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FOX Networks ups China drama Nothing Gold Can Stay heads for SCC, FOX+ in new global licensing deal

FOX Networks Group Asia has sealed exclusive worldwide broadcast/distribution rights (ex China) to upcoming mainland drama Nothing Gold Can Stay. The agreement gives new streaming platform FOX+ exclusive access to the story of Shanxi merchant Zhou Ling, played by Sun Li.

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MasterChef returns to Thailand Food format debuts on Channel 7

Thai free-TV broadcaster Channel 7 has returned the MasterChef brand to Thailand four years after rival Channel 3 walked away from a junior version of the culinary contest.

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Celebrity Car Wars cameras roll for History page 4

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Nippon TV taps FOX ups China drama in global rights deal Nakayama for SCC, FOX+ exclusive for Nothing Gold Can Stay international biz division

Nippon TV has appointed board director and operating officer, Yoshio Nakaya- ma, to oversee its five-year-old international business division. He reports Yoshio Nakayama to president and CEO Yoshio Okubo. Atsushi Hatayama, appointed in June last year, will continue as president of the division will report to Nakayama. Zee pulls Hindi GE channel off air Zindagi shifts to streaming platform OZEE Nothing Gold Can Stay FOX Networks Group (FNG) Asia has Based on a true story, Nothing Gold Can Zee is pulling three-year-old Hindi gen- picked up exclusive worldwide broad- Stay stars Sun Li (Empresses in the Palace) eral entertainment channel Zindagi off cast/distribution rights (ex China) to as Zhou Ling, a woman who becomes the air at the end of this month in favour of upcoming Chinese drama Nothing Gold richest merchant in Shanxi. a streaming model through on-demand Can Stay. Nothing Gold Can Stay airs in China in platform OZEE. The deal with Beijing-based Chinese November 2017 and will be carried by Zindagi’s digital incarnation goes live production house, HS Entertainment, for FNG’s flagship Chinese entertainment on Sunday, 1 July, with a similar sched- the 68-episode series extends FNG’s go- channel, SCC, and on new streaming ule of programmes from India, Pakistan, big programming strategy launched with platform FOX+ in the fourth quarter of this Turkey, Brazil, South Korea and Ukraine. titles such as Tiger Mom, Go Lala Go 2 and year. Chinese broadcasters are Dragon Exclusive OZEE titles include Snow- Ruyi’s Love in the Palace. TV, Jiangsu TV and Tencent. drop (Ukraine), Descendants of the Sun (Korea) and Total Dreamer (Brazil), along with a slate of Zindagi originals. Zee says the move aims to “expand digital engagement with audiences who HBO picks up Warrior for Asia thrive on time-shifted viewing”. The com- Bruce Lee-inspired action series to air on Cinemax pany also says it is “focused on owning the full extent of the consumer’s premium HBO Asia has picked up rights to Bruce the 19th century. and personal video experience”. Lee-inspired action/crime series, Warrior, Warrior is created/executive pro- Targeting 18 to 24-year olds, OZEE is for Cinemax in Asia. duced for Cinemax by Jonathan Trop- offered across all connected devices The 10-episode crime drama, which per (Banshee) from an idea by Bruce and platforms globally. OZEE is operated starts shooting in South Africa this fall, Lee. EPs include Justin Lin (The Fast and by Zee’s digital arm, Zee Digital Conver- is set during the Tong Wars of San Fran- the Furious) and Bruce Lee’s daughter gence, which also manages dittoTV. cisco’s Chinatown in the second half of Shannon Lee. " !

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Flanagan tapped to head History returns Celebrity Car Wars History Japan Cameras roll end-June, premiere set for Q4

A+E Networks has appointed John Flanagan as GM for Japanese joint venture, The History Channel Japan Corp. Flanagan, most recently with retailer Black- hawk Network Japan and Korea, replaces Asia Ireton, who has led the His- tory Japan venture’s John Flanagan business for the past four years. The announcement comes in the run up to the first anniversary of A+E Networks’ acquisition of an 80% stake in the 15-year-old joint venture with Japan’s Super-Network Inc. A+E in- creased its stake in the venture from

