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JKN Global Media in Thailand has licensed a raft of Channel NewsAsia-produced shows, including the doc series Get Real.

The 19th edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market, hosted alongside the eighth edition of ScreenSingapore, officially opened in Singapore this morning with more than 5,500 executives from 54 countries expected to attend.

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal, a docudrama produced by Entertain Me, has sold to NHK as part of a raft of sales completed by Looking Glass International.

iflix is one of a number of streaming services that have signed licensing agreements with Passion Distribution, which has notched up deals on titles such as Cold Justice and Dynamo: Magician Impossible.

TV Asahi and its animation production arm, Shin-ei Animation, are aligning with Indian studio Green Gold Animation for new episodes of Ninja Hattori.

Bollywood and Southeast Asian movies are on iQiyi’s shopping list for its Chinese online video service, its SVP, Yang Xianghua, said at Asia TV Forum today.

Nippon TV has clinched its first format deal on the Japanese drama series Abandoned, with JSL Global Media set to make a version in Thailand.

Sky Vision has made multiplatform licensing deals across Asia for several dramas and factual series, including the Emmy-nominated Patrick Melrose.

There is a third season of The Serpent (Naagin) on offer from Viacom18/Indiacast.

The executive VP for Asia at BBC Studios talks about the company's content-licensing, format and branded-destination businesses across the region.