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L-R: Bryan Tan, CEO of Lakefront Records and Zamaera at TGV 1 Utama, Kuala Lumpur.

Lakefront Records Exclusive Partnership With TGV Cinemas, Launch LFx Technology

Signed to Lakefront Records, Zamaera ‘s kicks off her first leg of the Malaysian tour and announced the launch of her EP, Z in an intimate performance at TGV 1 Utama, Kuala Lumpur. Concerts in LFx technology features the artist live in 7.1 surround sound, a perfectly calibrated environment paired with visuals, making Zamaera’s tour the first of its kind in a brand new format – LFx “made possible only with the exclusive partnership between Lakefront Records and TGV Cinemas”. Founded by music producer Bryan Tan, Lakefront Xperience (LFx) was…

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Mathew Daniel will be atteending Midem June 4-7 to keynote on China's growth in streaming independent acts.

NetEase Executive Mathew Daniel To Keynote At Midem

Midem has recently announced that Mathew Daniel, a licensing pioneer and a key player in the Chinese market, will give a keynote at its conference, in Cannes, June 4-7. Midem is casting a wider net to attract leaders of the music industry worldwide. Recognising China’s growth in becoming the 10th largest recorded music market globally, over the years its program has…

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Monica Tong, Head of Editorial of Music Press Asia interviews Kim at Music Matters, All That Matters, Singapore.

Will PUBG Consider Using Avicii or Armin Van Buuren’s Music?

Throwback to last season’s conference interview focusing topic on gaming Monica Tong, Head of Editorial at Music Press Asia interviewed CEO and Executive Producer of PUBG Corporation at Music Matters, Singapore September 2018 on his favourite music, possibility of implementing electronic music into the games and its achievement so far. This month, Brendan Greene announced that he would be stepping…

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Source: Wired Music Week

Editor’s Choice: Wired Music Week [Mar 7-10]

GET YOUR WMW CONFERENCE TICKETS HERE. GET YOUR WMW PARTY TICKETS HERE. WMW, founded by RBRN IDEAS [John Beh], amps up its second edition in 2019 with an earlier, and more extensive, conference session that saw over 600 attendees last year. Estimating over 2,000 attendees over the course of its four-day event this March 7-10, it aims to help connect…

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Songtradr Acquires Big Sync Music, A Music Licensing Agency.

Songtradr Acquires Music Licensing Big Sync Music

Songtradr, a leader in the digital music licensing sphere, today announced its acquisition of Big Sync Music Ltd, a name synonymous to the role it plays, creatively, as a music licensing agency. The acquisition was a multi-million dollar cash and equity transaction. A deal which saw the result in Big Sync’s co-founder, Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever,…

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HSBC Launches New Sound Identity Composed by Jean-Michel Jarre

The marriage of these two brands in a new sound campaign with HSBC strikes the perfect way to distribute Jarre’s music worldwide – almost instantly. At the start of 2018, HSBC launched a new global visual brand identity centered around its iconic hexagon, which is based on the company flag. As part of the campaign, it has teamed up with artiste…

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Live Nation promotes BlackPink's concert in Singapore

Live Nation Acquires Singapore Promoter ONE Production

Live Nation Entertainment has recently announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in ONE Production, a division of Rock Records Singapore Pte Ltd, a concert promoter, artist management, and label in Singapore. According to Live Nation’s latest release, ONE Production major productions feature “artists from countries across Asia, which complement the North American and European artists Live Nation Singapore…

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The first season of Sing!China the singing competition show was number one over seven weeks and broke online records for video views. Photo credit Ti Gong

How Streaming & Paid-Sub Boost Asia-based Entertainment Industry

Asia continues to grow in its curation for television focusing on unique content found only in the region. Noticing the unparalleled and wealth of material Asia-based producers are realizing the importance of their creative roles as part of exposing Asia’s raw talent. While Asia remain heavily influenced by the culture and social norms from its western counterparts partly consumed by…

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Will PUBG Take Over Gaming In China?

In 2017, Tencent announced that it would bring PUBG to China back when it was still the world’s best-selling game. While the conglomerate has altered PUBG’s content to meet China’s strict rules on violence and gore, it has yet to receive a license that would allow it to monetize the game. In October 2017, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players have grew to…

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