Supported by
The Singapore Exhibitions & Convention Bureau (SECB) is a group of the Singapore Tourism Board that champions the business events industry in Singapore. As the lead government agency for this industry, SECB aims to establish Singapore as a dynamic business events destination where an ecosystem of ideas, people, and technology draws on vibrant knowledge and an extensive network.
Leading Sponsor
CreateHK
Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a dedicated agency set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) in June 2009. It is under the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and dedicated to spearheading the development of creative industries in Hong Kong. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community.
Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organizers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.
Gold Sponsors
Bitmovin
Bitmovin’s Emmy® award-winning software solutions are built for technical professionals in the OTT video market, designed to optimize customer operations and reduce time-to-market, resulting in the best viewer experience. Bitmovin’s recent Series C funding round bolsters the company’s unparalleled device reach, flexible integration, and commitment to supporting its customers. Bitmovin’s solution suite consists of a Video Encoder, Player, and Analytics platform, enabling content owners to redefine the viewer experience through API-based workflow optimization, fast turnaround, and scalability. Innovations include the first commercial HTML5 MPEG-DASH player. Learn more at bitmovin.com.
Brightcove
About Brightcove Inc. When video is done right, it can have a powerful and lasting effect. Hearts open. Minds change. Creativity thrives. Since 2004, Brightcove has been helping customers discover and experience the incredible power of video through its award-winning technology, empowering organizations in more than 70 countries across the globe to touch audiences in bold and innovative ways. Brightcove is Video That Means Business.™ Visit www.brightcove.com for more information.
China Mobile
China Mobile International Limited (CMI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary established by China Mobile to meet the growing demands in the international telecommunication market. Leveraging the strong support from China Mobile, CMI is a trusted partner that provides comprehensive international telecommunication services to international enterprisers, carriers and mobile users.
TV5MONDE
TV5MONDE is the world-leading general entertainment TV network in French. In Asia-Pacific, TV5MONDE offers 3 live channels to over 130 million cable, satellite, and IPTV homes. It offers a wide variety of subtitled primetime films and dramas, news, live sports, high-quality documentaries, kids’ programmes, and exciting game shows. A standalone over-the-top service is also available in the region. TV5MONDE is designed for those who want to watch a different kind of TV content.
Viu
Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional over-the-top (OTT) video streaming service, is available in 16 markets across Asia, the Middle East and South Africa with 49.4 million monthly active users (MAU) as of June 2021. Viu offers fresh premium TV series, movies and lifestyle programming in local and regional languages with subtitles. The “Viu Original” brand is home to some of the award winning originals in the region.
France 24
France 24, the international news channel, broadcasts 24/7 to 385 million homes around the world in English, French, Arabic and Spanish. With a weekly audience of 80 million TV viewers across the 5 continents, France 24 is available in Asia in English HD, English and French via AsiaSat 5.
WarnerMedia
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others. The organization also includes Xandr’s suite of advanced advertising solutions designed to help to improve advertising for brands, publishers, and consumers. WarnerMedia is part of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)
Hotstar
Hotstar is India’s largest premium streaming platform with more than 100,000 hours of drama and movies in 9 languages, and coverage of every major global sporting event. It is one of India’s most downloaded apps and has attracted more than 300 million monthly active users. Hotstar has secured top spots on Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and is among most popular apps on both platforms.
Xandr
A business unit within AT&T, Xandr powers a global marketplace for premium advertising. Our data-enabled technology platform, encompassing Xandr Invest and Xandr Monetize, optimizes return on investment for both buyers and sellers. For more than 143 years, AT&T has used data and technology to inform and improve the consumer experience.
Youtube
YouTube’s mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world.
PCCW Media
PCCW Media Group is a leading, fully integrated multimedia and entertainment group in Hong Kong, offering pay-TV (Now TV) and OTT entertainment services (Now E and Viu) with original content and premium international and regional branded content, as well as music digital streaming service MOOV.
TrueVisions
Thailand’s leading pay-TV provider presenting ‘The Omni-Channel’ and delivering greater value through linear TV and the True TV OTT box. Customers enjoy watching our 4K channel and 62 high definition channels among156 channels. TrueVisions provides variety programing and is also the official broadcaster of the English Premier League.
Silver Sponsors
Baker McKenzie
As new competition and technologies drive change, market disruption is our new reality. Manage the challenges of a new competitive landscape alongside advisors who embrace collaboration and candour. At Baker McKenzie, we empower TMT businesses to adopt a new type of thinking and use cutting-edge legal technologies in order to lead and differentiate. Like you, we are global citizens, industry savvy, diverse and have a thirst for innovation. Find out how we drive business renewal through advising on matters related to IP Tech and online entertainment issues such as piracy and advertising. We are Baker McKenzie.
