Asia Video Industry Association

Pay-TV and OCC Policies in Asia 2021

AVIA’s “Regulating for Growth” series of studies and publications help members, regulators, and industry observers understand the ground rules for operating in the Asia Pacific video market.

AVIA has now produced the latest on pay-TV and OCC policies and regulations across 17 Asian markets, with the assistance of expert knowledge partners in each market.

For AVIA members only, log in to our website and go to http://avia.org/rfg to access the following:

A Wall Chart which is a matrix that summarises all pay-TV regulations in each country reviewed.

The online market-by-market information, which contains in-depth reports on pay-TV and OCC regulations in each country or region reviewed. This detailed information can be filtered per market or compared to other Asian markets as needed.

Reach out to AVIA at regulatory@avia.org if you’d like to receive a printed hard-copy version of the wallchart of the pay-TV Policies.

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The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has appointed Aaron Herps as the General Manager of its Coalition Against Piracy (CAP).

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Latest News

Astro and Netflix today announced a partnership that will bring Netflix’s amazing streaming service to Astro’s platform, providing Astro customers with an even more enriching entertainment experience.

Global addressable solutions company INVIDI Technologies and Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform security are rolling out a ready-to-deploy integrated technology for pay-TV operators. An emphasis will be placed on the APAC, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, and India markets.

2021 began on a high note for television Ad Volumes. Despite a marginal dip from April 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic, Ad Volumes in May 2021 have witnessed a significant growth of 64% as compared to May 2020 and have remained at par with previous years. Moreover, television attracted over 60% new advertisers of the Total Advertisers in May this year, indicating that advertisers continue to bank on the medium.

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has appointed Aaron Herps as the General Manager of its Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), following the departure of Neil Gane, who leaves AVIA to take up a position with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.

WarnerMedia has appointed Melissa Lim as the new head of content acquisitions and co-productions for its kids networks in Asia Pacific, which include POGO, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

KC Global Media Asia (KCGM Asia), the network that owns and operates pay-TV channels AXN, Animax, ONE and GEM, expands in Southeast Asia via new carriages in three territories: Cambodia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

PCCW Media and beIN Asia Pacific have extended their collaboration to offer live coverage of UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Youth League to Hong Kong audiences from 2021/22 to 2023/24 seasons.

WarnerMedia announced today that Amit Malhotra will join the company later this month as Managing Director for HBO Max in Southeast Asia and India.

Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, joins hands with leading Thailand entertainment players, Channel 3 and Amarin TV, to serve up highly-anticipated Thai contents to Viu-ers across Asia including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and the Philippines.

In a landmark decision today, the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur declared that the sale, offer for sale, distribution and/or supply of TV Boxes or illicit streaming devices (“ISDs”) that can provide unauthorised access to copyrighted works, constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1987.

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