
Jacinta Halsall
activeTV is an internationally renowned independent production company based in Australia and Asia. The company produces programming across a broad range of genres including reality, factual, entertainment and children’s television. activeTV is known for taking on international formats and creating local versions boasting high production and entertainment values, which translates into top ratings for broadcasters.
The company has produced two seasons of ‘The Amazing Race Australia’ (Seven Network), which has won an International Emmy and awards at the inaugural Australian AACTAs and Asian Television Awards. This success comes off the back of four seasons of the award winning ‘The Amazing Race Asia’ (AXN), three seasons for Reshet in Israel and versions for the Philippines and Ukraine.
Since its inception, activeTV Asia has quickly cemented its reputation as the region’s most highly skilled producers of reality, entertainment and factual programming. Its slate includes ‘E! News Asia’ (Comcast), ‘Cash Cab Asia’ (AXN), original series ‘Can You Serve?’ and ‘Driving Change with Caltex’ (digital/StarWorld).
In Australia, activeTV boasts a highly respected children’s division, which has produced 91 episodes of the smash hit comedy-action series ‘Prank Patrol’, now exported to CBBC, ZDF and RAI. activeTV Australia also produce prestigious televised events, including ‘Woolworths Carols in the Domain’.
The company has gained an international reputation as a first class facilitator and producer of turnkey productions. In Australia the team have facilitated for US and UK programs including Discovery’s ‘World’s Toughest Truckers’, Comcast’s ‘Chelsea Lately’, fashion series ‘How Do I Look?’ and ‘Finding Bigfoot’ (Animal Planet).
activeTV is currently launching an exciting slate of original factual, reality and kids programming thanks to its recently formed development division ‘activeTV Originals’.

active TV
Sponsorship and Business Development Coordinator
Chris Hilton
Essential Media and Entertainment is one of Australia's most prolific and award winning production companies making high quality factual series, documentaries and multi-platform content. Its factual team, headed by executive producers Chris Hilton and Alan Erson, has produced hundreds of hours of quality documentary for broadcasters such as PBS, BBC, Channel Four, Discovery, National Geographic and Arte as well as all Australian networks. The company covers the full range of factual programming including science, history, arts, factual entertainment and lifestyle.

Essential Media and Entertainment
CEO and Executive Producer
Carol Hirschfeld
Maori Television is New Zealand's indigenous broadcaster. Launched in 2004, the network's primary role is to help revitalisie te reo Maori (Maori language) and tikanga (culture).

Maori Television
General Manager Production
Ryan Hodgson
ScreenWest is Western Australia's screen funding and development agency, committed to working in partnership with the screen industry to develop, support and promote film, television and digital media production in Western Australia.

Screen West
Productions Investment Manager
Ruifang Hua
Founded in 2001, Rare Media is one of China’s leading documentary content suppliers. The firm's diverse catalogue features more than 2,000 hours of documentary programming, and over 20,000 hours of raw footage. Moreover, Rare Media produces in average 70 minutes of new content per day. In 2011, we launched “Raredoc Time”, a 2.5h daily slot providing documentary programming to city-level TV broadcasters throughout China. Apart from our in-house production and international co-productions, we acquire over 300 hours of documentaries from overseas each year.

Rare Media
Head of European Business Development
Haibo Huang
Beginning operation on 31 March, 1996, based in Hong Kong, Phoenix Satellite Television has been striving constantly to provide quality Mandarin programming to the global Chinese communities, with an ultimate objective of "shortening the distance between the Chinese around the world". The dynamism of this massive market, combined with successful expansion strategies, has enabled Phoenix to develop a comprehensive multi-dimensional media platform.
Today, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix InfoNews Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel, Phoenix North America Chinese Channel and Phoenix Hong Kong Channel, broadcasting to audiences in the Asia Pacific, Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East, Australia etc., covering more than 180 countries and regions. Besides World and Greater China news coverage, Phoenix TV has been very popular among the elite group of Chinese audiences for its insight and inspiring programs ranging from documentaries; current affairs slots and talk shows.
Mr. Haibo Huang would like to meet with delegates who have programs that relate to the Phoenix Chinese Channel program sphere.
