Melissa Lim leads the content acquisitions and co-productions team for WarnerMedia’s Kids networks in Asia Pacific, which include POGO, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. She also advises on licensing content to fuel the growing slate of kids and family programming on the regional streaming service HBO GO in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

She is based in Singapore and reports to Leslie Lee, Head of WarnerMedia Kids APAC. Working closely with counterparts in the original production and development team, as well as programming, her key areas of focus are identifying co-production opportunities and securing Kids content for the region. For the latter, she also works with colleagues from other WarnerMedia acquisitions teams in the US, EMEA and LatAm.

Melissa’s previous roles include stints at MTV Asia and StarHub, where she spent 13 years gaining insight into the kids programming world. Before joining WarnerMedia, she managed co-production and acquisitions at Disney for its Southeast Asia channels and regional streaming service.

Speaking on: Pitchfest 2