Advertising, Marketing and Business News in Asia, China and Japan

iTV-Asia is Asia's first internet television network for business executives and provides business news, interviews and analysis with leading China and Japan business leaders.

Launched on January 1, 2003, iTVJapan.com creates original programming for both international and Japanese business executives (currently 22 different programs). It has produced more than 400 different program segments to-date featuring leading international business executives and opinion leaders in Japan.

In addition to its own programs, iTVJapan is also an official media partner of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan (BCCJ), the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) and the European Business Council (EBC).

iTVJapan was the culmination of several years of development and planning. KIA produced its first internet streaming project in 1999 for the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) congress. This was the first time that any conference (either domestic or international) had ever been webcast in Japan and placed KIA at the forefront of streaming media in Japan and Asia.

Our new website iTV-Asia which will host multi-country content was re-launched on May 1, 2007 and will focus on China, Japan and Southeast Asia. iTV-Asia will initially focus on China, and in the future will also begin to produce and webcast programs from Southeast Asia.

KIA is a registered Hong Kong company and has operations in Tokyo and Shanghai. The company operates a virtual television network under the iTV-Asia.com umbrella that includes the iTV-Asia and iTVJapan websites.

It streams its content 24-hours a day, seven days a week, and its content can be viewed by using Window's Media Player software. The company is focused on expanding the successful niche-programming model of cable and satellite television to the Internet, in anticipation of the continuing expansion of broadband technologies and the convergence of the internet with digital television.

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Management

Kerry Kennedy

Executive Producer
ITV-Asia & ITV-Japan

www.itv-asia.com

Kerry Kennedy is from Hawaii and has lived and worked in Asia for more than 20-years. He first visited Japan as a high-school student and studied at the University of Hawaii (Manoa), Sophia University in Tokyo and National Taiwan Normal University. He has more than 20-years of experience in media in the Asia Pacific - including print media, database / direct marketing, internet website development and now internet webcasting.

His previous company, Kennedy International Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) was one of Japan's first independent direct marketing agencies and conducted direct marketing for many of Japan's leading companies including American Express, Proctor-Gamble, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, General Motors Japan, Newsweek Magazine, Time Magazine and Northwest Airlines

Since doing his first webcasting in 1999 he has been one of Asia's leading pioneers in the development of streaming media / webcasting services through his websites, ITV-Asia and ITV-Japan.

ITV-Japan is now considered the largest content/video business portal in the Asia-Pacific region and contains more than 400 interviews on the subject of doing business in Japan. ITV-Japan is an official media partner of the American, British and Canadian chambers of commerce in Japan and the European Business Council (Japan).

Edward Gwinn

Managing Director
DEGlobal Ltd. / Advisor - ITV-Asia (Shanghai)

www.deglobal.net

Edward's background is rich in the intricacies of high end, corporate finance throughout Asia with particular emphasis on China. He specializes in economic analysis, finance and accounting structures, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He is also an expert on the management and analysis of competitive intelligence.

During his long and successful career with a multi-national automotive supplier, he served a number of years as CFO of Greater China and Korea. He has an astute knowledge of the business practices in China where he established and managed the company's finance and accounting functions. He was also in charge of managing logistics, purchasing and costing functions; and led the establishment of a major holding company along with numerous joint ventures.

Edward set up effective planning and budget functions for all product lines and locations throughout China. His expertise helped this company grow from a minor player to the No.1 company in its industry in China.

Before entering consulting, Edward served as VP of Business Intelligence for all Asian operations. He is an expert at profiling competitors to identify their business models and providing regular monitoring and analysis of changes in strategic direction. He has also tracked economic and political developments of countries around the world to maximize his company's competitive advantage in its many theaters of operation.

Establishing or expanding a business in Asia can be extremely lucrative, but it is also can be fraught with financial pitfalls. Someone with Edward's hands-on experience and proven track record is an absolute necessity for bottom line success.

Edward is active in the American Chambers of Commerce in Shanghai and Beijing, serving as Chairman of the Washington DC "Doorknock" Committee. He was a recent candidate for AmCham Shanghai's Board of Governors.

