The owner of Disney+ announced a major expansion into Asian content on Thursday, with plans to greenlight more than 50 original titles from the region by 2023.
Disney is commissioning new shows from South Korea, Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Indonesia. Many of the programs will be presented in local languages, from Bahasa Indonesia to Mandarin. The move comes as fans worldwide continue to buzz over "Squid Game," a South Korean hit from Netflix that has become the company's top show globally.
Disney declined to share how much its new investment in original content would cost.The company only launched Disney+, its flagship streaming service, in late 2019, but it has impressed analysts and investors so far.The platform currently has more than 116 million subscribers across 61 markets around the world, including eight in the Asia Pacific region, such as India, Australia and New Zealand.Luke Kang, president of the Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific, during a presentation shown Thursday.
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