Singapore’s Wave Films Taps Former Cambodian Broadcasting Chief Dave Ulmer To Drive U.S. Expansion
Ulmer will help the company bridge the North American content industries with Southeast Asia’s production infrastructure. Source: Deadline
Paramount+ is moving into micro dramas as Hollywood falls in love with short video
These short, buzzy vertical shows are designed to build “mobile daily habits at scale” by “recalibrating consumption behavior” as audiences get used to watching Paramount+ on the go and during the day. Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/paramount-is-moving-into-micro-dramas-as-hollywood-falls-in-love-with-short-video/b13nhhy
Snapchat Banning Entirely AI-Generated Videos From Its Spotlight Platform
As short-form digital video appears to be heading toward a wave of AI-generated slop, Snapchat is setting new ground rules for how that sort of content can exist on its platform moving forward. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/snapchat-bans-ai-generated-videos-spotlight-platform-1236660994/
About 300 Netflix Titles Used Generative AI This Year, Company Reveals
Netflix told shareholders in a letter that the technology’s usage expands across every level of a program’s production process, from its concept and pre-visualization to post-production and release. Source: https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/about-300-netflix-programs-used-ai-this-year-q2-earnings-1236812914/
AI is rewriting China’s filmmaking rulebook, but the script isn’t finished
More than 95 per cent of China’s new microdramas in the first quarter of 2026 were AI-generated, compared with near zero a year ago. Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ai-microdrama-china-film-industry-actors-jobs-6229191
Streamer APAC Chiefs Tip Japanese Live-Action, Chinese-Language & Microdrama As Asia’s Hot Upcoming Content Trends
APAC chiefs for Netflix, Prime Video, Disney and Warner Bros Discovery delivered their verdicts on the next hot content trends in Asia during an APOS panel. They also discussed their content and distribution strategies for Asia Pacific, now the streaming … Continued