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Richard Cunningham has been promoted to managing director,
Lucy Young to vice president, marketing and communications
and Hitomi Nagakaki to account director, network development
and marketing.
Cunningham, who previously worked with MTV Networks
in the United States in the affiliate sales and marketing
division, handling distribution for MTV, Nickelodeon,
VH1 and Comedy Central in the western United States,
will now be based at Nickelodeon's Asia regional headquarters
in Singapore.
Cunningham will oversee Nickelodeon's operations in
the Asia Pacific covering markets such Japan, India,
Southeast Asia, Philippines and New Zealand. He will
continue as senior V-P of MTV Networks Asia overseeing
network development, licensing and merchandising for
both, MTV and Nickelodeon, besides playing a vital role
in overseeing both MTV and VH1 channels in Thailand,
according to a company release.
As V-P marketing and communications, Lucy Young, who
has successfully guided and developed Nick's marcom
activities and initiatives in Asia, will oversee consumer,
trade and affiliate marketing as well as pro-social,
brand and publicity initiatives in the region. Young
will be reporting to Cunningham.
Nagakaki, who has been promoted to account director,
network development and marketing has contributed significantly
to Nickelodeon's cable and satellite distribution growth
in the past two years in Japan. According to the release,
she has successfully guided the channel's acquisition
of important Japanese animation series and marketing
campaigns to boost awareness for Nick in the Japanese
market. An ex-employee of producers of Japanese animation
feature film Rex Entertainment, Hitomi is currently
based in Tokyo and will also be reporting to Cunningham.
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