HBO Asia


HBO launching five originals in Asia

HBO Asia has revealed three new original series and two original films upcoming in the region as it celebrates in 25th birthday. The originals include Folklore, a 6×60 horror anthology taking place across Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Singaporean film maker Eric Khoo is creator and showrunner, with Joko Anwar (Indonesia), Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), Lee […]

Anti-piracy group unites to combat threat

The Asian branches of companies such as NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures and The Walt Disney Company banded together this week to initiate work against the threat of content piracy. The Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) united at the annual CASBAA conference in Macau yesterday to begin work to address the increasingly complex issues surrounding illegal downloading and […]

HBO Asia to release first true crime original

HBO Asia is set to release its first true crime original documentary The Talwars: Behind Closed Doors on November 26 exclusively on HBO. Produced in association with Star India, the doc examines the story of a double murder of a teenage girl and her family’s household servant in Noida, India. In English and Hindi with […]

HBO Asia buys Keshet’s NBC drama

HBO Asia and TVNZ in New Zealand have bought Keshet International’s NBC series The Brave. The deal with HBO Asia will see the drama become available across 18 territories on HBO Asia’s network of channels. These international deals for after The Brave debuted in a 10pm slot on September 25 on NBC in the US […]

HBO Asia names new China chief

HBO Asia has upped Beibei Fan to executive VP for new business and managing director of China. This puts her in charge of all aspects of HBO Asia in China, from distribution and production in new business opportunities throughout the continent. She is a 15-year veteran in Asian content, working for the likes of HBO […]

HBO Europe expands originals strategy

HBO Europe has extended its strategy of working up local originals and is developing new drama series from Croatia and Serbia. At last year’s Sarajevo Film Festival it unveiled plans to make originals out of the Adria region (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro), and has now selected its first projects: crime […]

HBO Asia first with The Psychic

HBO is making its first ever drama out of Taiwan, with 6x60mins series The Psychic entering production. The series is based on Taiwanese short film The Busy Young Psychic, and is about a teenager struggling to balance teen life with her ability to communicate with the spirit world. The TV show is being filmed in […]

Star becomes ‘India’s home of HBO’

21st Century Fox-owned pay TV service Star India has become the latest local ‘home of HBO’ after an agreement with the US-based premium television provider. As of January 1, 2016, Star’s English-language networks and digital platform Hotstar will become the exclusive broadcaster of all HBO programming, including Game of Thrones, Veep (pictured) and True Detective. […]

DreamWorks launching first TV channel

DreamWorks Animation is launching a 24/7 kids and family channel in 19 territories across Asia. The move marks the first time Jeffrey Katzenberg’s LA-based studio has launched a linear network. DreamWorks launched a YouTube channel, DreamWorksTV, earlier this year. The linear channel will launch in the second half of next year. Singapore-based HBO Asia will […]

News brief: HBO Asia orders more Hollywood on Set

HBO Asia has acquired more episodes of movie series Hollywood on Set. The pay TV channel will transmit another 52x26mins series of the show, which is distributed by France-based distributor Prime Entertainment Group, across its channel in 23 territories in Asia. HBO already has the show, which goes behind the scenes of big movies, for […]