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  • ATF 2019 to present its largest market to-date

    ATF 2019 to present its largest market to-date

    MUMBAI:  In its 20th edition, the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) announces its biggest market yet with a five percent growth in market size, compared to 2018.

    The expansion includes the presence of new brands such as Baidu Haokan, Google Play, GoPlay, Hoichoi, and Jio (see Annex for fuller list). 20% of buying professionals are new to ATF this year, and 40% more buyers have indicated interest to acquire digital rights.

    With attendees from 55 countries and regions, the diversity of content and partnership possibilities represented reflects Asia’s rising place in the media and entertainment space, as the industry faces exciting times with several high-profile launches of OTT video platforms and mergers & acquisitions.

    With speaking heavyweights revealing visions for the future, the ATF Leaders’ Summit 2019 will address how Asia aligns with the global strategies of new market powers. Industry luminaries delivering keynotes include Giorgio Stock, President of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Distribution and Advertising Sales, EMEA and APAC, Gong Yu, Founder and CEO of iQIYI and Shibasish Sarkar, Group CEO of Reliance Entertainment.

    Glamour also descends on ATF 2019 as celebrities from Thailand, Turkey, the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, will be present in various capacities. Magician Dynamo, of the eponymous programme “Dynamo: Magician Impossible”, will entertain the ATF crowd at the official Opening Party with an exclusive performance ahead of his new programme “Project 7”. Thai superstar James Jirayu will also make an appearance to launch a new film.

    “The 20th edition of ATF takes place during exciting times of a paradigm shift. With so much changes happening ahead, we expect the market to be dynamic this year, and discussions at conferences to be intense and insightful,” noted Yeow Hui Leng, Group Project Director of Reed Exhibitions, the Producer of ATF.

    ATF is taking place from 3 to 6 December 2019 and is part of the Singapore Media Festival (SMF). For more information, please visit www.asiatvforum.com.

  • Preview to Asia TV Forum & Market

    Preview to Asia TV Forum & Market

    MUMBAI: The 16th edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) is scheduled to take place from December 1 to 4 at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. Running concurrently with the 5th edition of ScreenSingapore, the 2015 edition of ATF is poised to attract more than 5,000 attendees from across 60 countries, according to Yeow Hui Leng, the Senior Project Director of Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore (SS) at Reed Exhibitions.

     

    Divided in two parts – market and conferences – ATF market will provide attendees with plenty of business opportunities to buy, sell, network with producers, broadcasters, over-the-top (OTT) players and cable operators in the region.

     

    With over 850 buying companies attending, Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) brings you closer to Asia’s buying community, facilitating the sale and export of engaging content across all genres and platforms to the Asian buyer.  With growing interest from Asian content buyers, this year we will also see more exhibitors from China and Japan and new entrants such as Bloomberg, Studio Canal, Fox International Channels, Raya Group, Rainbow, MNC Contents who will be participating in ATF for the first time, the market is likely to expect an even more robust performance.

     

    Hui Leng says that the overall ATF line-up this year presents a greater variety of the Asian countries covered, “giving ATF 2015 a more holistic view of the industry in Asia”. Participants can expect to gather a great deal of information from the panel of speakers and thought leaders that will be present at ATF.

     

    Kicking off ATF’s pre-market conference as the keynote speaker for Into the Future of Television: Asia’s Move Forward is TV industry’s well-known business leader  CJ E&M Media Content Business (Korea), president DJ Lee.  This will be one of the most exclusive and progressive insights into one of Asia’s most significant media empires. Another keynote speaker is Maker Studios (USA), International head René Rechtman, who will be elaborating on the Development and Expansion in Asia’s Digital Marketplace.

     

    Buyers and producers will also be presented with the latest know-how and trends for kids’ content at Junior@ATF, alongside the deployment of a dragnet on narratives for new formats and ideas that can travel across borders at Formats@ATF. Its is an initiative that  was developed with producers in mind as a forum to create, develop and market ideas with format experts through a conference setting, as well as masterclasses conducted by renowned creative talents such as Danny Stack, Writer and Director (UK) of  Thunderbirds Are GO, Octonauts, Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? and Melodie L. Shaw, Member Representative and Organizer of the Writers Guild of America (USA).

