Analysis

As growth slows in the AsiaPac pay-TV sector, major branded channel operators are likely to reduce investments in local feeds, transmission operations and original content, according to Media Partners Asia's (MPA) latest Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution report.

Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia (MPA), offers World Screen Newsflash exclusive insights into a new report that projects the online video market in AsiaPac will generate revenues of $50 billion by 2024.

Video content budgets in India, Southeast Asia and Korea rose by 12 percent last year to reach about $10 billion, Media Partners Asia (MPA) observes in a new report. Steve Laslocky, the study's principal author, provides some exclusive insights to World Screen about content trends in the region.

The latest edition of Brightcove's annual Asia OTT TV market study has found that more than 50 percent of respondents want to pay $4 or less per month for access to an online content service.

Ampere Analysis is reporting that three of the top five subscription OTT services in the world, in terms of subscribers, are Chinese.

Revenues from online video subscriptions and advertising across the Asia Pacific will hit $52 billion in 2024, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), double the $26 billion forecast for this year.

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).

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.

A new survey commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association's (AVIA) Coalition Against Piracy reports that 25 percent of consumers in Malaysia are using pirated set-top boxes—known as illicit streaming devices—to access pay-TV channels and VOD content.

The Singapore High Court has ruled that local ISPs must block access to illegal apps that allow users to access pirated content.