Dawes said he has observed a trend of decentralising advertising budgets in Asia over the past six months, as more and more brands understand a multi-market strategy and reinforce localisation.

This would be limiting for pure-play pan-regional broadcasters as the regional advertising budget would "only be so big", he said.

Earlier this month, Turner announced a regional restructure to take a more localised focus. 

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