Japan: Azusa Nakamura, manager content producer, Hulu; Yuki Yoshida from NBCUniversal Japan; Asana Shimizu, executive producer, Jcom; Kyoko Sekine, content acquisition, Hulu; Rajiv Shawn and Atsushi Miyasaka from NBCUniversal Japan; Kazufumi Nagasawa, CCO, Hulu; Joe Ikeda, general manager, content programming and acquisitions, Jcom.
Takeshi Murakoshi, international business, Yumiuri TV (Japan); Yukiko Kimishima, managing director, Nippon TV (Japan); Shiho Kanada, general manager, and Tatsuya Yanase, associate, both from Mitsubishi Group (UK/Japan).
Japanese buyers: Hiromichi Sato, VP client relations, Paramount GCD (Japan); Tomoyasu Tsurumaru, president and representative director, Takumi Watanabe, video package solution team, Sachi Muto, manager of video package solution team, all from Happinet (Japan).
Miroslav Radojevic, sales director, Global Agency, with Middle East head buyers: Robin Philip, CEO of Geophil Media; Ali Al Saleh, Founder of Al Fardous; Youssef El Husseini, Acquisitions from Araby TV; Tareq Alibrahim, Director of MBC 1, MBC Drama, and Rola Sharif, attender.
Jisun Youm, programming strategy lead, KBS South Korea; Juyeong Han, acquisitions manager, KBS Media, South Korea
Micro-dramas leading players: Yuan Xu, Operations Manager, Shenzhen Media Group, China; Maria Rua Aguete, head of M&E, Omdia, UK; Liqiang Zhao, Global Content Partnership, Huawei China; Alex Montalvo, Co-Founder & CCO, GammaTime, USA; Timothy Oh, General Manager, COL Group China
China: Li Hanchun, Deputy Director of International Department, Cui Feng, VP, and Yuanyuan Qiu, President, the three from Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC), with Bi Haibo, Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy at UK (third from the left)
Yes TV Israel’s team: Yaki Jacques, SVP content programming; Mor Laor, SVP content acquisitions; Karen Gleicher, programming director; Aviram Itzcovich, acquisitions director
Top MENA buyers: Badih Fattouh, CEO, Creative Venture (UAE); Tania Wazzan, programming manager, Al Jadeed TV (Lebanon); Tareq Ibrahim, director of MBC 1, MBC Drama & Shahid (Saudi Arabia); Amal Totayo, CEO, Prime Target (UAE).
Asian buyers: Avi Himatsinghani, CEO, Sandie Lee, EVP & content head, both from Rewind Networks (Singapore); Kris Imai, head of international business, U-Next (Japan).
Kids buyers from TRT, the pubcaster of Turkey: Banu Atay, deputy head of strategy, Seyma Zengin, head of strategy, Hande Turan Askin, senior content trend consultant
Nargis Bekputina, head of licensing, Gaziza Zhapparova, chief content officer, both from Tor Media (Kazakhastan); Anara Akhmetova, director, Alacast (Kazakhastan).
Vietnamese buyers: Hounf Nguyen, S&A Media; Hong Dang, International media JS Company; Ha Ghu, Tong Thi Thu Ha, Tutey Anh, all from MCN, Multimedia Content Network; Nhung VU, 3ABH M Company; Ngan Hoanh, BH Media; Linh Nhguyen, 3ACompany
Rieta Faud, Tripar Multivision Plus’, Indonesia; Ina Cahyaningsih and Setiawan Budi Rangga, both Virgo Permata Film, Indonesia; with Pauline Teng, Blue Max, Singapore
Bridget Ryan, acquisitions manager, Peter Andrews, head of network programming, both from SBS (Australia)
African buyers: Carol Wachira, digital director, Royal Media (Kenya); Khululeka Khumalo, programmes coordinator, Eswatini TV (Swaziland); Prince Hari Crystal, group director of operations, Crystal TV Group (Ghana); Apiorkor Ashong, head of programmes production, Channel One TV (Ghana).
OTT Asian buyers: Rita Chen, Disney, Mona Zhang and Didi Caw, Sohn; Mark Chan, Disney; Maggie Xiong, COL; Shirley Chen and Hua Dai, Disney
India: Vijaykumar Bhairavabhotla, director, Magiclume; Sriram Chandrasekaran, founder & managing director, Broadvision + Studio 56; Divya Kala, founder, Educiting Technologies; Adithyan Shayan, chief operating officer; Aniruddha Nag, managing director, Anicreations Private.
Buyers from Tanzania: Mohamed Ally, project manager, Sabrina Mohamedali, CEO, Ilham Rashid, content coordinator, Sarah Jackson, content coordinator, all from Azam Media