APRIL 2019: Disney's new mandate for Southeast Asia is clear: Take local television and move it over the top "in a very substantial way," Kevin Mayer, Disney's chairman, direct to consumer and international, said during Media Partners Asia (MPA) APOS event in Bali at the end of April.

APRIL 2019: Lavish new drama, Beecham House, is set in pre-Raj India against the dying Mughal Empire, colonial ambitions of the British and the French, and India’s maharajas jostling for position.

APRIL 2019: The battle for a share of Indonesia’s video streaming market is in full swing, with 10 home-grown services jostling for space with regional rivals pushing a local content agenda and global giants that are starting to do the same.

APRIL 2019: The Asian conversation at this year’s Mip TV programming market in Cannes earlier in April was dominated by China, Korea and Japan, mostly pitching homegrown formats to global buyers, but also talking about co-development, co-production and co-operation, and putting their best dating

APRIL 2019: India closed 2018 with 36 formats on air or commissioned. Reality was the biggest winner, topping the list with 11 titles. Game shows came in second with 10 titles.

APRIL 2019: 23 of the 26 formats on air or commissioned in Indonesia in 2018 were game shows and singing competition formats. Game shows led with 12 of the 23. The other 11 were singing contests,according to ContentAsia’s latest Formats Outlook.