Dolby
Dolby transforms the science of sight and sound into spectacular experiences. Through innovative research and engineering, we create breakthrough experiences for billions of people worldwide through a collaborative ecosystem spanning artists, businesses, and consumers. The experiences people have – with Dolby Cinema, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Voice, and Dolby Audio – revolutionize entertainment and communications at the cinema, on the go, in the home, and at work.
INVIDI
INVIDI Technologies is the world’s leading addressable advertising company with 68 million homes under contract, 30 million actively served and adding one million homes per month. We deliver the right advertising message to the right audience with pinpoint accuracy. INVIDI has developed solutions across platforms including IPTV, OTT, VOD, mobile, and Smart TVs.
Intelsat
As the foundational architects of satellite technology, Intelsat operates the world’s most trusted satellite telecom network. We apply our unparalleled expertise and global scale to connect people, businesses, governments and communities, no matter how difficult the challenge. Intelsat is building the future of global communications with the world’s first hybrid, multi-orbit, software-defined 5G network designed for simple, seamless, and secure coverage precisely when and where our customers most need it. Follow the leader in global connectivity and “Imagine Here,” with us, at Intelsat.com.
Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks, a leading provider of digital content delivery, video, cloud security, and edge computing services, empowers customers to provide exceptional digital experiences. Limelight’s edge services platform includes a unique combination of global private infrastructure, intelligent software, and expert support services that enable current and future workflows.
Magnite
We’re Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform that combines Rubicon Project’s programmatic expertise with Telaria’s leadership in CTV. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats—including desktop, mobile, audio and CTV. And the world’s leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. Anchored in sunny Los Angeles, California, bustling New York, New York and historic London, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM and APAC.
MediaKind
MediaKind is a global change leader in media technology and services. Its mission is to deliver transformation by building a continuously better media universe alongside its customers and partners. Drawing on a pioneering industry heritage and fueled by innovation, MediaKind embraces and champions new standards, methodologies, and next-generation, immersive live and on-demand media experiences worldwide. Its end-to-end media solutions portfolio includes Emmy award-winning video compression for contribution and direct-to-consumer video service distribution, advertising and content personalization, high-efficiency cloud DVR, and TV and video delivery platforms.
PubMatic
PubMatic delivers superior revenue to publishers by being an SSP of choice for agencies and advertisers. PubMatic’s cloud infrastructure platform for digital advertising empowers app developers and publishers to increase monetization while enabling media buyers to drive return on investment by reaching and engaging their target audiences in brand-safe, premium environments across ad formats and devices. Since 2006, PubMatic has been expanding its owned and operated global infrastructure and continues to cultivate programmatic innovation. With a globally distributed workforce and no corporate headquarters, PubMatic operates 15 offices and eight data centers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Synamedia
Synamedia’s video network solutions enable media, web and pay TV providers to deliver pristine-quality broadcast and broadband video securely over any network to any screen. Anchored by the industry’s most comprehensive processing platform and built with high-quality standards, our solutions ensure outstanding performance and reliability for over 1,000 customers worldwide. Synamedia’s solution portfolio covers the entire video network chain – from distribution, through processing, to delivery – enabling you to offer outstanding value-added and personalized experiences while saving costs.
Zixi
Zixi’s Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP) is the only live streaming software platform to enable live broadcast-quality video delivery over any IP network, any protocol, any cloud provider, and any edge device, with advanced, predictive analytics providing the transparency and control needed to guarantee reliable operation.
Sponsors
Accedo
Accedo is the trusted video experience transformation pioneer improving the lives of video consumers. Over the years, Accedo has earned the trust of the world’s leading video service providers – customers to whom two goals are paramount: explore new opportunities to monetize video and transform video services to meet rapidly changing consumer expectations.
Applause
Applause harnesses the power of the world’s largest community of vetted, digital professionals to create custom teams that provide you with a full suite of testing and feedback solutions. Our white-glove approach enables leading brands to get closer to their customers, increase development velocity and deliver high-quality digital experiences to their customers.
APT Satellite
APT, an innovative satellite operator, delivers broadcasting and communication services to Asia, Middle East, Oceania, Africa, and most parts of Europe, extending services to over 75% of the world’s population.
Astro
Astro is the leading content and consumer company in Malaysia with unrivalled engagement with 76% of households, 16.7 million listeners, 10.1 million visitors on digital platforms and 1.9 million customers on its commerce platform. It also produced 8 of Malaysia’s top 10 films.
BBC
BBC Studios is a global content company and a commercial subsidiary of the BBC Group that spans content financing, development, production, sales, branded services and ancillaries. The company makes 2500 hours of content a year and is a champion for British creativity around the world.
ContentWise
ContentWise is the AI-powered customer experience and personalization software for video operators, digital publishers and online retailers.
