World Screen

There’s a slew of new highlights coming to the Cartoon Network, Boomerang and POGO channels across the Asia-Pacific region.

While TV5MONDE has a wide global footprint, the Asia-Pacific region has been a strong part of its growth in the last few years.

From the Rewind Networks bouquet, HITS has a presence in 11 markets across Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Brunei, the Maldives, Myanmar, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

HBO GO, an internet-based streaming service, continues to expand its footprint across Asia.

Gusto TV recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in Singapore, and “we’ve developed a deep connection with our viewers,” said Chris Knight, president and CEO of Gusto Worldwide Media.

JKN Global Media recently inked a multi-title deal with TRA Media, which operates four pay-TV channels in South Korea, and the company is aiming to further the expansion of Thai content in the global market.

ABS-CBN Corporation is highlighting The Killer Bride, set in a superstitious town that has been haunted by a ghost for years.

Chandragupta Maurya, a historical drama on offer from One Life Studios, tells the story of the life of the ancient Indian ruler of the same name, who founded a vast empire.

GMA Worldwide is offering to the international market Love You Two, a romantic comedy about two sisters who fall in love with the same man.

Starring Oscar-nominated actor Ken Watanabe and based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, the NHK Enterprises highlight An Artist of the Floating World explores an aging painter’s ephemeral memories and the journey he must go on to face his past.