50% in July 2016. Host Bobby Tonelli returns for Celebrity Car Wars season two Flanagan is based in Tokyo and will work with the rest of the Asia team. A+E Networks Asia’s History Asia starts racing champion Michele Bumgarne, The announcement was made out production on season two of action real- model/Formula 3 driver Gabrielle “Gaby” of New York by Edward Sabin, A+E ity series Celebrity Car Wars at the end of Dela Merced and Malaysian-Chinese Networks’ international MD, and Akira this month. professional racing driver Alex Yoong – are Miyauchi, Super Network’s president. The eight one-hour episodes, produced also back for the new season. by activeTV and funded by Caltex, are Celebrity participants have not yet expected to air in Q4 this year. been disclosed. Last season’s celebs CNNI expands Asia Bobby Tonelli returns as host for the new included Allan Wu, Andrea Fonseka and season, which puts six celebrities from Joey Mead King. commercial team across Asia behind the wheel, minus their The entire second season will be shot in usual drivers and minders. the Philippines with 48 cameras and two CNN International Commercial has Season one’s three mentors – female drones. tapped Delilah Chan as sales director for Southeast Asia and Zab Ali as digital director for North Asia. Chan is based in Singapore and Ali in Hong Kong. Chan TBS Japan celebrates U.S./U.K. renewals reports to Sunita Rajan, CNN Interna- tional Commercial Asia Pacific SVP for Japanese broadcaster TBS is celebrating since 1990. Season 30 of You’ve Been ad sales. Ali reports to Rob Bradley, VP, the 28th anniversary of video-clip series Framed is currently in production for ITV. digital commercial strategy and rev- America’s Funniest Home Videos – based TBS’ current formats catalogue includes enue. Chan was most recently head of on its format Fun TV with Kato-chan and American Ninja Warrior, currently in its Asia Pacific sales for kids digital platform Ken-chan – on ABC in the U.S. eighth season; 26hours/day, which charts SuperAwesome. She previously worked In a second milestone, TBS has broken the shortest time possible to complete for Twitter and BBC. Ali was most recently out the Champagne for You’ve Been viewer-led tasks; and Brain Survivor, a studio- with Havas Media. Framed, which has been on air in the U.K. based test of perception and memory. c ntentasia 12-26 June 2017 Page 5.

iQiyi premieres Looi MasterChef grows up for Thailand in first Asia deal Cooking contest debuts on Ch7 four years after Jnr exits

Looi

Mainland Chinese platform iQiyi premiered pre-school series Looi on its SVOD and AVOD platforms this month. Looi, produced by U.K-based Looi Ltd, is the story of Looi the Cat and a magic box of shapes used to create a variety of animal toy figures. iQiyi bought all 26-episodes/two seasons along with 29 shorts in a non-exclusive licensing deal that marked Looi’s entry into Asia. Previ- Host Piyathida Mittrirarot with judges (from left) Kwantip Devakula, Pasan Sawasdiwat and Ian Kittichai ous access to Looi in the region was on YouTube. Thai free-TV broadcaster Channel 7 pre- Formats Outlook Q1 2017. The dominant miered the first local version ofMasterChef genres are fun game shows, most of which HK’s UA Cinemas enters this month, four years after rival Channel 3 are in second, third or fourth seasons, and walked away from a junior version of the singing competitions. e-licensing realm for culinary contest. The longest-running game show at the Saving Banksy MasterChef Thailand (17 x 80 mins) moment is Step Right Up, currently in its premiered on 4 June and airs Sundays eighth season on MCOT/Channel 9. Real Hong Kong’s UA Cinemas Circuit has (6.20pm-7.50pm). Housewives of Bangkok flies the flag for entered the e-licensing realm in a deal MasterChef Thailand was commissioned character-driven reality in this market of for street art doc Saving Banksy. The by production company Heliconia H 22 million television households. feature-length show was acquired Group with involvement by cia, a special Korean formats have made headway through online sales platform BidSlate, content unit of dentsu X (Thailand) for in Thailand; the two most recent are I Can which went live in October last year. formats rights consultation and produc- See Your Voice from CJ E&M and The Mask Saving Banksy, released in the U.S. in tion coordination. Singer from MBC. The Mask Singer was January this year, will air during this The MasterChef brand debuted in Thai- originally commissioned by Workpoint TV as year’s ARTiculate Film Festival. land in 2013 with MasterChef Junior. At a 13-episode series and was so successful the time, the production was criticised for it was extended to 27 episodes. low production values and the show was FremantleMedia was ahead in Thailand @contentasia not renewed. for Q1 with 10 titles, including multiple Thailand has always been one of Asia’s seasons of game shows Family Feud Thai- /contentasia most vibrant formats markets. The country land (season two and three) and Price is contentasia.tv had 30 formats on air or commissioned in Right Thailand (season three and four). the first three months of this year, giving The rest of the titles belong to Endemol /company/contentasia the market a share of about 14% of the Shine (4), NBCUniversal (3), Talpa (3), and regional total, according to ContentAsia’s Warner Bros (3), among others. the c ntentasia

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APOStech countdown NHK adds diversity to Tokyo 2020 to a tech-eye-view of Japanese pubcaster ups focus on para-sports Asia’s video industry

The second APOStech opens in Hong Kong on 4 July with a focus on map- ping product journeys, a look at tech-driven transformation in the ad industry, and reinventing the channels business for a non-linear age. This year’s second annual tech event, a spin-off of the Asia Pacific Video Operators Summit (APOS) in Bali, will also look at broadband networks in the video age, and showcase a selection of startups revolutionising the video ecosystem. Confirmed speakers include iflix CTO Emmanuel Frenehard; Globe Telecom SVP broadband Martha Sazon; FOX Network Group’s EVP, Asia Pacific and Middle East, Rohit D’Silva; Linknet CTO Desmond Poon; and Karl Mak, co- founder and CEO of Singapore-based Hepmil Media Group.

