Singapore: The Asia Media Festival 2007 (AMF 2007), the regional business platform for the media industry held from Nov. 14 - Dec. 4 in Singapore, is set to be bigger this year with a marked increase in participation as well as the debut of new events.
Hosted by the Media Development [...]
Australia: An agency known as Screen Australia will be formed from the merger of the Australian Film Commission, Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia on July 1 2008.
Arts Minister Senator George Brandis released draft legislation which outlines the proposed functions [...]
France: Details for the 15th edition of MIPCOM Junior, the specialist international screening marketplace and conference for children's programming and merchandising taking place on October 6 - 7 at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, have been announced.
Taking place ahead of the MIPCOM [...]
USA / India: Indian facility Filmlab has purchased two IMAGER XE Advanced Plus scanners from Imagica Technologies Corp. to drive the company's expansion into digital intermediate (DI) services.
The IMAGER XE Advanced Plus scanners will be part of Filmlab's DI and film restoration [...]
Singapore: The Singapore Film Society (SFS) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has launched an Animated Short Film Initiative (ASFI) to encourage local production of animated short films.
The initiative is targeted to help Singaporean animators make short films [...]
Picture this. In the advertising setting, the advertising agency reigns supreme and is in charge of Client's creative and media needs. Right?
Well, not exactly.
The Philippine advertising landscape has changed. Radically. The lines that differentiate functions provided by [...]
As one of the leading movers and shakers in the international film financing business, Lewis Horwitz has a unique perspective on the changes that have taken place in the industry. Nazir Keshvani caught up with the ex-CEO of the Lewis Horwitz Organization at the Bangkok Film Market [...]
Hong Kong: Dayang announces the formation of Dayang International (Korea), a new office to be based in Seoul. The new Dayang entity will provide sales and customer-support for the Korean region. Further, the company also announced the appointment of Kyung-Woo Shin, who joins [...]
Major corporate acquisitions, streamlined workflows and more affordable systems were the dominant trends at this year's National Association of Broadcaster's (NAB) meeting in Las Vegas, from 24 – 28 April, 2006. Danny Chan talks to some exhibitors about their key developments [...]
Credited with making Wong Kar-Wai a household name in worldwide arthouse circuits, Fortissimo Films has earned the distinction as the nonpareil supporter and distributor of Asian films. Danny Chan caught up with Wouter Barendrecht, partner of the company, who was in town recently [...]