HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: Disney’s Andy Bird, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, YouTube’s Robert Kyncl, Viacom’s Bob Bakish, Turner’s Gerhard Zeiler and the heads of several AsiaPac media groups, telcos and pay-TV platforms are among the speakers lined up for APOS in Bali this April.
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