History

Don Kang is Vice President of Content (Korea) at Netflix, and leading Netflix’s Content team in Seoul office to discover the best made-in-Korea stories for the world’s entertainment fans. Don joined Netflix in 2018 as Netflix built out the team of Content executives in Korea for partnering with local storytellers.
He has spearheaded several key partnerships including the content agreements with Korea’s leading content companies including CJ ENM and Studio Dragon, and also led on deals for hit Korean series including It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Itaewon Class, and Crash Landing on You. Prior to joining Netflix, he was the Head of International Sales at CJ E&M. He was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award at Korea Contents Awards 2017 for contributing to overseas expansion and cultural exchange when working at CJ E&M.

Janice Lee oversees the company’s media and entertainment businesses including Viu, its pan-regional video streaming service; Viu TV, HK’s fastest growing free TV service as well as Makerville, its content creation and talent management company. She also oversees the Media Group’s digital streaming music service MOOV. Janice spearheaded the launch and international expansion of Viu, which is now Asia’s leading video streaming service with over 60 million monthly active users and with operations across Southeast Asia, the Middle East & South Africa. In addition, the group invests in original content under the brand Viu Original, in Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines as well as Hong Kong, the home market for Viu TV. In June 2023, PCCW and CANAL+ Group jointly announced the formation of a strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of Viu. As a result, CANAL+ has become a significant minority shareholder via its investment in Viu. Janice was named Forbes Asia’s Power Business Women in 2021 and was named in Variety500, an index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry in 2021 and 2022. She joined the PCCW Group in 2003. Prior to founding Viu as a pan-regional streaming service in 2015, she also led the successful launch of Now TV. Under her leadership, Now TV successfully disrupted the traditional cable market and grew into the market leader in Hong Kong. Janice has over 25 years of experience in media, digital entertainment, and consumer businesses, including with STAR TV and Warner Brothers and Citibank N.A.

TVING CEO Julie Choi is an all-round IT-platform specialist with extensive experience at Walt Disney Korea, W Concept, and TRENBE. Choi is the first female CEO in the Korean OTT industry.
From 2021 to 2023, Choi served as Chief Sales & Strategy Officer of luxury e-commerce platform TRENBE overseeing global MD(Merchandising) and partnerships, achieving rapid business growth in the global sector.
After her position at the Boston Consulting Group in 2007, she was responsible for managing the business strategy for Asia at Walt Disney Korea from 2013 to 2018, including the launch of Disney+ in Korea.
Combining her expertise in content business and proven experience in cultivating trend-setting platforms, she is leading TVING to expand as Korea’s leading OTT platform.

2023 CEO, TVING Co., Ltd
2021~2023 CBO(Chief Business) CSO(Chief Sales & Strategy Officer), TRENBE
2018~2021 CSO(Chief Sales & Strategy Officer) W CONCEPT
2013~2018 Team Leader / Manager of Strategy and Business Development Division The Walt Disney Korea
2007~2013 Consultant The Boston Consulting Group

John Gleasure is a founder and board director of DAZN, the leading Global Sports Streaming service, founder of Perform Group, the leading provider of Sports Data and Streaming services to the Betting and Media Industries, Executive Chairman of The Sporting News and an active investor in a number of Media, Sports, Music and Technology companies.
With almost 30 years media experience, John has managed the Sports Rights relationships with virtually every major federation and rightsowner, the Partnerships with all the leading TV, Mobile and Internet Platfroms across the globe and worked on the Sky Digital Pay TV Platform, Hutchsion Whampoa’s first 3G Mobile Sports Service and DAZN, the market leading Global OTT Sports Platform.

Vivek Couto is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Media Partners Asia (MPA). MPA, established in 2001, is a leading independent provider of advisory, consulting and research services, focusing on media and telecoms in Asia Pacific. MPA also operates AMPD, established in 2019. AMPD uses passive measurement to provide customer behaviour data and insights across the online landscape in 13 global markets. AMPD software decrypts title level consumption and first view data for online apps across categories including online video, music, telco connectivity, advertising, gaming and commerce. The fusion of title level and first view data with AMPD metadata and supply level databases drives category insights. AMPD won the Best International Media Research Award at the 2023 UK Mediatel Media Research Awards, which recognizes organizations driving innovation in research.
At MPA and AMPD, Vivek leads teams to offer clients actionable market and consumer research, various advisory services, M&A-related due diligence (DD) and independent appraisals. MPA has also been involved as an Independent Consultant the IPOs of numerous broadcasting, content, streaming, telecom and pay-TV companies in APAC and the US. MPA also hosts the leading annual summit APOS, Asia’s premier event for the TMT industry with global impact. MPA and AMPD include online video platforms, content producers and studios, telecom and pay-TV operators, advertising agencies, private equity and financial investor and various government & industry bodies.
Vivek is on the Board of Directors at Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore. Previously, he was a senior analyst at Kagan Group, a subsidiary of global media research company Paul Kagan Associates, working under Paul Kagan. Vivek is a graduate from the London School of Economics & Political Science with a BSc Economics degree and an MSc Economics degree in International Political Economy.

Tenshin Tsutsumi has served as CEO of U-NEXT Co., Ltd. since 2017, having been a part of U-NEXT since its launch in 2007 and overseen its growth into the largest market share holder amongst domestic OTT services. In addition to his role as CEO, Tenshin concurrently serves on the board of directors for USEN-NEXT Holdings, Y.U-mobile, and TACT.

Uky Choi has more than 20 years of experience as a motivated and seasoned Senior Executive in Digital Media and Data Monetization.
He specializes in leading new technology and business projects, focusing on digital transformation and a wide range of investment projects.
He is adept at guiding significant strategic programs and teams in complex, international, and highly dynamic environments. He has succeeded in execution settings to accomplish ambitious goals.

Kiju Kim, as the head of the syndicated business division of HankooK Research, he conducts research on the media area and the advertising industry.
He helps to establish a media content strategy for many media companies and platforms.
Also he has contributed to develop advertiser’s media planning business and support to valuable consumer insight. 
He has designed & managed HRC(Hankook Research Co. Ltd.)’s media & advertising project, provided insightful idea to media companies & advertising agencies. 
His experience has focused on media & advertisement studies for 24 years, after joined HRC. He has a very close relationship with Academia, media industry and advertising industry. He has contributed to the development of the media and advertising industry.

KunHee Park has been instrumental in bringing Korean Video Entertainment Content to mainstream audiences across the Americas, and was an inaugural member of wavve Americas, Inc. (aka Korea Content Platform, KCP). KunHee currently holds the cross-functional role, CEO & CPO of wavve Americas, and distributes the Korean Entertainment OTT streaming brand, 'KOCOWA,’ to North, Central, and South America through various flexible business models. Through his leadership as CTO, and technical and business ingenuity in establishing KOCOWA as a premiere OTT streaming site based on the paid subscription model, KunHee was appointed CEO in 2018. Previously, he was an engineering organization leader of AsiaPacific in the video service and solution division at Cisco Systems and Synamedia (aka NDS).

Dr. Dongkyoo Sung is a Professor at the Media and Communication Department of Chung-Ang University since 1998, and was the former president of the Korean OTT(Over-the-Top) forum in 2018. He has mainly focused on the researches of the media policies and media industries including global streaming services. He is also an adviser for the South Korean government in terms of restructuring the policies regarding media industry and global competitiveness of K-cultures.