“Japan’s YouTube Viewing Looks Far More Like Television Than People Assume”, ampd Analytics’...
YouTube commands more than 65% of Japan’s digital VOD hours, with news and baseball emerging as the most popular content and long-form shows accounting for 70% of hours spent on the platform, new data from Media Partners Asia’s ampd Analytics...
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Digital Human Population Explosion Planned Across Japan/APAC in Deal Between Brahma AI and Hakuhodo...
A population explosion of ATMANs (aka lifelike/high fidelity digital humans) could be headed across Japan and the Asia-Pacific region in a deal announced out of Japan and the U.K. by Brahma AI and Hakuhodo Technologies.  The target is IP...
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11th-Hour Save for Astro’s Interim Boss; Henry Tan Rescue Plan Keeps RTM Channels, Focus on...
Malaysian media platform Astro has made peace with the country’s national broadcaster, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), rolling back a clash widely believed to have contributed to Group CEO Euan Smith’s sudden departure earlier in June. The...
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Thai writer/director Mui Aticha Tanthanawigrai carried “ThamePo Heart Skips a Beat” in her pocket for five years before the series finally found a home at GMMTV. The wait was worth it. The series – a…
Netflix’s “Teach You a Lesson” was the runaway hit among Hong Kong digital audiences for the week of 8-14 June, topping both the digital originals and overall TV charts with demand reaching nearly…
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Japan’s WOWOW acquired the four-season box set of crime drama “Vienna Blood”, set in 1900s Vienna, from Seven.One Studios International. Vietnam commissioned a 13th season of gameshow “You Deserve”…