Taiwan and Japan are awash with domestic streaming services offering everything from free-TV catch-up to a growing slate of originals.

S is for... Shanghai. Sweet. Smart. And Miss Su, the star of a Chinese adaptation of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, which is on its way to China in a scripted deal that breaks new ground for Aussie drama.

Scripted formats are at an all time high in Asia as streaming/online platforms fast-track premium content output. Aqilah Yunus tracks leaders and laggards across the region.

Korea’s CJ ENM may have handed majority control of the new Robot Trains season to Italy’s Mondo, but the conglomerate’s Seoul-based animation unit says the company’s ambitious focus on animation “remains unchanged”.

Asia’s formats market has shrunk in pure numbers.

Netflix retains its market-leading position with 64.6% share of demand for global digital originals in more than 100 markets, according to data science company Parrot Analytics.