Asia Video Industry Association

Asia Video Pulse – June 2022

This past quarter was an extremely busy one for the AVIA team, but more importantly, marked a very welcome return to hosting live in-person events again, with the Satellite Industry Forum held in May in Singapore. In this issue, you will find key updates from the Policy and Piracy teams, highlights from our past conferences, as well as Member Insights and Reports. We hope to see some of you in person soon at our next event in Seoul, Korea In View. More updates to come so stay tuned!

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Latest News

Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) announced that Pamela Kaufman, President of Global Consumer Products and Experiences for Paramount, has been appointed President and CEO of International Markets, Global Consumer Products & Experiences, effective immediately.

Following the launch of MEASAT-3d on 22 June 2022 from Kourou, French Guiana, MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) – Malaysia’s premier satellite operator, has successfully completed in-orbit testing for the MEASAT-3d satellite today, ahead of schedule. MEASAT-3d, the company’s latest and most advanced satellite has now entered commercial service, after its handover by Airbus Defence and Space (“Airbus”).

KC Global Media, Asia’s leading entertainment network, expands its distribution footprint in the region for top Japanese entertainment channel, GEM, by inking a multi-year deal with Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) from September 1, including the renewal of popular Japanese anime channel, Animax and English language entertainment channel, AXN.

Magnite (Nasdaq: MGNI), the world’s largest independent omnichannel sell-side advertising platform, has released new research, “Live and Kicking: An In-Depth Look At Live Streaming” that found broad adoption of live streaming TV among OTT and CTV viewers across all age groups in Australia and New Zealand along with high receptivity to advertising.

Index Exchange Inc. (Index), one of the world’s largest independent ad exchanges, today announced a partnership with Scope3, a leader in supply chain emissions data, in order to help marketers make data-driven decisions that reduce their carbon footprint.

The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and HYBE today announced a global content collaboration that will see both companies working together to showcase creative excellence from South Korea’s music and entertainment industry to the world stage.

MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) is pleased to announce the appointments of Ganendra Selvaraj as Chief Commercial Officer; and Jeevan Rao as Associate Vice President of Network Engineering & Operations.

Paramount+ today officially marked its entry to Asia with the launch of its streaming service in South Korea on the number-one K-content platform, TVING. Beginning today, existing TVING subscribers can stream Paramount+ content at no extra charge.

Index Exchange Inc. (Index), one of the world’s largest independent ad exchanges, today announced its first-ever business acquisition of Rivr Technologies GmbH (Rivr), a Berlin-based company specialising in advanced machine learning-based traffic optimisation capabilities. The acquisition accelerates Index’s efforts to address one of the industry’s biggest technical challenges, optimising and curating the ever-growing scale of requests sent to DSPs.

The Asia Video Industry Association was finally able to host its annual Satellite Industry Forum in-person in Singapore on 31st May 2022 after a two-year hiatus, bringing together over 120 delegates from around the world and some of the satellite industry’s most foremost leaders.

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