As the earliest film festival initiated in China, STVF is the epitome of China’s TV industry, which boosted the growth of the Chinese TV market. With the theme, “Motivate the Whole World with Magnolias Blooming Resplendently”, the 22nd instalment of STVF will be held in June this year. Last year, STVF welcomed over 7,000 industry participants within five days. One of its main events, the Film & TV Market, featured 300 domestic and international exhibitors, the largest ever in the event’s … [Read more...] about Chinese market for global audience
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IPTV overtakes Satellite in APAC According to Digital TV Research, the number of paying IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) overtook paying satellite TV ones in 2015. The research house says IPTV growth is far from over with 123.5 million subscribers expected by 2021. China is expected to contribute 78.4 million IPTV subs (or nearly twothirds of the region’s total) by 2021. Of the 314 million digital TV homes expected to be added between 2015 and 2021, 107 million … [Read more...] about Via Satellite events
Surge in sports content – China in focus
The 2016 edition of SPORTELAsia saw a 22% increase in new organisations present compared to the previous year. This year raked in 736 registered attendees representing more than 371 companies across 47 countrieswith 40% of the attendees of C-level. The three-day conference kicked off with expert panel discussion on ‘China: What’s Next’, - focusing on the future of sports content in China. With a population of nearly 1.4 billion people, China is a vast market with the largest number of … [Read more...] about Surge in sports content – China in focus
Fascinating opportunities for broadcast services
The event of the year – CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 will witness a strong line-up of keynote speakers this year throughout the four-day conference and market. Industry heavyweights speaking at the conference include: Alexandre Muller, Managing Director – TV5Monde, Azran Osman Rani, CEO – iflix Malaysia, Zungkon Yim, Deputy Director – Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), Glenn Sims, Creative Content – FremantleMedia Asia, Krishnan Rajagopalan, Chief Content & … [Read more...] about Fascinating opportunities for broadcast services
Asia’s Flagship Film and TV Market
The Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) closed its 20th edition this year from 14-17 March. The fourday event was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre with a record 800 companies from 35 countries and regions in attendance. More than 7,300 buyers were welcomed this year- raking in a 3% increment over last year’s. This year saw the largest participation from Mainland Chinese exhibitors from different provinces and cities; double-digit growth recorded from … [Read more...] about Asia’s Flagship Film and TV Market
10 years and counting- Koo Jong Sang
BCM is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, coming a long way from a humble beginning with the support of 229 companies from 18 nations just then. The Korean content market is on top of its game today. Under the direction of Koo Jong Sang, the organisation is focused on becoming a major regional player in the content market arena through collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Metropolitan City of Busan, together with the industry to secure the content market as well as … [Read more...] about 10 years and counting- Koo Jong Sang
