The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) will be hosting its annual Satellite Industry Forum on Thursday, 18 November this year, under the Asia Video Summit umbrella of events that are taking place from 11 – 18 November. Momentous changes were already underway within the satellite industry when the Covid-19 crisis disrupted lives and businesses around the world. In 2020, segments of the satellite industry were hit hard, with rippling effects from the pandemic accelerating closures and sales. … [Read more...] about Satellite industry remains relevant amidst the shift to streaming
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Asia Video Summit returns with five component events to wrap up the year
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)’s marquee event of the year for the video industry, the Asia Video Summit, returns with a bang to wrap up a tumultuous year for media with five component events spread over two weeks and running the gamut of virtual, physical and hybrid. Kicking off this year’s Asia Video Summit will be the annual Policy Roundtable to be held on 11 November, which brings industry legal and policy experts together with regulatory officials from jurisdictions across the … [Read more...] about Asia Video Summit returns with five component events to wrap up the year
Singapore Media Festival 2021: Connecting our content creators to global media players and audiences
The eighth edition of the Singapore Media Festival (SMF) will connect a key player in the media ecosystem – showrunners – to Singapore’s creative talents to bring Asian stories to international markets. Showrunners, which are also known as executive producers, call the shots in the content creation process, with overall creative and management responsibility from conceptualisation to financing to talent selection to production and distribution. With the rise in audience interest in Asian … [Read more...] about Singapore Media Festival 2021: Connecting our content creators to global media players and audiences
Reed Exhibitions Singapore licenses Singapore Comic Con event to Generation Experience
Reed Exhibitions Singapore (RX Singapore), announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Generation Experience Pte Ltd, allowing it to organize the Singapore Comic Con (SGCC) events. SGCC was last held in December 2019, attracting 50,000 attendees; the 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19. With this arrangement, pop culture fans around the region can look forward to returning to the home of their fandom and once again sharing their collective love for all aspects of pop … [Read more...] about Reed Exhibitions Singapore licenses Singapore Comic Con event to Generation Experience
Positivity reigns among the Filipino video industry’s top leaders at AVIA’s Philippines in View
The Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) Philippines In View seminar held on 18th May brought together more than 700 industry delegates to discuss the state of the TV and video industry in the archipelago country with over 7000 islands. Some of the industry luminaries present include Manuel V Pangilinan, Chairman, President and CEO of PLDT, Ernest Cu, President & CEO of Globe and Dennis Anthony Uy, Founder & CEO of Converge ICT Solutions. The seminar opened with a discussion on … [Read more...] about Positivity reigns among the Filipino video industry’s top leaders at AVIA’s Philippines in View
Legendary director behind ‘Kung Fu Panda’ to headline at MIP China 2021
Reed MIDEM announced that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker John Stevenson, Director of the Dreamworks' animation blockbuster, Kung Fu Panda, will address MIP China conference delegates in a keynote interview (previewed by John Stevenson here), with Andrew Eborn, President of Octopus TV, on June 22, 2021. John Stevenson has over four decades of experience in TV and film production starting at the Henson Company on projects such as the Muppets and The Dark Crystal. Stevenson directed Kung Fu … [Read more...] about Legendary director behind ‘Kung Fu Panda’ to headline at MIP China 2021
