Mark Stern and Lloyd Braun have launched Intelligent Animation, a new artist-led AI animation studio, with two shows slated for aTwist, the soon-to-launch microseries studio and platform co-founded by Braun, Jana Winograde, and Susan Rovner.

In Bali this week at APOS, RisingJoy secured Southeast Asia distribution deals for its newly launched D2C vertical content platform RJOY.

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.

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.

RisingJoy has launched its D2C short-form entertainment platform RJOY in the U.S. and Japan.