Samsung TV Plus engagement soars as platform celebrates first anniversary in SE Asia; FAST service...
Samsung is adding 13 channels – including 10 from A+E Global Media – to its TV Plus FAST platform in Singapore and the Philippines from early 2026, with an additional three channels from wedotv loading onto TV sets in Thailand as well. The...
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Christmas cheer sweeps Rewind Networks as HITS NOW boards StarHub TV+; new deal kicks off with...
Rewind Networks is adding a third channel – HITS NOW – to subscription platform StarHub TV+ from 15 December, introducing first-run titles such as Fremantle’s Malaysian pirate drama “Sandokan: The Pirate Prince” along with a live telecast...
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Japan’s TV Asahi goes public with “Doctor-X” Korean remake; 2026 airdate in Friday/Saturday...
TV Asahi has finally officially announced the Korean remake of its 2012 “Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon” for Korean free-TV broadcaster, SBS. The Japanese announcement comes almost a month after SBS started promoting the Korean version, which...
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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-…
When TV Asahi’s latest hero – down and out salaryman Bunta – is recruited as a ‘slight esper’, he enters a sci-fi world where even small powers can make a big difference.  “Although the ‘espers’…