Indonesia’s MD Corp is at the centre of Southeast Asia’s streaming hotbed, with at least 13 feature films streaming across platforms, new original series and titles sold to virtually everyone: Disney+ Hotstar, WeTV, Viu, Netflix, Vidio, Migo and Telkomsel Maxstream.

Taiwan is on a creative mission. And no-one, least of all the local industry, is complaining. TAICCA VP, Alice Chang, talks about goals in a market already considered one of Asia’s most creative. 

Asia’s video entertainment leaders talk about everything from production and problem solving to content travelability and longevity.  

Japan’s top commercial broadcaster, Nippon TV, topped online platform TVer’s Q3 rankings with its Wed night cop comedy, closely followed by TBS, which took five of the top 20 spots for the quarter against Nippon’s three.

Global streamers command more than half the demand for series/originals in Asia Pacific, says data science company Parrot Analytics.

Asian drama influences continue in Thailand, which is proving to be a fertile – if nascent – environment for scripted formats from Korea, Japan and China.