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The eight-episode Mandarin series, set in the near future, features a misfit team of scientists and Media was massively overdue for a ing... our instincts were right, what Jio cops trying to get to the bottom of a change before Covid-19 hit; cash has has done and others have followed is to criminal conspiracy that exploits human become a substitute for creative in- completely transform what was the big- consciousness. The series was backed by genuity in content creation leading to gest laggard in data into the most excit- the Taipei Film Commission and Taipei impossible breakeven costs; there’s no ing market in the world”. Cultural Foundation and directed by saying how many businesses will take Shankar pointed to the decision to Daniel Fu and Simon Hung. The execu- advantage of opportunities opening launch Disney+ in India “right in the mid- tive producer is Soi Cheang. New eps up post-pandemic; and streaming is dle of the crisis in April” when the whole drop every Sunday. the future of television, The Walt Disney country was in lockdown. Company APAC president and chair- “Advertising was interrupted, we could man, Star & Disney India, Uday Shankar not fulfil the marketing plans or the live q told delegates at Media Partners Asia’s sports… and yet we decided to launch APOS virtual event last week. and today we are by far the biggest ABS-CBN backs Duterte “A transformation was long overdue streaming service in India,” he said, talk- in strategy and ways of doing business,” ing about being at the epicentre of cre- education initiative Shankar said, adding that “muscle ating a “completely different level of memory and inertia generated over the digital ecosystem”. Forced to abandon its terrestrial TV years kept us going. “For us the only benchmark is can transmission network, embattled Philip- “Covid-19 and the disruption has Disney+Hotstar compete with our televi- pines broadcaster ABS-CBN has now brought the spotlight back firmly on sion channels in terms of reach, delivery offered the government the use of its how to get back to business and that’s and consumption. If streaming has to infrastructure for educational program- a great opportunity,” he said, highlight- become really mainstream and has to ming.