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Prime Video Drops Original Productions in Southeast Asia, Cuts Singapore Staff


Amazon's Prime Video drops its original productions effort in Southeast Asia and slices its Singapore staff.

There is no change in our investment focus in our other APAC territories including Japan and India,” said Gaurav Gandhi, VP Asia-Pacific in a note to staff, seen by Var i ety. Throughout the past year, we’ve looked at nearly every aspect of our business with an eye towards improving our ability to deliver even more breakthrough movies, TV shows, and live sports in a personalized, easy to use entertainment experience for our global customers,” he said in a separate letter to staff. Gandhi’s comment that strategy is unchanged in Japan and India highlights the difference between its approach in large and wealthy markets where programming may be more exportable, and the still developing Southeast Asia region.

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