Top Stories

iQIYI Sports, a joint venture between iQIYI and Super Sports Media, has picked up the exclusive live-streaming rights for the 2019-20 season of LaLiga for the China market.

The OTT platform Viu and Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific have partnered to bring their first content collaboration, the reality travelogue No Sleep No FOMO, to 14 markets across the region.

beIN Asia Pacific has acquired the exclusive rights to the Rugby World Cup 2019 in several markets in the region, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN) in India has launched Olympic Channel programming on its linear and digital platforms ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Blue Ant Media Asia Pacific has appointed Asian Cable Communications, Inc. (ACCION) as the network’s exclusive channel distributor in the Philippines.

Video content budgets in India, Southeast Asia and Korea rose by 12 percent last year to reach about $10 billion, Media Partners Asia (MPA) observes in a new report. Steve Laslocky, the study's principal author, provides some exclusive insights to World Screen about content trends in the region.

DRG has closed deals with the pan-Asian streaming service iflix and iwonder, a new Singapore-based factual SVOD platform.

Asian entertainment service iflix has finalized a new round of investment led by global asset manager Fidelity International.

Saugato Banerjee has been promoted to managing director for Asia at A+E Networks, consolidating the company's operations across the region under the leadership of one executive.

According to local news reports, 33 people have died following a suspected arson attack on Japan's Kyoto Animation.