A teen gunman in Bangkok may have forced BEC World/Channel 3’s glitzy live showcase off stage in an early-October real-life drama. But, even if the show didn’t go on that night, the party is far from over for Thailand’s storytellers, producers, commissioners and rights holders. 

Prime Video’s activity in Southeast Asia has so far been lower key than many hoped it might be. By all accounts, that’s about to end. Roll on 2024... 

Warner Bros Discovery will launch Max in some parts of Asia in 2024/5, after the Paris Summer Olympics.

Singapore’s short-form filmmakers and platforms are taking a whole new look at domestic issues that would once have been considered taboo, challenging stereotypes and putting topics such as suicide, mental health, death, dying and homelessness front and centre of their work.

ContentAsia’s latest Formats Outlook shows Banijay Rights in the formats distribution lead in Asia by volume – albeit with far fewer titles – for the first nine months of this year. 

Japanese short-film platform, Samansa, soft launches in Korea by the end of this month, expanding its domestic footprint for the first time and counting down to the 2024 debut of its freemium tiers.