U.S.-Korea trade row continues; U.S.-listed Coupang accused of pressuring Washington as Korea’s...
E-commerce/streaming giant Coupang remains at the centre of a diplomatic storm between the U.S. and Korea. In a weekend investigative report, Korean broadcaster MBC added to a week of high-tension over a tariff hike from 15% to 25% on Korean goods in...
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Sandeep Mehrotra joins Zee as COO – Ad Revenue
Sandeep Mehrotra is Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ new COO – ad revenue, effective 3 February 2026. The Mumbai-based role reports to CEO Punit Goenka and covers linear and digital. Laxmi Shetty will continue as head – advertisement...
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SMG touts a “new era of dialogue between civilizations that transcends time and space”;...
China’s first AI-generated “cultural relic” vertical video series premiered at the weekend across platforms, including free-TV network Dragon TV, ushering in an era that “allows ancient artifacts to resonate across dimensions and with...
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If it didn’t already have 1001+ suitors lining up for production funding, Singapore ended 2025 with another S$200 million/approx US$155 million in government backing, locking in its status as the…
Two issues dominate conversations about mainland China’s entertainment industry as 2025 draws to a close – the vertical microdrama boom, with revenues overtaking movie/box-office, and Japan replacing…
Malaysia’s Media Prima Television Networks closed its latest financial year with strong, broad-based performance across free-TV networks TV3 and 8TV, film distribution (led by "Ejen Ali The Movie 2"…
When U.S. microdrama platform ReelShort announced its multi-year global partnership with Hong Kong-based AR Asia Productions this month, a new chapter in the short-form arms race across the Asia-…