Mansha Daswani

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.

Bill Holmes, Netflix’s global head of business development, and the platform’s VP of content acquisitions, Robert Roy, weighed in on the company's international progress and content strategy at APOS today in Bali.

Andy Bird, the chairman of Walt Disney International, weighed in on consumer-facing brands, local content creation and more in his session at APOS in Bali.

YouTube’s usage and revenues are growing rapidly in Asia, Robert Kyncl, the video sharing site’s chief business officer, told delegates at APOS today.

OTT service Viu now has 6 million monthly active users across its markets in Asia and the Middle East, up 50 percent from its user base in November 2016.

Entertainment One’s Polly Williams and Jude Troy presented the company’s new scripted projects and discussed expansion into the U.K. and Australia in a Series Mania session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati in Paris today.

While its subscriber growth slowed in Q1 2017, Netflix ended the period with a total of 98.7 million streaming memberships, consisting of 50.8 million in the U.S. and 47.9 million internationally.

Participants were treated to sunny skies, Croisette glamor and some 25 drama screenings, while distributors kept newsfeeds humming with deals across a wealth of genres.

Ampere Analysis data from Europe and North America finds that rather than shedding their pay-TV services, consumers are "doubling up" with subscriptions to pay TV, VOD and SVOD platforms.