Mansha Daswani

FOX Sports has inked a deal to license the popular football media brand and platform FourFourTwo in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

Netflix has announced a promotional deal with LG U+ in Korea that offers up a free three-month subscription to the streaming platform for new customers of the mobile telco's high-speed mobile data plan.

Having a good balance of local and international content has been key to Hulu Japan’s success, Kazufumi Nagasawa, chief content officer, said at APOS, noting that the platform has licensed a diverse array of imported dramas, many of which would have been unlikely to find a Japanese home on any other service.

Shifting away from the SVOD model that it has operated under since launch, iflix is revamping its offering with a new free tier, live linear channels and sports and advertising opportunities.

APOS delegates heard from Ajit Mohan, CEO of Star India-owned Hotstar, about how it has taken the lead in India's online video space.

Netflix’s Tony Zameczkowski and Vincent Tauzia discussed the streaming platform’s Asian progress and the importance of partnerships with telco and pay-TV operators at APOS today.

E! Zone, which delivers on-demand access to content from the pop culture channel, is launching in Vietnam for the first time via POPS Worldwide.

VICE is looking to position itself as the number one youth media company in every market it launches in across the Asia Pacific, regional CEO Hosi Simon said at APOS today, noting the company’s strong commitment to India and upcoming plans for China, the Philippines, Thailand and Korea.

Telcos redirecting their spending into infrastructure upgrades could impact how much they shell out for content deals across the Asia Pacific, Aravind Venugopal, VP of Media Partners Asia (MPA), told APOS delegates in Bali this morning.

James Farrell, Amazon Prime Video’s head of content for the Asia Pacific, took part in a panel at APOS today with Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment and Akihiko Okamoto of Yoshimoto Kogyo, two of its key production partners in the region.