Mansha Daswani

PCCW's Viu plans to release more than 80 original scripted and non-scripted shows this year from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, the Philippines and the Middle East.

An "explosion of screens," led by increased mobile connectivity, will drive gains in AsiaPac video revenues over the next five years, Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia (MPA), said in his opening remarks at APOS in Bali this morning.

VICE and China’s Tencent Video are working together on an 8x25-minute series exploring "hype culture" around the world.

Rewind Networks and LYD are working together to bring the HITS pay-TV channel, delivering classic TV shows, to the Korean marketplace.

JTBC has made an investment in iflix, with the OTT service set to distribute the Korean media company's content across Asia.

Chinese media conglomerate CMC Inc. is working with Discovery on a digital STEM edutainment product and Camp Discovery, a themed entertainment park.

Discovery and Astro are teaming up to co-produce a new travel lifestyle series, Travel for Love.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) at APOS unveiled a slew of new original shows for MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Channel and Nickelodeon in Southeast Asia.

This year's Singapore Media Festival (SMF), which includes the Asian Academy Creative Awards, Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore, Singapore International Film Festival and SMF Ignite, will see the addition of Singapore Comic Con.

Singapore's Mediacorp announced three content partnerships on the eve of APOS's official opening, aligning with VICE Media, Wattpad and Korea's Spackman Entertainment Group, the producer of the 2018 film Default.