, RTL/CBS and INVIDI all upgraded to Patron status. "It is a delight to welcome these new additions across all our membership categories," Slaughter said. "We are confident they will prove to be valuable additions to the CASBAA community, and we look forward to their participation in our activities and on our Committees."

Contact:
Cynthia Wong
Member Relations & Marketing Director 
CASBAA
Tel: +852 3929 1711
Email: cynthia@casbaa.com
Source: CASBAA
Sectors: Media & Marketing, Broadcast, Film & Sat

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