     

    Highlighting the current business landscape that traditional players face with disrupters and shifts in content consumption, Steve Macallister, CEO of All3Media International (UK), will share how they stay on top of the United Kingdom and foreign markets. 

     

    Some of Asia’s top buyers like Maggie Xiong, Senior Director of International Acquisitions of Youku Tudou (China) and Charlene Lai, Senior Director, Content Acquisition and Licensing, APAC, Le Corporation Limited (Hong Kong) will discuss more on the evolving role of international acquisitions and the type of new ideas and shows channels that they are looking for among content providers.

     

    Last year’s edition hosted more than 71 speakers and 658 exhibitors, and Leng acknowledges that 2015’s ATF attendees can expect to be a part of the mechanics within the heart of Asian television. From the dynamically curated market and conference, where they can tap into the growth potential of Asia’s market, to experiencing the robust character of Asia’s entertainment content industry by connecting with international content sellers and Asian buyers, participants will be able to mesh together and be allied to the constantly evolving Asian television landscape.

     

    Held in conjunction with ATF, the 2015’s edition of ScreenSingapore (SS) will launch a brand new feature, the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market. The first of its kind, SAFF seeks to connect promising producers and their projects with commissioners, investors, and co-production partners.

     

    For more information on ATF’s exciting programme, conference line-up and speakers, please visit www.asiatvforum.com

  • IQIYI CCO Ma Dong to deliver keynote at Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore

    IQIYI CCO Ma Dong to deliver keynote at Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore

    MUMBAI: Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), Asia’s leading entertainment content market announces today that Baidu’s IQIYI chief content officer Ma Dong, will deliver an Asia Media Keynote speech “Digital China: The New Storyteller – IQIYI” on 9 December 2014.

     

    For the third consecutive year, ATF 2014 will be held in conjunction with ScreenSingapore 2014. The four-day conference programme will take place from 9 to 12 December 2014 at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. ATF earlier announced a power-packed line up of international speakers including Alon Shtruzman, CEO, Keshet International (Israel), Tom Beattie, Head of Animation and Children’s Programming for Tiger Aspect Productions (United Kingdom) and Nicholas Wodtke, Vice President, Media Solution Centre, Samsung Electronics (Southeast Asia & Oceania).

     

    IQIYI in China’s digital content market

    With over 450 million internet users and a growing middle class in China boosting its business, IQIYI, has grown from strength to strength to now become one of the country’s leading online television and movie portal. To further cement its leadership position in the rapidly growing China online film and TV market, the Baidu subsidiary plans to step up its efforts in 2015, making seven local films, one Hollywood film and producing 500 (15,000 hours) internet dramas. The company is looking to spend at least 300 million yuan to produce its own content.

     

    At the ATF conference, Ma Dong’s session on “Digital China: The New Storyteller – IQIYI”, will see him share about IQIYI’s position in China’s digital world, and the company’s journey to success.

     

    He said, “IQIYI has grown steadily over the years, and our achievements attest to the strategic thinking and foresight of various leaders within the company. We are very pleased with our success, and look forward to further expansion in the years ahead. I am excited about sharing IQIYI’s successes and the story behind our progress at ATF, and certainly hope that conference delegates will find these insights valuable for their businesses.”

  • New Umbrella Event for Asian Film and TV Content to launch in Singapore later this year

    New Umbrella Event for Asian Film and TV Content to launch in Singapore later this year

    NEW DELHI: For the first time, a media festival on films and television will be held in Singapore in December for trade visitors and members of the public.

     

     A Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore source said the annual Singapore Media Festival is set to become one of Asia’s leading international media events.

     

    The Singapore Media Festival brings together four complementary film and TV events – a trade market for film and TV, conferences, awards and festival screenings under a single umbrella.

