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World Screen is putting the spotlight on hot properties for Asia TV Forum in our second annual TV Asia Screenings Festival.

Premium video usage and subscriber takeup rebounded across Southeast Asia in the third quarter, per new Media Partners Asia (MPA) research, driven by intensifying competition among global, regional and local players.

Hui Leng Yeow, group project director at RX Singapore, talks about what's in store for this year's Asia TV Forum & Market, which returns to the Marina Bay Sands December 7 to 9.

Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) is returning after a two-year hiatus to the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from December 7 to 9 with the theme “Content is Still King.”

The number of SVOD subscribers in Japan grew to 49.4 million in Q3, with Prime Video still the leading player in the market, followed by Netflix and then Disney+ ascending to third place, per new data from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Expanding its Japanese live-action lineup, Netflix has entered into a strategic partnership with local production outfit The Seven, a division of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings.

POPS Worldwide, a leading operator of digital services across Southeast Asia, has received an investment from TV TOKYO Corporation.

Singapore-based August Media Holdings’ VOD service POPTV is set to launch Bento, an anime channel offering hundreds of titles, in the Philippines on October 26.

Jellysmack is partnering with Asian creator economy venture WebTVAsia to invest $30 million in content creators across the region.

The Asia Video Summit will take place from November 1 and 2 with physical events in both Hong Kong and Singapore and full digital access to all the sessions.