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31 October- 13 NOVEMber 2016 ! s r a ye 2 0 C 016 g 1 NTENT - Celebratin www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com Astro goes Boo New Asian horror MAIN COLOR PALETTE 10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 destinationR: 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: 0Malaysia’s K: 0 AstroC: 49 celebrated M: 39 Y: 38 K: 3 Halloween this year by adding a horror destination to its entertainment platform. The new channel, Boo, will be avail- able as linear/on-demand/mobile services on the domestic platform as well as across Southeast Asia. Boo’s launch schedule includes Thai thriller, Grace, about a former Internet idol and her number one fan and their attempt to kidnap the internet idols of this generation; Taiwan’s The Tag-Along; and paranormal Indonesian movie, Misterius. New movies will premiere on Fridays. Boo monthly subscription is RM6.35/ US$1.50. Boo is also available for NJOI customers for RM16.90/US$4 for 30 days or RM5.30/US$1.30 for three days. DD opens original production bids New pilot scheme aims to boost content quality India’s state-backed public broadcast- er, Doordarshan (DD), has opened bids for content ideas in a scheme aimed at improving general entertainment content on national channels. Eligible production houses have until 22 November to submit proposals under the New Content Acquisition Scheme. The pilot will run on DD National. General entertainment producers have to have made at least 200 hours of GE programming in any Indian lan- guage in the past three years, and an annual turnover of at least Rs30,000,000/ US$449,513. The criteria are lower for reality, game and quiz shows. C NTENTASIA 31 October-13 NOVEMber 2016 Page 2. Tokyo Docs opens with co-pro focus OUT on 3 Nov! Japan leads factual production push The annual Tokyo Docs factual festival than ever before have submitted their opens in the Japanese capital on Mon- projects for the pitching event this year. C NTENT day, 7 November, bringing together doc- Newcomers among the 12 countries and umentary filmmakers from 25 countries/ regions involved in the presentations are territories, including China, South Korea, Iran, Mongolia and Bhutan. totally Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, India, Indo- Amagi says the biggest challenge fac- nesia, Malaysia, Bhutan, Vietnam, Laos, ing independent documentary filmmakers *OTT* Myanmar, Australia, U.S., Canada, U.K., in Japan (and elsewhere) is funding. Germany, France and Denmark. In Japan, another challenge is the de- 2016 The festival takes place against a crease in the number of documentary www.contentasia.tv backdrop of blockbuster theatrical and slots on terrestrial channels, as well as age- television success for documentary and ing audiences. fact-based features on both traditional This year’s forum includes a screening of and streaming platforms. three 2016 “Colors of Asia” docs, themed ContentAsia’s Tokyo Docs/Tokyo TV Forum president “Women - Paving the way for Asia”. streaming update Yukihiko Amagi says documentary pro- Colors of Asia features collaborations duction across Asia is being encouraged between producers and directors from by, among other factors, theatrical Asian production companies. The 2016 66 platforms releases. In Korea, for instance, a docu documentaries are Beyond the waves •what’s on them feature can attract theatrical audiences – Bangladeshi Surf Girls (Goopy Bagha of four million. Productions Limited from Bangladesh with •who runs them Trends in Japan – a major global centre Japan’s Telecomstaff Inc); Because I am •why they exist for factual production – include a rising fo- a Girl (Lao New Wave Cinema Produc- cus on social issues. This is particularly true tions, Laos) and Japan’s Paonetwork Inc) Contact Malena at for productions out of public broadcaster and Smiling Woman of Banda (Apricot Sky [email protected] NHK, Amagi says. Entertainment (India) with Japan’s The Far or call Presenter/host-led documentaries are Eastern TV Entertainment Inc). +65 6846-5982 also popular with today’s audiences. The 2017 Colours of Asia theme is “Chil- for info Filmmakers from more Asian countries dren, Seize The Future!”. CNN tops global news brands – Ipsos Asia-Pacific reach up to 36% of affluent audiences @contentasia CNN has come out tops among interna- In second place on the Asia Pacific tional news brands in Asia Pacific, with rankings is BBC, with 27% reach, followed /contentasia 36% monthly reach among affluent audi- by Bloomberg (17%), Time (17%) and ences via TV and digital, according to the CNBC (16%). contentasia.tv new Ipsos Affluent Survey Asia Pacific. The Ipsos Affluent Survey Global found The survey defines affluent as the top that CNN reaches 36% of affluent audi- 13%-18% of adults by income. ences across the world every month via company/ contentAsia CNN performance this year is up from TV and digital. BBC is second in the glob- last year’s 35%. The news network says al rankings with 27% reach, Sky News is growth was driven by an 18% increase in third at 24% reach, followed by euronews digital reach. (20%) and Al Jazeera English (10%). C NTENTASIA 31 October-13 NOVEMber 2016 Page 3. Out on 3 Nov! ISSUE FIVE 2016 ! s r ea 2 y 01 10 C 6 - ting NTENT Celebra Asia’s latest online/OTT reality: A Who’s Who of Streamers www.contentasia.tv 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 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 1. 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Lee’s Iyuno debuts mm2 Asia eyes 30% rings.tv stake crowd-funded Singapore outfit earmarks S$4.5m for streaming investment dubbing/subtitling platform Singapore-listed production house mm2 ances, conferences and events, including David Lee’s Iyuno Media Group debuts is weighing into the streaming fray, join- exclusive behind-the-scenes material from its crowd-funded dubbing/subtitling ing more than 80 established platforms in movie sets and live concerts across the platform, KickSubs, on 1 November. Asia angling for the region’s online hearts region, and offers on-demand access to The initiative, which gathers fans who and minds. local and acquired premium video. commit to funding specific video titles, mm2 Asia’s plan is to acquire an The platform claims to be “Singapore’s blends social media and community initial stake of 15% in the rings.tv platform first interactive broadcasting technology forces with Lee’s core dubbing business. for S$2.5 million/US$1.8 million, with a platform” targeting this segment. When crowd funding for titles on the 12-month option to acquire another 15% mm2 says rings.tv complements its cata- platform reaches a certain level, Iyuno at the same valuation for a total invest- logue, and that mm2view will provide greenlights the project and gives back- ment of S$4.5 million/US$3.2 million over both local and regional content. ers an exclusive viewing window. 12 months. Ang said the investment would al- Content rights holders own rights mm2 Asia chief executive, Melvin Ang, low mm2 to realise immediately “local to the dubbing/subtitling, and will be said the investment marked the compa- and regional commercial opportunities given access to the data/analytics ny’s entry into “one of the fastest growing in content delivery, marketing, brand gathered during the funding process. market trends in the world today”. sponsorship and extend our network to The non-binding MoU was signed in Oc- reach more eyeballs with compelling live tober and the deal is expected to close content”. Mediacorp adds by the first quarter of 2017. Rings.tv was co-founded 10 years ago by 4 directors Rings.tv streams live concerts, perform- Michael Yin, the platforms current CEO. Singapore’s monopoly broadcaster Mediacorp has added four directors to its board effective immediately. New members are Niam Chiang Meng, deputy chair of Singapore’s Maritime China DRM, MPAA join forces and Port Authority; Robin Hu, CEO of Joint working group to push digital copyright protection Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post Group, who joins Temasek International The China DRM Forum and the Motion things, promote coordination. China DRM in Dec 2016; lawyer Rajesh Sreenivasan; Picture Association of American (MPAA) Forum chairman Ding Wenhua said the and Roy Quek, executive chairman have signed a MoU to “promote inter- need for effective copyright protection of Thomson Medical Group.