The 2024 ContentAsia Awards takes place in Taiwan for the first time on Thursday, 5 September, in a live ceremony and party in Taipei attended by guests from the entertainment industry across Asia. The 5th annual ContentAsia Awards Party is hosted by Trendy Taipei a mega multi-national festival, consisting of 13 highlight events related to music and TV entertainment, live music performances, digital marketing and the tech industry.
The events include the two-day ContentAsia Summit along with ContentAsia Premieres co-organised with Studio76 and Rising Stories, and the ContentAsia x GagaOOLala half-day focus on LGBTQ+ programming and production. Trendy Taipei runs at venues across the city from 2-8 September.
More than 140 programmes from 13 countries in Asia have been nominated in the 2024 ContentAsia Awards, highlighting premium video content and talent achievements across multiple platforms in the Asia region. Awards will be presented by, among others, the Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner, Shih-Ping Tsai.
The 2024 ContentAsia Awards celebrate Asia’s best premium video/TV content in 27 categories. This year’s categories include Best TV Drama Series for both local and regional audiences, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Game Show, Best Original Song and Best Factual Entertainment Programme. More than 500 entries from 13 countries/territories in Asia were submitted for the ContentAsia Awards this year, a record for the five-year-old event. The nominees were chosen by 77 jury members, hand-picked from across industry sectors in Asia and around the world.
This year’s entries came from China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Titles from Taiwan nominated this year include Catchplay, Hakka TV, Portico Media, Screenworks Asia and Taiwan+.
Nominated programmes from elsewhere in the region include Applause Entertainment (India), BEC World/Channel 3 (Thailand), Coupang (Korea), GMM TV Co (Thailand), Mediacorp (Singapore), True CJ Creations (Thailand/Korea), Nippon TV (Japan), Television Broadcasts Ltd (Hong Kong), and Warner Bros Discovery (Regional).
ContentAsia Awards’ President, Janine Stein highlighted the quality of the Asia´s scene: "The quality of Asia’s original production continues to go from strength to strength, and nowhere is this more evident than in Taiwan. Local filmmakers are stepping forward with even more compelling stories and an authenticity that is attracting attention in the region and globally. This was the key reason for our decision to locate the regional ContentAsia Summit and Awards in Taipei," commented.
KC Global Media, Asia’s leading entertainment hub, is the Broadcast Partner for the ContentAsia Awards 2024. For the first time ever, the Awards ceremony will be a televised event on AXN Asia and AXN Taiwan. George Chien, Co-founder, CEO, and President of KC Global Media, expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership: “We are honoured to be the Broadcast Partner for ContentAsia Awards 2024 including the red carpet arrivals. ContentAsia has always been the APAC regional authority in featuring reliable entertainment intelligence so for us to come together to celebrate the Asia Pacific regional talents and innovative content in the industry is exciting. Being able to broadcast the Awards ceremony for the first time on AXN is an important milestone for KC Global Media, and further fortifies our commitment to showcasing high-quality and unparalleled content to our audience," stated.
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