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unveils coaches Masayuki Higuchi

Hanjin Tan, Della Ding, Gary Chaw and Sky Wu take their red seats on 17 Sep- Japanese public broadcaster NHK is by para-sports legend Yoshifumi Na- tember for the first Singapore/Malaysia adding a diversity angle to its Tokyo 2020 gao, who competed in seven Paralymic version of The Voice. Olympics preparations. Games. As a first step, NHK says it is hiring a per- The new presenter/reporter will cover son with a physical disability to front its the games “on the basis of their own ex- coverage of the of the World Para Athlet- perience as persons with an impairment ics Championships in London next month. in order to reveal the true face of the ath- NHK will cover the championships daily letes”. from 1pm to 1.50pm on its BS1 satellite Japanese athletes at the centre of the channel from the opening on 14 July to coverage include Atsushi Yamamoto, To- the closing on 24 July, with encore tele- moki Sato and Sae Tsuji. casts at night. In the run-up to the London opening, This is the first time NHK has covered the NHK will air 50-minute documentary, Para The multi-country co-production will para-athletics championships on such a Athletes x Artists (Track & Field Edition), air on StarHub in Singapore and on large scale. featuring athletes Maya Nakanishi and Astro in Malaysia. NHK says the aim is to “promote a Masayuki Higuchi. The programme on 9 The Voice Singapore/Malaysia, healthy respect for social diversity and July (7pm) blends the world views of the produced by mm2 entertainment, is harmony”. athletes and artists, creating new works hosted by Singapore’s Wenhong and Commentary from London will be led based on their impressions. Malaysia’s Hui Mei. c ntentasia 12-26 June 2017 Page 8.

Abs and autism light up Sony’s screening for Asian buyers The Good Doctor’s Korean origins are part of a bigger global storytelling goal, Le Goy says

Asian buyers emerged from Sony Pictures Television screenings in L.A. a few weeks ago talking mostly about Shemar Moore’s abs and British actor Freddie Highmore as an American version of Korean heartthrob Joo Won in medical drama The Good Doctor. Shemar Moore’s in-the-flesh six-pack was in the name of promoting action series S.W.A.T (“It’s not about kicking a*#s, it’s about saving lives,” in his own words, if anyone was listening). If Moore lit up the party (and social media) for raw physical power, Highmore in The Good Doctor warmed hearts as the brilliant autistic surgeon in a born-in-Asia story strong enough to attract the atten- tion of House creator David Shore and Hawaii Five-O co-star Daniel Dae Kim, and a slot on U.S. broadcast network ABC. The Good Doctor is Sony’s first Korean drama adaption for the U.S. Keith LeGoy For Keith Le Goy, Sony Pictures Televi- Keith Le Goy sion’s international distribution president, The Good Doctor is part of a bigger con- ment where Hollywood content’s overall highly relevant to local audiences but versation about expanding international share of viewing, particularly on streaming with global appeal,” he says. production initiatives and collaborations, platforms, is being eroded by Asian titles. SPT continues to be “very present in as well as stories that can come from But like other U.S. studio distribution China”, where a local version of Crackle anywhere. bosses, Le Goy says overall consumption digital original series, The Chosen, is in He points to sci-fi anthology series,Philip in Asia is growing exponentially, driven by production, and where conversations are K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, which he calls a a greater number of platforms and view- ongoing about making Chinese stories in “really interesting example of the fact that ing options. English for a global audience. story telling is a global thing, and the busi- At the same time, SPT continues to pro- The idea is to do for television produc- ness that we are in is a totally connected duce for its own international networks. tion what the company did with, for global business”. Philip K. Dick Electric New thriller, Absentia, for AXN stars Stana example, films like Stephen Chow’s The Dreams is a 10-episode series jointly com- Katic as FBI agent Emily Byrne, who disap- Mermaid (2016), Le Goy says. missioned by Channel 4 in the U.K. and pears while hunting a serial killer and is “We see the same opportunity for tel- Amazon in the U.S. Five episodes are be- found six years later. Le Goy says Sony’s evision shows,” he continues, admitting ing made in the U.K. and five in the U.S. global networks “give us the opportunity that its a “longer ongoing conversation The globalisation of content follows the to finance and produce independently of but one that we are very committed to shift in consumer control and choices, the U.S. network system”. having”. largely as a result of digital technology. He would also like to replicate the rela- “There are plenty of stories with global “It’s easier than it’s ever been to get great tionship with the U.K.’s ITV for The Halcyon appeal and global value,” Le Goy says, content in different forms anywhere in the in Asia. “That’s exactly the way we would adding: “Want to try to tell those stories world,” Le Goy says. like to work with partners in China, India and expose them to the widest possible In Asia The Good Doctor’s Korean herit- or Japanese, where they would be the audience in the same way as we do with age is one more advantage in an environ- primary commissioner of content that is Hollywood storytelling”. c ntentasia 12-26 June 2017 Page 9.

