Asia was Netflixed in the first week of 2016. Southeast Asia is going to be iflixed in a much bigger way from about now with US$45 million from Europe’s Sky plus US$5 million from Indonesia’s Emtek Group (iflix hasn’t confirmed the size of the Indonesian investment).

A+E takes yet another step into owning its content future, wholly and completely, during MIP TV in April with the global premiere of high-end mini-series Roots.

Can anyone remember a time when curiosity ran this high about what’s happening at Discovery in Asia? Yes? When? No? Me neither. Why?

India’s largest TV production company, the 22-year-old Balaji Telefilms, has made its biggest move ever – raising US$23 million to finance and build a direct-to-consumer subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform, ALT Balaji.

U.S. studios and everyone else with a show to peddle have a new best friend forever in Asia. Actually, call that a whole lot of new BFFs.

How much can 4G push video consumption in India? This is the big question in India’s US$16-billion media and entertainment industry.