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Saurabh Doshi, the director of entertainment partners for Facebook in the Asia Pacific, has been tapped as chair of the 2021 edition of the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA).

Disney+ Hotstar arrives in Malaysia on June 1, delivering the platform's slate of U.S. content as well as an array of local titles, in partnership with Astro.

GMA Network has recently promoted executives from various departments, including Redgie A. Magno, who was appointed first VP for Business Development Department I (drama productions) in the entertainment group.

Celeste Campbell-Pitt is joining the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) as chief policy officer, based in its Singapore office.

GMA Network has entered into a multiyear partnership with iQiyi International to make select content available on the OTT platform.

The Walt Disney Company is axing a huge slate of sports, entertainment and kids' channels across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong as it gears up to further expand Disney+ in the region.

Viacom18 is seeing gains in its SVOD business in India amid continued traction on its AVOD tier; Gourav Rakshit weighs in on what's driving the company's digital businesses and the international expansion to come.

Reed MIDEM is planning for the fifth edition of MIP China to be a hybrid event with live in-person conference sessions taking place alongside a complementary digital program.

Local and regional OTT platforms in Asia are seeing gains as they face off against the global giants for a share of consumer time and spend; Viu’s Janice Lee, iQIYI’s Yang Xianghua, Hulu Japan’s Kazufumi Nagasawa and U-NEXT’s Tenshin Tsutsumi shared their content and expansion strategies at APOS this week.

Michael McKay, the president of the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAAs), and CEO Fiona McKay discuss the celebration of Asian storytelling excellence.