Founding Member of STAR TV
Mr. Schloss was a founding member of the senior management team and served as general counsel of Satellite Television Asian Region Limited, or STAR TV from 1991 to 1996. Star TV was established by Hong Kong media and internet tycoon Richard Li and was later sold to Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Schloss was a director of Star TV from 1993 to 1996 as well as director of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited ("AsiaSat") from November 1991 to June 1993. While at STAR TV Mr. Schloss was involved in the creation of MTV Asia, Channel V, STAR Sports and STAR World in addition to other satellite television channels in Asia. Mr. Schloss also played a prominent role in Star TV's efforts to assemble the largest Chinese-language film library in the world, leading the negotiations, contract drafting and due diligence for the acquisition of Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest film library, the Golden Princess film library, the Mandarin Films film library and Dickson Poon's D&B Films library. The Chinese-language film library assembled by Star TV includes films by Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and director John Wu.
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