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Dog opens well for HOOQ ups stake in Hollywood streamers formats in Asia Originals debut with Sony Pics/Crackle deal for The Oath Lunar New Year buzz spreads across sectors

Our eye right now is on developments with three big-brand formats: MasterChef Singapore, the third season of Asia’s Got Talent at Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia and Asia’s Next Top Model season six at FOX Networks Group. There’s nothing on the record about any of them yet. Which doesn’t mean they aren’t happening... or that the Year of the Dog isn’t opening with loads of confirmed activity. Talpa, for one, greets the Dog with The Oath the announcement of its deal with Asian joint-venture streaming platform, The Oath is set in a world of Los Angeles Thailand’s TV Thunder for Dance Dance HOOQ, ventures into Hollywood digital gangs made up of those sworn to protect Dance. The new contract builds on originals for the first time next month in a and defend. Talpa’s growing presence in Thailand. deal with JV partner Sony Pictures Televi- The series was created by Joe Halpin Earlier this year, the company said BBTV sion/Crackle. (Hawaii Five-O, Secrets and Lies) and stars had bought rights to 5 Gold Rings and Crime drama, The Oath, will be branded Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Cory Hardrict that PPTV was making Human Knowl- a HOOQ Original when it premieres exclu- (American Sniper) and Katrina Law (Train- edge Thailand. sively in Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, ing Day). Jeff T. Thomas (Blindspot) and Korea’s CJ E&M is on a roll, with Crazy India and Singapore on 9 March (Asia Luis Priento (Kidnap) direct. Market in Thailand and Golden Tambou- time), 24 hours after it drops on Crackle The Oath is followed on 20 March by rine for Channel 7, as well as a Japanese in the U.S. the six pilots that are part of the HOOQ adaptation of Korean drama, Signal, All 10 episodes will be available at the Filmmakers Guild announced last year. for Fuji TV. The Japanese version begins same time. One of the six will be commissioned for a airing in April. CJ E&M has also picked Sony Pictures Television is one of HOOQ’s full series. Two of the pilots are from Singa- up scripted format rights to Nippon TV’s partners, along with Singapore telco, Sing- pore, two are from Indonesia, one is from Mother for cable channel tvN. tel, and Warner Bros. India and one from Thailand. There are loads of renewals across HOOQ chief content officer, Jennifer HOOQ will also premiere its first Indone- genres around the region, led by Lip Sync Batty, says the bid to blaze new trails for sia original, Marlina The Murderer in Four Battle season three on GMA Network’s homegrown Asian content will continue Acts, in March, in its five territories in Asia. Channel 7 in the Philippines; DNA India alongside the fledgling Hollywood origi- India-only premieres next month include seasons six and seven for Zee Tamizh in In- nals initiative. S.W.A.T. and Gotham season four. dia; and a second season of Chef in Your Ear Mongolia, repped in Asia by Boman- bridge Media, for NTV Channel. On the digital side, we’re loving Viu’s Korea’s CJ E&M, MBC pick up BBC scripted format rights activity in India and, particularly, the bold bet being taken on CBS Studios’ South Korean broadcaster MBC is remak- series, Life on Mars. format, Hollywood Squares. ing drama Luther in one of three Korean Luther Korea premieres in late October Keshet, meanwhile, is making even deals announced today (20 Feb) at BBC 2018. The local version of Mistresses is more inroads in India, with a local ver- Worldwide’s annual Showcase. set for April this year on CJ E&M’s OCN sion of Rising Star for Viacom18’s Colors The other two titles are remakes of BBC’s channel, along with Life on Mars, which TV, which is also making Top​ Model India Mistresses, which has been licensed to CJ is set in Seoul in 1987 during the first-ever for Colors Infinity. E&M’s Studio Dragon, and retro detective democratic presidential election. Subtitled in Bahasa Indonesian and Vietnamese

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StarHub’s Tan puts his money where his mouth is Pay TV BaseS$500,000 & Churn investment into the companyPay TV in the Revenue dying days & of ARPU his reign Pay TV Base & Churn Pay TV Revenue & ARPURevenue (‘000) Pay TVCustomers Base & Churn (S$M) Pay TV Revenue & ARPU Revenue (‘000) (‘000) CustomersCustomers (S$M) (S$M) Revenue

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377.8 498 487 477 467 458 348.9 93.9 88.4 87.9 85.7 86.9

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4Q2016 1Q2017 2Q2017 3Q2017 4Q2017 4Q2016 1Q2017 2Q2017 3Q2017 4Q2017 FY2016 FY2017 Average Monthly Churn Rate ARPU (%) (%) Average Monthly Churn Rate (S$ per month) (S$ per month) ARPU Average Monthly Churn Rate ARPU (%) (S$ per month) Source: StarHub 1.0 1.0 51 51 51 51 51 51 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 50

