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Former Turner Asia chief Steve Marcopoto has joined ex-Disney Southeast Asia MD Rob Gilby on the industry advisory board of the online content rights marketplace Vuulr.

Former Turner exec Vishal Dembla has been tapped as chief commercial officer for Southeast Asia at HOOQ.

BBC Studios has sold the format for Mistresses to Japan’s NHK Enterprises, while Life on Mars is getting a Chinese adaptation.

Huayi Brothers Korea has inked a deal to develop Wattpad stories for film, TV and digital media projects.

Indonesian telco Telkomsel is teaming with the film shorts platform Viddsee on a four-part romantic comedy series for its video app, MAXstream.

HBO GO is launching on the Singaporean OTT service Toggle, priced at S$13.98 a month or S$119.98 for a whole year.

The Asian Pitch (TAP) is now accepting entries for its annual funding scheme, meant to support original HD documentaries produced by independent directors and filmmakers who live and work in Asia.

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.

PCCW Media Group's pan-regional OTT platform Viu is collaborating with Workpoint Entertainment on its first Thai production, HOH Family.

Arcade Cloud, Blue Ant Media’s animated and live-action destination for gamers, has launched on iflix.