     

    Thus, the Singapore International Film Festival will be from 4 to 14 December, with the Asian Television Awards on 11 December, the Asia TV Forum & Market from 9 to 12 December, and ScreenSingapore from 9 to 12 December.

     

     The Singapore International Film Festival will bring quality films from around the world to the masses; recognising the best films in Singapore and Asia

     

     Founded in 1987 and into its 25th edition this year, SGIFF is widely attended by international film critics, academics, industry practitioners, and general consumers. It is recognised worldwide for its focus on Asian filmmakers and promotion of Southeast Asian films, and is a one-stop location for film programmers and producers to discover filmmaking talent and trends.

     

     SGIFF adds a public component to the Singapore Media Festival, bringing over 70 titles of top-notch international films to be screened across Singapore. It will also have an awards component to recognise film talents in Singapore and Asia with the Silver Screen awards.

     

     “The Singapore International Film Festival being the longest-running and largest film festival in Singapore has always captured the hearts of filmmakers, creative professionals and film enthusiasts here. The co-location of the TV and film market with our Festival offers a new dimension for us which we hope will translate to benefits for the Singapore film industry,” said SGIFF executive director Yuni Hadi.

     

     The Asian Television Awards (ATA) celebrating the best in Asian TV content and will have a new revised digital category, with webcasters competing.

     

     The ATA is one of Asia’s premier awards event that recognises the achievements of talent in Asia’s TV industry. It has grown since its establishment in 1996, and has been consistently receiving more than 1,000 entries annually from across the region. This year, ATA will be introducing a new awards category in keeping with the digital trend, allowing webcasters to compete in the awards for the first time.

     

    Contineo Media CEO and chairman of the ATA Raymond Wong expressed happiness that the Awards will be part of the Singapore Media Festival. “Every December, Singapore becomes a hotbed for the distribution of content and the exchange of ideas; and with both ScreenSingapore and SGIFF exhibiting quality films; it leaves ATA the distinct honor of celebrating the best of television in Asia. The ATA is a celebrated industry event that recognizes excellence in programming, production and performance, and received well over 1,200 entries from across 14 countries last year. This year, with our targeted second regional broadcast, we endeavor to unite Asia-Pacific to collectively witness the wins of each territory’s home-grown talent from the comfort of living rooms big and small,” said Wong.

     

     On ATA’s new digital category this year, Wong said: “This will be the first time that original TV content premiering on online platforms can compete at the awards; this is a reflection of the burgeoning demand for digital content fuelled by the proliferation of OTT and VOD services across the region.”

     

     The Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore is an integrated film and TV market to bring greater business and networking opportunities. The third and fourth components of the Singapore Media Festival are ATF and ScreenSingapore will bring a seamless international trade market for film and TV as well as conferences and master classes under the event.

     

     ATF and ScreenSingapore were co-located in 2012 to bring greater synergies between film and TV content, and will return this year with even more opportunities for local and global media players to meet and exchange ideas.

     

     Reed Exhibitions Singapore MD Michelle Lim said, “Asia Television Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore (ATF & SS) is honored to be part of the inaugural Singapore Media Festival. With the increased accessibility of entertainment content across different platforms, this integration of media and entertainment events under one umbrella will certainly bring more value and benefits for the trade industry. As a leading international entertainment content market in Asia, ATF & SS 2014 looks to provide industry players with a solid platform for networking and knowledge exchange, drawing in a myriad of entertainment content by international and regional sellers, while attracting buyers from the region.”

     

     The Singapore Media Festival is hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore, and organised by Reed Exhibitions, Contineo Media and SGIFF Ltd.

     

     MDA assistant chief executive (Industry) Angeline Poh said, “The Singapore Media Festival is set to be a seamless, must-attend media event where international participants gather to discover the latest trends, talents and content in Asia, making Singapore the choice destination for those in Asia’s media business. With this event, everyone from industry players to public audiences will have something to look forward to. The Singapore Media Festival, with its umbrella of four signature events, can only become bigger and better in the years to come.”