Consumer products behemoth Thomas the Tank Engine rode a whole new track into China at the weekend, opening CGI animated Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure on 5,000 screens and tooting his horn for Mattel’s theatrical ambitions in the world’s fastest growing licensing market.

The countdown to this year’s Asia Pacific Video Operators’ Summit (APOS) in Bali in April has begun, with attention focused around questions such as which streaming platforms are most likely to survive, what’s next for telcos and their evolving role in content distribution, and, critically, where

An epic battle over The Voice of China, is raging across the mainland, with rights owner Talpa, owned by the U.K.’s ITV, demanding that Star China step away from the most lucrative competition series ever after four seasons (and a start on season five) and backing up its fight with legal

Discovery Channel heads into the Year of the Monkey with a mandate to rethink and re-imagine everything – tone, content, reach.... Expanding beyond linear is a key goal, as is re-positioning the content offering for millennial audiences.

Getting into China remains a top priority for Netflix, as does sourcing and producing original programming in Asia for a global audience, according to Netflix chief content officer, Ted Sarandos.

If Netflix was a country, the world may well be prepping for war right now.