HBO Asia is almost two years into an originals strategy driven by a different kind of Asian storytelling and a wider, deeper approach to production.

Three versions and multiple seasons of Scandi noir crime drama, The Bridge, have been made around the world. The fourth – and the first in Asia – is a Double Vision production in Malaysia for streaming platform Viu.

British Asian actress Sunetra Sarker became an actress by chance and a poster-person for Asian women with attitude by choice. As her latest TV series makes its way around the world, she is also speaking up for greater diversity off-camera.

Philippines’ telco giant, Globe Telecom, has 65m customers and a sharp focus on building a broad-ranging creative ecosystem. Senior advisor Joe Caliro talks about the music, movies, style, fashion and production partnerships feedinginto the bigger picture.

Zee’s international business/syndication boss, Sunita Uchil, has the full-blown co-pro bug. And while the strategy kicked off with blue-chip factual, no genre is out of bounds as she explores the space.

Netflix has 100+ new and returning originals on its slate for 2019. Content vice president, Rob Roy, talks about asking, listening, Asian creators and trying to remove creative pain points.