RIP Mee Fung Lee
A dear friend and Asia media industry stalwart died today. She didn’t want social media tributes. And I have no doubt she wouldn’t want sentimental outpourings. I ask her forgiveness for these lines. In her 30+ years in the content space, Mee...
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Singapore’s Mediacorp opens global call for scripted concepts; S$30K prize money + co-production...
Singapore’s Mediacorp opened a global call for scripted concepts today, offering prize money of S$10,000/US$7,662 each for the top three ideas and the possibility of co-production backing. Submissions close on 15 October. The top scripts will...
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Japan’s TVer breaks user/viewer numbers for the second month running
Japanese commercial TV platform TVer today reported record-breaking monthly user numbers and monthly video views for the second consecutive month. In August 2024, monthly users exceeded 41 million, and monthly video views passed a record high of...
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