Arrangement builds on existing relationship.
CAA has entered into a non-exclusive strategic partnership with Singapore and Indonesia-based content producer-financier and distributor United Media Asia (Uma).
Under the deal CAA will arrange financing for and represent local-language film and TV content in Indonesia and southeast Asia and advise on Uma’s entertainment strategy.
The partnership builds on an existing relationship. CAA brokered a first-look deal between Michy Gustavia’s Uma and Asian media conglomerate Kompas Gramedi that grants Uma access to more than 100,000 individual intellectual properties through publishing houses, print, online and broadcast media, and retail stores.
The Los Angeles agency...
CAA has entered into a non-exclusive strategic partnership with Singapore and Indonesia-based content producer-financier and distributor United Media Asia (Uma).
Under the deal CAA will arrange financing for and represent local-language film and TV content in Indonesia and southeast Asia and advise on Uma’s entertainment strategy.
The partnership builds on an existing relationship. CAA brokered a first-look deal between Michy Gustavia’s Uma and Asian media conglomerate Kompas Gramedi that grants Uma access to more than 100,000 individual intellectual properties through publishing houses, print, online and broadcast media, and retail stores.
The Los Angeles agency...
- 7/21/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
CAA has signed a non-exclusive strategic partnership agreement with United Media Asia, a Singapore- and Indonesia-based content finance, production and distribution company.
The partnership continues CAA’s relationship with Uma, which recently signed an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asia’s largest media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedi. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal and also is representing the global distribution rights to the Uma-produced feature Memories of My Body, Indonesia’s official selection for Best International Feature Film race at the 2020 Academy Awards.
Led by founder and CEO Michy Gustavia, Uma is backed by a $20 million investment fund and focused on local-language content in one of the fastest-growing entertainment and media markets. The company’s film slate includes the upcoming releases The Villa and The Betrayal.
United Media Asia Inks First Look Deal With Southeast Asia’s Kompas Gramedia
The deal expands CAA footprint in the Asian entertainment market. For more than a decade,...
The partnership continues CAA’s relationship with Uma, which recently signed an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asia’s largest media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedi. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal and also is representing the global distribution rights to the Uma-produced feature Memories of My Body, Indonesia’s official selection for Best International Feature Film race at the 2020 Academy Awards.
Led by founder and CEO Michy Gustavia, Uma is backed by a $20 million investment fund and focused on local-language content in one of the fastest-growing entertainment and media markets. The company’s film slate includes the upcoming releases The Villa and The Betrayal.
United Media Asia Inks First Look Deal With Southeast Asia’s Kompas Gramedia
The deal expands CAA footprint in the Asian entertainment market. For more than a decade,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Global talent agency, Creative Artists Agency has signed a non-exclusive strategic partnership agreement with United Media Asia, a Singapore and Indonesia-based content finance, production and distribution company.
The deal will see CAA help represent and arrange financing for local-language film and television content in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well as advise on the company’s overall entertainment strategy.
Uma, which was established in 2018, recently signed an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asia’s largest media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedia, which has interests ranging from print to retail and broadcasting. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal between the two companies.
Led by founder and CEO Michy Gustavia, Uma is backed by a $20 million investment fund and operates a partnership network in Southeast Asia that includes sovereign and private companies. Indonesia’s entertainment market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Uma’s film slate includes the upcoming releases “The Villa” and “The Betrayal.
The deal will see CAA help represent and arrange financing for local-language film and television content in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well as advise on the company’s overall entertainment strategy.
Uma, which was established in 2018, recently signed an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asia’s largest media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedia, which has interests ranging from print to retail and broadcasting. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal between the two companies.
Led by founder and CEO Michy Gustavia, Uma is backed by a $20 million investment fund and operates a partnership network in Southeast Asia that includes sovereign and private companies. Indonesia’s entertainment market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Uma’s film slate includes the upcoming releases “The Villa” and “The Betrayal.
- 7/21/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
First two projects in local-language pipeline are The Villa, The Betrayal.
Fledgling Singapore and Indonesia-based finance, production and distribution company United Media Asia (Uma) has announced an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asian media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedia.
The partnership provides Uma with access to Kompas Gramedia’s network, which includes 150 brands of print, online and broadcast media, 115 retail stores, 18 regional newspapers, and seven publishing houses that is said to represent a combined library of more than 100,000 works of IP with a reach of 150m people.
The deal comes as Uma, backed by private Indonesian investors who have put money into an investment fund for the company,...
Fledgling Singapore and Indonesia-based finance, production and distribution company United Media Asia (Uma) has announced an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asian media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedia.
