BEIJING/PRNewswire/ -- China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STV) ("China Digital TV" or the "Company"), the leading provider of conditional access ("CA") systems and comprehensive services to China's expanding digital television market, today announced the appointment of Ms. Yue Qian as the Company's new acting chief financial officer ("CFO"), effective January 1, 2015.
Ms. Yue has served as China Digital TV's vice president in charge of external cooperation and investments and overseas business development since 2008. She also oversees the Company's Cyber Cloud subsidiary. Prior to joining China Digital TV, from 2006-2008 Ms. Yue held the role of vice president with responsibility for new energy and education investments at Waichun Investment Fund, a Hong Kong-based investment fund, where she was also executive director of the fund's Hong Kong-listed subsidiary. Prior to that, she held the role of vice president at Aerospace New World (China) Technology Co., Ltd. and at Beijing Asia Pacific East Communication Network Co., Ltd.
"We are delighted to be bringing in Yue Qian as acting CFO," said Dr. Lu Zengxiang, China Digital TV's acting chief executive officer and acting chief financial officer. "She brings in-depth knowledge of the company to the role, and her appointment will allow me to focus solely on my duties as acting CEO at a transformative time for China Digital TV."
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Further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in our annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. China Digital TV does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.
About China Digital TV
Founded in 2004, China Digital TV is the leading provider of CA systems and comprehensive services to China's expanding digital television market. CA systems enable television network operators to manage the delivery of customized content and services to their subscribers. China Digital TV conducts substantially all of its business through its PRC subsidiary, Beijing Super TV Co., Ltd., and its affiliate, Beijing Novel-Super Digital TV Technology Co., Ltd., as well as subsidiaries of its affiliate.
For more information please visit the Investor Relations section of China Digital TV's website at http://ir.chinadtv.cn.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Nan Hao
China Digital TV
Tel: +86-10-6297-1199 x 9780
Email: ir@chinadtv.cn
Brunswick Group
Tel: +86-10-5960-8610
Email: chinadigital@brunswickgroup.com
In the U.S.:
Brunswick Group
Tel: +1-212-333-3810
Email: chinadigital@brunswickgroup.com
SOURCE China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd.