The 37th Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony
The Story
Event Date: 15 April 2018
Event Duration: 330 minutes
Event Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre
Live Streaming Platform: Website and OpenSky.tv App
Live Streaming Region: 27 designated territories*
KEY IMPACTS
- The first-ever High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) live stream in Hong Kong** allowed audience to enjoy more lifelike and incredible viewing experience
- As the Official Live Streaming partner of HKFA, TFI offered live stream to 27 territories with value added features, including simultaneous Chinese/English interpretation and bilingual subtitles in programme archive. It overcame the language barriers and attracted more overseas audience to participate in this remarkable event
- Instead of targeting only the local audience through single broadcasting channel, TFI's live stream helped to increase the reach of audience through the Internet, over 117,000 global audience could enjoy the ceremony by different digital devices
OVERVIEW
The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) is an annual and the most prestigious film award in Hong Kong, so-called” Asia Oscar” and the talk-of-the-town event for all Chinese over the world. TFI has been entitled as HKFA Official Worldwide Online Live Streaming Partner of Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) for three consecutive years. With the vision to “Bring Content, Culture, People Together through Video Technologies”, TFI provided broadcast quality and seamless online live stream to 27 designated territories. It enabled overseas audience to participate in this cinematic occasion at the same time facilitated Hong Kong Film Awards Association to promote Hong Kong movies and culture to the world. In order to bring a truly immersive viewing experience to the worldwide audience, TFI continued adding more premium custom features, including but not limited to, HDR Live stream, Chinese/ English subtitles and simultaneous English interpretation, etc.
*27 designated territories include: Taiwan, Japan, United Kingdom, Korea, Germany, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Russia, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
**Applicable to selective devices
The 37th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) : http://hkfa.tfidm.com
The Client
Hong Kong Film Awards
Founded in 1982, the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) is the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among one of the most respected film awards in mainland China and Taiwan. The awards recognize achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography. The awards are equivalent to the Oscars and the BAFTA Film Award.