The demand for Chinese content is steadily growing across Southeast Asia. As Asian streaming platforms offer an array of high-quality productions of Chinese content, how will this demand shape up in the years to come? According to a recent study on Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics published by Media Partners Asia, the growth of streamers such as WeTV and iQiyi has strengthened Chinese content consumption in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, boosted … [Read more...] about Asia’s growing appetite for the C-drama wave
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Singapore Media Festival 2021: Connecting our content creators to global media players and audiences
The eighth edition of the Singapore Media Festival (SMF) will connect a key player in the media ecosystem – showrunners – to Singapore’s creative talents to bring Asian stories to international markets. Showrunners, which are also known as executive producers, call the shots in the content creation process, with overall creative and management responsibility from conceptualisation to financing to talent selection to production and distribution. With the rise in audience interest in Asian … [Read more...] about Singapore Media Festival 2021: Connecting our content creators to global media players and audiences
iQiyi Original K-series ‘Jirisan’ set for global premiere on 23 October
iQiyi is all set for the global premiere of its newest Original K-series Jirisan on 23 October. The event kicked off with a highlight video of Jirisan, with the sneak preview showcasing the different seasons of Jirisan peak. The K-series follows a team of national park rangers who are responsible for the search and rescue on Jirisan. Experienced ranger (played by Gianna Jun) and rookie ranger (played by Ju Ji-hoon) are set to unravel the secrets of the peak. Present at the global press … [Read more...] about iQiyi Original K-series ‘Jirisan’ set for global premiere on 23 October
iQiyi unveils six new Korean and Philippines Original series
iQiyi, the Asian entertainment streaming leader today unveiled its latest international slate including four new Korean Original productions, two Philippines Originals along with new exclusive content from Thailand and Malaysia at this year’s Asian Contents and Film Market. At the virtual showcase, Kuek Yu-Chuang, iQiyi’s Vice-President of International Business said, “Over the past year, we’ve seen a very positive trend of international viewers consuming more Asian content as a whole. As the … [Read more...] about iQiyi unveils six new Korean and Philippines Original series
iQiyi presents four healing romance series for this year’s final Mercury retrograde
Astrology believers think the Mercury retrograde phenomenon can bring stress and lethargy. To counter any negativity from 2021’s final Mercury retrograde, iQiyi has just the right romance series to heal our souls. Yumi’s Cells brings to life Kim Go-Eun’s brain cells when she dates Ahn Bo-Hyun. Jasper Liu stars in an online dating story in Fall In Love With A Scientist. In Forever and Ever, the warm Allen Ren showers his partner with love, while in Rainless Love in a Godless Land, Meng-Po Fu … [Read more...] about iQiyi presents four healing romance series for this year’s final Mercury retrograde
iQiyi releases its strongest anime slate yet led by ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc’ and more
Leading Asian entertainment streaming platform iQiyi continues to expand its range of quality content with a fresh slate of anime available on demand. In the first nine months of 2021 to date, iQiyi’s anime content drove strong viewership across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Anime content exceeded 650 million views with almost 95 million cumulative hours watched. iQiyi announced on 1 October its year-end anime slate led by the popular Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment … [Read more...] about iQiyi releases its strongest anime slate yet led by ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc’ and more