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DD opens original production bids New pilot scheme aims to boost content quality

India’s state-backed public broadcast- er, (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 , South Korea, Iran, Mongolia and Bhutan. totally Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, , Indo- Amagi says the biggest challenge fac- nesia, , 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!

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Lee’s Iyuno debuts mm2 Asia eyes 30% rings.tv stake crowd-funded 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. The sole national cooperation in copyright and was “getting stronger and stronger” with woman on the board is Wong Su-Yen, content protection”. the increasing convenience of accessing CEO of the Human Capital Leadership The agreement, signed in October, sets movies online and the rising significance Institute. up a joint working group to, among other of value of premium content. c ntentasia 31 October-13 NOVEMber 2016 Page 5.

Elif heads for tvN premieres Entourage Korea remake Sri Lanka Four-day regional window to follow domestic release

From left: Rajesh and Sneha Jagtiani, PT Spectrum; Nixon Yau Lim, Eccho Rights

Indonesian agency PT Spectrum has bought Sri Lanka rights to Turkish drama Elif from distributor Eccho Rights. The companies said post-MIPCOM that the series would be the first Turkish drama ever to air in Sri Lanka. Elif, the story of a girl sent to live on a farm and later finds herself at the centre of a family power struggle, has also aired in Indonesia. Entourage cast (from left): Lee Dong-hwi, Lee Kwang-soo, Cho Jin Woong, Seo Kang-joon, Park Jung-min

CJ E&M’s Korean pay-TV channel tvN Mondays /Tuesdays at 9.15pm (HK time). Disney adds premieres the local version of U.S. drama Entourage follows the successful pre- Freaktown to format Entourage in Korea on Friday, 4 miere of CJ E&M’s Korean remake of CBS November, followed by an express re- Studios, The Good Wife. India schedule gional debut across 10 markets in Asia on Entourage stars Seo Kang-joon as young 7 November. popular actor, Cha Young-bin, and his The drama will air on CJ E&M’s Hong childhood friends, played by Park Jung- Kong-based regional network, tvN Asia, on Min, Lee Kwang-Soo and Lee Dong-hwi.

Celestial Movies retains Malaysia high

Freaktown CTE says rankings reflect investment in blockbusters

Disney India has bought Canadian pro- Celestial Tiger Entertainment’s (CTE) In Indonesia, the movie channel was a duction house Portfolio Entertainment’s flagship Celestial Movies has retained its top 10 service among all regional pay- new animated comedy series Freak- score as the top Chinese movie chan- TV channels from January to September, town. The 26-part half-hour series targets nel in Malaysia among Chinese for according to Nielsen’s pay-TV data. kids 6-11. The story follows skeleton Ben both Q3 and year-to-date, according to Celestial Movies Pinoy, a customised Bones and his friends as they protect Kantar Media (Malaysia DTAM, live and version of the channel for the Philippines, their town from takeover by Princess Boo consolidated) ratings provided by the rose to the top five channels (ex kids) on Boo the Bouncy of Sweetlandia. Hong Kong-based regional network. pay-TV platform for Q3. c ntentasia 31 October-13 NOVEMber 2016 Page 6.

Huace boosts global footprint Zhejiang-based production powerhouse backs inaugural MIP China Hangzhou

