Bangkok--Jan 18--124 Communications
In recognition of the network’s corporate leadership team, ESPN STAR Sports Asia’s number one sports broadcaster today announced the promotion of Huw Bevan to Senior Vice President, Production with immediate effect.
Bevan who was previously Vice President, Production, will continue to report directly to Jamie Davis, Managing Director of ESPN STAR Sports.
On Bevan’s promotion, Davis said, ”I am delighted to announce Huw’s much-deserved promotion. He is a proven leader who has been instrumental in building the network’s unrivaled position in the industry. He has overseen our production operations, introduced new production and programming initiatives and built a talented staff that keeps our production ranked among the very top in Asia. I look forward to Huw’s contribution in his expanded role which will help to lead the company into the next stage of our growth.”
With his promotion, Bevan will assume a broader strategic and leadership role in the company including advancing the network in product development and new programming initiatives. He will continue his key role of overseeing ESPN STAR Sports production operations with additional emphasis on capitalising on potential synergies across the Company's networks.
Bevan has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining ESPN STAR Sports in 1999 including managing more than 150 production staff and overseeing the editorial and financial responsibility for the production of programmes for the network’s 13 services. He was Executive Producer for ESPN STAR Sports cricket programmes before taking up the role of Vice President in 2001 and was also previously responsible for producing EPL and rugby programming on the network. More recently, Bevan has been primarily focused on and responsible for expanding both programme and production management capabilities for the ESPN STAR Sports network including building upon the strength of its award-winning News programming.
Bevan’s television achievements span over 16 years and include positions at Orbit / ESPN, Sky Sports and BBC Wales in the UK. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Economics degree in Geography (Honours) from the University of College of Swansea, Wales in United Kingdom.
ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world’s leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc. and STAR. We are Asia’s complete sports provider reaching over 138 million households for ESPN and over 64 million households for STAR Sports. We have 13 networks - ESPN Asia, ESPN India, ESPN Taiwan, ESPN Philippines, MBC-ESPN (Korea), ESPN Singapore, ESPN Hong Kong, STAR Sports Asia, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports Taiwan, STAR Sports Singapore, STAR Sports S.E.A and STAR Sports Hong Kong. We bring the world’s premier live sports and leading regional events to viewers 24 hours a day. On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia, including the Asian X Games and the San Miguel Asian 9Ball Tour. On-line, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and espnstar.com.tw interact with millions of users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions. This multilingual, online platform which is closely integrated with ESPN and STAR Sports on air networks, has established the sites as the number one on-line sports destination in their respective markets.
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Chaiwat Simawattana, 124 Communications
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