Hong Kong Streaming Service Viu Strikes Content Deal With Wattpad
Pan-Asian streaming service Viu, owned by Hong Kong-based PCCW Media Group, has entered into a content collaboration with Wattpad to develop...
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Netflix Signs World Economic Forum Pledge To Enhance ASEAN Digital Creative Skills
Kuek Yu Chuang, Managing Director of Netflix Asia-Pacific (3rd from left) along with representatives from the World Economic Forum and other...
Netflix Acquires Filipino Rom-Com ‘The Girl Allergic to WiFi’
Jun Robles Lana's quirky comedy joins the platform's growing list of content from Southeast Asia. Netflix has acquired the quirky Filipino...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: STOREYS, A New Initiative by CreativesAtWork and IMDA
Media agency CreativesAtWork, supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), has launched a new initiative called “STOREYS” to discover, fund,...
Netflix’s Strategy for Southeast Asian Originals Begins to Take Shape
Malaysian ghosts and stranded Thai students are featured in the first originals from the region. Netflix is hoping a Malaysian ghost...
Netflix To Expand Its Chinese-language Content
Global streaming giant Netflix is growing its Chinese-language content with six new licensed titles. These will arrive on the service in...
Mubi Streaming Service Launches in Southeast Asia
Film specialist streaming platform Mubi is to launch in Southeast Asia. The service kicks off with operation in Malaysia, and has plans to quickly...
NEWS: Asian LGBT Film Streaming Platform GagaOOLala Launches In South Asia
The over-the-top (OTT) service has selected 377 LGBT titles to initially offer in India in celebration of the repeal, in September...
NEWS: How Streamers are Expanding Interactive Storytelling in a Post-‘Bandersnatch’ World
[caption id="attachment_41817" align="alignnone" width="1000"] In this time of peak TV, content providers are trying to capture — and keep — the...
NEWS: Netflix Benefits From Changes in New Mexico’s Production Incentives
When New Mexico’s new governor, Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed SB2 in late March, the headline was that it more than doubled...
NEWS: Mediacorp Partners With VICE to Bring Youth Media Company’s Slate of Original Content to Singapore Audiences
VICE, the world’s leading youth media brand and content studio, and Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and transmedia platform, have announced...
NEWS: Netflix to Rank Movies and Shows Based on How Popular They Are
Nobody will ever really know how many people have watched a given show or movie on Netflix, because revealing such information...