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Philippines In numbers Population...... 100.98 million Households...... 100.57 million Avg. household size...... 4.4 TV households...... 17 million TV penetration...... 17% Cable TV/DTH subs...... 2.53 million Internet users...... 44 million Mobile phone users...... 128 million Mobile phone penetration rate...... 127%

Source: companies, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

The Philippines moves into the second half of 2017 the way it entered the year – as a bright spot of optimism on a South- east Asian map largely characterised by ABS-CBN returned Philippines’ version of game show format Bet on Your Baby (season three) last month a grim and grimmer litany of woes, from falling subs numbers and little apparent balance between sunset and sunrise gional/global platforms such as Viu, iflix Game shows rule businesses to widespread piracy and and Netflix.

currency issues. Running alongside the platform boom, Talent Like elsewhere, telcos are the indus- content production is as vibrant as ever, competition 5% try’s new best friends despite their reluc- with fierce competition between the Dance competition tance to replicate the pay-TV content two free-TV leaders – ABS-CBN and GMA 5%

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Who’s who in the Philippines... Free TV

ABS-CBN Philippines’ media conglomerate, ABS- CBN Broadcasting Corporation owns and operates free-to-air channels Channel 2 and ABS-CBN Sports+Action. ABS-CBN launched in Oct 1953 as Alto Broadcast- ing System, and today operates free TV, digital terrestrial TV and pay-TV platforms, as well as film and television production, music and publishing businesses.

International Broadcasting Corporation International Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a state-owned television network GMA’s long-running fantasy series Encantadia in the Philippines.

Nine Media holds. PTV-4 (the former GTV-4) mostly acquired by Sky Cable Corporation in Nine Media Corporation launched CNN offers news and public affairs program- 2012. Destiny Cable offers digital and an- Philippines in March 2015, replacing the ming, with some sports, formats and life- alogue channel packages, with 95 chan- former 9TV. The 24-hour free-to-air chan- style content. nels available in the basic plan plus about nel airs predominantly English-language 30 add-on channels. The basic plan with local/international news, current affairs TV5 95 digital channels starts at Ps550/US$11 a and documentaries. It is also available TV5 is a 24-hour general entertainment month, with add-on a la carte channels on cable/pay TV. channel, offering both international con- from Ps20/US$0.40 a month. The offering tent and local productions in a variety of also includes pay-per-view services. GMA Network genres, including tentpole sports, news, GMA Network, founded in 1950 as Re- Hollywood movies and reality shows. TV5 SkyCable public Broadcasting System, began offers multi-screen viewing via online plat- SkyCable, part of the ABS-CBN media broadcasting free-TV Channel 7/GMA-7 form News5Everywhere and entertain- empire, launched in Jan 1992. Subscrip- in Greater Manila in 1961. Today, GMA ment programming on the TV5 portal. TV5 tion options include cable, add-on Network operates 47 VHF and 33 UHF TV is owned and operated by MediaQuest channels/channel packs, pay-per-view stations throughout the Philippines, as Holdings, a subsidiary of Philippine Long and on-demand. Bundles of SKYcable well as radio networks, film production, Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). and SKYbroadband internet start from programme acquisition and syndication Ps1,500/US$30 for 10 HD, 31 SD and up to businesses. GMA-7 is a general enter- UNTV 8 Mbps connection. tainment channel. GMA News TV covers 24-hour UHF station, UNTV, is a general news and public affairs, with some docu- entertainment network launched in mentary and lifestyle programming. May 2002. The channel airs local pro- Cable TV (Provincial) gramming, including entertainment People’s Television Network and news. Cablelink Government-owned/operated television Cable Link and Holdings Corporation’s network, People’s Television Network, Cablelink is a cable TV and broadband launched in 1974 as Government Tele- Cable TV (National) cable internet provider. The basic cable vision (GTV-4). The network has 32 pro- TV package offers 62 local and regional/ Destiny Cable vincial stations across the country and international channels for Ps495/US$10.50 Destiny Cable was founded in 1995 and reaches 85% of Filipino television house- a month. Add-on packs, including gen-

