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  Terrestrials across Asia are facing stiff competition from the pan-regional behemoths in their quest for the best content on the market.   Broadcasters from across Asia will be heading to the Asia TV Forum in Singapore next month to firm up their 2012 schedules. All are faced with the …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2012 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   India has been the international media market to watch during the last few years, a position the populous nation will undoubtedly retain as digitization takes hold. With the government having set 2015 as the deadline …

    Buyers heading to ATF are seeking out high-quality, cost-effective imports across a variety of genres.     As pay-TV penetration rates have slowly crept up across Asia—the regional figure now stands at about 57 percent—cable and satellite channels have been taking an increasing share of prime-time viewing. Recent figures from …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of TV Asia Pacific. Malaysia’s dominant pay-TV platform with a 50-plus penetration rate of TV homes, Astro is widely seen as Southeast Asia’s most technologically savvy operator. Over the past year the company has been rolling out high definition, DVRs and …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   Asia’s biggest pan-regional channel brands are firmly focused on driving their reach further into local markets as they head to CASBAA this year.   As the Asia Pacific’s pay-TV industry heralded the arrival of the long-awaited …

This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   Audiences in Germany are tuning in to RTL II for a dose of Bollywood glamour. Across the Middle East and Africa, Filipino fantasy series and Malaysian soaps are popping up on television schedules. Korean soaps are …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of TV Asia Pacific. In the last year or so, Korea has emerged as a key new buyer of formats, which is a boon to content distributors who have struggled to crack this insular market. CJ E&M, which operates 16 …

Among the highlights of the Asia TV Forum, taking place December 3 to 6 in Singapore, are a keynote address by Sunny Xiangyang Zhu, chief content officer of Youku Tudou; MIPAcademy; the ATF Animation Lab; and several new country delegations. Zhu oversees acquisition, licensing, production and investments for all TV …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of TV Asia Pacific. Asia’s biggest pay-TV brands are coming to grips with new technologies, investing more in content and doing all they can to attract ad dollars. As Asia’s multichannel business convened in Hong Kong for the annual CASBAA Convention …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of TV Asia Pacific. With its takeover of the former ESPN STAR Sports joint venture now complete, FOX International Channels (FIC) operates a portfolio of channels in Asia that touches on every major programming genre. At the helm of the region’s …