China’s original content powerhouse, Huace Media Group, is stepping up its international play, signing on as global sponsor of Reed Midem’s MIP China Hangzhou. The move is part of the Zhejiang-based company’s broad focus on expanding its footprint and relationships in and be- yond China. The new show (23-25 May 2017) fo- cuses on bringing together Chinese and International production companies in- terested in co-developing content for China and global markets. Huace’s decision to back MIP China Hangzhou came only days after the MIPCOM screening of new series, The Legendary Tycoon, based on the life of legendary Hong Kong entertainment mogul, Sir Run Run Shaw. The 45-episode series, directed by Tai- The Legendary Tycoon wan’s Chuang Hsun-Hsin, is the story of a Chinese film tycoon who devotes his life eration which will benefit culture com- in China that is cultural-export oriented. to spreading Chinese culture around the munication and content innovation not Another major trend is a focus on high- world in the form of popular film. Hans only in Asia but all over the world,” says quality TV production. Zhang (A Different Kind of Pretty Boy, Huace Global vice general manager, Audiences have become pickier than Boss and Me) stars. Cecilia Zhu. ever, Zhu says. This has driven Chinese The company says MIP China Hangzhou The group says closer international ties producers into quality productions such is an opportunity to “make the world feel is one of the three most significant trends as My Amazing Boyfriend, Love 020, De- the power of Chinese culture”. impacting television production in China coded and The Virtuous Queen of Han Huace produces more than 1,000 epi- in 2017. and The Great Protector. sodes of TV dramas a year in addition “On one side, internationalisation is a Also in the top three trends for China to about 10 feature films and 10 variety trend in the Chinese film and TV indus- next year is the closer relationship be- shows. try. On the other side, a great number tween technology and content cre- The company is no stranger to inter- of international partners are seeking co- ation. This process has already begun, national production, having partnered operation opportunities with China as and includes Huace’s indirect invest- with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), 20th well,” Zhu says. ment in U.S.-based augmented reality Century Fox and ITV on, among others, Huace’s international strategy includes company Magic Leap. sitcom Mad About You (SPT) and variety setting up the Zhejiang Film and Televi- “There will be a great change when show Star on Ice. sion Industry International Cooperation, technology is perfectly matched with “Huace is open for all kinds of coop- which Zhu says is the only film and TV zone content creation,” Zhu says.

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#iwant What buyers in Asia are looking for at the moment c ntent Who Buying for 2016-2017 Rights Zafira Shareef Animation • Online Formats Head of Content Acquisition Drama* • OTT HOOQ Entertainment • SVOD Outlook Feature film Japanese anime Kids 2016 Korean drama www.contentasia.tv Movie* Sci-fi

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ContentAsia’s Steven Murphy Animation • Digital Formats Outlook Director of Programming, Arts • Free TV Asia Pacific Drama/Korean drama • Online @ ATF 2016 GroupM Entertainment Entertainment/Music Formats*/Originals* Be included! Kids Lifestyle/Food/Travel Contact Aqilah at Movie Reality [email protected] or Sports +65 6846-5987 Talkshow/Variety show to add your formats deals and productions in Asia ...buys local/regional and international content. Says “what we need varies from territory to territory, and while we For advertising info, please contact spend a lot of time looking at formats of Leah Gordon (Americas/Europe) at all sorts, we are also interested in original [email protected] ideas and finished content in various genres. We are always looking for the Masliana Masron (Asia/Australia) at next big talent or gameshow format, [email protected] but we also have a need for more long running finished series from India, Paki- stan and the Middle East”.

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Vietnam’s BHD turns 20 Celebrations light up Hanoi International Film Festival BHD & VIETNAM MEDIA CORP PRESENT

