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.
CHIME NEWS
Japan’s Star Channel acquires HBO Asia’s Folklore, Food Lore
Deal marks first time that HBO Asia original series have been broadcast on the Japanese foreign movie channel.
Viu, Warner Bros collaborate on Pretty Little Liars remake
Directed by Emil Heradi, the Bahasa-language remake is being filmed entirely in Bali.
Netflix gears up to launch three Chinese-language originals
Taiwanese production Nowhere Man to start streaming in October, followed by Triad Princess, also from Taiwan, and Malaysia’s The Ghost Bride.
Hyde Park Entertainment launches Indian production venture
Paul Feig, Gurinder Chadha and Anurag Kashyap are among the directors working on Indian film and TV projects for the new venture.
Korea’s SK Telecom, three broadcasters to launch streaming service
Local regulators have approved the merger of SK Telecom’s Oksusu and Pooq, operated by KBS, MBC and SBS.
CHIME FEATURES
INTERVIEW: Gaurav Gandhi on why India is a key territory for Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has so far launched half a dozen Indian originals across three languages and has a further 30 in development.
Korean cinema grapples with rising competition on VOD platforms
BUSAN: Korea’s film industry needs to harness big data and marketing strategies in order to compete with other forms of content on VOD platforms.
CHIME FESTIVALS
FESTIVALS: Korea’s Height Of The Wave wins special jury prize in Locarno
Special mentions went to The Science Of Fictions, directed by Indonesia’s Yosep Anggi Noen, and Maternal, from Italy’s Maura Delpero.
FESTIVALS: Mosaic Portrait, Ode To Nothing to premiere in Karlovy Vary
Zhai Yixiang’s Mosaic Portrait and Dwein Baltazar’s Ode To Nothing are among the films screening in competition at this year’s Karlovy Vary film festival.
FESTIVALS: Still Human takes two top prizes in Udine
Oliver Chan’s Still Human won both the Audience Award and the Critics Award at this year’s edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Italy.
FESTIVALS: A First Farewell, You Have The Night score at HKIFF
Lina Wang’s A First Farewell and Ivan Salatic’s You Have The Night won the top prizes at this year’s Firebird Awards at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.