South Korea’s EnterMedia Pictures Co has picked up format rights for NBCUniversal’s scripted drama Suits. This is NBCUniversal’s first scripted format deal in Asia.

Asia is awash in online video. 108 organised platforms (that we could find) and counting. A million hours, probably more, of professionally produced local and international short- and long-form video on offer – largely legitimately – on the OTT platforms and online services we counted.

Regional talent show Asia’s Got Talent begins June with 100 million YouTube views in sight and with more than 260,000 YouTube subscribers.

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Endemol Shine Group has kicked off its digital-first strategy in Asia, expanding the 18-month-old Endemol Beyond unit to the region and appointing former Mindshare Singapore exec Christopher Smith as head of digital and branded content.

Malaysia’s first free satellite TV service, NJOI, has hit the one million customer milestone, and is celebrating with its first free Malay entertainment HD channel, Astro Maya.