A big yawn. That's how advertisers greeted Star Sports' Pro Kabaddi League, launched in July last year.

1 April 2015: The Asia's Got Talent premiere in March kicked off a year of regional mega-formats in Asia, adding an estimated US$16 million into the region's original production purse, and boosting optimism that what works will be repeated...

"I'm sure someone else would have done it if I hadn't... But I'm glad I took that step". - Mongol TV's chief executive Nomin Chinbat on her first major programming strategy decision after taking over the free-TV station in 2012.

April 2015: Korean drama distributors might be weeping over China right now, but on the whole rights owners are revelling in new online opportunities that continue to open up across Asia.

Among the bigger questions about Singapore-based regional telco giant Singtel's new ambitious over-the-top (OTT) play is this: How much local content will new service Hooq be able to acquire to drive take-up in specific Asian markets, particularly since many of the biggest broadcasters favour the

8 December 2014: China's Sohu courts foreign right holders while ramping up original content production.Like many in Asia, China's online platform Sohu has in-house original production at the top of its programming priority list in 2015.