1.0 1.0 51 51 51 51 51 51 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 50

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24 25 StarHub4Q2016 CEO,1Q2017 Tan2Q2017 Tong Hai,3Q2017 hurtles4Q2017 to- FY2016 FY2017 4Q2016 1Q2017 2Q2017 3Q2017 4Q2017 FY2016 FY2017 wards the end of his career at the Sin- “Adopting a higher level of artificial gapore telco with (clearly) undiminished intelligence to anticipate our enthusiasm for the company’s prospects after the door shuts behind him. customers’ needs in 2018.” Just before the Lunar New Year week- end, less than three months before his Tan Tong Hai, Chief Executive, StarHub exit on 1 May this year, Tan invested a little more than S$500,000/US$394,000 in to seize opportunities offered by the mar- for the full year to S$348.9 million/US$265 company shares, which had dropped to ket,” he added. million. six-month lows mid-Feb. Enterprise fixed revenue (more spe- The company blamed the decrease to Tan notified the Singapore Stock Ex- cifically cyber security solutions and man- the drop in subscribers to 458,000 house- change on 15 Feb that he was buying aged services) was clearly StarHub’s star holds – a drop of 40,000 compared to the 200,000 ordinary voting shares at S$2.59 last year, soaring 21% for the final three end of 2016. per share, giving him a total of 754,854 months and driving a 9% increase in the Pay-TV average revenue per user shares – or a 0.04% stake in the company. biz segment for the full year. (ARPU) for last year was S$50/US$38 – The disclosure came a day after the “Our Enterprise Fixed business plays a down S$1 – and churn was 1%. Valentine’s Day release of the company’s key role and it has registered a strong fin- Mobile revenue was down 2% for the financials, which saw StarHub’s 2017 ish to the year with a second consecutive full year to S$1.2 billion/US$913 million, net profit slide by 27% to S$249.6 million/ quarter of double-digit revenue growth. broadband revenue dropped 1% to S$214 US$190 million. The strategy we have executed for our million/US$163 million. In his comments on the results, Tan growth, such as our acquisitions of Accel Service revenue for the quarter was 1% talked about “taking our customer-centric and D’Crypt, is yielding results for us,” Tan higher year-on-year at S$571.7 million/ approach a step further by adopting a said. US$435 million but 1% lower for the full year higher level of artificial intelligence to No such joy from pay-TV. Sadly. at just under S$2.2 billion/US$1.7 billion. anticipate our customers’ needs” in 2018. Pay TV revenue decreased 7% year- Mobile makes us half of StarHub’s rev- 2018 “will also usher in changes to the on-year to S$86.9 million/US$66 million for enue. Pay-TV’s share of the mix dropped competitive landscape and we are ready the final quarter of 2017 and dropped 8% to 14.5% last year from 15.8% in 2016. In association with

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Ow reshapes Asia Celestial’s CCM turns 10 finance team Birthday party revamp for Chinese movie channel

Turner Asia Pacific boss Ricky Ow heads into the Year of the Dog with two new money men bolstering a team led by CFO Clement Schwebig. The two newbies are David Liu senior finance director David Liu in Hong Kong and finance director for South- east Asia, Joseph Tan, based in Sin- gapore. Liu was most recently the head of finance for NBA Asia and India. Joseph Tan Tan has 12 years’ ex- perience in the advertising industry. Prior to joining Turner, he was finance director The 36th Chamber of Shaolin of Publicis Communications Singapore. Celestial Tiger Entertainment’s (CTE) Ce- lestial Classic Movies channel enters the First two Bangladeshi Year of the Dog with an acronym, its first originals live on iflix new look ever and a bid for broad inter- national appeal. Emerging markets streaing platform iflix On the eve of the channel’s 10th anni- horror and musicals – as well as the signa- premiered its first two original shows in versary, CTE’s executive vice president TV ture shades-of-green palette representing Bangladesh on 20 February. The two networks, Ofanny Choi said “we wanted CCM’s evergreen selection of movies, titles are Redoan Rony’s 40-minute to make the brand easily recognisable to remain the same, Choi says. telefilm Madventure, a coming of age international audiences”. All the CCM programmes come with story about a group of youngsters who In addition to broadening CCM’s ap- subtitles in local languages. meet on a tour bus, and RB Pritam’s peal, Choi is also angling for higher en- CCM remains in a strong ratings position, five-part web series Half, about a cou- gagement with younger audiences. Choi adds, particularly in Malaysia, where ple who meet in a bar. The reason? A decade on, CTE bosses it was the top movie channel among have decided that, in its original form, Astro’s Chinese audiences 4+ for the the channel’s English name is long while whole of last year (Source: Kantar Media YuppTV picks up in Chinese it may not be easily understood Malaysia DTAM). cricket rights or recognised among non-Chinese audi- Choi says CCM has been successful ences. in gathering a community around the YuppTV has added live rights for tri-nation The more universal acronym is accom- channel, and the time is right to go after series, Hero Nidahas Trophy 2018, to its panied by a new logo, an on-air revamp in younger, international audiences. streaming line up. Exclusive rights include English and an upgrade to 16:9 aspect ratio. The revamp was done in-house. Malaysia, Aus/NZ, the U.S., Middle East/ But the core brand identity – a wide CCM’s birthday party celebrations co- North Africa and Europe. The T20 match- range of movie genres, including martial incide with the launch of the channel on es in Sri Lanka run from 6-18 March. arts and kung fu, action, drama, comedy, Canal+ in Myanmar.

