Taiwan's Studio76 launched just ahead of the pandemic with an ambitious three-year slate, a horror debut targetting audiences that mass market TV broadcasters aren't accommodating, tapping online communities and fanbases for stories, and trying to expand Taiwan's footprint overseas.

Japanese content creators are riding unprecedented demand driven by global streaming platforms, a voracious appetite for new ideas, and seemingly boundless energy for cross-border cooperation. 

Thai broadcaster BEC World is in the vanguard of an emerging breed of domestic media companies with an eye on regional opportunities. Surin Krittayaphongphun, BEC Multimedia Co’s TV business president, speaks about life on the frontlines of change.   

Thailand’s True Corp is making a play for digital streaming audiences in Indonesia and the Philippines with a duo of AVOD platforms that offer everything from news and short-form content to recent/library Korean, Thai and other Asian premium drama series.  

Thai joint venture, True CJ Creations, is charting a new path for scripted and non-scripted content in Asia, blending Thai practices and tastes with Korean skills and values.

Writer, creator & director Asim Abbasi, talks to ContentAsia’s Janine Stein about his new drama, Churails (Witches), a thriller about four women in Pakistan who form a detective agency to find cheating husbands and find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy.