Asia's formats biz today is nowhere near the volume of its heyday in 2017/8. As 2023 closes, it looks like the drop from last year will be about 20%. But that’s not the whole story. 

Rights holders/distributors talk about this year’s most significant trends in Asia Demand for Asian content is on the rise across the region, distributors have told ContentAsia ahead of this year’s ATF market in December. 

Media execs with Asian businesses share their biggest business hope for 2024 “To broaden the distribution of Thai dramas to additional countries, thereby strengthening Thailand’s soft power on a global scale.”

Years after her best friend Chun died on a mountain in Nepal during a trekking trip with boyfriend Yueh, director Lo Yi-shan returns to the scene to honour the promise Chun and Yueh made while trapped on a ledge. Chun died three days before rescue teams reached them.

One of the first things "Fast & Furious" star Sung Kang says about his new TV show, marketed as a “multi-country car culture series”, is that it’s not about cars.

Netflix’s "Cigarette Girl" ("Gadis Kretek") is an epic series that is as sprawling & ambitious as the hopes & dreams it carries for Indonesia’s filmmakers. Co-director Kamila Andini talks about a show she had on her wish list for more than a decade.