The May 2026 edition of Asia Video Pulse is live! This edition spotlights the fast moving developments shaping our industry, from the success of AVIA’s Women in Media and Hong Kong Dialogue to our next AVIA Dialogue in Mumbai and the Policy and State of Piracy Roundtables in Bali
Interbrand's latest Best Global Brands report pegs the cumulative value of entertainment companies’ brands at $332.5B, an increase of 12.4% year-on-year.
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Japan’s entertainment business has to adopt the model that made Hollywood studios global players if the country wants to reach its content export targets, according to Shiina Yasushi, CEO of TIFFCOM.
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One notable takeaway from Nielsen's recent report is that brand awareness and customer acquisition are the defining priorities for marketers heading into 2027.
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Meta‘s Instagram is trying to make itself a better place for watching and sharing longer-form entertainment content from digital creators, including testing out video lengths of up to 90 minutes and letting users watch Reels and more on Apple TV.
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A recent report from Parks Associates’ found that 39 per cent of US internet households watch live events or sports through an on-demand streaming service, showing the growing role of streaming services in delivering live programming.
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Peacock, the marquee NBCUniversal streamer, delivered its second consecutive profitable quarter on the back of 48 million subscribers, up from 41 million in the year-earlier period but flat quarter-to-quarter.
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Bengali streamer Hoichoi launches over the next two years will get Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language versions streaming exclusively on Netflix, under a partnership the two companies unveiled in Mumbai on Thursday.
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The countdown for AVIA Dialogue Singapore & Industry Drinks is on! Check out the latest Agenda and join us on 3 December to discover the conversations shaping the future of video, with industry leaders coming together to explore the latest trends in streaming,
Indonesia’s film agency is helping draft a revised Film Law that would reshape its powers, while Jakarta, where Netflix now has four titles in production, is working to become a regional film hub.
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Versant Media CEO Mark Lazarus said the company spun off by Comcast/NBCUniversal earlier this year is unlikely to be a buyer if Skydance looks to shop some of its dozens of cable TV networks.
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Between 2021 and 2025, sports tech software and services grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11 per cent, reaching $2.9 billion (€2.5bn) in 2025 according to Caretta Research.
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Netflix posted third quarter 2026 revenue of $12.9 billion on Tuesday, as well as a profit of $3.664 billion and earnings per share of 87 cents.
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The launch is part of the BBC’s wider YouTube strategy to reach new and younger audiences. The UK and US join a growing list of countries where the BBC News channel is available on YouTube, including Australia, Kenya, Nigeria and Poland.
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AVIA's Chief Policy Officer, Clare Bloomfield, will be speaking at the 5th World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) in Jakarta, organised by the Ministry of Creative Economy, Indonesia, today in the session, “Platforming Creativity Through Our Screens”.
The world’s largest brand owners are, on average, spending a diminishing share of their sales revenue on advertising – with the notable exception of consumer goods companies, finds WARC Media.
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CNN and Google have struck a multiyear partnership to help figure out how Google’s generative AI products can help boost engagement with its journalism, becoming the latest news organization to monetize its content to help a tech giant power its AI models.
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