Media / Streaming

Where are we headed in this brave new world? Here’s a look into BCE (Before COVID Era) and CE (COVID Era)

The control on the physical and digital world that you get from your home is unprecedented and as Paul Chaney wrote in Digital Handshake, we are seeing a melding of electronic and face-to-face interactions, which is now accelerated by COVID-19.

How well do you know Asia’s surging live streaming commerce market?

hy are businesses or individual entrepreneurs turning to live selling? Does it really help them sell more? Is it more effective than simply putting up ads that include photos or videos of the products, descriptions, and price and ordering details? Are there significant advantages that make it worth the while to go online to feature products and interact…

Social entertainment startup Kumu to scale operations and roll out new features with Series B fundraise led by SIG and Openspace Ventures

Kumu will use the new infusion to scale its current operations, which has seen significant growth over the past year. To date, an estimated 11.2 million registered users around the world watch live streams up to 60 million times per month, with over 100,000 active streamers commanding about one hour of average daily usage for its mostly Gen-Z & Millennial…

Gushcloud is professionalizing management of digital creators, influencers, and talent [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

Gushcloud connects audiences and brands with influencers and content creators through representation and management, brand strategy, marketing and activation services, media production, sales, and distribution, licensing, and by co-creating signature events.

CloudTheatre digitizes theater-going with live, interactive, and watch-party-style experiences [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

CloudTheatre is an online ticketed streaming platform for arts and culture shows. Designed and developed by Malaysian theater practitioners, its innovative digital theater has successfully brought the physical theatre experience online, by mimicking physical theatre experiences like front-of-house ticket checking, lounge area, live chat, live voting,…

POPS WORLDWIDE Founder & CEO Esther Nguyen on the importance of localization in digital entertainment [TechNode Global Q&A]

"For POPS WORLDWIDE, we recognize the importance of localization and hence we have a team for each market, creating local content for the local audience. We also help brands and creators to think local and go global--providing them with the local expertise they need to reach out to over 407 million fans."

IMMedia Series A

[Updated] IMMedia secures Series A funding to scale its data-driven content marketing platform

The platform creates new audience engagement metrics with actionable recommendations and predictions to increase the effectiveness of content across multiple complex markets, enabling IMMediate to deliver maximum audience engagement, conversions, leads and long-term ROI.

Celebrity shoutout apps are ready for the limelight

After the rise of Cameo, here comes Southeast Asia’s homegrown rivals.