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Viu has commissioned a local adaptation of Pretty Little Liars to be filmed in Bali.

Wattpad and Viu, a pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group, have inked a partnership to develop Viu Original series and film projects based on Wattpad stories.

Vodafone Idea has struck a deal to bring Lionsgate’s premium service Lionsgate Play to India.

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.