Turner has picked up broadcast and syndication rights to Korea’s most highly anticipated drama in years – Saimdang, starring Jewel in the Palace’s Lee Young-ae in her first TV appearance in more than a decade.

Japan’s five major commercial broadcast networks are rolling out their latest OTT ambitions in October.

The season four premiere of Star China Media’s The Voice of China has topped ratings records in China. Viewership data released by Star China Media put ratings at 5.418% and share at 16.597% across the 50 cities measured.

Wimbledon viewership on Fox Sports in Asia was up 29% this year, according to data from Fox International Channels (FIC).

Karen Appathurai-Wiggins and the team at production house Matchbox Pictures Asia spent a good part of this year asking: ‘What’s beautiful?’ After that, ‘What’s beautiful in Asia?’

Malaysia’s Astro expanded regional street-dance contest, Asian Battleground, this year from a one-off special to a three-part regional competition involving 11 countries across Asia.