Something (anything) digital is a must-have for media companies and the boom in streaming platforms across Asia continues. The online story is sexy and shiny and compelling, with a big data/transparency/ engagement story to die for and an unprecedented focus on user experience. The reality?

Asia’s new breed of streaming platforms is moving beyond on-demand, expanding offerings to include linear channels. This is a clear bid to mean more to broader audiences everywhere, not to mention to sweeten broadband deals.

Vietnam ends 2016 with more formats on air or commissioned during the year than any other market in Asia.

When NHK premiered the local version of Ukrainian detective drama The Sniffer at the end of October on its flagship national terrestrial channel’s prime-time schedule, the conservative Japanese public broadcaster made history on a few fronts.

BHD co-founder Bich Hanh Ngo’s birthday present this year is a shiny new streaming platform and a string of cineplexes.

Discovery Networks Asia Pacific president and managing director, Arthur Bastings, has put the finishing touches to his corporate leadership team, adding Star India’s Nikhil Madhok and Expedia’s Darrell Chan to Singapore-based HQ from later this month.