Music Matters would like to thank all of our sponsors who prove that music does matter! Without these companies the event would not be possible.
1010
1O1O is the prestigious brand of CSL Ltd, the largest mobile operator in the mobile communications market in Hong Kong. Well-known for its quality network and premium customer services, 1O1O is not only the first choice for Hong Kong's business users but it is also benchmark leader for the industry. 1O1O established a number of notable and highly successful firsts, e.g. 1O1O Next GTM and 1O1O Concierge. The brand's market leadership and superior customer service are highly recognized by the industry.
For more information about 1O1O, please visit www.1O1O.com.hk
88TC88.com
88tc88.com is a web based service where bands, artists and musicians can translate their names, band names, songs and album titles into Chinese to be able to sell their music in Greater China. The service offers to arrange official approval by the Chinese authorities for the material to be released. 88tc88.com offers access to the Top 10 Chinese internet portals and telecoms for digital and mobile release and initial promotion through our powerful partner Shanghai Synergy Group, a subsidiary of the Shanghai Media Entertainment Group. All of these services can be bought through the website, either separate or as a package. Price tiers range from $28,88 to $588,88.
88tc88.com translates, approves, releases, promotes and sells your music to one billion chinese people.
A8.com
A8 Music Group is a fully integrated digital music company that monetizes music content - which is sourced from the leading interactive UGC platform www.a8.com as well as from international and domestic record labels in the form of ringtones, RBTs and IVR to mobile phone subscribers through handsets, a wireless network of mobile operators, and on the internet.
Helmed by an experienced management team with foresight and vision, A8 has gained strong multi-channel promotion capability, integrated marketing & sales functions, as well as an extensive sales & marketing network. A8 has been highly successful in promoting and monetizing its collected music content.
Altan Urag
Six graduates of the Music and Dance College of Mongolia formed Altan Urag in 2002. Motivated by their passion for Mongolia's rich culture and their goal to perform, the band introduced a new fusion of music that could move and speak to the world. Altan Urag produces a rare fusion of traditional Mongolian folk and rock.
The band has produced soundtracks for two internationally acclaimed movies: Mongol, by Sergei Bodrov, and Khadak, and has released four albums. They have performed in Switzerland, Korea, Russia, Khazakstan, Vietnam, Thailand, Uzbekistan and the United States.
Artistaloud.com
Artistaloud.com is a digital platform that provides music lovers access to unreleased music, which they can sample, buy as well as share with the world. An initiative pioneered by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Private Ltd., Artistaloud.com is an opportunity for independent artists to build a connect with their fans and for fans to have access to their music that is previously unreleased and created by the Artist for them.
Artistaloud.com explores the unheard by facilitating a platform between artists and their listeners. Artistaloud.com believes in the adage ‘the consumer is king' and that fresh new musical content and talent should be made available and presented on a platform that allows the listener to be the final judge of the quality of content and decide what kind of music ‘they' want to listen to.
Artistaloud.com is also in its own way an answer to fight piracy and a long awaited solution for artists to express themselves by way of ‘their music' and reach directly to their audience without commercial constraints and monotonous trends in the music industry.
The site currently houses original music from over 54 well known and unknown artists, both solo and group. It has music from several genres ranging from Alternative Pop, Fusion, English and Hindi Rock, Bollywood Pop and Classic Indi-Pop in Hindi, English, Punjabi Gujarati and Bengali.
ArtistAloud.com is a revolution in the Indian independent music scene that aims to give not only artists but also music lovers the control and right to build the demand for independent music from India on a global level.
Asia World Arena
AsiaWorld-Arena (also Hall 1, located at the East side of AsiaWorld-Expo) is Hong Kong's largest indoor seated venue with a maximum seating capacity of 13,500. Boasting a total area of 10,880 square metres and a high ceiling clearance of 19 metres, this world-class Arena is purposely built for hosting a wide variety of large-scale events, ranging from concerts, entertainment extravaganzas, sporting spectaculars to mega convention and corporate functions.
Besides, it is Hong Kong's only venue that can be converted to an end-stage set-up featuring part seating and part standing configuration. The venue has already staged a wide spectrum of special events, including big-name international pop-star concerts like Christina Aguilera, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Gwen Stefani, Kenny G, Westlife etc.
Avex Music Publishing
Avex Music Publishing was formed on April 1, 2010, as new publishing arm of Avex group companies.
Avex, as a record label, is the largest indie label in Japan and is one of three top labels for the past few years. Avex Musis Publishing is created to better serve songwriters, and it aims to grow not only in Japan but throughout the world.
BMI
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is a performing right organization: it collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
As a performing right organization, BMI issues licenses to various users of music, including television and radio stations and networks; new media, including the Internet and mobile technologies such as ringtones and ringbacks; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius. It then tracks public performances of its members' music, and collects and distributes licensing revenues for those performances as royalties to the more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers it represents, as well as the thousands of creators from around the world who have chosen BMI for representation in the U.S.
