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MUMBAI:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) joins the 160 companies
to have already agreed to exhibit at the first edition of
Amazia, Asia’s entertainment content market. MGM chairman
and CEO Harry E. Sloan will deliver a keynote speech as part
of the two day entertainment summit.
The
inaugural event, opening with the Amazia Entertainment Summit
(17-18 November), will take place from 18-20 November 2008,
at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Amazia
will be organised by Reed Midem which also organises the television trade events
MipTV and Mipcom in Cannes, France each year. Sloan
says, “I am pleased to have been invited to give a keynote speech at AMAZIA,
and appreciate the opportunity to share MGM's global expansion strategy with delegates
from both Asia and throughout the world during this promising new entertainment
summit. "
MGM is one of the world's few instantly recognised brands, having surpassed geographic,
language and cultural barriers with its ability to develop and distribute popular
entertainment for the world's media consumers. I look forward to discussing our
latest global initiatives as well as my thoughts on how popular entertainment
franchises and formats are demonstrating the numerous similarities among today's
global audience.” .
Sloan
headed media companies New World Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment before
building the media empire that would become SBS Broadcasting. After selling his
interest in SBS Broadcasting, Sloan was named MGM chairman in October 2005 and
continues in that role to redefine today's modern studio business model.
He
is the first confirmed keynote for the Amazia Entertainment
Summit featuring top leaders from Asian and international
markets. During two days, this high-level visionary conference
will bring together key media and entertainment figures from
India, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, South East Asia, the
United States and Europe. Web 2.0, mobile, film, music and
TV players will provide their insight into the future of media
and digital distribution and discuss cutting edge trends in
Asian and world markets.
The
summit will also give participants the possibility to discover next generation
digital lifestyles and new entertainment models (advertising, regulation and creative
disruption) via case studies. | 
