HBO Asia looks like it’s up to a lot of good for the Year of the Pig, rolling out a multi-platform strategy that – among other elements – boosts direct-to-consumer access and payment options through Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store in Singapore, and adds all of HBO’s services onto Singte

Singapore free-TV Malay channel Suria premieres its first reality dance competition, Dansa Mania, on Monday, 4 February, in a prime-time 8.30pm slot.The two-hour double bill finale will air on 25 March 2019 on both Suria and on Singapore streaming platform Toggle.

Southeast Asia streaming platform iflix premieres its first original documentary on 9 January, expanding an originals strategy that ordinarily prioritises drama and entertainment.

Wolves, bears, leopards, snow leopards, landslides, mainland police, altitude-sick guides, hospital beds, warnings not to walk at night, exquisite views...

Singapore’s Mediacorp and Taiwan’s Eightgeman start shooting their first drama co-pro – All Is Well – in January 2019, with two separate but connected 20-episode story lines unfolding across the two countries.

Keshet International (KI) chief executive, Alon Shtruzman, arrived in Singapore early in December with a little less than US$63 million in his wallet and big eyes on Asia for great stories.