BMI currently represents some more than 6.5 million compositions - a number that is constantly growing.
Create Hong Kong
The Create Hong Kong is a dedicated agency set up under the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau in June 2009 to lead, champion and drive the development of the creative economy in Hong Kong. It co-ordinates Government policy and effort regarding creative industries, focuses Government's resources catering for the promotion and speeding up of the development of creative industries in Hong Kong, and works closely with the trade to boost the development of creative industries.
Find out more about Create Hong Kong's services and initiatives that drive the creative economy at www.createhk.gov.hk.
Getty Images
Getty Images is the world's leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world's most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites.
Gracenote
Gracenote, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, is a global leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and data services for digital entertainment solutions within the Internet, consumer electronics, mobile, and automotive markets. Formerly known as CDDB®, Gracenote delivers a substantially improved consumer experience in digital media devices and applications, making it an integral part of the digital media economy. Gracenote powers leading services including Apple iTunes, Yahoo! Music Jukebox, AOL Winamp; home and automotive products from Alpine, Panasonic, Philips and Sony; and mobile music applications from Samsung, Sony Ericsson, KDDI (Japan), KTF (Korea), Musiwave (Europe), and others
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
GRAND HYATT HONG KONG is located on Hong Kong Island's prime waterfront, commanding beautiful views of the world's famous Victoria Harbour. The hotel is directly connected to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and is only minutes away from Central and Admiralty business and shopping centers. All 549 guestrooms and suites are contemporarily designed and equipped with broadband Internet access. Nine restaurants and bars serve world-class cuisines and exciting buffets.
Plateau, an 80,000 square feet residential spa, offers overnight accommodation, as well as an extensive range of result-oriented spa treatments, a 50-metre outdoor heated swimming pool, five fitness and exercise studios, a 400-metre jogging track, tennis and square courts, an outdoor grill restaurant and a tree-lined Courtyard serving light refreshments.
Haldanes
Haldanes is heavily involved in the fast-moving and rapidly developing field of media and entertainment law across Asia region. Our experience in this area representing clients, ranging from multinationals to minor artists allows us to provide informed and practical advice on a wide variety of issues; covering every aspect of film, television music and publishing, for both traditional media and the mobile and on-line worlds.
Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells is a new law firm combining the breadth of business-oriented legal advice and high-quality service that clients have come to expect through working with its two founding firms - Hogan & Hartson and Lovells. With over 2,500 lawyers operating out of more than 40 offices around the world, Hogan Lovells offers a unique, high quality transatlantic capability, with extensive reach into the world's financial and commercial centres.
In Asia, Hogan Lovells' leading intellectual property practitioners based in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Vietnam provide local, regional and global solutions to the full range of IP problems. We have been advising clients for many years on effective protection and exploitation of their IP rights, for which we have received numerous accolades. Our pan-Asia coverage ensures effective implementation and management of cross-border strategies and provides a seamless service to our clients who have Asia-wide operations.
Hungama
Hungama.com ~ India's premier digital entertainment store
Life is limited, but entertainment doesn't have to be, when you are on board Hungama.com, India's premiere digital entertainment store. It is here to provide you a first of its kind ‘digital entertainment' experience where you can find a vast library of music tracks, videos, mobile ringtones & wallpapers, dialogues and a lot more. Through Hungama.com, consumers can download their favorite entertainment on their PC & mobile.
Here's a quick preview of what you can expect when on Hungama.com:
Unlimited entertainment: The website offers more than 300,000 music tracks, ringtones, music videos, mobile wallpapers and more from latest Bollywood releases, International chartbusters, Indian regional content in languages such as Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Tamil & Telugu, Ghazals, Devotional and more. Some of the popular catalogues that can be found on Hungama.com include, EMI Music, Warner Music, Universal, T Series, Yash Raj Films, Reliance Big Music and much more.
Great pricing: All entertainment on Hungama.com is available to consumers through legalized downloads. They can enjoy the entire range through our subscription packs which include downloads at INR 99 for unlimited downloads, INR 20 for a pack of four and INR 10 for single download.
Portability: Hungama.com is available on your mobile, as well, through your preferred browser. You may also sync with your PC and carry your content anywhere you wish to take it.
All of this in 3 Simple Steps:
Browse: Search or Explore the entire unlimited Indian content
Preview: Get a feel of every song, every video, ever wall-paper. Do not buy without getting a 30 second taste of every bit of entertainment available to you.
Download: Add whatever you wish to purchase to your cart and download in a few clicks
Entertainment hosted on Hungama.com can also be accessed on Facebook via the Hungama My Play application. Facebook users can now enjoy their favorite songs by simply adding this application to their profile pages and play latest music via live steaming. It also enables interaction through features such as ‘share' and ‘dedicate'.
