Posts by Nathan Pine
Huawei affiliates parade products that fuel China chip ambitions
[SHENZHEN] Huawei Technologies’ key partners are showcasing a dizzying array of products from software to chip gear, just days after US President Donald Trump threatened more curbs on China’s access to advanced technologies. From DeepSeek to Huawei, Chinese companies are increasingly publicising their progress in sensitive technologies, seeking to demonstrate that years of US sanctions…
Read MoreFremantle Boards Punk Rock Feature Doc ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Idol Should Be Dead has found an international distributor following screenings at Tribeca and Sheffield Doc Fest earlier this year. Fremantle has boarded the feature doc about music star Billy Idol and taken international sales (outside the U.S.). It has been shopping if this week at MIPCOM. The doc, from Swedish filmmaker Jonas…
Read MoreAztech Global Q3 profit falls 21.2% to S$10.8 million on lower demand
[SINGAPORE] Aztech Global’s net profit fell 21.2 per cent to S$10.8 million for the third quarter ended Sep 30, from S$13.7 million in the previous corresponding period. Revenue for the quarter fell 19.9 per cent to S$133.5 million, down from S$166.7 million. Earnings per share stood at S$0.0141, down from S$0.0178 in Q3 2024. For…
Read MoreThe secrets behind the South Korean cosmetics boom: K-pop, Kardashians and churn
SEOUL — Jo Min-Su was working toward a computer science doctorate at one of South Korea’s best universities when he stumbled on his calling: building a better lip gloss. The 30-year-old sat near his booth at Seoul Beauty Week, pulled out a stick of his brand — named Blup — and gave his upper lip a dewy…
Read MoreSingapore shares edge higher as bank stocks lift STI 0.3%
[SINGAPORE] Shares on the Singapore bourse edged up on Wednesday (Oct 15), as the three local banks all finished the trading day higher. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3 per cent, or 13.9 points, to 4,368.42. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 402 to 187, after 1.5 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion…
Read MoreSky Sets Nick Cave Documentary; Ex-Gleam Talent Manager Launches Agency; BBC Reboots ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ — Global Briefs
Sky Sets Nick Cave DocumentarySky is set to examine the creative work and enduring influence of Nick Cave through the eyes of some of his collaborators over the years. One-off documentary, The Veiled World of Nick Cave (working title), will feature contributions from singer Florence Welch, filmmaker Wim Wenders, and writer Irvine Welsh. “Nick Cave…
Read MoreBET UK Orders Docuseries ‘Mission Motherland’ On Black British Identity & Doc On Music Exec Darcus Beese
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount‘s BET UK has ordered a pair of unscripted shows, with one featuring Black British celebrities exploring their identities and the other profiling Darcus Beese. Mission Motherland is billed as a “powerful” docuseries in which prominent British personalities from the world of music and entertainment step out of the spotlight and into their past as…
Read MoreMIPCOM’s Lucy Smith Unveils Attendance Numbers As TV Market Embraces Its “Biggest Shift In A Generation”
MIPCOM Director Lucy Smith this morning called this week’s TV industry event “the biggest shift in a generation,” as she announced attendance numbers and plans for MIP London in 2026. Smith said “just over” 10,600 delegates from 107 countries had attended the market this week, with 88 out of 350 companies exhibiting doing so for…
Read MoreTariffs, port fees and export controls: How US-China trade tensions are ramping up again
Maybank says prediction markets are suggesting that a Trump-Xi meeting is ‘78% likely’ before the end of October [SINGAPORE] Just as Asian markets shuttered at the end of last week, trade tensions between China and the US revved up again. US President Donald Trump said that he would impose a fresh 100 per cent tariff…
Read MoreRichard Gadd Drama ‘Half Man’ Lands Deals In Australia & Canada – MIPCOM
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Gadd’s latest drama series has been a big talking point in Cannes this week, and now we’ve got news of its latest deals. Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, has sold the BBC and HBO scripted series to Stan in Australia and Crave in Canada, as MIPCOM draws…
Read MoreToronto Film Festival Widening Its TV Focus: Move Comes Ahead Of TIFF: The Market Launch
EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto International Film Festival is going deeper into TV and making Primetime bigger. The Festival has a TV section called Primetime and TIFF execs told Deadline they plan to increase the selection by 40% for 2026. Appropriately, the news came out of MIPCOM, the Cannes TV market that’s running this week. The setting…
Read MoreOperating-cost disparity taken into account in setting fares for cross-border taxi services: MOT
The authorities will also identify more pick-up points in both Johor Bahru and Singapore for the convenience of commuters [SINGAPORE] The authorities will “enforce in a strict manner” against those providing illegal cross-border taxi services at low fees that undercut fares pre-negotiated between Singapore and Malaysian authorities, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun…
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