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In numbers Population...... 32 million Households...... 7.7 million Avg. household size...... 4.06 TV households...... 7.26 million TV penetration...... 94% Astro pay TV households...... 3.4 million HyppTV pay TV households...... 1.6 million Internet users (fixed/mobile)...... 77.6% Mobile phone users...... 97.5%

Source: companies, Department of Statistics Malaysia

Broadcast channels Astro’s singing competition Gegar Vaganza season four 8TV Free-TV network 8TV began operations in Jan 2004 and transmits free to the West TV1/TV2/TVi drama and comedy programmes. TV9’s Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and Kuan- Founded in April 1946, Malaysia’s pub- foreign content slots include Chamsa- tan on the UHF band and nationwide on lic broadcaster, Radio Television Ma- rang (Korean dramas), Saranghae (Ko- the Astro pay-TV platform. 8TV targets laysia (RTM), operates two national TV rean movies), Daebak! (Korean game- 15-24 year old urban youth and Chinese channels – news/entertainment service shows) and Movie Night (Hollywood audiences, offering a mix of local and in- TV1and TV2, which offers 80:20 local and movies). Media Prima acquired the ternational programming. acquired/international entertainment channel n Sept 2005, and launched the content. An agency under the Ministry rebranded TV9 in April 2006. ntv7 of Information, Communication and Cul- Natseven TV launched ntv7 in April 1998 ture, RTM also operates 36 radio stations, as Malaysia’s third private free-to-air sta- digital TV service TVi on Astro, free online Subscription tion. Media Prima acquired Natseven video-on-demand/catch-up platform Astro TV in 2005. ntv7 targets 25+ year old ur- MyKlik; online streaming music channel Astro Malaysia Holdings launched in 1996 banites and Chinese viewers with variety Galaksi Muzik; and the RTM Mobile app. and now has 5.3 million residential cus- shows, drama series, movies, news, sports tomers, with the bulk of growth from free- and music content. TV3 TV3, set up in June 1984, was Malaysia’s TV platform Njoi. Household penetration TV AlHijrah first privately owned free-to-air TV chan- is 73%. Mobile platform Astro Go had 1.5 Established in Sept 2009 as Malaysia’s nel. Owned and operated by media con- million registered users (Dec 2017). Astro first Islamic TV service, TV AlHijrah started glomerate Media Prima, TV3 schedules offers about 188 TV channels, of which 72 broadcasting in 2010. The aim is to edu- are predominantly local and mass market are Astro-branded and 60 are in HD.

cate, entertain and unite the community. for Malay-speaking audiences. Content unifi TV The offering is predominantly local, rang- includes local drama, entertainment, re- unifi TV (formerly HyppTV) is an IPTV ser- ing from kids/youth and sitcoms to en- ality talent and factual programming. tertainment, reality, science/education, vice owned and operated by Telekom news, magazines, dramas and movies. TV9 Malaysia (TM). unifi TV offers 112 channels TV AlHijrah targets Muslim and non-Muslim TV9 is one of four free-to-air (FTA) TV (incl. 58 HD), consisting of 54 premium adults below 40 years old, and is owned stations operated by Media Prima. The channels, 27 free channels, 2 radio chan- and operated by Malaysia’s government- channel targets young urban Malays, nels, 7 VOD channels and 22 interactive owned Al Hijrah Media Corporation. offering a mix of reality, entertainment, channels, sold as part of TM’s multi-play