The partnership provides Uma with access to Kompas Gramedia’s network, which includes 150 brands of print, online and broadcast media, 115 retail stores, 18 regional newspapers, and seven publishing houses that is said to represent a combined library of more than 100,000 works of IP with a reach of 150m people.
The deal comes as Uma, backed by private Indonesian investors who have put money into an investment fund for the company,...
- 11/15/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Newly formed content finance, production and distribution company United Media Asia (Uma) has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Southeast Asia’s largest media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedia.
The team-up provides Uma with access to Kompas Gramedia’s extensive media network, including; 150 brands of print, online and broadcast media, 115 retail stores, 18 regional newspapers and seven publishing houses that represent a collective library of over 100K works of IP, with a combined reach of 150 million people, in one of the globe’s booming entertainment markets.
“We are excited to be working alongside global companies with the scale and influence of Kompas Gramedia and CAA. With more than 30 years of combined industry experience, Uma’s mission is to empower local creatives and creators, by providing them with the means to tell their stories at a world class level and with the ongoing support of CAA, share them with the region and the world. This is...
The team-up provides Uma with access to Kompas Gramedia’s extensive media network, including; 150 brands of print, online and broadcast media, 115 retail stores, 18 regional newspapers and seven publishing houses that represent a collective library of over 100K works of IP, with a combined reach of 150 million people, in one of the globe’s booming entertainment markets.
“We are excited to be working alongside global companies with the scale and influence of Kompas Gramedia and CAA. With more than 30 years of combined industry experience, Uma’s mission is to empower local creatives and creators, by providing them with the means to tell their stories at a world class level and with the ongoing support of CAA, share them with the region and the world. This is...
- 11/15/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Newly-formed content finance, production and distribution company United Media Asia has struck a first look deal, brokered by Hollywood talent agency CAA, with Indonesian media giant Kompas Gramedia. United has also unveiled its first two feature films.
The partnership provides Uma with access to Kompas Gramedia’s media network and its 100,000 pieces of intellectual property, from which it may develop film and TV content. Kompass is a newspapers, magazines and books publisher established 50 years ago. It also has diversified into regional radio broadcast operation and controls Indonesia’s TV7 television channel.
Uma, which is Singapore- and Indonesia-based, and which claims a “substantial content investment fund,” is headed by Michy Gustavia, a former actress who was until recently Svp of acquisitions and development at Go-Jek, an Indonesian tech unicorn with roots in transport, but which has recently branched into streaming video.
“Uma’s mission is to empower local creatives and creators, by...
The partnership provides Uma with access to Kompas Gramedia’s media network and its 100,000 pieces of intellectual property, from which it may develop film and TV content. Kompass is a newspapers, magazines and books publisher established 50 years ago. It also has diversified into regional radio broadcast operation and controls Indonesia’s TV7 television channel.
Uma, which is Singapore- and Indonesia-based, and which claims a “substantial content investment fund,” is headed by Michy Gustavia, a former actress who was until recently Svp of acquisitions and development at Go-Jek, an Indonesian tech unicorn with roots in transport, but which has recently branched into streaming video.
“Uma’s mission is to empower local creatives and creators, by...
- 11/15/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Buffalo Boys” gets Us distribution, Full Moon Empire buys a library, “Invincible” gets cast and a Liechtenstein-based film fund is announced.
Acquistions
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the North American rights to Mike Wiluan’s western “Buffalo Boys,” Singapore’s entry in the foreign-language Academy Awards category, Variety has learned exclusively.
The film stars Yoshi Sudarso, Ario Bayu, Pevita Pearce, Tio Pakusadewo, Conan Stevens and Reinout Bussemaker. “Buffalo Boys” will be released in theaters and VOD on Jan. 11.
The film begins in 19th Century Java as a brutal massacre and the murder of a sultan forces the sultan’s brother and infant sons to flee to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, the boys return to their homeland to avenge their father’s death.
“Buffalo Boys” was produced by Mike Wiluan, Huang Junxiang, Tan Fong Cheng,...
Acquistions
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the North American rights to Mike Wiluan’s western “Buffalo Boys,” Singapore’s entry in the foreign-language Academy Awards category, Variety has learned exclusively.
The film stars Yoshi Sudarso, Ario Bayu, Pevita Pearce, Tio Pakusadewo, Conan Stevens and Reinout Bussemaker. “Buffalo Boys” will be released in theaters and VOD on Jan. 11.
The film begins in 19th Century Java as a brutal massacre and the murder of a sultan forces the sultan’s brother and infant sons to flee to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, the boys return to their homeland to avenge their father’s death.
“Buffalo Boys” was produced by Mike Wiluan, Huang Junxiang, Tan Fong Cheng,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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