Star TV appoints Daniel Cheung to be new Star TV CEO inTaiwan

Daniel Cheung is now chief executive officer with Star Taiwan; while Jason Siu, currently general manager, Star Taiwan, will move to a newly created position in Hong Kong as general manager, chinese movies, Star TV.

Cheung, earlier was CEO Star JV and Indonesian terrestrial channel ANTV. Cheung held key positions including COO of China Network Systems. Prior to that, Cheung was responsible for leading the distribution and marketing activities for Star across Greater China as deputy regional director.

Jason Siu will now be in charge of operations of Chinese movie channels Star Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Movies 2. He will report to Todd Lituchy, president, entertainment, Star TV.

Siu will also work with the recently launched Fox Star Studios joint venture to explore and develop Chinese film production projects for local and worldwide distribution. He has more than 15 years of experience in the movie and television industry and has been with Star since 2001.

Aiello commented, "Daniel is a veteran TV executive with an in-depth understanding of the market and unrivalled experience in broadcasting and distribution through his earlier roles, many of which have been in a leadership position covering the Taiwan market."

"I would like to thank Jason for the important contributions he has made towards our Taiwan operations. As Star expands its business into filmed entertainment, we'll look to Jason to leverage his core skills in Chinese content production and his in depth understanding of the movie business," Aiello added.