Branded Content Industry

ASN Interview: Asean YouTubers Get Real On The State Of Branded Content

December 23, 2015

With the emergence of online video content as a legitimate form of entertainment across the Asean region, homegrown YouTube creators are becoming celebrities in their own right as their…

ASN Interview: Former P&G executive Declares "Inevitable" Shift to Non-Traditional Media

December 18, 2015

In the competitive beauty industry, a recent trend has seen brands entering a no-holds-barred race in Non-traditional media spend as they wrestle for supremacy in Asia.

Chinese Electrical Retail Giant Scores Asian Ice Hockey Partnership

December 8, 2015

Chinese electrical appliance retailer GOME has become a primary sponsor of the 2015/16 Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH) season.

Huawei Throws Sport Sponsorship Playbook in the Bin in Asia; Opts for Non-sport instead

November 27, 2015

Chinese telco giant Huawei is making an obvious change in its Asian Sponsorship investment strategy, telegraphed by a fresh transmedia entertainment deal in Malaysia.

GroupM Branded Content Arm In China Grows 207%; Generates USD10m Revenue in 2015

November 25, 2015

While the Chinese economic slowdown continues to batter the media industry, particularly in the traditional landscape, GroupM’s content business in the country has been an anomaly and generated…

Indonesia’s Traditional Ad Industry Slumps But Sponsorship Looks Rosy

November 6, 2015

A triple whammy of an economic slowdown, falling consumer confidence and a weakened currency has battered Indonesia’s advertising industry, with traditional media owners grappling with the stormy predicament,…

ASN Interview: Singha to Continue to Use Sports Sponsorship as a Vehicle for International Expansion

October 15, 2015

Most ASEAN brands tend to be cautious and rarely venture into sports Sponsorship. However, the Thai beer Singha has been a notable outlier making a slew of high…

ASN Interview: The Sleeping Giant of the South Asia Non-traditional Media Industry: Pakistan

September 30, 2015

Begin to talk about the Sport and Entertainment landscape in Pakistan and most of us will instinctively think Cricket and Lollywood. But the reality is much more complex…

ASN INTERVIEW: Filmmakers & Media Agencies Getting Real About Asia’s Branded Content Market

September 18, 2015

Branded Content has been a buzzword in the Asian creative industry over the past few years…However, the 64m dollar question remains as to whether the industry is fuelling…

ASN Affirms 2015 Forecast for Non-traditional Media. China, Celebs & SEA Games Moving the Needle

September 3, 2015

ASN - the leading source of commercial intelligence for the Non-traditional Media industry in Asia - has issued a mid-year confirmation of its 2015 forecasts for expenditure across…