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The Asian Academy Creative Awards' (AAAs) Academy Campus educational and training initiative is hosting a three-day conference this week that includes the Producers Summit and its two-day annual MasterClass Series.

Netflix will end 2021 with about 32.4 million subscribers in the Asia Pacific, according to new analysis from Media Partners Asia (MPA), with 4.5 million net additions in the second half.

Virginia Lim has joined Mediacorp as chief content officer, succeeding Doreen Neo, who is taking on the new role of chief talent officer.

WarnerMedia has bolstered the HBO Asia originals team, with appointments for development and production in scripted and unscripted.

Viu, PCCW’s pan-regional OTT video streaming service, has further expanded its Asian content offering through its volume deals with Huace Film & TV and Huace Croton Media.

In the second quarter of this year, online video usage hit 169 billion minutes in South Korea, with YouTube dominating at 81 percent of that time and SVOD taking a 13 percent share, according to a new Media Partners Asia (MPA) report.

Coverage of the Spanish football league has been picked up by MTV India in a three-year deal.

Nippon TV has promoted Yoshikuni Sugiyama, currently representative director and operating officer, to president and senior executive operating officer.

Astro in Malaysia has expanded the slate of streaming services available through its connected Ultra Boxes, announcing an alliance with Netflix.

Chinese video streaming giant iQiyi is steadily building an international presence, rolling out its own platform as well as a white-label service for broadcasters and content owners looking to kickstart their own OTT ambitions. Anna Pak Burdin, head of business development at iQiyi International, shares the company’s growth strategies.