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eral entertainment (five channels), mu- do city. The platform offers about 100 SD/ Global Satellite (GSat) sic (two channels), HD (nine channels), HD channels, bundled in seven monthly Established in 2009, GSat is a DTH satellite movies (seven channels), sports (one packages. Subscriptions start from Ps150/ TV provider owned by First United Broad- channel), kids (four channels), docu- US$3 a month for 31 channels to Ps1,300/ casting Corp (FUBC) and operated by mentaries (three channels) and Chinese US$26 a month for 131 channels. Internet FUBC’s marketing arm, Global Broadcast- (four channels), start at Ps200/US$4.20 a service starts at Ps490/US$10 a month for ing and Multi-Media Incorporated (GBMI). month. Bundled cable/internet packag- up to 1 Mbps unlimited usage. Bundles GSat offers about 85 regional and interna- es are also available. of cable TV & internet services start from tional channels bundled in monthly pack- Ps1,490/US$30 a month. ages ranging from Ps99/US$2 to Ps500/ DCTV US$10 (plus installation fee). DCTV Cable Network provides cable Southern Cablevision television, broadband internet and direct Iligan City-based provider, Southern Ca- SKYdirect fibre services in the Bicol region. DCTV of- blevision (SCVI), offers cable television Sky Cable launched DTH satellite plat- fers about 122 channels, including six in and internet services in the Iligan City, form SKYdirect in May 2016. SKYdirect’s HD; genres span foreign, religious, music, Manticao and Naawan areas. Launched offering is a mix of local and international sports, movies, news, kids, general enter- in 1993, SCVI offers local and internation- channels, with monthly subscriptions start- tainment and local. Bundled digital ca- al HD/SD channels, including general en- ing from Ps99/US$2.10 for 21 SD and 4 HD ble/broadband internet packages start tertainment, news, sports and movies. TV channels to Ps450/US$9.60 for 31 SD and 9 at Ps1,200/US$22 a month. packages start at Ps350/US$7 a month for HD channels. the DigiSaver package with 35 channels. MyCATV Asian Vision Cable Holdings (AVCHI) Telmarc Cable Channels/Distributors owns and operates MyCATV, a cable Founded in June 1987, Telmarc Cable provider offering 90+ local and interna- serves the Rizal and Laguna areas. Tel- ACCION tional channels and MyCATV Broadband marc Cable offers 60+ local and inter- Asian Cable Communication, Inc. (AC- internet services. Bundles of MyCATV and national channels, available for Ps450/ CION) markets and distributes interna- MyCATV Broadband start from Ps899/ US$9 a month in Rizal and Ps600/US$12 a tional cable channels to all platforms US$18 a month for 60+ TV channels and month in Laguna. Telemarc Cable also throughout the Philippines. The company internet connection of up to 1 Mbps to offers broadband internet and VoIP. was established in 1993. Ps5,499/US$110 a month for 90+ TV channels and up to 12 Mbps broadband inter- Cable BOSS/Omnicontent Man- net connection. Satellite agement Inc (OMI) Cable BOSS distributes more than 20 Parasat Cable TV Cignal Digital TV channels. The company was established Parasat Cable TV was established in 1991 Cignal launched in 2009 and is owned/ in 1993, and has content relationships in Northern Mindanao Island. The plat- operated by Cignal TV Inc, a subsidiary with more than 300 affiliates. Subsidiary form offers digital TV, broadband internet, of MediaQuest Holdings/PLDT Group. Omnicontent Management Inc (OMI) landline phone and bundled/triple-play Cignal offers 119 channels, including launched in 2010 and exclusively distrib- services to Cagayan de Oro City and the free-to-air and in SD/HD. Prepaid plans utes FOX Networks Group (FNG) channels surrounding areas. Parasat offers 150+ start from Ps100/US$2 a month for 23 SD in the Philippines. SD/HD channels, as well as pay-per-view channels to Ps1,000/US$20 a month for 21 in SD/HD. TV packages range from the Di- HD+80 SD channels. Postpaid plans start Creative Programs Inc (CPI) gisaver at Ps249/US$5 a month for up to at Ps290/US$5.80 a month for 7 HD+52 SD Creative Programs Inc (CPI), a subsid- 48 SD channels, to the Premium package channels to Ps1,590/US$21 a month for 31 iary of ABS-CBN Corporation, handles at Ps1,350/US$27 a month. Triple-play HD+84 SD channels. distribution and production. CPI oper- packages (cable, internet, landline) start ates and distributes TAG, a movie chan- at Ps1,645/US$33 a month. Dream Satellite TV nel; Hero TV, an anime channel; Lifestyle Philippine Multi-Media System Inc (PMSI) Network, a food/travel/fashion channel; Satellite Cable Network launched Dream Satellite TV in 2001. Dream Myx, for music; Jeepney TV, offering clas- Founded in 1992, Satellite Cable Network Satellite TV offers local and international sic ABS-CBN programming; and Cinema is a cable TV and broadband internet channels, bundled in four plans, ranging One (local movies). CPI also represents service available in Dolores, San Fernan- from Ps99/US$2 to Ps650/US$14 a month. ABS-CBN channels (ANC, DZMM Telera-

