Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWattpad Webtoon Studios, the fan-driven entertainment and publishing site that has sparked more than 100 film and TV projects, has renewed and expanded its agreement with Indonesian streaming platform Vidio and leading local producer Screenplay Films.The pact is the first major deal to be announced since Canada-based Wattpad was acquired in June by Korean tech giant Naver and merged with Naver’s animation powerhouse Webtoon.Vidio has given a greenlight to five new series and ordered a second season of the record-breaking series “Turn On.” It will announce several other new projects at a later date.Wattpad was conceived as an online publishing platform.
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