Malaysia video service iflix cuts staff as debt deadline looms

While global groups ride streaming wave amid coronavirus, local players struggle

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Iflix's CEO Marc Barnett said the layoffs were a response to the uncertainties related to the coronavirus pandemic.

KENNETH LIM, DealStreetAsia

SINGAPORE -- Malaysia's iflix has laid off an undisclosed number of its staff, market sources say, as the on-demand video platform faces uncertainties related to the coronavirus outbreak and as a key debt deadline approaches.

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