The new Fox Sports Asia turned one in August, celebrating with a Bundesliga kick, leaving the La Liga loss in the dust, and racing forward with robust and rounded sports offerings designed to add partner value.

Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) is partnering with Philippines’ producer/distributor Viva Communications and direct-to-home satellite platform Cignal TV to launch a first-of-its-kind movie channel.

Philippines’ free-TV broadcast network GMA is expanding its Hong Kong footprint in a mobile deal that puts its new app on PCCW’s now TV OTT platform as well as on telco CSL.

Indonesian free-TV broadcaster SCTV has greenlit a local version of Turkish daily drama Elif following ratings success with the first two seasons of the original series.

China streaming gold rush continues, with Canadian kids/family distributor DHX Media adding library content to both LeTV and iQiyi this week. The new AVOD/SVOD deals, announced in the run up to this year’s ATF in Singapore, involve about 350 hours of content.

Malaysia-Japan drama production, Ku Tinggalkan Cinta di Okinawa (Leaving love in Okinawa), takes tourism board-backed content to a new level, sidestepping the usual travel format in favour of a 26-episode tale of love, family, friendship, passion and sacrifices.