VIS, a division of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), is ramping up output in the Asian region through a partnership with Seoul-based format production studio Something Special, launched by South Korean veteran formats producer Jin Woo Hwang. VIS will have exclusive first-look rights to globally represent and co-develop up to ten of Something Special’s top unscripted […]
Korean, US and local content form the core of online video content consumption across Southeast Asia, according to a study published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report, Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics: A Definitive Study, wraps up 2020 with key insight to online video content consumption trends across four Southeast Asian […]
Media Partners Asia (MPA) has announced that total cumulative paying customers to SVoD services across the top 10 operators in Indonesia had reached approximately 7 million as of mid-January 2021, a net addition of 3.6 million new subscribers between September 5th 2020 to January 6th 2021. The research, published by MPA’s consumer insights division AMPD […]
A report from Media Partners Asia (MPA) shows that the Asia Pacific online video industry grew revenue by 14 per cent year-on-year in 2020 to reach $30.5 billion (€25bn). SVoD overtook AVoD
China’s Alibaba and Tencent groups have each held separate talks with Baidu about acquiring video streaming service iQIYI, according to Reuters. But reports say negotiations have stalled on a valuation of around $20 billion (€16.7bn) by Baidu. Both companies, which have their own video streaming services, are also nervous of heightened scrutiny from China’s antitrust […]
ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, today announced a partnership with iQIYI International, an on-demand video streaming platform that brings high quality and premium Asian content to an international audience. Through this partnership, the iQIYI app now has been made available on tens of millions of ZEASN supported smart devices across the […]
StarHub has announced a partnership with iQIYI for customers to have access to some 3,000 of the most popular Asian dramas and movies on their mobile phones or TVs through the Singapore entertainment service, StarHub TV+. Boasting one of the largest Chinese content libraries in the world, China-based iQIYI becomes the seventh OTT entertainment service […]
This summer, Baidu’s streaming service iQiyi announced its plan to expand towards new markets in Asia-Pacific. The platform was launched in the second half of 2019 in Vietnam and Malaysia and is eyeing other strategic markets in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, in June, Tencent acquired the Malaysian service iFlix. The latter has been struggling to generate […]
The number of global gross SVoD subscriptions grew by 28 per cent in 2019. The net subscriber count rose by 55 million (16 per cent) in 2019 to total 403 million, according to Digital TV Research. Therefore, gross subscriptions are growing faster than net subscribers. This means
Insight TV has signed a content licensing deal with China’s video streaming giant iQIYI. With over 560 million monthly active users, of which 106 million are subscribers, iQIYI is China’s leading video streaming service. Insight TV’s content will be available on all of iQIYI’s ad-supported tier operated platforms, websites, and its affiliated companies. Under the […]