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…

Welcome to the August 2025 release of ContentAsia’s The Big List directory, which focuses on Indonesia. The link to the full Indonesia focus is here…