Singapore – The Korea IT International Cooperation Agency (KIICA) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that underscores a joint commitment to facilitate and catalyze media co-productions between both countries. The KIICA has been appointed by the Korean Government to coordinate international cooperation and promotion activities relating to broadcasting and communications. Inked at the Asia Media Festival 2008 Country Showcase, … [Read more...] about MDA further cements strong media partnership between Korea and Singapore
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Media Prima scales back regional expansion
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian media conglomerate Media Prima Berhad has been forced to scale back overseas expansion plans, and shift away from "expensive" acquisition targets such as television companies. Media Prima, which owns all of Malaysia's free-to-air TV stations including TV3, ntv7 and 8TV, created a private equity fund in April this year to fuel aggressive regional growth. However, Media Prima International's group CEO Farid Ridzuan has said that the company will now adopt a more prudent … [Read more...] about Media Prima scales back regional expansion
Playing catch-up
featured as a Big Interview, as part of MIPCOM 2008’s Broadband Video Summit, director of future media and technology at the BBC Erik Huggers shared some facts about the BBC iPlayer. The BBC iPlayer is available on PC, Mac, Linux, Virgin Media, Apple iPhone and iPod touch and Nintendo Wii. Since its marketing launch in December 2007, there have been over 180 million requests (as of October 2008) to stream or download BBC TV programmes via BBC iPlayer. Huggers said the 20-22 minute average … [Read more...] about Playing catch-up
Asia animators – from providers to co-producers
mipcom 2008 saw a session on animation co-production in Asia, in which a number of senior executives outlined their co-production experiences with major Western studios. International division manager at Toei Animation Kenji Ebato; CEO Synergy Media Eugene Kang; Jonathan Wang, CEO of Greatdreams Cartoon Group: and Lei Wang, deputy director, TV Drama Center at Shanghai Media Group were generally optimistic, with panelists looking to debunk certain preconceptions about working with Asian studios. … [Read more...] about Asia animators – from providers to co-producers
Honouring Asian TV’s
despite the economic climate, this year’s Asian TV Awards have received 1,187 entries from Australia, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand. Compared to 2007, the number of entries from countries such as Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Malaysia, Peoples’ Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore and South Korea has risen significantly. Now in its thirteenth year, the … [Read more...] about Honouring Asian TV’s
Higher learning
organized by trade publications Television Asia Plus and Asia Image, SuperPitch HD provides a stage for aspiring Asian programme-makers to pitch HD concepts for original content to regional media players under real-world pitching conditions. Superpitch has evolved from animation only, to include all genres - and 2007’s Superpitch 2.0 had a cross-platform theme. Twenty eight high quality entries were received from countries across the region - notably Taiwan, home to last year’s … [Read more...] about Higher learning