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dyo, ABS-CBN Sports + Action) and for- scription, starting at Ps125/US$2.70. Blink, iWant TV eign channels. rolled out originally in Oct 2013 by Solar ABS-CBN launched iWant TV in Dec 2009. Entertainment’s Omni Digital Media Ven- The video-on-demand and live-streaming Nine Media Corporation tures, relaunched in Jan 2016 after SM website features content from ABS-CBN, Nine Media Corporation owns and op- Lifestyle Entertainment acquired Omni ABS-CBN Regionals and ANC. Program- erates free-to-air channel CNN Philip- Digital in 2015. ming also includes local movies from Star pines, which replaced 9TV in March Cinema, Regal and Viva as well as live 2015. Nine Media also operates the Cignal Front Seat streaming channels of ABS-CBN, ANC branded CNN Philippines online plat- Cignal Front Seat (formerly Cignal TV-To- and DZMM. Limited access to iWant TV form, and is involved in a range of con- Go) is a live streaming platform for DTH is available for free to users in the Philip- tent services, including production and service Cignal TV’s postpaid subscrib- pines upon registration; full access costs distribution. Nine Media Corporation is ers. The service offers 10 live TV chan- Ps10/US$0.20 a day via registration with majority owned by the Aliw Broadcast- nels (Aksyon TV, Asian Food Channel, ABS-CBNmobile. ing Corporation. Colours, Cartoon Network, CNN, Hyper, Food Network, Warner TV, Bloomberg Netflix (Philippines) Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC) TV Philippines, Fashion TV) and one pay- Netflix in the Philippines costs Ps370/ Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC) per-view channel. It runs on Android Jel- US$7.99 a month (basic pack), Ps460/ is a content provider and channel op- lybean/Kitkat/Lollipop, iOS 7-9, Windows US$9.99 a month (standard) and Ps550/ erator, established in 1976 as Solar Films. and Mac devices, with data speed of at US$11.99 a month (premium). SEC aggregates content, manages least 300 Kbps. branded TV services for distribution on SKY On Demand local platforms and produces original Globe At Home SKY On Demand is an online video stream- content/local versions of franchised Globe Telecom offers streaming services ing service exclusively for SKY subscribers programmes. SEC’s channels include Netflix, HOOQ and NBA via its broad- (allows max. five registered devices and style-focused ETC, female-geared band plan Globe At Home starting from only accessible via the SKY On Demand 2nd Avenue, sports channels Basketball Ps1,299/US$26 a month for a 10-Mbps in- digibox or player for PC/laptops). The TV and Solar Sports, and youth-skewed ternet connection and 100 GB of data. streaming service is geo-blocked for the Jack TV. Users also need to pay additional rental Philippines and offers live TV channels, fee from Ps120/US$2.40 a month (with a including ABS-CBN, AXN, History, Warner two-year contract) for rental of stream- TV, Disney Channel and Basketball TV; Online/OTT ing devices. and video on demand of local and foreign movies. Amazon Prime Video (Philippines) HOOQ (Philippines) Launched in the Philippines in Dec 2016 Video-on-demand service, HOOQ, SmartLife as part of the platform’s Asia/global launched in the Philippines in March 2015 SmartLife is a content portal/app by PLDT push. with telco partner Globe Telecom, offer- mobile subsidiary, Smart Communica- ing unlimited access to more than 35,000 tions, and operated by D5 Studio, the on- Blink international and local movies and TV line programming division of TV5 Network. Online video-on-demand service Blink series (streaming and offline viewing) The service launched in June 2016 as part streams movies and TV series to about priced at Ps149/US$3 a month. HOOQ is of a three-year PLDT/Smart digital pivot 139,000 subscribers in the Philippines a JV between Singtel, Sony Pictures Tele- to boost data services/infrastructure in (Feb 2016). The service targets upwardly vision and Warner Bros. Entertainment. the Philippines. SmartLife offers live digital mobile young adults aged 21-35 years. channels (FOX Sports, TV5, Sports5), vid- The offering consists of 300+ movies and iflix (Philippines) eo-on-demand (entertainment, sports, 2,000+ hours of TV content. Content part- iflix launched in the Philippines in May movies, concerts), game E-pins and mu- ners include Paramount Pictures, The 2015, offering more than 10,000 hours of sic content. The aim is to gather 50,000 Walt Disney Company, CBS Studios, Sony U.S., Asian and local TV shows and mov- average users a month. Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers ies, accessible to stream and/or down- and 20th Century Fox. Titles are available load. iflix in the Philippines costs Ps129/ Tribe (Philippines) as pay-per-view (from Ps60/US$1.30 to US$2.80 a month, accessible via telco Astro Malaysia and Philippines’ Globe Ps150/US$3 a title for 48 hours viewing) partners PLDT and Smart. Telecom launched over-the-top video or as part of an unlimited monthly sub- platform Tribe in the Philippines in Dec

