Disney Junior has ordered a second season of Mira, Royal Detective ahead of its spring 2020 debut. The news was announced on Wednesday, December 11 by Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP Original Programming and General Manager, Disney Junior, during a special advance screening of the series in Burbank, California. Set in...

MX Player, India’s leading streaming entertainment platform has acquired the rights of “Crash” from Madd Entertainment’s catalogue. Crash has proven its success with the Silver Bird Prize in the Best Serial Drama category for the Seoul International Drama Awards in 2019. Elaborating on the same, Mansi Shrivastav,...

Netflix is partnering with Japanese messaging app Line on an original slapstick comedy animation series featuring the Brown & Friends characters, which began life as emoji-like ‘stickers’ on the service. The CG animation will be dialogue-free and feature five of the Line Friends characters. Los Angeles-based Kickstart...

GoQuest Media Ventures presented a lineup of gripping European drama series’ to buyers at this year’s ATF. With its strong portfolio of crime thrillers, GoQuest Media Ventures offerings will primarily focus on binge-worthy mini-series including Paper Pusher (16 x 48’), The Policeman’s Wife (16 x 48’) and...

Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and national media network, and ViuTV, a Hong Kong-based broadcasting and streaming service operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), are joining hands in the co-production of two Chinese-language titles, with the first drama series slated for release in 2020. Announced at the...

ITV Studios Global Entertainment announced a host of deals in Asia for over 1000 hours of scripted and non-scripted programming across its diverse and comprehensive catalogue. The various deals include shows ranging from exciting new dramas Gold Digger and A Confession to stunning blue-chip Natural History titles...

Singapore-based Robot Playground Media and Malaysia’s The R&D Studio are co-producing an original animated anthology titled Spectrum that consists of seven short films inspired by the shared heritage, culture and imagination from both sides of the Causeway. The collaboration is the first of its kind between animation...

Flame Distribution attended ATF in Singapore with a slate of exciting new content to offer to buyers in Asia. Some of the highlights include Colours (Making Movies & Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion for ZDF, CICC & Arte), a documentary series exploring the immense influence colours have on our...

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon and Mr. Kiasu have collaborated on a coffeetable book. Bikini Bottom meets Singapore in this clash of worlds, where everyone’s favourite yellow sponge SpongeBob SquarePants runs into Singaporean icon and hero, Mr. Kiasu. The book will be launched at...

Beyond Distribution has announced a raft of factual and kids sales above 100 hours to major broadcasters across Asia ahead of this year’s Asia TV Forum & Market. HK Television Entertainment Company (HKTVE) acquired a 40-hour package deal for Emmy-nominated series, MythBusters, including MythBusters Junior and MythBusters:...