Mansha Daswani

Day-and-date content, user interfaces, access to bundled packages and problems with dubbing and subtitling are top of mind for OTT subscribers in six key Asian markets, according to a broad consumer survey conducted by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The Asia Video Consumer Panel surveyed a total of 6,000 consumers, 1,000 each in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

SINGAPORE: BBC Worldwide's drama brand BBC First has arrived in Hong Kong as an SVOD service on Now TV.

TOKYO: Sony Pictures Entertainment delivered gains in the second quarter, but parent company Sony Corporation saw its revenues drop by almost 11 percent and net income plunged by 85.6 percent.

Mansha Daswani surveys some of Asia’s leading pay-TV channel brands about what they’re doing in the original-programming space.

By 2021, there will be 157.78 million SVOD subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region, up from about 76 million expected by the end of this year, Digital TV Research reports. By the end of 2017, the Asia Pacific SVOD Forecasts report predicts that the base will be nearing the 100 million mark.

SEOUL: Korean media conglomerate CJ E&M has acquired the Vietnamese content outfit and ad agency Blue Group and has set up a joint venture with Thailand's TrueVisions.

HONG KONG: Singapore's Refinery Media has been commissioned to produce the fifth season of Asia's Next Top Model, which is set to air on FOX Networks Group (FNG) Asia's StarWorld channel in 2017.

Mansha Daswani explores the strengths of the content-distribution sector in Japan, which is being celebrated this MIPCOM.

MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises is selling TEN Sports Network to Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) for $385 million.

TOKYO: Sony Corporation has lowered its revenue forecast for fiscal 2017 after posting its Q1 results, largely as a result of foreign exchange rate fluctuations.