Asia Video Industry Association

AVIA has released a Governance Framework for OCC Services to deliver concrete commitments and standards in order to deepen discussions with APAC regulators and empower consumers in the region. Within its provisions, the framework proposes various industry actions that include robust systems of control as well as a notification process overseen by the regulator to ensure accountability, and formal industry-regulator consultations to continue to improve the framework.

Download a copy of the new Governance Framework here. For more background, read the full press release here.

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We provide full-time anti-piracy enforcement activities

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We publish reports and produce events on issues and for markets that are key to the industry

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Announcements

AVIA is pleased to welcome four members who will join the Board from 13 November 2020. They are:

RYAN SHIOTANI, Senior Vice President & General Manager, South &...
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Latest News

WarnerMedia, a leading media and entertainment company, and Globe, the largest mobile network operator in the Philippines, have jointly announced that Globe customers will have a new and easy way to subscribe to HBO GO, WarnerMedia’s streaming service in Southeast Asia, from early 2021.

Ahead of the SportsPro OTT Summit, Pascal Metral, Nagra's vice president of legal affairs and head of anti-piracy investigations, intelligence and litigation, and Neil Gane, general manager of Avia's coalition against piracy, gave their views on some of the challenges and opportunities in the sector globally.

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual state of the industry event, the Asia Video Summit (the Summit), which was supported by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor, on 10 to 12 November 2020 with resounding success as over 1000 delegates from the Asian video industry gathered for the Summit.

The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia today announced the appointment of Ahmad Izham Omar as Executive Director of Content & Creative of Disney+, with effect from 17 November 2020. In this new role based in Singapore, Mr. Omar will be instrumental in building a world-class portfolio of TV series and movies for Disney+ in Southeast Asia. He will report to Amit Malhotra, Regional Lead, Emerging Markets, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific.

Canal+ Group, the leading French audiovisual media group, and the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S), the world leader in digital security, today announced the shutdown of a piracy organization based in Canton of Vaud (Lake Geneva region), that delivered French-speaking on-demand content to thousands of customers. It is the first piracy shutdown of its kind in Switzerland.

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