Mansha Daswani

Slowing growth in subscribers and revenues for pay-TV channels across the Asia Pacific is expected to lead to "accelerated consolidation" in the sector, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Rewind Networks has secured expanded carriage for its HITS Movies channel, clinching a deal with Indonesia’s leading pay-TV platform, MNC Vision, as well as its OTT service, MNC Now.

Twitter users in Southeast Asia will be able to watch iflix's first original movie from the Philippines, Mystified, on the social media platform this week.

A study commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has found that almost 30 percent of Indonesian consumers are using pirated set-top boxes to stream content.

More than 65 executives from global, regional and local companies operating across the AsiaPac media, telco and sports sectors will take to the stage at APOS, set for April 23 to 25 in Bali.

PREMIUM: Chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon shares with World Screen Newsflash how he is positioning GMA Network today and stresses the growing importance of the company’s international business.

Filipino broadcasting group GMA Network is investing almost $20 million to complete the second phase of its digitization project, boosting its production, post-production, content management and distribution capabilities.

Singaporean broadcast group Mediacorp is shuttering its kids' and sports network okto, with that content moving to Channel 5 and the digital platform Toggle, effective May 1.

Former Turner Asia chief Steve Marcopoto has joined ex-Disney Southeast Asia MD Rob Gilby on the industry advisory board of the online content rights marketplace Vuulr.

Former Turner exec Vishal Dembla has been tapped as chief commercial officer for Southeast Asia at HOOQ.