UK based Adstream Holdings, which wholly owns Adstream Australia, has announced signing a joint venture agreement with Samba Tech, the market leader in online video streaming in Brazil.

2012 is shaping up as a top year in TV with first-run drama, exclusive and local productions debuting in February – and it’s all for free.

John Sintras has celebrated his 30th year with Starcom MediaVest, a period of outstanding dedication and service that has seen him become one of the Australian media industry’s most respected executives.

Australia’s leading advertisers are predicting main media ad spend to increase by 3.8 per cent in 2012, but media agency executives are far less optimistic with growth predictions of just 1.7 per cent, according to the latest Starcom MediaVest Group Media Futures survey.

SBS has appointed Erica Green to the position of Marketing Manager, where she will be responsible for the delivery of multilingual/multicultural communications for SBS across all channels, ensuring best practice multilingual communications for all marketing activities.

SBS has taken home two awards from the newly established Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards were announced at the inaugural AACTA Awards luncheon in Sydney yesterday.

The new documentary series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta has proved to be an audience hit, premiering last night (Sunday 8 January) with a national audience of more than one million people across SBS ONE and SBS TWO*.

Following an international search, experienced media executive Tony Iffland will join SBS in April 2012 as the Director, Television and Online Content.