What does an old dog doing new tricks look like? Well, pretty much Like BBC First on StarHub in Singapore.Why?

Asia was Netflixed in the first week of 2016. Southeast Asia is going to be iflixed in a much bigger way from about now with US$45 million from Europe’s Sky plus US$5 million from Indonesia’s Emtek Group (iflix hasn’t confirmed the size of the Indonesian investment).

A+E takes yet another step into owning its content future, wholly and completely, during MIP TV in April with the global premiere of high-end mini-series Roots.

Can anyone remember a time when curiosity ran this high about what’s happening at Discovery in Asia? Yes? When? No? Me neither. Why?

India’s largest TV production company, the 22-year-old Balaji Telefilms, has made its biggest move ever – raising US$23 million to finance and build a direct-to-consumer subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform, ALT Balaji.

U.S. studios and everyone else with a show to peddle have a new best friend forever in Asia. Actually, call that a whole lot of new BFFs.