Amazon has appointed HBO Asia veteran David Simonsen as director of Southeast Asia for its Prime Video SVOD service and also hired A+E Networks’ Edward Guerron as senior content acquisition manager for the UK & Germany for its AVOD sibling Freevee. Singapore-based Simonsen joins Amazon after almost 15 years as SVP of business development at […]
WarnerMedia has made two new senior appointments to its HBO Asia Originals team, with May-Yi Lee named head of development and production of unscripted content, while Garon De Silva has been promoted to head of development and production for scripted. Based in Taiwan, Lee is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of production […]
WarnerMedia has commissioned a new HBO Asia Original documentary series exploring the region’s illicit narcotics industry for the regional HBO GO streaming service. Produced by Singapore-based IFA Media, the 3 x 60-minute docuseries, Traffickers: Inside The Golden Triangle, will debut on the streamer on 23 July, and will follow the demise of three infamous drug kingpins […]
WarnerMedia’s HBO Asia has started production on its third original series, this time an eight-part drama from Thailand. Forbidden follows four friends who unleash a curse after they travel from Bangkok to a remote village in the mountains for a funeral of one of the group’s estranged father. The Thai-language mystery series is being directed by filmmaker […]
BBC deals for HBO Max’s Love Life The BBC in the UK has struck a deal for HBO Max’s romantic comedy anthology series Love Life, starring Anna Kendrick. The show was a key title for the recently launched WarnerMedia-owned streamer in the US, and will be available in the UK via linear channel BBC One […]
Nordic streamer Viaplay has partnered with HBO Asia, Hulu in Japan and Spain’s The Mediapro Studio on a six-part crime drama set in the Antarctic. The Head is an English- and Danish-language series directed by Jorge Dorado (The Pier), which has been written by Àlex and David Pastor (Carriers) along with Isaac Sastre (Al Filo De […]
WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks has installed a new Southeast Asian leadership team based out of Singapore. The newly merged organisation unites Turner Asia Pacific and HBO Asia, and is led by Clement Schwebig, MD of Southeast Asia, Pacific and China. Spanning 42 countries in 14 languages, WarnerMedia Entertainment Asia Pacific brands include Warner TV, Oh!K, Mondo […]
WarnerMedia is consolidating operations out of Asia, combining Turner Asia Pacific with HBO Asia in a move that sees the departure of long-time HBO Asia boss Jonathan Spink. The exec is stepping down after 16 years with the business, and will be replaced by former Turner Asia Pacific president Ricky Ow, who has been appointed […]
Yes TV takes in more Magpie Israeli network Yes TV has ordered a second season of its crime drama Magpie from Yes Studios, the company’s in-house production and distribution arm that is behind Netflix hit Fauda. Magpie was created by Adam Bizanski, Omri Shenhar, and Dana Eden, with Ariel Benbaji directing and Adam Bizanski and […]
HBO Asia is set to air the Asian adaptation of Endemol Shine’s The Bridge, a Viu original, this November. From November 26th the show will be available on the Viu OTT service in all available markets. On the same date it will also appear on HBO, HBO GO and HBO On Demand in: Brunei, Cambodia, […]
