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 likely belle of the content ball for 2026.

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 Korea in China’s political penalty box.

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" with WAU Animation and "Blood Brothers: Bara Naga" with Skop Productions) and WOWSHOP home shoppin

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-Pacific region began.  

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. 

China’s Huace Group showcased its lavish historical drama, "Swords Into Plowshares", during last week’s ATF, confirming Thailand’s TrueVisions Now as its first overseas client and saying the show would upload to mainland Chinese streaming platforms, including iQiyi, Tencent Video and Mango TV, in