Media Sphere Communications Ltd. is a subsidiary company of Want Want China Times Inc.; it is an international and professional organizer for art and cultural events. The name Sphere is a combination of the concepts of Fashion, Art and Culture, which presents art to the public through various aspects. Its major businesses currently include: organization and execution of large exhibitions, governmental outsourcing, planning and execution of events, as well as sponsoring development for enterprises. Media Sphere was established in May 1998, and it has hosted hundreds of large-scale events and international exhibitions over the past ten years. Its quality team and leading creativity have been well received in Taiwan, and has sparked a new trend in the art and cultural fields, making it the best of the best among all organizers for Taiwan’s art and cultural events.
In recent years, Media Sphere has diversified its scope of operation, that besides the original art exhibition organizations, its domain now includes performing arts, large-scale concerts, sports marketing and media promotional marketing. The company is internally divided into four major departments including cultural and creative industry department, special art exhibition department, entertainment business department, as well as enterprise service center, where different work is professionally divided according to the businesses, together with continuous planning for various high quality exhibition events. Other than professional exhibition planning, it also develops event-related catalogs as well as the marketing of derived products, so as to comprehensively plan for art exhibitions, and to allow the consumers to completely understand the content of the exhibitions.
Since the Want Want Group acquired China Times Inc. in 2008, Want Want China Times Inc. has become one of the most influential media groups in the global Chinese market; it features diversified media business groups including newspapers, magazines, television, internet and cultural publications. Media Sphere effectively integrated the internal resources of the media group to create a new era for cultural creativity, in which art and cultural event information are promoted through more rapid and effective channels, and expanded the company’s business services and professional knowledge, so as to bring art and cultural events of profound depth and breadth to consumers.
Recent performance events by Media Sphere include the Spirit of the Dance – Irish Tap Dance in 2000; The Sound of Music in 2004; Tsai Chin 2010 Concert, and Faye Wong 2011 Concert. Large-scale exhibitions include the popular Treasures of the World’s Cultures – the British Museum after 250 Years; Splendor of the Baroque and Beyond: Great Habsburg Collectors; Masterpieces from the Kunsthistoriisches Museum Vienna in 2008; 2009 ANDY WARHOL, and The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece in 2010, and each exhibition has raised art and cultural awareness among the Taiwanese people. Media Sphere’s business has not only grown stronger with promotion in the Taiwan region, but has also actively advanced into China’s market. In 2010, it hosted its first event in Beijing, and introduced Taiwan’s renowned cultural and creative strength into the mainland. At the same time, we also endeavor to introduce premium exhibitions from overseas to Taiwan, thereby bringing the beauty of the world to Taiwan, and also helping to allow the world to see Taiwan’s unique creativity!
