Vietnam-based sales agent Skyline Media and streaming platform Galaxy Play have struck a partnership that will send Galaxy Play Originals into international markets for the first time, with Skyline Media named exclusive international sales agent for more than 20 original miniseries.
The deal was unveiled during DANAFF Industry Days at the fourth Danang Asian Film Festival, a program launched to connect Vietnamese content producers with buyers from abroad. It gives Skyline Media a foothold in premium scripted miniseries alongside its existing slate of Vietnamese and international feature films, while opening a path for Galaxy Play to move its original productions beyond Vietnam’s local streaming market.
The initial slate covers crime, action, thriller, horror, romance and drama titles. The flagship is “Brothers for Life,” Galaxy Play’s gangster action crime saga that has run for four seasons and picked up honors at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting+ Awards and the Asian Academy Creative Awards. Also included is “Thousand Dollar Baby,” a high-end escort drama that ranks among Vietnam’s best-known streaming franchises, and “Sugar Daddy vs. Sugar Baby,” a relationship drama centered on the country’s underground sugar dating culture.
The lineup additionally features “Container 39,” drawn from the real-life Essex lorry tragedy in which 39 Vietnamese migrants died, and “Eve of the Crime,” a thriller based on a real murder case in a remote Vietnamese mountain town. Ham Tran, director of “Devil’s Diner” and “Hijacked,” directed the latter title.
“This partnership marks an important milestone for Skyline Media as we continue expanding beyond feature films into premium Vietnamese miniseries,” said Hang Trinh, CEO of Skyline Media. “Around the world, audiences are increasingly embracing serialized storytelling, and we believe Vietnamese creators have compelling stories that deserve to be discovered internationally. Together with Galaxy Play, we look forward to introducing a new generation of locally produced premium series to global buyers and opening more opportunities for Vietnamese IP to travel across borders.”
Anh Pham, head of production of Galaxy Play, framed the deal as a way to extend the platform’s reach beyond its home market.
“Galaxy Play Originals were created to deliver premium Vietnamese stories that resonate with local audiences through high production values and compelling storytelling,” added Anh Pham, head of production of Galaxy Play. “Partnering with Skyline Media gives these productions the opportunity to reach broadcasters and streaming platforms internationally, allowing Vietnamese stories to connect with even more audiences around the world.”
Galaxy Play serves more than two million paying users and holds Vietnam’s largest premium library of local films and series, alongside local box office hits and major Hollywood studio releases. The platform has built out an extensive 4K catalog with Dolby 5.1 surround sound and has drawn multiple Asia-Pacific honors for its scripted originals.
Skyline Media distributes more than 800 foreign films and represents more than 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles as sales agent, with a reach spanning more than 50 countries and territories through upward of 130 partnerships.