As its ratings fall, Discovery India is attempting a transformation. Vanita Kohli Khandekar looks at its chances.

2017 is very likely to go down in Asian television history as the year the pay-TV channel brands we have known and loved in the past finally started stepping into the open with their bets on the way forward. Do they have a choice? Of course.

Young audiences, with their well-documented multi-screen skills, are a strong part of Asia’s streaming mix. ContentAsia’s new Kids Online study asked streaming/online platforms about their children’s slates. Here’s what they said...

Vietnam, Thailand and China continue to top Asia’s formats market by volume, with 52% of the total number of formats on air in first half 2017 or commissioned for broadcast in 2017/2018. The total formats count is up on 2016, with more than 280 titles on air or commissioned by end June 2017.

As its ratings fall, Discovery India is attempting a transformation. Vanita Kohli Khandekar looks at its chances.

Pay TV needs a fresh & sexy story – starting with not calling it pay TV.