Beverley McGarvey , president of Network 10 and head of streaming at Paramount Australia and New Zealand, opened the Asian Academy Creative Awards National Winners Conference in Singapore on Dec. 3 with a rallying call for the region’s content industry, praising the diversity and youthful energy of Asia-Pacific programming while emphasizing the critical importance of strategic deal-making in today’s fragmented media landscape.

Speaking at the two-day conference ahead of the Grand Awards Gala on Dec. 4, McGarvey, who also serves as chair of the Asian Academy Creative Awards, reflected on her experience judging one of the 40 categories among the record 340 judges this year, marking a 30% increase from 2024.

“The diversity has been great across the board this year,” McGarvey said. “E

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