Streamlined Returns; Summer Streaming Summary; Festival Circuit Redux

This has taken much longer than intended, but I’m attempting to bring Streamlined back as a weekly newsletter to shine a light on the many film and TV industries outside of ‘the West’, which the international industry often regards as ‘the Rest’, even though these are the regions that media conglomerates are desperately hoping will keep them afloat in the future.

In this first comeback edition, I’ve summarised events in the fast-moving world of streaming over the summer, and Asia’s potential role within that, and taken a quick look at how the post-pandemic festival circuit is shaking out. Next week, I’m focusing on Asia’s post-pandemic box office recovery.

It’s been a busy summer, for the industry and for me personally – I started writing for Deadline and got involved in some in-depth research on production infrastructure in the APAC region, some of which I’m hoping to share in future editions of Streamlined. Once I’m back in Asia from mid-September, I’ll be doing original reporting in…