India’s content environment, says Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair, is the “ultimate candy shop”. The limitless opportunities unfolding come with their own set of pressures on the country’s storytellers, he tells ContentAsia.

StarHub is betting on a future that’s more meta than physical, with lots of jargon smoothing the transition from lumpy telco to nimble digital hero. Just don’t count pay-TV among its priorities.  

Format commissions in Asia continue to drop, plummeting 42% in the six months to end June 2021 compared to the same six months last year. ContentAsia’s ongoing Formats Outlook counted 127 formats on air or commissioned during 1H 2021, compared to 218 in 1H last year.

Much is being asked of premium Chinese drama producers in chasing Korea’s Hallyu with a C-wave of their own.

Hong Kong director Derek Tsang has as many expectations of himself as others have of him. He spoke to Mathew Scott about the momentum driving the industry and his career and why he feels the best is yet to come.   

Korea’s homegrown streamer, e-commerce giant Coupang’s year-old Coupang Play, premiered its first original series, "One Ordinary Day", on Saturday (27 Nov 2021), with a simultaneous release on regional streaming platform, Viu, with an R21 ratings.