Netflix Inc. brought its checkbook to Asia.
The streaming company announced a slate of 17 new Asian original series during an event in Singapore on Thursday, part of a pipeline of more than 100 projects being produced in the region. The new shows will include nine Indian programs, its first Thai original and the company’s first Mandarin-language series.
Netflix has much riding on the success of those titles in the region, home to more than half of the world’s people. While Netflix boasts more than 130 million customers, the vast majority of them live in the US, Latin America and