He is currently Managing Director of DE Global Ltd. and Shanghai GuanShu Investment Consulting Co. Ltd; Executive Producer of Shanghai GuanShu Media as well as a Partner in Gravitas Partnership, an Asia-wide consulting group.

		Joy Jiang
		Project Manager ITV-Asia & ITV-Japan (Shanghai) www.itv-asia.com
Joy Jiang is the project manager for both ITV-Asia and ITV-Japan and is responsible for the content management and production of both websites. Joy coordinates with hosts and guests, video staff and our associates in China, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore. Joy moved to Shanghai in August 2004. Prior to joining ITV-Asia, Joy had been in the international hotel industry for more than 5 years, with most of that time in Dalian and Shanghai. She also has more than 8 years experience in customer service, including hotel, travel agency, cosmetic and healthy food. Joy went to Singapore in 2002, and completed her Bachelor of Business Administration in Asia Pacific Management Institute and South Australia University in 2004. She was born and raised in Dalian, Liaoning province in China, and has one son.

		Brigitte McNamara
		Marketing Associate ITV-Asia www.itv-asia.com
Brigitte McNamara is ITV-Asia's marketing associate and is based in Shanghai, PRC. Her areas of responsibility include marketing, branding and coordinating various ITV-Asia events. Brigitte was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She majored in Communication & Media Studies and sub-majored in Asian Studies while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Brigitte is tri-lingual and speaks English, Bahasa (Indonesia) and is now studying Mandarin.

		Daniel Shapiro
		Content Editor ITV-Asia www.itv-asia.com
Dan Shapiro is an American-born communicator dedicated to telling great stories and informing the masses. Originally from New Jersey, Mr. Shapiro has since spent time in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Shanghai, contributing to publications such as The Daily Free Press, The Trentonian, RAVE, and City Weekend. In addition to his writing ventures, Shapiro, a 2004 graduate of Boston University's College of Communication, is also a songwriter and the driving force behind the Shanghai-based hard rock-and-roll band The Rogue Transmission.

		Raymond Chan
		Contributing Writer ITV-Asia (Shanghai) www.itv-asia.com
Raymond Chan was born and raised in New York City. He has 14 years of experience working in Wall Street firms. Raymond is a former VP in IT at NYC's prestigious investment bank, Goldman Sachs. He is currently a freelance business writer in Shanghai who joined ITV-Asia in 2007. His responsibilities include editing and proofreading web content and writing informative articles on various aspects of Shanghai and China.

		Anthony Trotter
		Producer / Cameraman ITV-Japan (Tokyo) www.itvjapan.com
Anthony Trotter is a former Producer of Reuters Television and Fuji Television's national nightly news program "News Japan." His responsibilities include filming and editing of iTV-Japan's internal programs and external client projects. Anthony is a proud native of Buffalo, New York and has lived and worked in Japan for more than 10-years.

		Philip Mauna
		Video Editor / Graphics & Motion Graphics Artist (Cebu)
Born in Cebu, Philippines on January 1975, Philip Muaqa initially studied to be an Engineer in College but ended up pursuing his passion for the arts. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Cebu, Philip Muana started his career as a graphic artist. He worked for some of the leading advertising agencies in Cebu City but eventually progressed to do motion graphics, flash animation and video editing, where he is self-taught. For about five years, he was working as a full time graphic artist and at the same time, freelancing for numerous personal clients as an editor doing AVP's and multi-media presentations. He has long since transitioned from graphics to video editing and is currently the senior video editor of an international company based in Cebu. He tries to keep the balance between career and personal life by graphic designing, playing music and entering art competitions. He recently bagged the grand prize for the 2007 Websining Digital Competition for the Animation Category that was sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in the Philippines.

		Keith Lawrence Valmores
		Web Manager (Singapore)
Keith is from Cebu, Philippines. He studied at the University of San Carlos where he got his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science. He has more than 10 years experience in Research and Software Development including Web Applications. Keith has worked for some of the leading Research & Development Multi-National Companies in Cebu, Japan and Singapore where he has gained most of his experience and knowledge.

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