Vietnamese producer/distributor, BHD Co Ltd – Vietnam Media Corp’s 20th anniver- sary celebrations move into high gear in early November during the annual Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF). The festival runs in Hanoi from 1-5 No- vember. BHD, which also operates six domestic cineplexes and has another two sched- uled for 2017, leads the festival’s Project Market in cooperation with the govern- ment-backed Cinema Department of Vietnam. The Project Market’s aim is to match producers, directors and scriptwriters with investors, funding bodies such as the World Cinema Fund, and film festival or- ganisers. The projects chosen in the competition, aimed at new directors/script writers/pro- ducers, have the opportunity to be par- BHD’s August 2016-released action/fantasy film, Tam Cam, Chuyen Chua Ke (Tam Cam: The Untold) tially or fully funded. Three projects from the Asia Pacific re- Nhung Bai Hat Con Xanh, which aired on The following year, BHD added docu- gion will be chosen in the international state-backed free-TV broadcaster VTV mentary production, and in 2004 pro- section, and five projects will be chosen three times a week. The show ran to 1998, duced its first game show based on a in the domestic section. returning in 2015 in a new format. foreign format. BHD said in the run up to the event that In 1997, BHD started distributing interna- FremantleMedia format, The Price is the aim was to give participants the op- tional pay-TV brands, and, in 2001, ven- Right (Hay Chon Gia Dung), premiered portunity to present to and learn from tured into movie production for the first on VTV3 in 2004 and ran to 2016. A sec- professional filmmakers in development time with feature film Song of the Stork. ond signature FremantleMedia format, markets such as the U.S. and Europe. The film went on to win the best feature Vietnam Idol, premiered in 2010. Five The festival’s opening film is Ken Loach’s at the Milano Film Festival 2002. seasons of the singing competition for- 2016 Palme d’Or winner, I, Daniel Blake, “Song of the Stork proved that if han- mat have been produced so far. Viet- about a 59-year-old carpenter forced dled in a proper way, Vietnamese mov- nam’s Got Talent arrived in 2011; so far onto state welfare after a heart attack. ies can score well in different markets four seasons have been produced. The screening programme also includes worldwide,” says BHD co-founder Ngo Thi Big-budget formats have become a Brand New Testament (2015), about a girl Bich Hanh. staple, with five seasons of The Amazing fed up with her overbearing father, who BHD subsequently produced The White Race Vietnam and three seasons of Mas- happens to be god; Interrogation (2016), Silk Dress (2006) with a budget of US$2 terChef Vietnam since 2012, along with which is India’s entry to the 2017 Acad- million. The award-winning film remains Big Brother, a kids version of Vietnam Idol emy Awards; Chinese drama Wolf Totem one of the most costly titles ever made (2016) and Junior MasterChef (2016). (2015); German director Joachim Trier’s in Vietnam. BHD produced its first TV drama series, Louder than Bombs (2016), about a man The company bought local rights to 39 Degrees of Love, in 2005. The 16-epi- grappling with his dead wife’s legacy; Korean drama Yumi My Love in 2002, sode drama aired on HTV7, and was fol- and Hungarian thriller, Son of Saul (2015). venturing into foreign TV distribution for lowed by a local version of Ugly Betty (Co BHD’s involvement in Vietnam’s media the first time. The series aired on VTV3 in Gai Xau Xi, 2008) and Suddenly I Wanna industry kicked off in 1996 with music show Vietnam. Cry (2009).

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#flashback: 10 Years Ago This Week

ContentAsia celebrated its 10th anniversary in March 2016. Among other things, we’re marking the occasion by looking back (and maybe marvelling a bit at everything that’s happened since) at what happened this week in 2006....

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NEWS Hype, hope and cable sweet spots

• Mobile broadcasting on the cards for China Wireless mobility and portability stuff,” he said. will continue to struggle.” There • News Corp quits Taiwan’s CNS were “time killers, not entertain- What about are currently between three and ment choices,” said Liberty the headline- four million IPTV subscribers in the • Singapore’s StarHub hit for Global’s president and chief ex- grabbing “over world. 50% of these are in four lesbian sex and bondage ecutive, Michael Fries, in Hong the top” pro- markets – Hong Kong, France, Kong last week. Speaking during viders? “Over- Italy and Spain. “The common • China drama approvals up the annual Cable and Satellite blown, way denominator is a weak cable TV Broadcasting Association of Asia overblown,” sector,” he said, singling out Hong Michael Fries (Casbaa) convention, Fries said Fries insisted. Kong’s PCCW for having “done a • Chunghwa slashes forecasts while these were “great applica- These provid- great job”. tions, they do not cannibalise our ers did, however, have lots of “No one can compete with • New channels gear up for 2007 core business”. advantages. Storage was plum- cable capacity in an IPTV en- Asia roll-outs; AETN bundle tipped “The punch line is that wireless meting, broadband penetration vironment. It starts with network today is all about voice,” he was rising and bandwidth was architecture and to a large • China Netcom’s Beijing IPTV said, adding that mobile video increasing, he said, adding, “The degree telcos have a long way trial cancelled was a long-term play. “Video limitation is that the economics of to go to be competitive, he said, is not voice. Video is not music. streaming video don’t work and adding: “Video is not a com- The dynamics that drive i-Tunes never will. The quality of service modity... Most consumers are from Korean tax authorities do not exist in video. Videos are can’t be guaranteed and con- emotional about their television. not books – the long-tail theory tent pricing is an issue.” It is going to be hard to tear the • Broadcasters sign up to TRAI’s doesn’t work in video ... when While most telcos were launch- customer away, especially when new tariff structure in India people sit down and watch TV ing IPTV services, “the fact is that the product is ‘me too’. they’re interested in the good most of them are struggling and Continued on page 11 PLUS MORE IN ... C NTENTASIA US$1.1B piracy bill for Anytime seals Asia’s reality attitudes Asian pay-TV in 2006 buck global trends The headlines above along with India IPTV deal the full news stories and more Asia-Pacific pay-TV piracy Indian broadband provider, The world’s wildly popular were delivered this month to costs soared above the US$1 India On Line Broadband Lim- reign of reality television may subscribers to ContentAsia’s billion mark for the second ited (IOL), plans to launch the be coming to an end, mar- Insider – a Blackberry-friendly year running, with forecasts keting information provider service that gets you your of this year’s losses at US$1.13 the end of the year with Hol-ACNielsen says. Asian media news first, fast-billion, according to the new lywood content supplied ex- 68% of respondents from Asia est and more frequently. Fully Casbaa Pay-TV Piracy Report clusively by Singapore-based said in a recent poll that there searchable archive access to 2006 study, published in con- regional video on demand was too much reality around all ContentAsia magazine and junction with Standard Char- channel Anytime. at the moment. This was, how- ContentAsia Insider articles is in- tered Bank (Hong Kong). IOL has also acquired rights to cluded in your paid subscription. The results of the study were almost 1,000 local movie titles, the global average. Citing an For more information, please email released on the first day of the company said, adding internet survey of more than [email protected] Continued on page 3 Continued on page 11 Continued on page 6

