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Malaysia's Competitive Advantage from the Perspective of Venture Capitalists at Echelon e27 Malaysia
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Do You Want More Investment for Your Music Startups?

At the recent Echelon Malaysia hosted by e27, a panel consisting of Venture Capitalists from Golden Gate Ventures, KK Fund, Captii Ventures and Gobi VC got together to discuss their perspective on the competitive advantage of a Malaysian startup. In recent years, technology is catching up fast in all active markets in Asia. With a burgeoning scene involving creative programmers, mobile apps are being created to ease day-to-day lifestyle as well as bettering the service industry including F&B, hotels, manufacturing, agricultural and many more. The idea of this discussion is…

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Beyonce's Lemonade topped Adele's 25 and Drake's Views on IFPI's 2016 Global Albums list (based on physical and digital sales, but excluding streams). Metallica's Hardwired...To Self-Destruct and David Bowie's Blackstar concluded the top five highest-seeling albums worldwide.

IFPI: Streaming Market Increased by 6 Percent Globally

Strong growth in the global recorded music market increased by 5.9 percent totalling a revenue of US$15.7 billion in 2016, the highest rate since IFPI began tracking the market in 1997. According to IFPI’s Global Music Report, digital sales has up 17.7 percent across the board, revenue which has surpassed physical for the first time in 2015 and increased again…

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MTV Mix is now available in Japan via Hulu

Hulu Brings MTV Mix To Japan

When we think that deals in Asia are going two feet under, we have yet to see what is brewing within Viacom, which has recently announced its partnership with HJ Holdings, Inc. This means that for the first time an international music channel such as MTV, will be broadcasting via Hulu in Japan to its audience in Japan starting 1…

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Sound of the Xity Beijing China International Music Conference and Festival

SOTX Conference on the Chinese Music Market

Sound of the Xity is back this week with a four-day festival showcase and conference at venues including Modernsky Lab, School Bar, Tango and Yugong Yishan around the DongCheng District in Beijing. Apart from the attendance of over 1,000 representatives from within China and abroad, the festival part will also see 12 local and international artistes of varying styles and…

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iamNEETA Sakit's has reached over 6 million views on YouTube.

Malaysia’s Top 10 Most Streamed Domestic Singles (Week 15)

As we continue to see the growth of the singles market in the South Asia region, Malaysia is showing no signs of slowing down.  We took a look at the local charts and found some pretty healthy stats and a little insight into the people’s choice of music. With data provided by BMAT, the Recording Indsutry Association of Malaysia (RIM)…

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World Youth Jazz Fest to take place at TREC KL

TREC and DBKL to Host World Youth Jazz Festival

The WOLRD YOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL, in its 6th edition, is slated to take place from 5 – 7 May at TREC KL. TREC KL will be hosting the festival for the first time and has recently released its final line-up of artistes including DBKL’s nine-piece orchestra Summons Syndicate, Lee Pei Ling, Kirana Kay, Three Song, NVML, Sophie Bright, Harry Toledo,…

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Budweiser STORM announced its 2017 return to key markets plus expansionary plans into new cities within China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Changsha, and Xiamen.

A2LiVE Appoints New MD and CCO

China’s EDM Festival Giant – A2Live – has officially announced their newly-appointed executive role for its Shanghai headquarters. Eric Reithler-Barros, a New York City business development exec, will join A2Live senior leadership team as Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer to head a variety of departmental teams in driving the rapid Asian expansion and development of the pioneering entertainment company.…

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Moogfest attracted over 6,000 attendees this year alone.

Moogfest Converges Music, Art and Technology

Moogfest, the synthesis of music, art and technology, has unveiled the full schedule for the expansive four-day festival. Happening from 18-21 May, the event explores the future of technology, art, and music, the festival which will include more than 300 musical performances, daytime workshops, conversations, masterclasses, film screenings, live scores, durational sound installations, and interactive art experiences. Alongside Masterclasses with…

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Unusual Entertainment is now a public company listed on the Singapore Exchange.

UnUsUaL Entertainment Launch IPO Listing at Singapore Exchange

In early April, Singapore’s UnUsUaL Limited placed out 96,990,000 shares at 20 each in conjunction with its spin-off from mm2 Asia when it was listed on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange. Since then it has more than doubled its IPO price delivering an 118% return on investment to shareholders in its first day trading as a public company…

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Fred Chong, GROUP CEO of WebTVAsia and Prodigee Media

WebTVAsia & Prodigee Media Opens Echelon Malaysia Day 2

Desmond Ngai, Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships of WebTVAsia & Prodigee Media will open the second day of Echelon while his partner from WebTVAsia Fred Chong, Founder and Group CEO will conclude the event with a presentation. An established songwriter, music producer and multi-genre creator, Chong founded Prodigee Media in 2005 as a multi-platform business in film, TV and music…

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