Every Filmmaker, Story Teller, Producer and budding young Director needs to understand the Chinese film market. It is in a word hot. Across the country nearly 30 movie screens open each day, box office revenues are up over 50{5ca2eb384d09d98d15e1efd1e27b66aae779e3e721a4a8d35c0ac7b222cb3660} year over year and China, which is already the world’s 2nd largest film market, will one more »
To promote the launch of our foodie TV series 3 Chefs, 1 City on Asian Food Channel, Ian Kittichai is doing a select number of live events across Asia. It’s a great chance for Asian food fans to get up close and personal with one of the most celebrated Chefs in Asia. Here are the more »
By now everyone in media should know how important China is to the industry and how this nation of 1.36 billion people is resetting the rules for Hollywood, Bollywood and all points in between. So whether you’re a content creation company in Tianjin or Toronto you’d better stand up and take notice. You can’t afford more »
When is a Hotel a TV Network? There’s been a lot of talk lately in our business about branded content. Branded content is broadly described as blogs, pictures, videos, short films, almost anything which is created to advance corporate identities by appealing to a specific demographic. It’s the next phase of convergence; a blending of more »
The one thing we have learned producing TV series in over 100 countries across the globe and selling our media properties to the international market, is that every culture has their own way of doing business. Some cultures prize speed and efficiency, while over rely more on getting to know their potential partners. It can more »
The world of media is changing and not just in the West but throughout Asia as well. In China there’s a renaissance of online streaming media companies which is leading to phenomenal growth and some very neat business plans. Clearly the world of tomorrow is going to look very different than the world of today more »
The global media and entertainment industry is a highly nuanced business. In fact it’s not just one industry or a sector, it’s a combination of communications, advertising, technology and storytelling wrapped up in a million different ways. But one thing is certain, Producer, Content Creators or whatever you want to call them, are all competing for more »
This amazing Infographic maps the world’s Internet users. This is really import data for anyone who creates content, is a TV Producer or well lives on planet earth. For those of us in the media business it proves once again that the Internet is/will change everything and that our world is totally interconnected. The map more »
Our world is changing, people consume media in different ways and TV Producers, traditional Broadcasters and upstart Online Content Creators will all have to adapt because the convergence rallying cry of a decade ago was wrong. Content isn’t king, the consumer is and how and when, where and why they want to watch, listen and more »
Bhutan village feels the power of TV What happens when a remote village in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan gets electricity and television? “Happiness,” a new documentary by the Frenchman Thomas Balmes, shines a light on the power and risks of the small screen. In 1999, authorities in Bhutan — which famously measures prosperity by more »