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30 May-12 June 2016 ! s r a ye 2 0 C 016 g 1 NTENT - Celebratin www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com Education deal for Satellite heads not bowed by OTT rush Operators stress significant role in reliable delivery MAIN COLOR PALETTE Next Animation,10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 R: 0 G: 0 B: 0 Take the green and the blue Take the green and the blue C: 30 M: 0 Y: 100 K: 0 DiscoveryC: 75 M: 68 Y: 67 K: 90 from the main palette. from the main palette. Opacity: 100% Opacity: 50% R: 0 G: 80 B: 255 R: 138 G: 140 B: 143 Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue C: 84 M: 68 Y: 0Taiwan K: 0 animationC: 49 M: 39 Y: 38 Khouse: 3 to provide 1,000 videos for U.S. classrooms Taiwan-based digital content produc- tion house, Next Animation Studio, has partnered with Discovery Education in the U.S. to provide 1,000 animated vid- eos for science, math and social studies students. Full story on page 3 The Voice Kids hits Philippines’ Measat booth at CommunicAsia 2016 high note OTT may be the video delivery darling “While the environment is changing, a Season 3 premiere tops du jour, but Asia’s satellite operators are little perspective is useful,” says Peter Os- far from preparing to pack up and move tapiuk, Intelsat’s head of media product weekend charts elsewhere. services. Asked what impact the region’s bur- According to Digital TV Research’s June The Philippines’ version of Talpa format, geoning OTT environment has had on the 2015 report, last year there were a little The Voice Kids, returned triumphant to satellite business in the region over the over 171,000 OTT TV and video households free-TV network ABS-CBN for a third sea- past year, three major operators say satel- in the Asia Pacific; that number is expected son on Saturday, 28 May, as the country’s lite maintains a significant role in reliable to increase by about 26,000 in 2016 to end most-watched TV show. ABS-CBN said delivery of quality signals across a broad the year at less than 200,000. ratings for the premiere episode were and diverse geography. “This is in stark comparison to the 825 mil- almost double that of its closest rival in Hong Kong-based regional operator lion households in Asia Pacific that receive the slot. AsiaSat’s president and chief executive content via traditional linear program- officer, William Wade, says the extent of ming,” Ostapiuk says. Full story on page 3 OTT’s impact on the satellite broadcasting “While we expect the fragmentation of industry going forward is “dependent on the media market to continue as more OTT how OTT providers can resolve bandwidth programming is introduced, linear TV is still ContentAsia’s constraints and distribute more content the number-one way viewers are consum- Totally OTT Report – out now! with greater flexibility”. ing content – today and for a very long www.contentasia.tv/OTTJune2016 “Continued expansion of terrestrial net- time to come. So we haven’t seen much work infrastructure will be essential in order impact at all,” he adds. to have a significant impact on the satellite AsiaSat’s Wade points out that while industry in the long run,” Wade says. More on page 10 Out now! ISSUE TWO 2016 ! s r ea 2 y 01 10 C 6 - ting NTENT Celebra Totally OTT: Who’s who and Satellite operators PLUS: Asia-Pacifi c video what all the excitement is about talk about life after OTT industry in numbers MAIN COLOR PALETTE 10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 R: 0 G: 0 B: 0 Take the green and the blue Take the green and the blue C: 30 M: 0 Y: 100 K: 0 C: 75 M: 68 Y: 67 K: 90 from the main palette. from the main palette. Opacity: 100% Opacity: 50% R: 0 G: 80 B: 255 R: 138 G: 140 B: 143 Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue C: 84 M: 68 Y: 0 K: 0 C: 49 M: 39 Y: 38 K: 3 1. 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News and Spanish-lan- son at the end of May as the country’s tion house, Next Animation Studio, has guage television network Univision. most-watched TV show. partnered with Discovery Education in The push into education is being driv- According to viewership data from the U.S. to provide 1,000 animated vid- en by Indra Suharjono, who took over as Kantar Media, the premiere garnered a eos for science, math and social studies chief executive in July last year. national TV rating of 35.6% on Saturday students. The animated videos cover a range (28 May). ABS-CBN said this was almost The videos will be incorporated into Dis- of topics: from the presidential primary double that of its closest rival in the slot. covery Education’s Streaming Plus and elections in the U.S. to the technologies On Sunday, The Voice Kids registered Science Techbook services, which are scientists are developing to tackle cli- 36.6%, a 22-point lead on its closest available in 50% of all U.S. classrooms. mate change. rival. The five-year non-exclusive agreement Discovery Education’s services, which Coaches this season are Lea Salonga, marks Next Animation Studio’s expansion are aligned with state standards, sup- Bamboo and Sharon Cuneta. into the education sector for the first time. port tech-rich learning experiences. In The Voice Kids airs Saturdays at The production house has until now addition to video, the platforms include 7.15pm and Sundays at 7pm on ABS- been best known for its animated news primary source documents, podcasts, CBN’s free-TV and on ABS-CBN HD on videos, which are distributed online as virtual labs, oral interviews, audio books pay-TV platform SkyCable. well as via news platforms such as Reu- and articles, among other features. C NTENTASIA 30 May-12 June 2016 Page 4. BabyFirst rolls out in China the space ASIA Dual-language slate on You+ Kids JC NbTENT the place to look for the jobs that matter HBO Asia has licensed a slate of BabyFirst kids content to China’s Beijing You Peng Technology Co in an exclusive multi-year agreement. Deal details remain under wraps. The shows will be offered on You Peng’s new kids video- on-demand platform, You+ Kids, from mid-June this year. The deal gives BabyFirst reach across 40 million homes through You Peng’s 46 provincial telco affiliates, 12 cable Chief Sales Representative, Asia Pacific LOCATION: within Asia Pacific, Singapore preferred operators, and five SmartTV and set-top box manufacturers. Programmes will stream in HD with a choice of Manda- Chief is responsible for all TV and Digital rights exploitation rin and English-language audio tracks and with Chinese of all Miramax properties. Chief will work closely with subtitles. management and manage members of the Asia Pacific HBO Asia hasn’t disclosed how many hours are involved team. Successful candidate is an experienced sales in the China deal, but said this week that the You+ Kids manager within the media sales environment. Must have slate would be curated from BabyFirst’s 4,000 episodes. experience in Film/TV series exploitation, including the This is HBO Asia’s first China deal. In the past seven years, contractual and rights procedures involved. the Singapore-based regional network has signed carriage Requirements: Must have at least 8-10 years of significant agreements with platforms in eight territories – Cambodia, in depth experience in a sales role, an understanding of Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines and the Asian TV and production markets and territories. Sales Singapore. experience must be for scripted Film/TV. For details visit Miramax.com or email CV and cover letter to [email protected] and include “Chief Sales - Asia” in the subject line. Toggle pushes Red Button Combo service ups interactivity Click here to see more job listings Singapore’s Toggle introduces its “Red Button” service to mass audiences at the end of June, promising new levels of interactivity for free-to-air content from monopoly broad- caster Mediacorp. The new service combines broadcast and broadband, using Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) technology. This offers viewers the ability to watch free-TV and on-de- mand content through a single interface. Users with Red Button-enabled TV sets will be able to ac- asia cess live linear TV as well as 12,000 hours of library content. C NTENT Toggle is also promising thematic streaming channels and in-programme features such as contests.