It all began when Australian producers Margie Brown and Mandy Lake, came across an article about the 100+ Club in the local newspaper. The club, as the name suggests, was created for those 100 years of age or older. The exclusive group meets three times a year at luncheons put on by the mayor of Brisbane and the Queensland Premier. “We’ve been ‘stalking’ the centenarians at these functions since 2009,” Brown told TVAPlus from Australia. “It was important that … [Read more...] about Senior benefits
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Defining Asia
The focus has changed radically in the past 18 months. Our approach when we first set up here was to train Asian filmmakers to make documentaries for a global audience – bringing Asia to the world, using an $11million production fund we launched with Singapore’s Economic Development Board. Now it is quite different in that we want to make content that will strike a chord with specific Asian audiences and territories. These programmes may not work for a global audience but it will … [Read more...] about Defining Asia
Philippines: Battle royale
The Philippines was the first country in Asia to ever have a movie industry. In fact, some of the earliest movies that came out of Asia were made in the Philippines. So important was the local movie industry been to Filipinos that over the years many movie stars have held important positions in local and national government. One – Joseph E. Estrada – even succeeded in winning the No. 1 position of president. In its heyday – up until the mid 90s – local film producers … [Read more...] about Philippines: Battle royale
India: A force to reckon with
This year marks a milestone for India television. For the first time it will cross the 50 per cent mark in terms of its advertising share. Advertising expenditure is expected to reach Rs.300 billion (US$6.6 billion) and the reach of TV in urban homes will be to the tune of 70 per cent and at an all-India level to the tune of 60 per cent. “The Indian TV market continues to grow primarily because we still have another 40 million homes, which don’t have TV sets,” said Mumbai-based … [Read more...] about India: A force to reckon with
No disputing the facts
There is no doubt that documentary making is at an all-time high in Asia. Formerly the playground for big foreign producers and channels, today more local talent are getting their break in this diverse genre. Of all the formats and programmes being produced here, the one with the biggest export potential is factual programming. Today’s Asian audiences are also keen to see more of these programmes and channels are responding to viewers’ expectations commissioning more stories that … [Read more...] about No disputing the facts
Fast start, promise to come
Amid fanfare, Indonesia launched mobile TV in 2009 marking a further step in the widening of broadcast and media platforms there.The move came after the introduction of a 3G network in 2006 that lead analysts to look to the market with optimism. In 2009 two consortia provided channels initially free, Globe Tren Mobile TV backed by pay- TV leader Indovision’s parent company, Global Mediacom and Indosat and two subsidies of Telekomunikasi Indonesia. Telkom’s service offers eight … [Read more...] about Fast start, promise to come
