Award-winning Japanese director, Itaru Mizuno, talks about mixing the unreal with the ordinary, creating a middle-aged alien with high-energy superpowers, erasing gender stereotypes and including internationally recognised elements in premium series, The Hot Spot.   

Japanese director Yujiro Honma and producer Shinichiro Yoshikawa talk about the making of Nippon TV’s unscripted original, Ants, winner of the 2025 ContentAsia Award for Best Original Game Show made in Asia.      

China’s acquisition of U.K. TV content continues to collapse, with exports falling 44% for 2024/5 compared to the previous year, Pact’s U.K. TV Exports report, released in November, shows. Acquisitions from Asia overall remained on a downward slide, dropping 29% for the year.

WBITVP’s approach to Asia's format landscape. With titles already in Japan, India and beyond, WBITVP is shaping a slate that reflects the region’s appetite.  

▶ The Korea-Japan production relationship  will continue to take hold as the two markets look at each other and realise that – despite the mismatch in operating styles – they may be stronger together.

Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Korea’s lead government body supporting the country’s creative industries, returns to ATF this December with one of its most diverse showings to date.