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02/09/2010
Laos: MTV Releases Animated Film Against Human Trafficking MTV revealed in Vientiane its first animated film intersection that provides a hard-hitting look at human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Asia.
01/09/2010
Nepal: Media Bodies Object To Indian Embassy Statement Four Nepali media organisations raise serious concerns over the Indian Embassy’s recent statement over the differences between the Indian joint ventures and the media houses.
01/09/2010
Maldives: Private Channels Are Run With “ill-gotten” Money MP accuses Maldivian private channels of using "ill-gotten" money to run TV channels critical of the government.
01/09/2010
Thailand: Government Channel Hit By Grenade Attack Police suspect a grenade attack at state-run Channel 11 station was the work of the same people behind last week's explosion in the city.
01/09/2010
China: Fiji Commissions CCTV To Make Documentary South Pacific island nation commissions Chinese TV expertise to promote tourism.
One aspect of the Government's "creative industry" push to uplift Thailand's economy is the digital content industry, in an attempt to make the country stand out in the Asia market.
This year, the market expects to reach 22.8 billion baht, of which 11.4 billion baht will come from animation and the remainder from games.
This will be an increase on last year, when the market size was 20.5 billion baht, made up of 10.2 billion baht from animation and 10.3 billion baht from games. However last year's figure was down from 2008, when the industry was worth 21.2 billion baht. This drop was blamed on the economic downturn.
The Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa), in collaboration with industry partners, has secured approval for a budget of 178 million baht to promote the digital content industry under the Strong Thailand economic stimulus package. This will help set in motion various activities under the Digital Media Asia 2010 (DMA) project, according to Jeerasak Pongpisanupichit, Chairman of the Executive Board at Sipa.
The DMA intends to help expand opportunities in the international market and attract investment or co-investment for creative industry, especially in the game and animation fields.
