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What is it?
Neither a market nor a conference, the Asian Animation Summit
will feature presentations of new kids TV concepts from Australia, Korea, Malaysia
and Singapore that are in early stages of f inancing and development.
Sign up and you’ll spend two days taking a first look at projects that have been carefully
selected based on their global-market potential and quality—some are fully developed
with at least 15% of their budgets secured, and some are still in development and
seeking initial financing. But any one of them could be the industry’s next big hit!
Who else will be there?
At least 300 attendees are expected to take part in the first AAS, and a number of
broadcasters are already planning to be there. From Asia, we anticipate groups from:
Australia’s ABC TV; Malaysia’s Media Prima, Astro, RTM and TV Al-Hijrah;
Korea’s KBS, EBS and Tooniverse; Singapore’s Mediacorp; and the
Asian offices of Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network.
And from the international market, these are just some of our confirmed guests:
Karen Miller – Executive Director of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Disney Channels Worldwide
Jocelyn Hamilton – VP of Original Programming, Kids, Comedy & Drama, Corus Entertainment
Henrietta Hurford-Jones – Director of CBeebies Investment, BBC Worldwide
Laurence Blaevoet – Director of Youth Programming, Canal+
Carole Bonneau – VP of Programming, TELETOON Canada
Frank Dietz – Deputy Program Director/Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Super RTL
Luca Milano – Head of Animation Production, RAI Fiction
Where and when?
Hosted by MDeC (Multimedia Development Corporation), the first AAS will take place in Kuala Lumpur
on December 10 & 11, 2012. The venue is a five-star hotel in the city center to be announced shortly,
and attendees will be able to book deluxe accommodations there at a generously discounted rate.
AAS has been optimally timed to take place just two days after Asia Television Forum
(December 5-7), giving you a chance to experience both events easily in one trip,
with a weekend in between to chill out and explore.