POST EVENT Hong Kong International Film and Television Market welcomed close to 7,000 international buyers
The Hong Kong International Film and Television Market (FILMART Online), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened its virtual doors from the 26th to the 29th of August as it was attended by close to 7,000 international buyers from 73 countries and regions.
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such as China’s entertainment market, latest streaming platform trends in Asia, and technologies for developing interactive content. Featured speakers included representatives from Media Partners Asia, iiMedia Research Group, NCM Pictures, Linmon Pictures, and MXplayer, among others.
In the trade show’s online edition, FILMART Online had dedicated pages for exhibitors to help facilitate exchange and networking. There was also a virtual screening tool that allowed buyers to enjoy previews with ease. Participants also opportunity to use platform until 30
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The highlight of FILMART Online were six conferences that discussed the post-pandemic outlook for the industry, that focused on key topics
Twenty-two online conferences and fringe events took place as part of FILMART Online, drawing more than 35,000 views in total. The photo above shows four speakers at the Digital Entertainment Summit 2020 discussing how the use of 5G, cloud, and interactive entertainment technologies can bring a more immersive and personalised experience to the market.
Video content management platform IPV presented a series of exclusive Q&A sessions dubbed as Creating Video Remotely in Lockdown that took place from 9 to 11 September 2020. The free webinar featured representatives from WarnerMedia, Sky, Biola University, and Sesame Street, who talked about how their organisations coped with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and how IPV’s solutions helped them stay on track as teams worked remotely from home. Among the topics discussed were how these companies implemented business continuity and remote working for video teams, how they kept their business on-air, how they monetised and re-used existing archives of video content, and last but not the least, how they worked securely with assets from centralised archives at home. The invited webinar speakers included Simon Greening, Head of Operations and Technology at Sky Creative Agency; Jacob Anderson, Asset Management and Media Services and Eric Lund, Senior Manager for Post Technology at WarnerMedia; and Shadrach Kisten, SVP, Chief Technology Officer at Sesame Street’s Sesame Workshop.
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