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 [...]
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’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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]