Liz Shackleton

Australia & New Zealand

FESTIVALS: 'Ali’s Wedding' Wins Top Award In Sydney

Jeffrey Walker’s romantic comedy Ali’s Wedding won the top award in the narrative feature section of the audience awards at this year’s Sydney Film Festival.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

iQiyi’s Yang Xianghua Reveals Details Of Netflix Deal

Yang Xianghua talks Netflix cooperation and says SVOD will become the dominant streaming model in China.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

iQiyi Pays Record Fee For 'The Mermaid' Series Adaptation

Shanghai New Culture Media has acquired TV adaptation rights to Stephen Chow’s blockbuster The Mermaid and sold them to iQiyi for a record fee.

Middle East

HEADLINES FROM ASIA: Amazon, Okja, YuppTV & Alibaba

Amazon unveils first India original, Netflix's Okja shut out of Korean cinemas, plus latest news from Alibaba, YuppTV, Youku and iQiyi.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

FESTIVALS: Shanghai Fest Replaces Opening Film

Bille August’s The Chinese Widow will open this year’s Shanghai film festival, replacing Ann Hui’s Our Time Will Come, which was previously announced as the opening film.

Europe

VIEW FROM CANNES: Who Needs Who More In L’Affaire de Netflix?

Five takeaways from the standoff between the French film industry and Netflix at this year's Cannes film festival.

Africa

iflix To Launch In 23 Countries In Sub-Saharan Africa

Kuala Lumpur-based streaming service iflix is continuing its march across emerging markets with a launch in 23 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Middle East

Netflix Teams With O3 Medya On First Turkish Series

Netflix is moving into the production of Turkish-language content with a 10-episode series co-produced with Istanbul-based O3 Medya.

Europe

FilmDoo Acquires Raya Martin’s Back Catalogue

UK-based streaming platform FilmDoo has acquired global VOD rights to the back catalogue of Filipino fillmmaker Raya Martin.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

FESTIVALS: 'Our Time Will Come' To Open Shanghai

Ann Hui’s historical drama Our Time Will Come will open this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 17-26).

Middle East

Asia’s Original Content Wars Heat Up

While Netflix and Amazon are pouring investment into local-language content across Asia, several regional platforms are entering the fray with a slew of announcements in recent months.

Korea & Japan

Amazon Checks In To Sion Sono’s 'Tokyo Vampire Hotel'

Amazon Prime Video Japan is working with maverick Japanese director Sion Sono on original series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, which is scheduled to stream from June 16.