Interviews

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.…

INTERVIEW: Black Eyed Peas' Apl.de.ap talks to ASN about working with sponsors

May 23, 2014

When someone as influential as hip-hop legend Apl.de.ap from the Black Eyed Peas talks, ASN listens! At Music Matters in Singapore, we got to talk to him about…

INTERVIEW: West comes to the East. Insights on Asian Branded Content from a NY-Shanghai content house

May 7, 2014

In ASN‘s continuing efforts to understand the way the industry is evolving, we interviewed a production house that has made the leap from West to East. House Films…

INTERVIEW: Content Marketing will cease to exist in 5 years. It will just 'be'

April 2, 2014

Following on from ASN's interview with US brand giant, GE (General Electric) - and the revelations about how they've shifted almost half of their media budgets to (Branded)…