Of the over 30 documentary ideas that were selected to pitch at this year’s ASD, more than half featured China as subject matter or had Chinese broadcasters/ audiences in mind. This is not surprising, given that attendees from the host nation form the largest delegation of 650 attendees from 43 countries. ASD reported a notable increase in participation, 27% up on last year. The added benefit of the inaugural sales market attracted more than 120 exhibiting companies, including 20 … [Read more...] about TVA exclusive: Asian Side of the Doc post-event wrap
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TVA Web Exclusive – HK Filmart: Five minutes with James Ross
James Ross, CEO of Lightning International Thoughts about this year's Filmart: “It's a useful market even though there’s an emphasis on film, but I'm pleasantly surprised that TV content is in demand as well. There are quite a few major TV content distributors based in Hong Kong but I am surprised that they're not here. For us, it's been tremendously useful; and it helps we're based here.” Buyer sentiment: “Buyers are looking for unique programmes, something different. … [Read more...] about TVA Web Exclusive – HK Filmart: Five minutes with James Ross
TVA Exclusive: Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) celebrates with launch party and new board
The SGIFF is in Hong Kong as part of the Media Development Authority of Singapore’s announcement of the December film and TV event in Singapore, called the Singapore Media Festival. The announcement was made at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) on March 24, 2014. New appointments at the SGIFF have been reported; with Zhang Wenjie taking over the role of Festival Director from Yuni Hadi, who now helms the role of SGIFF’s Executive Director. Hadi speaks … [Read more...] about TVA Exclusive: Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) celebrates with launch party and new board
Interview with DOP Brad Dillon
What are the challenges a wildlife cinematographer faces in the field, both technical or otherwise? When you come onto a production, any production, you hope the production company/network has made the right decisions in pre-production to aid the image capture opportunities — none more so than in the temperamental and sometimes taboo genre of wildlife. A fair amount of planning is required and this covers a lot of different areas: pre-prod recces, logistics, local knowledge support, … [Read more...] about Interview with DOP Brad Dillon
TVA Web Exclusive: Channel NewsAsia presents “MH370 Special: Passport to Crime”
In view of the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which, among other things, exposed the fact that some passengers had boarded the doomed flight with stolen passports, Channel NewsAsia has produced a special into the underworld of passport crime, which will air on Wednesday, March 19, 8pm (Sin/HK/MNL time). Television Asia Plus interviewed Andrew Paterson, Senior Editor, English Current Affairs, Channel NewsAsia International Programmes, on the reasons for the special. … [Read more...] about TVA Web Exclusive: Channel NewsAsia presents “MH370 Special: Passport to Crime”
Interview with James Ross, Lightning International
Q: What were some of the highlights of Formats Asia 2013? A: The idea for Formats Asia is really to get a broad view of the formats in the local production industry from a broadcaster point of view, from a production company point of view, and from a content owner and distributor point of view. Not forgetting the branded entertainment folks as well. So all those different sectors are represented on our discussions and I think it’s bigger and better this year than last year. This year we … [Read more...] about Interview with James Ross, Lightning International