2017 Taipei TV Content Trading Venture Matchmaking Conference Launches

2017 Taipei TV content Trading and Investment Media Association held a grand launch.

(Taiwan TB News Network / reporter Chen Yicheng) the "Taipei TV content Trading and Investment Media Association 2017", sponsored by the Film, Television and Pop Music Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, was officially unveiled at Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei on the 27th. The annual event of Taiwan TV international copyright trading will be held from three days to September 29. Vice Minister Li Lianquan of the Ministry of Culture attended the "opening tea party" together with buyers from the Republic of South Africa, Mr Robert Seraki Matsebe, Yulia Savin Kova of Russia, Phyoe Thiri Mon of Myanmar, Maria Teresa Osorio of Colombia, and Chen Yuxiu, chairman of Gongguang, who came to Taiwan for the first time.

At the 2017 Taipei TV content Trading and Investment Media Association, Li Lianquan, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, said that the film and television industry is an important strategic industry of the country, and the TV tutoring fund of the Ministry of Culture has grown nearly 1% in recent years. Five times, the forward-looking plan will allocate 4 billion yuan to the foundation and reward of film and television content, strengthen content innovation and cross-domain cooperation and counseling measures, and set up an investment, financing and professional cooperation office to diagnose and invest in the business and financial affairs of young entrepreneurs. At the same time, cooperate with the State Communications Commission and the intellectual property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs to deal with the problem of piracy. In cooperation with the Financial Management Commission, there are three banks, namely, the cooperative treasury, SME Bank and South China, as the basic banks for financing.

In addition, we are also working with NCC to establish a big data integration mechanism for cable TV, TVB, MOD and OTT to gradually promote the value-added use of data, assist OTT operators to form a major alliance, and promote cooperation among people in overseas markets to bring Taiwan content out, so that TV content can have a larger overseas market.

According to the Bureau of Film, Television and Pop Music Industry of the Ministry of Culture, a total of international TV content buyers from 22 countries / regions have come to Taiwan this year. Nine countries, including the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Russia, Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Panama, have come to Taiwan for the first time.

In addition, 2017 North TV content transactions have created a media association and invited buyers from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia who have long been interested in Taiwan TV content, as well as European and Central and South American buyers who have been very interested in Asian TV works in recent years. The number of buyers in Southeast Asia has increased significantly to 45 per cent.

The Bureau of Film, Television and Pop Music Industry of the Ministry of Culture said that for the first time this year, the bureau organized a delegation to participate in the Moscow World content Market Exhibition "World Content Market-Moscow" and received a good response, so JSC CTC MEDIA, which operates a total of 35 television channels in Russia and Hasak, specially came to Taiwan to discuss copyright procurement.

The Film and Television Bureau said that this year's exhibition will for the first time set up a "2016-2017 shortlisted works and TV content Youth (New) Entrepreneur publicity Exhibition area and proposal Media area" to increase the exposure of young creative teams and works and the attention of buyers.

2017 Taipei TV content Trading created Investment Media Association. This exhibition has domestic television channels, production companies, animation companies, documentaries and young entrepreneurs. A total of 58 305 works participated in the exhibition. Through the online media booking system, an average of at least 16 appointments can be made with international buyers to negotiate face-to-face in an independent and comfortable "transaction room" to strengthen connectivity with the market. So that Taiwan's excellent TV content works can have more opportunities to leap onto the international stage.

In addition, we will set up a Chinese language publishing area for the original IP, and introduce AR and VR technology companies to participate in the exhibition to strengthen the innovative use of new technology and content. In addition, for the media funds to invest in the television content industry, and invited domestic venture capital companies to participate in the event, a total of 74 domestic operators participated in the exhibition. At the same time, in order to assist in the promotion of local scenic spots and marketing, local tourism and cultural characteristics, all counties and municipal governments are invited to participate.

The Bureau of Film, Television and Pop Music Industry pointed out that in addition to business transactions, it also held an "International Television Industry Forum." In the first session, Yu-Chuang KUEK, Managing Director of Netflix Asia Pacific, was invited to give a lecture on "New Trends in Media content Innovation and platform Cross-border Operation". In the second session, Bo ZHANG, a representative of Eurodata TV Worldwide Asia Pacific, was invited to give a lecture on "big data's Analysis of TV Trends in the Asia-Pacific region and the opportunity for Transnational Cooperation". In the third session, Luo Faping, chairman of Xinsheng Group, Lu Yangzheng, vice president of Taiwan Financial Research Institute, and Wu Jinjia, manager of Taiwan Financial Asset Services Company, were invited to give a lecture on "Film and Finance Dialogue-TV content rating and Intangible assets Evaluation". It is helpful for the domestic industry to grasp the new international professional knowledge, the latest industrial trends and the exchange of views.

At the opening tea party of "2017 Taipei TV content Trading Creative Media Association", Vice Minister Li Lianquan also presented the "2017 overseas Public Broadcasting and Public Transmission Award" to Sanli Television Co., Ltd. And Taiwan Television Co., Ltd., the whole opening tea party was very lively.

Li Lianquan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture of ▲ (third from left), and distinguished guests from home and abroad of the Taipei TV content Media Association jointly launched the opening ceremony.