The Asia-Pacific region will be home to 5.2 billion screens by 2031, Media Partners Asia’s Vivek Couto said in his opening address at APOS, and the key to effectively monetizing that base lies in “closing the transaction loop” as video, social, and commerce converge.

After joining forces to revive the SupermodelMe reality show as a vertical series, COL Group International's FlareFlow and Refinery Media have unveiled a spin-off for male contestants, SupermodelMe: The Runway Kings.

Crunchyroll is building out its AsiaPac footprint, expanding to Taiwan this summer and South Korea later in the year, Rahul Purini, president, revealed at APOS.

Microdrama platform ReelShort has entered into a co-production alliance with South Korean content studio SHOWBOX for a slate of short-form series aimed at the global market.

Cassandra Yang, CEO and cofounder of RisingJoy, tells ScreenMDM about how the company has assembled a microdrama distribution catalog and its aspirations to evolve into a studio working across original content, co-development, and branded experiences.