Naman Ramachandran Starz-backed streamer Lionsgate Play has revealed ambitious expansion plans in Southeast Asia, local commissions in India and a 60-strong English-language programming slate.In Asia, the service is currently available in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.“We’re certainly looking to go out to all South Asian territories, which is Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives: these are some of the territories that we’re going to go immediately,” Amit Dhanuka, executive VP at Lionsgate India, told Variety. “And then within the Southeast Asian market, for us the evaluation criteria would be largely between a bunch of countries, which would be Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore — those would be the territories.
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