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Akira Ishizawa has been promoted from senior executive operating officer to president and CEO of Nippon TV, which has established a new content strategy division.

After 15 years at Endemol Shine India, Abhishek Rege is exiting his role as CEO.

Beyond Rights has secured new kids’ and factual deals in China with Warner Bros. Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Youku, Red Apollo Group, No Country TV and Yuxiu International Media.

Paramount+ is now available in South Korea, with the streaming service accessible to subscribers of local OTT giant TVING at no extra cost.

South Korea added just 600,000 new SVOD subscriptions in the first quarter to reach 14.7 million customers, per new data from Media Partners Asia (MPA), down from the 1.7 million added in Q4 2021.

OTTplay has unveiled OTTplay premium bundled subscription packages that feature a dozen Indian and international platforms.

Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its senior leadership team in Japan, Australia and New Zealand under James Gibbons and in India, Southeast Asia and Korea under Clement Schwebig.

Vuulr has signed an agreement with BBC Studios to list over 3,000 hours of premium British content on its marketplace and to launch a BBC Studios Branded Sales Platform for Asian customers.

There are now 39.5 million SVOD subs across Southeast Asia, Media Partners Asia (MPA) reports, with 2.8 million added in Q1 alone, driven in part by gains at Disney+ Hotstar.

MContent is working with the Bollywood writer and director Anurag Kashyap (Sacred Games) on a mentorship and funding program for aspiring filmmakers and content creators in India and neighboring countries.