List of Speakers
Panel 2: Marketing and distribution of Taiwan LGBTQ+ and BL content.
Joe Tsai
C.O.O
Being an expert in creative marketing, she is exceptionally good at promoting films of various types through stories. From television to films, original animations to stage plays, 20 years of experience had secured her a name in promotion. She also specializes in LGBT+ content, with “Your Name Engraved Herein”, one of her recent promotion works, breaking the Taiwanese box office record for a gay film. Her first “World's BL” (WBL) original drama series is set to launch in January 2021, which is considered a Product-Market Fit and expected to be met with international popularity.
Steve Wang
Owner of Activator Marketing Co., Ltd.
He has dedicated into film industry and marketing business over 16 years in Taiwan. He joined over 200 films’ distribution, and started to explore IP content and produce films from 2016.
Steve established Activator with producer Lieh Lee and Tien-Tsun Ma since 2011, the company has released feature and documentary over 60 films. The remarkable films including feature “Jump Ashin!”” Zone Pro Site” and ”Detention”, documentaries including “Go Grandriders””Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above””Late Life: Chien Ming Wang Story”, “Run for dream” and "Andre and his olive tree".
Anita Sung
Content Business at Asia Content Manager
Education:
・Taipei National University of the Arts Bachelor of Theatre Arts
・Graduate School of Film Producing （Japan） Master of Film Producing
Work Experience: 2010～2018 SPO Entertainment Inc.(Japan) Chinese Content Purchaser ・Titles purchased: Prince of Lan Ling, Just you, Eternal Love, Princess Weiyoung etc.
2018～Video Market Corporation （Japan OTT Platform） Content Business Department Asia Content Manager ・Titles purchased: HIStory2, HIStory3, Because of You, We Best Love… and BL Drama titles from around the Asia ・Titles produced: Life Love on the Line （Japanese web drama）
Chang Ting Fei
Senior Producer
In 1996, joined a film and television production company and worked as a planning, screenwriter, and executive production for nearly eight years. Since 2003, served as a drama producer for China Television and TVBS for nearly 11 years. In 2014, moved to new media and served as LINE TV manager, CHOCO TV content chief, and vice president of FOX Chinese program production Taiwan.
Nicolas Lin
Senier Marketing Manager at GagaOOLala
With 10 years of experience at Portico Media, Nicolas manages everything from television channels, physical events, to the marketing & promotion of online platforms. He had run American television NBCU, A+E, and Viacom in Taiwan and along with the promotions. He was also in charge of the first three Taiwan International Queer Film Festivals, its funding and promotion. He has brought nearly 30 thousand people into theaters in three years, and has been in charge of general managemnet of marketing, advertising and events for GagaOOLala in Taiwan and overseas for the past 4 years.