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AsiaPac revenues at Netflix are expected to increase by 12 percent this year to $4 billion, with the streamer’s local content investments rising to $1.9 billion, per a new study from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Southeast Asia added 4.6 million net new paying customers in Q4 2022, the biggest growth since the second quarter of 2021, according to a new report from Media Partners Asia (MPA), with U.S. and Korean content driving SVOD viewership in the region.

Between 2022 and 2027, the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, will add about 1 million net new pay-TV subscribers, with India and parts of Southeast Asia helping to offset cord-cutting in other key markets, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

The number of SVOD subscribers in Japan hit 48.4 million in Q1 2022, per Media Partners Asia (MPA), driven by gains at Netflix and Prime Video.

Key trends to watch in the AsiaPac media sector include a booming addressable market for streaming, the rising prominence of platforms that champion local content and the continued interest in Korean, Japanese and North American shows, Media Partners Asia’s Vivek Couto revealed in his opening remarks at APOS.

New research from Media Partners Asia (MPA) explores the key drivers of the streaming market in Southeast Asia, with total minutes viewed on mobile up 30 percent in Q1 and 19 percent in Q2 in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Opening the second part of the APOS Virtual Series, MPA’s Vivek Couto outlined key trends at play in the AsiaPac media sector, noting that content creators should brace for budgets to be impacted as the industry recalibrates amid the disruption accelerated by COVID-19.

Delivering the opening address at the APOS 2020 Virtual Series, Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia (MPA), outlined the key trends at play in the AsiaPac video business, including gains in online video subscriptions, a challenged ad market amid the COVID-19 pandemic and rising investments in local content.

Weekly consumption of online video rose by 60 percent in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore amid COVID-19-related stay-at-home measures this month, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia (MPA), offers World Screen Newsflash exclusive insights into a new report that projects the online video market in AsiaPac will generate revenues of $50 billion by 2024.