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Digital Rights Group promotes Kelly Shek for key territories
Country Focus, 14 January 2010

London - Leading content distributor Digital Rights Group (DRG) announced the promotion of sales executive, Kelly Shek. Cantonese-speaking Shek will add Asia (excluding Japan) to her existing portfolio of territories, which also includes Africa, Israel and In-Flight. Having joined [...]

BBC makes iPlayer available to all
Country Focus, 11 September 2009

Amsterdam, IBC - The BBC is to allow third parties the ability to run the technology behind the BBC iPlayer on their own websites. The mechanics of the arrangement whereby broadcasters might share or licence the SDK or even with BBC Research and Innovation engineers has yet to be [...]

China READIES digital production base
Country Focus, 1 July 2009

China’s production and post-production scene is developing rapidly, driven by a combination of government support and robust growth in film and advertising. State-run film industry giant, China Film Group (CFG), set up the largest digital production base in China – and, they claim, [...]

NZ’s Oktobor explores collaboration with Singapore creative sector
Country Focus, 21 May 2009

Auckland - Award winning visual effects and animation studio Oktobor represented the New Zealand business community at a recent New Zealand Business Forum held in Singapore to promote trade between the two countries. The forum addressed trends that are shaping the creative and [...]

AZ Works OPENS IN Cineport Busan
Country Focus, 1 May 2009

The southern port city of Busan, which is home to the Pusan International Film Festival, and the Busan Film Commission (BFC) took firm strides towards establishing itself as the premier Asian film and broadcast production with the recent opening of AZ Works post-production complex [...]

Philippine indie films make headway
Country Focus, 1 March 2009

While independent films are largely ignored by ordinary movie-goers in the Philippines, the genre has become the ‘in thing’ in the country as indie movies gain international acclaim and generate worldwide interest. Industry experts noted that indie filmmakers produce more movies [...]

New facilities BOOST Malaysian industry
Country Focus, 1 March 2009

Two new entrants herald an encouraging push for the Malaysian film industry. The National Film Corporation (Finas) launched its own digital studio called the Digital Mix Stage Studio. The studio, located at the Merdeka Studio Complex in Kuala Lumpur, was built at a cost of RM53 million [...]

Singapore increases media funding
Country Focus, 17 February 2009

The Singapore government will inject S$230 million over the next five years to develop its media industry under a new media masterplan known as Singapore Media Fusion (SMF). It hopes to stimulate demand for local content, develop talent and create jobs in the growing media sector. The [...]

Australian cinema renaissance on the cards
Country Focus, 1 January 2009

Ruth Harley, only recently took up the role of CEO of the newly created Screen Australia, but many are hoping the former head of the New Zealand Film Commission can revive Australia’s filmmaking fortunes in the way that Lord of the Rings and Whale Rider turned New Zealand into a [...]

New scheme boosts
Country Focus, 1 January 2009

Since the middle of last year, the government launched a Screen Production Incentive Fund (SPIF) designed to boost New Zealand’s film and television industry. The fund provides a five-year pool of funding worth NZ$68.5 million. It is administered by the New Zealand Film Commission [...]