Mansha Daswani

BBC Studios has sealed a deal with AIS for carriage of BBC Lifestyle and BBC World News in Thailand.

The Indian adaptation of the hit French comedy Call My Agent is headed to Netflix, produced by Applause Entertainment in association with Banijay Asia.

Do Hyoung Lee, general director of the broadcasting division at KOCCA, highlights the strengths of Korea’s thriving content production sector.

Disney+ is set to arrive in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan this November.

Wattpad WEBTOON Studios has unveiled a slate of new original series for Indonesian streaming service Vidio.

Lionsgate Play is expanding its Southeast Asian reach with a planned launch in the Philippines.

Across AVOD, SVOD, freemium and gaming platforms, online video consumption in Southeast Asia rose to 1.2 trillion minutes in the second quarter, a 6 percent year-on-year boost, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Driven by Covid-19 lockdowns, the number of SVOD subscribers in India is expected to hit 89 million by the end of this year, up from 57 million last year, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Netflix will end 2021 with about 32.4 million subscribers in the Asia Pacific, according to new analysis from Media Partners Asia (MPA), with 4.5 million net additions in the second half.

Virginia Lim has joined Mediacorp as chief content officer, succeeding Doreen Neo, who is taking on the new role of chief talent officer.