Disney’s New Asia Streaming Boss on K-Drama, Sports and the Untapped Japan Opportunity

Tony Zameczkowski, one of the architects of Netflix’s pioneering success in the Asia-Pacific region, is now at Disney+. He arrived last August as Disney’s senior vice president and general manager of direct-to-consumer for Asia Pacific — a role broadly analogous to the one he left at Netflix. For most of Disney+’s life in the region, the company has looked for content to build a steady business at its own pace and in its own style, while Netflix set the upper limits of what aggressive streaming growth in the region could look like. Recently, though, Disney has begun making moves —…