3 September 2014: Finding great big characters and shouting loudly enough about new and fabulous ideas are the biggest challenges formats producers and distributors face in Asia at the moment. And then there's money, talent and local values...

3 September 2014: Asia's regional pay-TV landscape has been makeover central recently. Here's the wrap…Asia’s pay-TV industry has been make-over central recently.

3 September 2014: Ideate Media is about to showcase the first finished episodes of an international series it backed.

3 September 2014: ProductionAsia’s biggest production news at the moment is Astro’s commitment to 18,000 hours out of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios over five years. It’s not necessarily new hours, more like a shift of about 40% of Astro’s current production out of Kuala Lumpur.

3 September 2014: iConcerts launches its new regional Asia service on 1 September, with a whole new ramped up local slate.iConcerts launches its new Asia service on 1 September, with at least 10% of the schedule dedicated to Asian content, the entire service scheduled for Asia and Asian prime times,

3 September 2014: Thailand's military coup uncovered a few ironies, some surprises and a whole lot of soul searching among the country's media.