Palme Vietnam 2010 in SECC Ho Chi Minh City

This year Palme 2010 was held in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam for the first time in Palme show.  It was held in Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) from 22th July to 24th July 2010. As Vietnam becoming one of the fastest growing country in this region  in using AV Equipment for the last few years their present in Vietnam is timely.

Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as commonly known is the largest City in Vietnam with the city population of 7 million people. It is the most important economic city and centre of commerce with fast growing city with entertainment and tourism coming up strongly. In fact the SECC Exhibition Centre is located in the new urban area in District 7 Phu My Hung New City Center where many international schools and international hotel is opening here.

But the downtown city is where the entertainment area and crowded with many people. As I travel from the airport to the hotel I saw much development like shopping malls, bars and restaurants and hotels.

Palme Vietnam is the platform in Vietnam which brings together international manufacturers offering cutting-edge technologies in Professional Audio, Lighting, Audio Visual, Home Automation, and System Integration & Installation & Entertainment Technologies to Professional Trade Buyers & End-Users.

This year Palme show was great with quite a few well know international exhibitors here but not as big compare to previous Palme show in Singapore.  There were many local exhibitors,  Singapore Pavilion and Chinese Pavilion exhibitors.

On the first day there were quite a large crowd at the counter waiting to get the passes. Once inside the hall it was greeted with Electro Voice booth and Studio Due Booth.

For other sound booth are from Harman, Nexo, Beyer Dynamic, Meyer Sound, Audio Technica.

For Lighting exhibitors there is ADB Lighting, Philips Lighting, Studio Due, Robe, Robert Juliat, Lutron, ETC, Spotlight, Zero 88, TheatreLight, Kupo, Prolyte, Clay Paky, Martin.

This year in Palme ADB Lighting is showing dimmers, consoles, lighting fixtures, suspensions and the new ALC4 LED Cyclorama light for broadcast and theatre.  The new LED Cyclorama fixture powered by 4 x 40 W Lexel LED Source is most suitable for Theatre and TV Studio Lighting.

Bertrand Dauphant of ADB Asia,Sam Hyun Korea ADB Distributor, Vu Ngoc Hung Vietnam ADB Distributor, Michael Liew of Malaysia

At the ADB Lighting booth where I spend a bit of time with Bertrand Dauphant the ADB Asia Hong Kong Regional Manager, Mr Vu Ngoc Hung of Viet-Bi is the ADB Distributor in Vietnam and Mr Sam Hyun of Hansam is the ADB Distributor in South Korea.

Outside as usual the DJ stage is happening where local and international DJ trying to impress the judges over their mix of music and latest music rap. This never fails to attract large crowd. It was quite fun to watch.

Next year 2011 Palme will be held in Hanoi Vietnam. We are looking forward to be there as well.

Broadcast Asia 2010 Singapore Expo

Broadcast Asia 2010 together with Communicate Asia was held in Singapore recently from 15th June to 18th June 2010 at Singapore Expo. On the same date there was another exhibition SLV Expo held in Marina Bay Sands in downtown. Back in Malaysia Integrated Security and Fire (ISF) show which was held in KLCC Convention Center also on the same date.

SLV Expo 2010 Marina Bay Sands

With 3 shows happen at the same time I was quite busy last week extending the shows and meeting people and the principal.  It was a raining days in Singapore last week with unusually heavy in downtown but it does not dampen the visitors to the show.

This year the 15th Broadcast Asia exhibition held over Halls 7 and 8 at Singapore Expo. Broadcast Asia is Asia leading event for the digital multimedia and entertainment industries features an exhibition and conference that bring together production professional, management and suppliers. The show focuses on TV, radio and film production as well as post-production and multi platform streaming.

This year the 3D technologies take the center stage of Broadcast Asia. With global attention on 3D content broadcasting and delivery, we saw many 3D plasma TV, 3D demonstration, HD 3 D camera, machine that convert 2D content to 3D format and so on.

The big lighting manufacturer like ADB and Strand Selecon was not there but was still showcase with the Singapore appointed distributor. Arri lighting and Dexel lighting is also there. LSI Projects from the UK showcase the project management services to broadcast industry.

Next year 2011 Broadcast Asia will move to Suntec Exhibition Center in downtown Singapore. It will be separated from Communicate Asia which will be held in Marina Sands. This separation has been greeted with mixed reaction from exhibitors and visitors. Some says Communicate Asia is the crowd pulling which means there will be fewer crowds in Broadcast Asia next year. Some of exhibitor says it will be better as only the broadcaster and serious group will visit the Broadcast Asia.