The battle between streaming and linear TV continues, with both sides vying for viewers’ attention. While streaming platforms dominate, traditional broadcasters are finding ways to stay relevant. By: K Dass.

2024-05-16

There’s more international attention paid to Taiwan these days, and we’re seeing more Taiwanese projects at international festivals and pitch forums.

2024-05-16

Baidu’s media relations chief, Qu Jing, recently resigned after posting a series of videos endorsing a 24/7 work culture and making light of staff well-being. By: K Dass.

2024-05-16

SUPERIGHTS, international distribution branch of SUPERPROD GROUP, adds Séverine LEROUX to its international sales team.

2024-05-15

The testimonies were published on May 14, on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival where Sarde has premiered 50 films over the years including Roman Polanski’s Palme d’Or-winning The Pianist and David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. By: K Dass.

2024-05-15

Mohammad Rasoulof has fled Iran less than a week after his home country sentenced him to eight years in prison and flogging. By: K Dass.

2024-05-15

An organisation representing freelance festival workers is calling for a strike during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Called Sous les écrans la dèche (Broke Behind the Screens), the org is protesting against a looming labor reform that will see their unemployment indemnities slashed by more than half. By: K Dass.

2024-05-14

CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) made three significant appointments to its Asia Pacific leadership team as part of its ongoing expansion efforts in the region. Karen Lay joins as Director of Commercial Distribution, Asia Pacific, Sally Young returns to CNN in a leadership role driving CNN’s advertising sales operations with a renewed focus on Greater China among other key markets. Additionally, Kimmy Ho has been promoted to Senior Director, Content Sales & Licensing. By: K Dass.

2024-05-14

In the sci-fi thriller, a corporate spy poses as a personal chef to infiltrate the villa of a former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm in order to steal his seismic-shifting new invention. Nothing is as it seems as the mind games begin.

2024-05-14

Skyline Media, a leading Vietnamese studio, is gearing up for the Cannes Film Festival with an impressive lineup of sales from its local and Southeast Asian film slate. By: K Dass.

2024-05-13