By orchestrating the entire digital customer experience, ContentWise helps marketing, editorial and merchandising teams convert customers, increase their loyalty and maximize their lifetime value.
Discovery
Discovery, Inc. is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving superfans with content that inspires, informs and entertains. With over 8,000 hours of original programming yearly and leadership across deeply loved content genres, Discovery reaches viewers on all screens with TV Everywhere products, direct-to-consumer streaming services, digital-first and social content.
Disney
The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe.
FashionTV
FashionTV is a global 24/7 television network focused exclusively on fashion, beauty, trends, celebrities and style. FashionTV has become one of the most widely distributed satellite channels in the world: 31 satellite and 2,000 cable systems, with a total of 500 million households in 192 countries across the five continents.
HBO
Wholly owned by HBO (a subsidiary of WarnerMedia), HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia and exclusively produces award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original programmes. HBO Asia broadcasts six channels and three services in Asia, including the streaming service HBO GO. HBO is available across 23 territories in Asia.
Limelight Networks
Limelight’s realtime, live and on-demand video delivery services and online video platform integrate Limelight’s massive global private network with advanced video delivery and management capabilities, helping you get your OTT video to virtually any device, anywhere in the world at high quality and with the lowest rebuffer rates in the industry.
Microstocksolutions
Microstocksolutions is the leading provider of human and software-powered video curation, post-production, legal compliance, keywording, and asset management services for the visual media industry, the Fortune 500 and beyond. Headquartered in the United States; Microstocksolutions has operation centers in Europe and in Asia (Q1 2020) with 24/7/365 service provision.
NBC Universal
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading companies in the production and distribution of entertainment, news and information. NBCUniversal owns multiple television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, theme parks and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Ross Video
Ross Video powers video productions for billions of global viewers with the industry’s widest range of production solutions. Making it easy to create compelling news, weather and sports broadcasts, engaging material for sports stadium screens, entertainment shows and rock concerts, educational institutions, legislative assemblies, corporate applications and inspiring content for houses of worship.
ShortsTV
ShortsTV is the global home of short entertainment with a 24/7 HD channel available in 100m+ homes across four continents, and the world’s largest catalogue of shorts (13,000+ titles). ShortsTV is also the exclusive distributor of the Oscar Nominated Short Films and has developed the first video app to use a similar machine-learning algorithm to Spotify, giving audiences the power to create their own movie channels.
Switch Media
For over a decade, Switch Media has successfully delivered complex, multi-award-winning video solutions for major brands and live events world-wide, including the Olympics and Game of Thrones. Their world-class product suite, MediaHQ houses a flexible suite of modular components that enables clients to enhance, replace or launch an exceptional viewing experience – effortlessly.
Synamedia
We’re helping service providers globally to deliver, protect, and monetize video content so they can win in the age of Infinite Entertainment. We have the world’s most complete, secure and advanced e2e video delivery solution. We’re trusted by over 200 top satellite, cable, telco, OTT, and broadcast companies.
Synamedia is backed by the Permira funds and Sky.
ThinkAnalytics
ThinkAnalytics’ flagship solution is the ThinkAnalytics Emmy® award-winning Content Discovery Platform, the most widely deployed real-time, personalized content and recommendations engine worldwide.
The company’s customer base of over 83 video service providers serves more than 350 million subscribers worldwide. Customers include: Liberty Global, BBC, Proximus, Cox, Rogers, Sky, Swisscom, Astro, Singtel, TataSky, Viacom18 and Vodafone. The ThinkAnalytics Content Discovery Engine now serves over 5 billion recommendations per day and is available as a cloud service or on-premise.
TIVO
TiVo brings entertainment together, making it easy to find, watch and enjoy. We serve up the best movies, shows and videos from across live TV, on-demand, streaming services and countless apps, helping people to watch on their terms. For studios, networks and advertisers, TiVo delivers a passionate group of watchers to increase viewership and engagement across all screens.
Tubular
Tubular is the leading global video measurement and analytics platform that powers broadcasters, publishers and brands to create successful content and grow audiences. We give a comprehensive picture of what the world is watching on social, with software measuring over 6B videos, 14M influencers, 195K brands, and 1M sponsored videos.
Viacom
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), is comprised of many of the world’s most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, MTV LIVE HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, BET and more.
Vindicia
Vindicia, an Amdocs company, offers comprehensive subscription management solutions that help businesses acquire and retain more customers. Providing much more than just a billing and payments
system, Vindicia’s SaaS-based subscription management platform combines big data analysis, strategic consulting and proprietary retention technology. That’s why they call us the Subscription People.
Zixi
The cloud-based and on-premise Zixi Platform and ZEN Master makes it easy and economical for media companies to source, manage, localize, and distribute live events and 24/7 live linear channels in broadcast QoS, securely and at scale, using any form of IP network or Hybrid IP environments.