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2016. The OTT service offers live/on-de- ductions produces original series for TOP Draw Animation mand content targeting fans of Korean regional and local TV channels in the TOP Draw Animation (TDA) commenced content (KBS World, tvN), anime (Aniplus), Philippines. Services include conceptuali- operations in 1999 and specialises in 2D live e-Sports, action/Asian thriller (KIX, sation and creation of original ideas (for digital production. TDA’s TV content out- Thrill), and comedy (truTV). Tribe in the long-form TV programmes, promotional put is more than 200 half hours a year, Philippines costs Ps69/US$1.40 a month or campaigns, interstitial projects and other mostly international clients. Production Ps30/US$0.60 a week. Tribe diversifies its on-air content requirements), post pro- projects include My Little Pony, Tom and revenue streams through a hybrid mon- duction/production support and equip- Jerry, and Peabody and Sherman. etisation model, with both subscription ment rental. and advertising capabilities, and rolled Unitel Entertainment out its freemium model in early 2017. Ideal Minds Unitel Entertainment specialises in televi- Ideal Minds was established in March sion commercials, branded content, viral Viu (Philippines) 2001 offering production services for tele- ads, networking branding and TV shows. Viu launched in the Philippines (in col- vision, webisode, live streaming events/ Credits include I Do Bidoo Bidoo, Kitchen laboration with media/publishing Inquirer coverage, TV commercial and audio- Musical, Crying Ladies and Project Run- Group and mobile content/app subsid- visual projects. way. Unitel Entertainment is a subsidiary iary Megamobile) at the end of Novem- of Unitel Production. ber 2016, offering Korean dramas and Mandala Productions variety shows by Korean broadcasters, Mandala Productions was founded in Viva Communications SBS, KBS, MBC and CJ E&M, as well as 2003 with an alliance with Singapore- Viva Communications was established in Japanese content. based regional producer activeTV Asia. 1981 as a film production company and over the years extended into TV content Montero Productions production (including 1000 Heartbeats Production Houses Montero Productions’ 2017 projects in- for Philippines’ TV5), event management clude Worst Vacation Ever, a travel/real- (Viva Concert Events), pay TV (Pinoy Box 7000 Islands ity show featuring Filipino celebrity broth- Office, Tagalog Movie Channel, MTV 7000 Islands specialises in the production ers KC and Troy Montero, for Discovery Pinoy, History, Viva Channel, FYI, Lifetime, of documentary films and corporate/ Network Asia Pacific. Crime & Investigation, RTL-CBS and H2), commercial videos. Production services music (Viva Records), publication and include HD camera crew support, sound Probe Productions theatre businesses. technicians and equipment rental, lo- Founded in August 2010, Probe Produc- cation scouting, translating, editing and tions specialises in factual production format conversion. Credits include Philip- ranging from a full-scale documentary to Telcos pines – RED BULL Archaic Games, part of public service announcements. a 55-minute documentary series for Leit- Globe Telecom motiv Vision Ismaning/Germany in Kian- TAPE Globe Telecom is a full service telecom- gan/Ifugao and WILDLIFE Conservation in Established in 1979, TV production communications company offering mobile, the Philippines for Deutsche Welle. Based pany Television and Production Exponent fixed, broadband, data, OTT, internet in Dumaguete, the company operates (TAPE) is behind Philippines’ longest-run- and managed services. Principals are mainly in Manila. ning noontime variety show, Eat Bulaga!, Ayala Corporation and Singtel. which was sold as a format to Indonesian Alta Productions Group Inc free-TV broadcasters SCTV in 2012 and Philippine Long Distance Alta Productions Group, a subsidiary of ANTV in 2014. Eat Bulaga!, which means Telephone Co (PLDT) GMA Network, provides pre- and post- “lunchtime surprise”, premiered on RPN in Philippines’ leading telecommunica- production services for GMA and exter- 1979 and ran to 1989, when it switched tions service provider, Philippine Long nal clients. Core services include audio to ABS-CBN. The show ran on ABS-CBN Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), offers a dubbing, mixing/recording, video shoot- until 1995, and has since been on air on range of telecommunications services ing, post-production, on-ground staging GMA-7. TAPE, which also produces and across the Philippines’ fibre optic back- and activation. co-produces sitcoms and drama series, bone, fixed line and cellular networks. owns and operates TV/film production The telco serves over 63.1 million mobile Culture Shock Productions subsidiary APT Entertainment, established subs and about 1.8 million broadband Established in 2011, Culture Shock Pro- in 1994. customers in the Philippines (Mar 2017).

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Subsidiaries include Smart Communica- tions, Smart Broadband, Wolfpac (wireless content provider) and PLDT Clark Telecom (fixed line).

Smart Wireless service provider Smart Commu- nications provides 3G, HSPA+ and LTE services to about 23 million mobile subscribers. Smart’s broadband internet brand,

Sun Cellular Sun Cellular, a subsidiary of Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc (DMPI), was established in Sept 2001 to provide mobile telephony, wireless broadband (Sun Broadband) and mobile internet. The telco has 9.4 Lakbai, a reality travel show on TV5 hosted by Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte, mobile subscribers and more than 600,000 the youngest son of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte broadband customers (Mar 2017). DMPI is a subsidiary of telco PLDT. Associations Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Regulators Association of Broadcasters of the The Film Development Council of the Philippines (KBP) Philippines (FCDP) is a government- Department of Information and The Association of Broadcasters of the backed lead agency for the film indus- Communications Technology Philippines (known as the Kapisanan ng try in the Philippines to ensure that the (DICT) mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, KBP) is an economic, cultural and educational as- The Department of Information and industry body that sets broadcast and pects of film are effectively represented Communications Technogloy (DICT) aims other standards. at home and abroad. to be the pioneer agency in the adop- tion and incorporation of information Federation of International Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) and communication tech (ICTs) innova- Cable TV & Telecommunications The Philippines Cable Television Asso- tions to government services. Association of the Philippines (FICTAP) ciation (PCTA) is the umbrella organisa- National Telecommunications Established in 1999, the Federation of tion of cable television operators in the Commission (NTC) International Cable TV & Telecommu- Philippines. As of Dec 2016, the PCTA The National Telecommunications Com- nications Association of the Philippines has 359 regular and 31 affiliate mem- mission (NTC) is tasked with maintaining (FICTAP) is a non-profit organisation con- bers, which together have 75% market a regulatory regime conducive to the sisting of over 1,000 small-medium cable share of overall cable TV subs in the development and provision of afford- television enterprises. Philippines. able, reliable and accessible telecommunications and information infrastructure and services. Adapted from ContentAsia’s The Big List 2017

