True Corporation and Astro alum Desmond Ngai has been tapped as the head of international partnerships and business development for AsiaPac and MENA at V+Short, the vertical content app launched by Indonesia's MNC Digital Entertainment.

Southeast Asian microdrama producer Loomi Entertainment Group will see its first English-language vertical series, The Wolf King's Forbidden Bride, land on DramaBox this July.

RisingJoy has now sealed deals with more than 50 platforms and apps in 30-plus territories for its curated library of microdramas.

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.

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.