Chinese-Speaking Markets
Western streaming giants are making their first forays into Asia, but will they be able to negotiate different cultural tastes, piracy and local competitors to win over audiences?
Australia & New Zealand
A recent Presto ad starring Naomi Watts claims US streaming services are "all sizzle and no sausage"; but how are local services holding up against the competition?
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Youku's film production arm is producing a slate of features for both theatrical and online distribution.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Production arm of Chinese tech giant has vast IP resources at its disposal, including comic books, gaming and internet literature.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Streamer plans to enter South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan after launching in Australia and Japan earlier this year.
Korea & Japan
As Netflix and Amazon Prime Video launch their assault on Japan, they may find their biggest battle is not with each other, but with domestic competitors and the idiosyncrasies of the Japanese market.
Australia & New Zealand
Access Digital Entertainment announced the decision to close its TVOD streaming service leaving Presto, Stan and Quickflix as the major local offerings.
Korea & Japan
Viki has reportedly acquired the K-content fan community site from Crunchyroll for just under $10m.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
A panel at Shanghai film festival asked whether China's trio of tech giants will engulf the local film industry before it's had a chance to mature.
News
Southeast Asia now has two streaming platforms attempting to introduce a paid subscriptions model in the region.
Europe
Speaking at Cannes film festival's NEXT conference, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos claimed that streaming does not pose a threat to European cinema's fragile ecosystem.
Middle East & North Africa
US cable and satellite network is launching Starz Play Arabia across 17 markets in the Middle East and North Africa.
News
Former oil industry executive has backed Indian indie films including Rajat Kapoor's 'Ankhon Dekhi' and Prashant Nair's 'Umrika'.
News
Beating Netflix into the Asian market, the service will stream 10,000 Hollywood movies and TV shows at launch.
News
Former MSM executive Nitesh Kripalani has been hired to head Amazon's online video business in India.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
After launching a film production unit, Chinese streamer iQiyi is also starting to acquire Chinese rights to international festival films.
Middle East & North Africa
Saudi-based online networks such as UTURN and Telfaz 11 are witnessing huge growth in subscriptions.
Australia & New Zealand
Australia’s Foxtel and Seven West are jointly launching Presto Entertainment ahead of Netflix’s launch in the market next March.