Bali was awash with business attire Wednesday as global media and tech execs descended on the tropical resort island for day one of Apos, the annual media, telecoms and entertainment industry conference. With the film and television industry facing some economic headwinds in the more mature markets of Europe and North America, executives gathered in Indonesia to network and discuss the trends shaping Asia’s diverse but collectively enormous entertainment landscape.

From its humble origins in 2010 as a convention catering to the cable and satellite TV industries, Apos has grown into a must-attend moment on the fall calendar for figures from global giants like Netflix, Disney, Amazon, YouTube, Meta and TikTok, as well as major regional players such as India’s Reliance Jio, Japan’s U-Next, Korea’s Cj Enm and Indonesia’s Scma. For that, the event’s organizers, regional consultancy Media Partners Asia (MPA), can thank both the relentless growth of online video,...