Mansha Daswani

Indian DTH platform Tata Sky has entered into a strategic pact with Netflix.

The Indian pilot Bhak has been selected as the winner of the inaugural HOOQ Filmmakers Guild, which was launched to back new scripted originals out of Asia.

Pan-Asian OTT operator Viu says that it will reach 70 originally produced titles, encompassing more than 900 episodes, by year-end in Indian, Chinese, Indonesian and Arabic languages.

MCN operator WebTVAsia has rolled out LUVE, a new AVOD platform in Taiwan featuring original content from a raft of leading celebrities from the market.

Singtel, StarHub and Mediacorp are joining forces to deliver coverage of this year's World Cup in Singapore.

Astro's OTT platform Tribe has partnered with leading telco Telkomsel to expand its market reach in Indonesia.

HOOQ has announced a slate of new content partnerships in Indonesia, where it has also introduced one-day sachet pricing and streaming of free-to-air channels.

Studio Universal, an on-demand service delivering a slate of U.S. comedy and drama, has launched on StarHub Go in Singapore.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is bringing MTV Classic to the Philippines via a deal with Solar Entertainment Corporation.

Over the next five years in Asia—excluding China—Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google (FANG) will retain more than 60 percent of online video revenues, Media Partners Asia (MPA) reports, with local players making incremental gains in markets such as India, Japan and Korea.