Taiwan’s entertainment industry is heading into the new year with a record-breaking achievement. Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) drew its largest audience ever! A total of 60,000 visits – more than double the footfall in 2021 – at nearly 100 events.  

Sonia Fleck’s Asia-based distribution and production house, Bomanbridge Media, is upsizing its slate with original production, development and investment in global properties, taking bigger and more ambitious Asian stories to audiences everywhere and bringing international stories home.

Malaysia’s dominant subscription video platform, Astro, has a well-documented transformation plan that stretches from becoming the home of a wide range of 3rd-party streaming apps to commissioning the first local adaptions of U.K. premium drama Liar and French series Call My Agent.

Singapore’s Mediacorp registered 120% growth in monthly video views on its YouTube drama channel  for full-year 2021. Online video views have soared for three years straight, and the national media platform has long moved past its former singular identity as a free-TV broadcaster.

Indonesian production house Screenplay Films is at the forefront of the streaming boom, with a dozen titles for 2022 and on track to scale further by 2023 for, among others, Vidio and Netflix. SVP streaming, Anthony Buncio, talks about production priorities and realities, surfacing stories that

India’s Zee Entertainment celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, facing what some say is its biggest challenge yet – merging with Sony Pictures Networks.