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Episode 22 - Johan Ishak - What's it like running TV channels against a world of digital media and streaming content?

Episode Summary

Johan Ishak, former CEO of Media Prima TV Networks had his work cut out for him as he runs Malaysia's, arguably, widest TV network, against a backdrop of digital disruption from streaming shows, on demand free social media and a public that seems to only watch news on TV... are you a cord cutter or a cord never ? Is this a digital disruption or a digital opportunity ? How do you retain or grow the 22 million TV watchers out there ? Are people watchin more TV during this MCO ? And more interestingly, how did an accountant find himself in all this ?

Episode Notes

Johan Ishak, former CEO of Media Prima TV Networks had his work cut out for him as he runs Malaysia's, arguably, widest TV network, against a backdrop of digital disruption from streaming shows, on demand free social media and a public that seems to only watch news on TV... are you a cord cutter or a cord never ? Is this a digital disruption or a digital opportunity ? How do you retain or grow the 22 million TV watchers out there ? Are people watchin more TV during this MCO ? And more interestingly, how did an accountant find himself in all this ?

 

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