One of the closest neighbours to INSEAD’s Asia Campus in Singapore is a nine-story glass-clad structure that may seem strangely familiar to Star Wars fans. It’s shaped like, and named after, the Sandcrawler mobile fortress featured in the original movie trilogy. This is where Lucasfilm and its parent company Disney have their Southeast Asia headquarters.
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Appointing Country Managers
Delighted to share the appointment of three super talented Country Managers for priority territories in Southeast Asia. Bringing the magic to the next generation of Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar fans.
Hollywood Comes to Town for Creative Economy Mission
As part of the annual US-Indonesia Investment Initiative, co-sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce and AmCham Indonesia, three of the biggest entertainment companies in the world visited Jakarta last week
The Walt Disney Company unveils new integrated media network unit
The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia has formed an integrated media networks organisation, called Disney Media Networks. The new unit combines all of Disney’s channels, media distribution, games and apps and maker studios businesses but excludes ESPN.
Ramping up for reach
Disney is enjoying a great run in Southeast Asia, where films such as Frozen and The Avengers have been breaking box office records.
It’s About the (Creative) Economy
When Joko Widodo became Indonesian president, he made good on his campaign promise to offer greater support for the creative arts by setting up a special Creative Economy Agency (Badan Ekonomi Kreatif or Bekraf) with direct lines of responsibility to the president.
Think global, Act Local
Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in 1928. After years of toiling in Hollywood, the animator joined the vanguard of the talking-picture revolution when he produced Steamboat Willie, a cartoon that synchronised sound and animation featuring the good-humoured rodent that would become iconic (and maybe immortal).
Astro and Walt Disney team up to introduce new channel
Malaysia is the first of South-East Asian countries to launch the Disney XD, a new channel catered for children aged between six and 14.
India is a high growth potential market
If one had to gauge the kind of headway that digital as a medium is casting on the television space, the day-long 2011 Digital Media Conference hosted by The Walt Disney Company in Singapore recently provided ample proof of the trend.
Disney Channel invests in UK Talent
Disney Channel has announced two programming deals with UK producers as part of a drive to increase local production.