Hungama.com on Mobile & Facebook has been awarded Three Creative ABBYs at GoaFest 2010.
Images In motion
For the last decade, Images In Motion (IIM) has filled an important gap in the Inflight Entertainment Industry. Asian airlines, particularly the mainland Chinese carriers, were looking for a supplier who could provide world class audio and video entertainment, while maintaining the airline's unique identity. With offices in Singapore and Beijing, IIM developed their product with the demands of their airlines and now boasts an impressive client list including; Air China, China Southern and Singapore Airlines to name but a few. Award winning producers, engineers and an impressive list of hosts ensures that IIM programmes are unique, entertaining and identifiable.
Invest HK
Invest Hong Kong is the Hong Kong SAR Government department that spearheads efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
We offer free investment promotion, facilitation and aftercare services to ensure that companies have all the support required to establish or expand operations in the dynamic Hong Kong economy. Whether it is information provision, site visits, business matching, or interface with government departments, InvestHK provides comprehensive inward investment support services to prospective and existing foreign investors.
Once companies arrive in Hong Kong, InvestHK continues to support them with advice and asistance on matters such as work visas, trademark registrations, incorporation, and other administrative, legal, and financial matters.
IODA (www.iodalliance.com) is a leading digital distribution companies for the global independent music and video community. IODA comprehensive services include license negotiations; media encoding and metadata management; royalty payment administration and reporting; and marketing and promotional support.
IODA's catalog of more than two million music tracks and more than 5,000 independent film and video titles is distributed to hundreds of digital storefronts worldwide, including all major digital music services like iTunes®, Amazon MP3 and MySpace Music and mobile carriers and outlets such as Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Nokia.
MPAJ
Music Publishers Association of Japan (MPAJ) was formed in 1973. The association always aims "to promote musical copyrights so as to contribute in the growth of music as a culture". MPAJ supports the music publishing industry for its sound development, and helps to harmonize within the business circle. Present membership counts approximately 260 publishers. Since MPAJ is the sole organization to represent the Japanese music publishing business. Not only publishing, it also represents record producers' interests to a certain extent, since many of the member publishers undertake record productions and hold master rights.
Omnifone
Omnifone is the world's leading independent provider of unlimited music services for device vendors, mobile carriers and ISPs including the likes of Sony Ericsson, Hutchison Telecom, Vodafone and Telenor who are rolling out Omnifone's multi-award winning unlimited music services globally. Omnifone's MusicStation® powered unlimited music services are live today with partners, including 3 Hong Kong, across four continents available to over 50 million device users.
Omnifone's MusicStation Max and MusicStation Next Generation solutions enable device vendor, ISP and mobile partners to deliver pre-licensed interoperable unlimited music services to multiple device platforms including mobile, PC, in-car and in-home devices. Omnifone is headquartered in Hong Kong and London.
Ovi NOKIA
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (http://www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and much more.
With millions of tracks from thousands of artists from around the globe, Ovi Music offers 12 months of unlimited music downloads to users of Comes With Music devices. What's more, tracks can be downloaded via mobile or PC, and every track can be kept forever.
SingTel AMPed
Within 5 months of launch, SingTel AMPed won the Best Mobile Music Service at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Nov 09. AMPed recreates the consumers' music experience beyond unlimited downloads. Exclusive content and music showcase invites, fully interactive web and mobile application, 15 songs to own every month and more are weaved together to form the AMPed music experience.
It is the single music service available on widest range of 3G handsets including the iPhone, a world's first for an operator-offered service.
Valleyarm is a leading Digital Distribution, Touring and Digital Charts reporting Company for South East Asia emerging from a collective of music industry experts. Valleyarm has offices in Australia and Partners throughout Asia, the Middle East, UK and Europe.
Valleyarm has developed a unique solution emphasising an Asian "homesick" model to provide digital music content, sub publishing and touring services to monetise Asian content outside of Asia, including a gateway for Western content owners to monetise content within Asia.
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic was founded in 1984. Since then it has become Britain's second-largest long-haul airline serving the world's major cities. It was also the first airline to introduce personal TVs (now offering 300 hours of audio/video on demand) and in-flight beauty therapists on board.
All aircrafts pre-configured for Upper Class, Premium Economy and Economy Class service, providing the highest-quality innovative service and excellent value for air travellers. Flying in Economy is all about fun and value, from our free amenity kit to our seat back TVs. Premium Economy seats are bigger and wider and there's a separate cabin dedicated to our Premium Economy passengers. The Upper Class has the biggest fully flat bed in Business Class.
Virgin Atlantic now operates a daily non-stop service from Hong Kong to both Sydney and London.
