Anime titles available on WarnerMedia’s new streaming service include Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Crunchyroll original In/Spectre.
CHIME NEWS
Disney+ Hotstar commissions three seasons of Selfie With Bajrangi
Popular animated kids’ series, which has aired on Disney Channel and Disney Hungama since 2018, is produced by Indian animation studio Cosmos-Maya.
HBO Asia unveils new original Chinese series Workers
Series reteams HBO Asia with Taiwanese production outfit, DaMou Entertainment, its partner on The World Between Us.
iQiyi streams animated hit Nezha across nine SE-Asian territories
Chinese streamer has launched the hit animation in SE-Asia through the international version of its app.
Combined Disney+ Hotstar service to launch in India on April 3
Star India has confirmed the upgrade of its existing Hotstar streaming service to Disney+ Hotstar on April 3, 2020.
Singapore-based regional streamer HOOQ files for liquidation
Singtel-owned OTT service cited a failure to grow revenues quickly enough and cover its increasing operating costs.
CHIME FEATURES
INTERVIEW: Srishti Behl Arya on Netflix India’s original films strategy
Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap and Sooni Taraporevala are among the filmmakers contributing to Netflix India’s upcoming slate of original films.
OPINION: Where will the next foreign-language Oscar winner come from?
Following Bong Joon Ho’s multiple Oscar win with Parasite, filmmakers across Asia are pondering when it’s going to be their turn.
LONG READ: How China’s streaming giants are growing subs
China’s streaming giants are facing multiple challenges, but are also growing subscriptions and taking tentative steps into international markets.
BEGINNERS GUIDE: INDIAN WEB SERIES [Part Two]
Second half of a guide to Hindi web series, listing the top five shows with the potential to travel internationally.
CHIME FESTIVALS
FESTIVALS: Taipei fest unveils International New Talent Competition
Taipei Film Festival has announced the 12 films selected for this year’s edition of its International New Talent Competition.
FESTIVALS: Thailand’s Happy Old Year wins Grand Prix at OAFF
Happy Old Year, directed by Thailand’s Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, won the Grand Prix best picture award at the this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival.
FESTIVALS: Berlin hands top prizes to Iran’s There Is No Evil, Korea’s The Woman Who Ran
Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil has won the Golden Bear at the 70th Berlinale, while Hong Sangsoo won the Silver Bear for best director for The Woman Who Ran.
FESTIVALS: Osaka Asian Film Festival unveils full line-up
Line-up includes the Japan premieres of recent festival favourites such as Kim Cho-hee’s Lucky Chan-sil, Wong Yee-lam’s My Prince Edward and Liang Ming’s Wisdom Tooth.