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Manga tops Indonesia’s online viewing Naruto: Shippuden takes top spot overall C NTENTASIA

TV Tokyo’s Japanese manga series Naruto: Indonesia’s taste for comic-based he- Editorial Director Janine Stein Shippuden was Indonesia’s most popular roes continues in three other titles on the [email protected] video title available online in the last week top 10 overall list – The Flash, Lucifer and Assistant Editor of October, according to data (19-26 Marvel’s Luke Cage, which debuted on Malena Amzah October 2016) from Parrot Analytics. The Netflix on 30 September.Luke Cage also [email protected] anime title, available legally on streaming topped Indonesia’s list of digital originals Research Manager sites such as Crunchyroll and widely pirat- for the week. CJ Yong ed, follows Naruto Uzumaki, who wants to Netflix sweeps the list of digital originals [email protected] be the world’s best Ninja. in Indonesia, with a strong showing for Editorial Research Three of the TV titles on the top 10 list for comic-based characters in five of the Aqilah Yunus the week are from Asia – Naruto: Shippu- top 10 (Marvel’s Luke Cage, Marvel’s [email protected] den, One Piece (another Manga series) Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Voltron: Legen- Design Rae Yong and Running Man (variety, Korea). dary Defender and Bojack Horseman).

Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Top 10 Overall TV Shows International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions™ [email protected] 1 Naruto: Shippuden 39,212,715 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 The Walking Dead 24,753,255 Masliana Masron 3 The Flash 21,190,140 [email protected] 4 One Piece 18,155,891 5 Game Of Thrones 17,944,985 To receive your regular free copy 6 Lucifer 14,496,554 www.contentasia.tvof ContentAsia, please email 7 Pretty Little Liars 13,902,031 [email protected] 8 Running Man 13,528,732 9 MacGyver 13,220,392 Published fortnightly by: 10 Marvel’s Luke Cage 12,070,492 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road Singapore 389641 Top 10 Digital Originals Tel: +65 6846-5987 Rank Title Platform Average Demand www.contentasia.tv Expressions™ 1 Marvel’s Luke Cage Netflix 12,070,492 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 2 Stranger Things Netflix 5,738,228 3 Narcos Netflix 3,706,702 Copyright 2016 Pencil Media Pte 4 House of Cards Netflix 2,487,166 Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 5 Marvel’s Jessica Jones Netflix 2,354,842 6 Daredevil Netflix 2,151,465 7 Orange Is The New Black Netflix 1,540,235 8 Voltron: Legendary Defender Netflix 1,425,417 9 Marco Polo Netflix 1,418,048 10 Bojack Horseman Netflix 943,793 c ntentasia

Source: Parrot Analytics Daily news with Date Range: 19-26 October 2016 ContentAsia Insider Market: Indonesia email [email protected] Demand Expressions™: Total audience demand being expressed for for subscription details a title, within a country. [Audience demand reflects the desire, en- gagement and consumption of content, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.]