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

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: 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: 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: 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...