April 2015: Korean drama distributors might be weeping over China right now, but on the whole rights owners are revelling in new online opportunities that continue to open up across Asia.

Among the bigger questions about Singapore-based regional telco giant Singtel's new ambitious over-the-top (OTT) play is this: How much local content will new service Hooq be able to acquire to drive take-up in specific Asian markets, particularly since many of the biggest broadcasters favour the

1 April 2015: The Asia's Got Talent premiere in March kicked off a year of regional mega-formats in Asia, adding an estimated US$16 million into the region's original production purse, and boosting optimism that what works will be repeated...

A big yawn. That's how advertisers greeted Star Sports' Pro Kabaddi League, launched in July last year.

1 April 2015: US$400mStar India's US$400-million acquisition of the four-channel Maa Television Network ramps up the fight for audiences in India's South, consolidating rivalry in the region to the country's big three programmers - Star, Zee and Viacom18.

1 April 2015: At least 62 formats were on air in Asia in the first three months of this year, including 18 premieres. This follows 25 premieres in the region in the last three months of 2014.