Profiles

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.

Diane Min, senior sales manager at CJ E&M, speaks to TV Drama Weekly about some of the company's Korean dramas, which have been increasing in popularity around the globe.

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).

In its 13th edition this December, the Asia Television Forum (ATF) is undergoing a number of changes as it evolves into a “comprehensive entertainment content marketplace for all platforms,” according to Hui Leng Yeow, project director at ATF organizer Reed Exhibitions. For the first time, ATF is taking place alongside …

Among the highlights of the Asia TV Forum, taking place December 3 to 6 in Singapore, are a keynote address by Sunny Xiangyang Zhu, chief content officer of Youku Tudou; MIPAcademy; the ATF Animation Lab; and several new country delegations. Zhu oversees acquisition, licensing, production and investments for all TV …