Our latest Indonesia snapshot has to be led by Visinema’s “Jumbo”, which has given the domestic animation industry a whole new reason for being. Then there’s Korean broadcaster SBS’ US$20-million investment for a 3.8% stake in MD Entertainment, which signalled new growth directions and a whole other level of optimism. In the subscription space, Media Partners Asia (MPA) put the country’s VOD total subs at 23 million (+900,000 in Q2), which remains a very good start although there’s a long way to go. And while the ad-supported business this year was down all round, Emtek-owned broadcast channels – SCTV and Indosiar – increased their lead earlier this year to take the top two spots on the country’s free-TV rankings (Nielsen) from January to March. Plus, in a sea of still-wildly popular sinetrons, domestic SVOD streamer Vidio continues to break new genre ground with, for instance, Indonesia’s first zombie drama, “Zona Merah”. Those are a few of this year’s highlights. Here’s what else we are watching for the rest of this year…

The link to the full Indonesia focus is here…