The fifteenth version of APOS is about to carry collectively influential decision-makers from throughout the media, leisure and digital panorama at The Ayana Property in Bali.
The convention has secured a notable roster of audio system together with streaming executives, content material creators, and digital innovators who’re shaping the way forward for leisure throughout Asia Pacific and past.
Netflix‘s VP of content material for Korea, Don Kang, can be making his APOS debut, coinciding with the discharge of “Squid Recreation” Season 3 that very same week. Kang’s session is predicted to offer perception into Netflix’s Ok-content technique, viewers engagement metrics, and future plans for Korean programming that has achieved international reputation.
Disney‘s presence can be substantial, with Kylie Watson-Wheeler, senior VP and MD of The Walt Disney Firm Australia/New Zealand and head of ESPN APAC, anticipated to debate the corporate’s streaming success in certainly one of their largest Asia Pacific territories and the combination of ESPN into Disney’s Australian operations.
James Rushton, co-founder of DAZN, can be on the agenda. DAZN has just lately expanded its footprint by acquiring Foxtel and securing a deal with Saudi Arabia.
Warner Bros. Discovery APAC president James Gibbons will probably tackle the Max’s successful launch in Australia in addition to operations in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and Japan.
The convention will highlight tech giants’ growing involvement within the leisure house. Sanjay Gupta, president of Google APAC, will ship a keynote on how he sees the way forward for AI with leisure, whereas Jonathan Zepp, Google’s MD of world partnerships for rising content material, XR and TV platforms, will concentrate on the corporate’s collaborations with Hollywood and media firms.
TikTok’s international head of distribution, Isaac Bess, may also be making his first look at APOS and together with Yoichi Sato, GM of content material operations, APAC, is predicted to discuss exploring partnership alternatives with premium content material creators and studios, with potential bulletins anticipated concerning the platform’s micro drama content material tile.
Different notable audio system embrace Gaurav Gandhi, VP of APAC and MENA for Amazon, who alongside Nikhil Madhok, head of originals for India at Amazon Prime Video, and Amogh Dusad, director and head of Content material at Amazon MX Participant, will focus on Prime Video’s improvement in India, native content material creation, and promoting enterprise development throughout the corporate’s platforms.
Soraj Asavaprapha, chair and CEO of Jasmine Worldwide Public Firm Restricted, will signify a big participant within the area, having invested some $560 million for Premier League rights over the subsequent six years, together with a Paramount deal as a part of their content material funding technique.
iQIYI’s president of film and abroad enterprise group, Yang Xianghua, will concentrate on the Chinese language streamer’s development in Southeast Asia and its growing strategic concentrate on new development in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand.
The convention may also function outstanding content material creators together with Dinesh Vijan, founder and CEO of India’s Maddock Movies, and Angga Dwimas Sasongko, founding father of Indonesia’s Visinema Footage, who’ve been driving native storytelling of their respective markets.
APOS 2025 will mark the primary look for a number of executives, together with Chris Taylor, NBCUniversal’s managing director for APAC, tv distribution, networks and DTC, and Katsuaki Setoguchi from TBS Holdings Inc./The Seven, Inc., who’re anticipated to debate their international content material attraction and co-production partnerships.
APOS will happen June 24-26.
