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Guerrilla co-stars Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay tell World Screen Newsflash about the experience of working with John Ridley and about what drew them to the series, which has been launched to the global market by Endemol Shine International.

Asian SVOD platform HOOQ has unveiled plans for another original movie and is going to fund five pilots, with a budget of $30,000 each, from innovative filmmakers across the region.

CJ E&M is adding a Singaporean feed for its tvN Asia channel and has clinched a deal for the service to launch on Hong Kong OTT provider myTV SUPER.

The Malaysian OTT platform tonton is bound for Singapore following the signing of a deal with Singtel.

Astro has sealed new partnerships in Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia to expand the reach of its eSports channel eGG Network, which was first unveiled at APOS last year.

Donald Tang, the founding and managing partner of Tang Media Partners, whose portfolio includes IM Global in the U.S., discussed the future of Chinese investment in Hollywood at APOS.

Hosi Simon, the global general manager of VICE Media, updated APOS delegates in Bali on the company’s international rollout strategy, stressing the importance of local content as it expands across the globe.

Kevin MacLellan, the chairman of global distribution and international at NBCUniversal, discussed the rollout of the reality SVOD service Hayu and his “fewer, bigger, better” approach to the company’s channels business in his session at APOS.

Astro has announced an expanded alliance with Turner Asia Pacific that includes carriage of Warner TV and an initiative to co-own and co-produce Asian content.

SVOD platform iflix is now available in eight territories across the Middle East and Northern Africa.