Virginia Lim to head Mediacorp’s Talent Hub; Singapore media platform folds talent agency into...
Mediacorp’s chief content officer, Virginia Lim, is taking over the Singapore media platform’s talent agency operations from 1 April. She succeeds veteran Mediacorp exec, Doreen Neo, who is retiring at the end of March after more than 20 years...
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SGIFF Film Fund pauses after eight years; 2026 Festival dates brought forward to avoid year-end...
The Singapore International Film Festival’s (SGIFF) Film Fund is being paused after eight years while backers consider a changed regional filmmaking landscape and figure out a more effective way forward. The non-profit SGIFF announced the...
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Southeast Asia VOD subs accelerate; local content reaches a “new inflection point”, Indonesian...
Indonesian originals closed the gap with Korean blockbusters in Q4 2025 for the first time in Southeast Asia’s largest market in yet another upset for content once considered unassailable. Korean and Indonesian titles attracted equal 30% viewership...
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Malay-language horror feature, "Khadam", releases theatrically this year. We spoke to Lina Tan, the founder and power behind Malaysian production House Red Communications, which has held the project…
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"…