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Netflix unveils 6 Indonesia originals for 2026; streamer says 90% of domestic subs watched local...
More than 90% of Netflix members in Indonesia watched local content in 2025, and 35 Indonesian titles have charted on the Global Top 10 to date, Netflix said today, promising its broadest variety of local originals – including sinetron – for...
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JKN18 goes dark from 26 January; troubled parent pulls the plug on digital entertainment channel
The troubled JKN Global Group’s Thai entertainment channel, JKN18 TV, goes dark from 26 January – a month after JKN was delisted from Thailand’s Stock Exchange. The company remains mired in financial and legal problems and the decision to...
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“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk returns to Netflix in new crime drama, “The Dealer”
“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk returns to Netflix as producer of crime drama “The Dealer”, the streamer confirmed in an announcement out of Korea this morning. The series, written by Ohnooy and Lee Tae-young, marks the directorial...
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