Discovery’s HGTV publicly joined the Thaole Entertainment family in Vietnam at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City this month, digging in on its channel bouquet split between rival distributors Q.Net, which distributes Discovery-branded channels, and Thaole, which distributes former Scripps channel, A

New Korean drama, The Light in Your Eyes, climbed to a 3.743% nationwide rating this week, lighting up the Monday night 9.30pm slot for cable broadcaster JTBC. In Seoul, the fantasy romance hit 4.638% (source: AGB Nielsen).

2019 is the year of the channel re/reset. For real. Asia’s channels environment at the moment is all about newbies with realistic expectations.

HBO Asia looks like it’s up to a lot of good for the Year of the Pig, rolling out a multi-platform strategy that – among other elements – boosts direct-to-consumer access and payment options through Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store in Singapore, and adds all of HBO’s services onto Singte

Singapore free-TV Malay channel Suria premieres its first reality dance competition, Dansa Mania, on Monday, 4 February, in a prime-time 8.30pm slot.The two-hour double bill finale will air on 25 March 2019 on both Suria and on Singapore streaming platform Toggle.

Southeast Asia streaming platform iflix premieres its first original documentary on 9 January, expanding an originals strategy that ordinarily prioritises drama and entertainment.