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Our mission is to drive radical change by supporting bold, forward-looking media startups in Asia. In order to do this, we report on, teach, transform and fund newsrooms in Asia.

Splice Beta is our festival to celebrate the work of media startups in Asia. May 1-3 in Chiang Mai. Buy your tickets here.

The transformation of media in Asia requires the entry of diverse media startups. We are building an ecosystem that develops new models of media, and we’re calling it Splice 100.

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Come celebrate media startups in Asia with us. Splice Beta is happening May 1-3 in Chiang Mai. Get your tickets here.

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Splice originals

Viddsee founder Ho Jia Jian wants to bring together a community of filmmakers across Asia to take advantage of new distribution opportunities in digital. Photo by Peter Guest.

Media startups, Originals

Local filmmakers, local stories on a regional video network: This is how Singapore’s Viddsee is meeting the demand for short videos.

A far more compelling pivot-to-video strategy.

Nordot's Ryutaro Nakase, right, and Yoshiaki Machi, left, are hoping to take their product global. Photo by Timothy Hornyak.

Platforms, Media startups, Originals

Japan’s Nordot is building a common publishing platform to unite media outlets — and lower their costs.

Common plumbing is exactly what the media industry needs. This Japanese startup thinks it has the right solution.

Indian TV channel videographer covering a story in Hyderabad. Photo by Shutterstock.

Trends, Originals

Ahead of India’s general election, fact-checking initiatives are mushrooming online.

Media organisations in India are using fact-checking to hose down online rumors that have fatal consequences in real life. But are they so willing to take on duplicitous politicians?

Why we need to celebrate media startups

If the industry doesn’t celebrate its own, then no one will.

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