The Philippines’ broadcast and entertainment industry spent the weekend counting the costs of Friday’s vote not to renew ABS-CBN’s broadcast – and the picture, while full of prayers and promises of fighting on, looks grim.

Dark, The Twilight Zone and Doom Patrol were the most in-demand digital originals during a tough political week for Hong Kong, according to the latest data from Parrot Analytics.

Australia’s Screen Queensland is stepping up its Asia focus in an effort that will offer regional producers significant new funding and open access to one of Asia-Pacific’s most sophisticated production markets and talent pools. 

Hasbro’s Peppa Pig crushed demand in Vietnam for the week of 17-23 June, racing past long-time favourite anime property One Piece as well as the local adaptation of singing competition format The Voice of Vietnam. 

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) has started to scale in Southeast Asia (SEA), with real consumption and monthly spend accruing to between three and four platforms in each market, according to research from Media Partners Asia (MPA) affiliated AMPD.

Censorship and regulatory issues have derailed China’s formats market somewhat, but the country remains able and willing to invest in big-budget adaptations and co-development, particularly as part of reciprocal international distribution arrangements.