Profiles

Asia TV Forum wrapped in Singapore with its largest edition ever, attracting more than 5,600 delegates from 58 countries, with almost 770 exhibiting companies on site.

The annual event returns to the Marina Bay Sands for its 19th edition, taking place December 4 to 7.

Louis Boswell, the CEO of the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), discusses the organization’s revamped mission and its rebranded flagship event in Hong Kong.

Strategies for winning the battle for screen time and wallet share dominated the sessions at APOS in Bali last week, as 700-plus executives from across the Asian and global media landscapes convened to talk about what businesses need to do to remain relevant, and profitable, amid seismic shifts in consumption habits and revenue models.

Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore officially opened today with attendance expected to hit 5,400 delegates, with some 750 exhibiting companies and close to 1,000 buyers.

HOOQ’s Peter Bithos, iflix’s Mark Britt, Viu’s Janice Lee and Amazon’s James Farrell discussed their acquisition and commissioning strategies and the key to finding success in Asia in a panel at the Asia TV Forum.

Hui Leng Yeow, senior project director of ATF and ScreenSingapore at Reed Exhibitions, discusses the event.

The issue of legacy—coping with it, or not having it at all—was a recurring theme at the Asia Pacific Video Operators Summit (APOS) in Bali last week, as the heads of major global and regional media companies convened to discuss the rapidly changing content ecosystem in the region.

Vivek Couto, executive director and co-founder of Media Partners Asia, told delegates in Bali about the key themes reshaping the Asian media business.

A look at what to expect at the 16th edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), running concurrently with the fifth edition of ScreenSingapore (SS).