Be included! Please send your details to Malena at [email protected] or +65 6846 5982 c ntentasia what’sonwhere 12-26 June 2017 Page 16. What’s on where... ContentAsia’s list of events for the rest of the year. When Event Venue March 2017 1 CASBAA OTT Summit Singapore

13-16 Hong Kong FILMART Hong Kong

21-23 FICCI Frames Mumbai, India

April 2017 1-2 MIP Doc Cannes, France

3-6 MIP TV Cannes, France

25-27 APOS Bali, Indonesia

May 2017 10-12 Busan Contents Market, BCM Busan, South Korea

15-26 L.A. Screenings L.A.,U.S.

17-18 PromaxBDA India Mumbai, India

23-25 BroadcastAsia Singapore

23-25 CommunicAsia Singapore

23-25 MIP China Hangzhou Hangzhou, China

June 2017 8-10 Vietnam Telefilm Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

19-21 DW Global Media Forum Bonn, Germany

28-30 Content Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

July 2017 4-6 APOStech Hong Kong

August 2017 30 Aug-1-Sep BCWW Seoul, South Korea

September 2017 7-8 ContentAsia Summit Singapore

21-24 Gwangju ACE Fair 2017 Gwangju, South Korea

October 2017 10-12 APSCC Tokyo, Japan

14-15 MIP Junior Cannes, France

16-19 MIPCOM Cannes, France

25 Oct-3 Nov TIFFCOM Tokyo, Japan

November 2017 6-9 CASBAA Convention Macau

29 Nov-1 Dec Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) Singapore

29 Nov-1 Dec Asian Animation Summit Brisbane, Australia

30 Nov-1 Dec PromaxBDA Asia Singapore

December 2017 12-14 CineAsia Hong Kong

January 2018 11-12 vdontx asia Mumbai, India

16-18 NATPE U.S.

March 2018 19-22 Filmart Hong Kong

April 2018 7-8 MIP Doc Cannes, France

7-8 MIP Formats Cannes, France

9-12 MIP TV Cannes, France

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Philippines rocks drama Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why jumps to mainstream list c ntent

Editorial Director Netflix’s breakout teen drama, 13 Rea- toring series, The Grand Tour, which had Janine Stein sons Why, flew the mass market flag for 92% fewer demand expressions than list [email protected] digital originals in the Philippines for the leader 13 Reasons Why. Assistant Editor first week of June, placing fourth on the The list of digital originals is evenly split Malena Amzah top 10 list of all TV shows with more than across genres, with drama taking three [email protected] 13.6 million demand expressions. of the top 10 spots, and comedy/sci-fi/ Research Manager The 13-episode series, which topped superheroes taking two spots each. CJ Yong the Digital Originals Top 10, was the only Drama dominated the overall list, with [email protected] digital original that made Parrot Analyt- eight of the 10 spots, and led by far by Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus ics’ overall list for the week. The Walking Dead. Teen-drama topped [email protected] Netflix dominated top digital originals the sub-genre with three of the eight Design with nine of the top 10 titles. Amazon spots. Riverdale, based on the Archie Rae Yong sneaked in in 10th spot with flagship mo- comics, was the most in-demand teen. Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Top 10 Overall TV Shows International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions™ [email protected] 1 The Walking Dead 22,282,853 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 Riverdale 15,350,516 Masliana Masron 3 The Flash 15,259,052 [email protected] 4 13 Reasons Why 13,662,157 5 Pretty Little Liars 11,070,584 To receive your regular free copy 6 Game Of Thrones 9,217,727 of ContentAsia, please email 7 Lucifer 8,417,305 [email protected] 8 Prison Break 8,191,869 9 Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso 7,646,101 Published fortnightly by: 10 Supergirl 6,582,235 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 13 Reasons Why Netflix 13,662,157 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 2 Marvel’s Iron Fist Netflix 3,297,346 3 Sense8 Netflix 2,437,278 Copyright 2017 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 4 Orange Is the New Black Netflix 2,124,101 All Rights Reserved. 5 Stranger Things Netflix 1,743,145 6 Santa Clarita Diet Netflix 1,649,088 7 Marvel’s Luke Cage Netflix 1,507,115 8 Narcos Netflix 1,372,779 9 Girlboss Netflix 1,209,057 10 The Grand Tour Amazon Video 1,069,917 c ntent Daily news with ContentAsia Insider Date range: 1-7 June 2017 email [email protected] Market: Philippines (note: local/regional content in the Philippines is still for subscription details being onboarded by Parrot Analytics) Demand Expressions™: Total audience demand being expressed for a title, within a country. [Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and consumption of content, weighted by importance; so a stream/ download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.]