On 21 March, new Japanese satellite channel BS Yoshimoto starts broadcasting across Japan, kicking off what channel operator Yoshimoto Kogyo hopes will herald an era of accelerated collaborative content development that will reach further and wider than its traditional business.

Singapore media platform Mediacorp ticks off a fourth element of its social content creation acceleration strategy on Friday (11 Feb), when the winners of the first Pinwheels Awards are announced.

Fuji TV sees scripted co-development as a golden opportunity to expand its international footprint. New drama, The Window, is just the beginning, the Japanese commercial network says.

Taiwan is making a play for a position as Asia’s best co-production partner. With a vibrant creative community, none of the censorship limitations or political restrictions that plague other markets, and a host of filming incentives, it’s not the region’s toughest sell. 

The 15th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival closed in the Polish capital of Warsaw this month with a strong focus on family dynamics, Covid-19 and queer films placed in local contexts.

It’s not exactly rocket science to pick out the major trends in Asia’s video entertainment as 2022 dawns – streaming, more streaming, other streaming, new streamers coming, others going away to regroup or die. In the midst of all that, Asia’s programmers are finding a new voice.