Chinese tech giant leads $110.8m funding round into the service, as it seeks to ramp up production of original shows.

WarnerMedia OTT service is also available in six other Asian territories.
China’s streaming giants are facing multiple challenges, but are also growing subscriptions revenue and taking tentative steps into international markets.
Second half of a guide to Hindi web series, listing the top five shows to emerge from the streaming wars in India.
Chinese tech giant leads $110.8m funding round into the service, as it seeks to ramp up production of original shows.
Karan Johar’s production house will develop films, fiction and non-fiction series for Netflix.
Slate also includes Malaysian romantic drama Ombak Rindu and two Indonesian co-productions, Kisah Tanah Jawa and Conversation With Ghosts.
Pan-Asian streamer Viu has renewed The Bridge with HBO Asia for a second season, and is also producing Hallyu-Thai wave mash-up My Bubble Tea.
Deal marks first time that HBO Asia original series have been broadcast on the Japanese foreign movie channel.
Directed by Emil Heradi, the Bahasa-language remake is being filmed entirely in Bali.
First half of a guide to the many ways in which Indian drama series are being revolutionised by the streaming wars between Netflix, Amazon and a host of local platforms.
Amazon Prime Video has so far launched half a dozen Indian originals across three languages and has a further 30 in development.
Frelle Petersen’s Uncle won the Tokyo Grand Prix Award at this year’s TIFF, while You Xing’s Summer Knight took best film in the Asian Future section.
Maya Da-Rin’s The Fever won best film in the Roberto Rossellini awards, while Anthony Chen’s Wet Season won best film in the Fei Mu Awards.
Vietnamese drama Rom, directed by Tran Thanh Huy, and Iraqi filmmaker Mohanad Hayal’s Haifa Street both won New Currents Awards at this year’s BIFF.
Special mentions went to The Science Of Fictions, directed by Indonesia’s Yosep Anggi Noen, and Maternal, from Italy’s Maura Delpero.