Analysis

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.

Digital TV Research projects that the number of pay-TV subscribers in the Asia Pacific will grow by 78 million between 2017 and 2023.

Asia-Pacific pay-TV networks owned by global media groups saw revenue and profit gains in 2017, largely driven by growth in India, according to new research from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Indian pay-TV revenues are expected to rise by 10.6 percent this year to reach more than $10 billion, a new milestone for the industry, Media Partners Asia (MPA) reports.

Companies operating in the Asia-Pacific's pay-TV industry are stepping up their efforts to integrate online video into their offerings and focusing in on premium content as they face a new wave of competition, Media Partners Asia says in its new report.

While OTT services are gaining traction in the Asia Pacific, take-up across the region is still low, Media Partners Asia found in its new consumer study.

The online video business across the AsiaPac region will generate $46 billion in revenues by 2022, with more than 75 percent of that coming from China, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

The rapid take-up of fixed and mobile broadband is among the key factors reshaping how platforms and content companies engage with consumers across Asia, attendees heard at the second-annual APOStech summit in Hong Kong.

Net advertising revenues in the Asia Pacific are expected to rise by 6.4 percent this year, following a 6.8 percent boost last year, according to new data from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Digital TV Research forecasts that the Asia Pacific will see 666 million pay-TV subscribers by 2022, with China and India collectively accounting for 80 percent of that total.