Asia-Pacific News

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Australia Section has announced that they will once again be providing a number of ‘Young Industry Person’s Award’ (YIPA) positions to provide young people who work in an operational or technical area of the Film, Television, Radio, Broadcast and associated Media industries the opportunity for free [...]

Design and director collective, The DMC Initiative (DMCI) has been chosen to participate at annual ideas festival TEDxSydney, which will be held at Sydney Opera House (May 4th). This year, the organisation has enlisted DMCI to create Tasty Video Bits (TVBs) that will provide attendees with sorbet refreshers in between talks with the aim of [...]

The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) in partnership with Diversified Exhibitions have joined forces  to combine the CEDIA EXPO and Integrate EXPO into one event.“Collectively, CEDIA members have been expressing their vote in favour for both organisations to unite,” said outgoing executive director Stephen Miller of CEDIA Asia Pacific. “This partnership sets the [...]

The much-anticipated annual conferences held at CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia are back in a new format with a joint visionary address and a cross-industry C-level panel discussion encompassing the ICT, broadcasting, pro-audio, film and TV industries. More than 210 global thought leaders will provide fresh insights on the dissolving boundaries in the field of communications, [...]

Adelaide Convention Centre’s (ACC) built-in web streaming service increased participation at the recent Grains Research and Development Corporation’s (GRDC) annual Research Update Forum by more than fifteen per cent. Adelaide Convention Centre was the first convention centre to install permanent web streaming capabilities in all its meeting rooms. The technology enables delegates to participate in [...]

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced that the SMPTE Hong Kong section will host the organization’s Standards Update meeting from March 4-9 at the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI). In addition to facilitating face-to-face meetings among SMPTE members, the event will feature a one-day seminar, “SMPTE Standards Update With a [...]

At this year’s BES (Broadcast Engineering Society) show (hall 12, stand 5-8) taking place in New Delhi on January 29-31, EVS will showcase its all-encompassing sports solution, Sports360° – with a live production workflow between New Delhi and Hong Kong – as well as Breaking News, its new toolset for newsroom operations. The leading provider [...]

Rich Ross, CEO of Shine America will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) 2013 Conference on 14 March. In his first Australian appearance since stepping in to the Shine role this month, Rich will take a timely look at the impact and importance of quality content that [...]

CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia – Asia’s largest and most established information and communications technology (ICT) and media communications events – are set to return this year to showcase the latest technologies and trends for the entire communications ecosystem. To be held at the Marina Bay Sands Singapore from 18 – 21 June, the 2013 edition [...]

Many leading industry players are participating in the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2013 and contributing to it in various ways. The symposium, with the theme Next-Gen Media Space and the Connected World, 9th in the series, is organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union as a key forum towards development of the industry in Asia-Pacific and [...]