APRIL 2019: 23 of the 26 formats on air or commissioned in Indonesia in 2018 were game shows and singing competition formats. Game shows led with 12 of the 23. The other 11 were singing contests,according to ContentAsia’s latest Formats Outlook.

APRIL 2019: iQiyi, QQLive and Youku top China’s list of video apps, with about 1.6 billion combined monthly unique viewers. But video trails instant messaging, where Tencent’s MM and WeChat reign.

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APRIL 2019: HB Entertainment founder and chief executive, Bomi Moon, has a soft spot for blockbuster romances that put My Love from the Star on must-watch lists around the world along with an eye for the kinds of stories that drove Sky Castle to the highest ratings ever

Turner Asia Pacific heads into summer with a major bet on original Mandarin drama co-production, a punt on a multi-layered story about love, life & death straddling the real and the supernatural, and all rights across most of Asia and the U.S.

APRIL 2019: Good news for pay-TV operators in Asia was slim in 2018, and things don’t look like they’re getting better anytime soon.