Interviews

ASN INTERVIEW: Nestle (Asia) still a cautious investor in non-traditional media

April 10, 2015

Swiss-based FMCG giant Nestle spent USD3.12b^ in global advertising for 2013, yet its management is still getting to grips with some variants of non-traditional communications in Asia.

ASN INTERVIEW: Spotify Asia's MD is looking Beyond the Banner

April 2, 2015

One of the biggest media trends in the past few years has been the rise of music streaming services such as Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, Deezer, Google Play Music...…

ASN Insight: Unilever CEO Reveals Key Parameters for Brand Investment

March 25, 2015

In Asia, Sponsorship investment from the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) category grew 33% YoY in 2014 and is again the most active category across many diverse genres of…

ASN INSIGHT: The MCN Boom in Asia & The Evolving Entertainment Landscape

March 11, 2015

With the growth of digitization, multiple-devices and smartphone penetration in Asia, audiences have been lapping up online videos from creators on platforms such as YouTube, challenging traditional TV’s…

ASN INSIGHT: ASEAN FAs Make History by Outsourcing Commercial Rights

February 12, 2015

It has been a lively start to Asia’s football scene in 2015, as football administrations across the region are actively seeking to outsource their commercial effort to external…

Singapore bank DBS seeks "originality" in its Sponsorship platforms

November 24, 2014

At a recent event, ASN caught up with two key executives from DBS Bank to ask them about their perspectives on Sponsorship in the region.

INTERVIEW: VIJAY NAIR, CEO OF ONLY MUCH LOUDER DISCUSSES INDIA’S BRANDED ENERTAINMENT SCENE WITH ASN

August 24, 2014

Mention anything about live music festivals, left-field youth and pop culture in India, and the odds of live music and entertainment conglomerate Only Much Louder (OML) being credited…

INTERVIEW: Dan Sloan, Editor-in-Chief, Nissan Global Media Centre speaks to ASN on Nissan's Content effort

July 3, 2014

More and more brands are moving to control their own Branded Content. Red Bull's Media House, Philips' Content Hub in Singapore... and now Nissan has its own Newsroom.

INTERVIEW: CHINA MUSIC PROMOTER REGGIE BAPE TALKS TO ASN ON BRANDS AND SPONSORSHIP

June 2, 2014

Continuing our series of interviews from the recent Music Matters conference in Singapore, ASN gets under the skin of Reggie Bape, one of the most impassioned indie and…

INTERVIEW: ARCHIE HAMILTON TALKS TO ASN ABOUT CHINA’S BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT SCENE

May 30, 2014

Archie Hamilton, the head honcho of Split Works and Splatter, is the opinionated, lovable, double-denim (when we met him) scruff who wears many hats in China’s live music scene.…