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bundles: unifi (fibre optic cable)/bro- dimsum The service costs RM10/US$2.50 a month band aka Streamyx (xDSL), content (unifi dimsum is a Malaysian streaming service in Malaysia. iflix is owned by investment TV) and voice. unifi TV, which has about operated by SMG Entertainment (former- company Catcha Group and Evolution 1.6 million subscribers, also operates on- ly Star Online), a member of Star Media Media Capital. Distribution partners in line platform unifi PlayTV (see online TV). Group, focusing on Asian content deliv- Malaysia are telcos TM, Digi, Maxis, Cel- ered via mobile applications and web com and UMobile. browser. The app launched in Nov 2016 Online/OTT/Broadband and offers about 10,000 hours of content iTunes Apple launched its VOD service iTunes in 1MALAYSIA TV (movies, drama series, documentaries, variety shows and kids programming Malaysia in January 2016, offering movie 1MALAYSIA TV via web and app offers from Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Ja- purchase (HD/SD/4K/HDR) and movie free access to free-to-air TV channels pan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and rental (HD/SD). (TV1, TV2, RTM Parlimen), Bernama News South Korea). Monthly subscription is Channel, community channels (MARAtv, MyKlik RM15/US$3.55 with 30 days free access Usahawan.tv, Kelantan Creative TV) and MyKlik, owned/operated by state- and five concurrent connections. radio channel MACC.fm, among oth- backed broadcaster Radio Television ers. The platform launched in 2011 and is unifi PlayTV Malaysia (RTM), is a free online video owned/operated by privately held local portal offering live streaming of two na- Owned and operated by Telekom Ma- company, 1Media IPTV. tional free-TV channels, TV1 and TV2, laysia (TM), unifi PlayTV (formerly HyppTV and 13 online TV/radio channels. Also of- Everywhere) is a mobile TV extension of ALTBalaji fers free catch-up of select content from TM’s IPTV unifi TV service, exclusively for Direct-to-consumer subscription video-on- TV1 and TV2. demand platform offering Indian content. subscribers with UniFi & Streamyx plans Launched in Malaysia in April 2017 as as well as the public via registration on Netflix Facebook, email or mobile number. The part of its global rollout. Netflix launched in Malaysia in Jan 2016. service offers 70+ live TV channels and Basic subscription is RM33/US$7.80 a seven VOD movie channels plus ac- Amazon Prime Video month (one screen, SD). Standard plan cess to regional streaming service Net- Launched in Asia/globally, including is RM42/US$9.90 a month (two screens, flix (Oct 2017). unifi PlayTV costs from Malaysia in Dec 2016 as part of its Asia/ HD). Premium plan costs RM51/US$12 a RM5/US$1.20 a month to RM10/US$2.40 global rollout. Amazon Prime Video costs month (four screens, HD/UHD). US$2.99 a month for the first six months, a month. VOD titles range from free to starting with a free seven-day trial, and RM10.60/US$2.50 each. Spuul then US$5.99 a month. A global streaming service launched in hurr.tv 2012 targeting the South Asian Diaspora Launched in April 2016, hurr.tv is a vid- Astro GO with HIndi and regional language movies. Astro Malaysia Holdings launched As- eo streaming platform carrying original tro GO (formerly Astro on the Go) in content featuring home-grown talent tonton May 2012. The mobile platform offers via hurr.tv’s website and YouTube. hurr. Malaysian media conglomerate Media 65 local/international live channels and tv, which stands for Hip, Urban, Relevant Prima’s over-the-top service, tonton, of- 11,000 hours of VOD content from con- and Real Television, targets viewers aged fers live streaming, catch-up and pre- tent partners including HBO Asia, FOX 15+. Content focuses on lifestyle, fashion, mium content. Content comes primarily Networks Group, Turner Asia Pacific, TVB fitness, travel, music, events and contem- from Media Prima’s terrestrial networks (HK). Selected content is available to porary issues. – TV3, TV9, ntv7, 8TV. Some content is download. Astro GO is free for all Malay- offered for free. Full access/tonton VIP iflix sians. Astro TV subscribers and NJOI cus- costs RM3/US$0.70 a day, RM5/US$1.20 a iflix is a subscription-based video-on-de- tomers get additional premium chan- week, RM10/US$2.40 a month or RM96/ mand platform, based in Malaysia with nels and content for free. Additional US$23 a year. tonton has 7.4 million reg- a broad expansion remit that covers the pay-per-view titles and standalone sub- istered users, with 15,000-18,000 new Middle East and developing markets in scriptions start from RM5.30/US$1.40. The registrations a week (Oct 2017). tonton Asia. Launched in May 2015, iflix offers Astro GO app had been downloaded launched in Aug 2010 in Malaysia and access to more than 20,000 hours of inter- 2+ million times and had 1.5 million regis- rolled out its first regional service in Sin- national and regional/local TV series and tered users (October 2017). gapore in May 2017, followed by Brunei movies for a single monthly subscription. in August 2017.

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Viu capacity of 1,260, along side 37,000 sq ft national Emmy-nominated drama A Time Hong Kong telco PCCW launched Viu of workshop space, as well as production For Us; and the first season ofMasterChef in Malaysia in Feb 2016 as a standalone offices, hair/make-up/dressing rooms Malaysia. Double Vision launched in app and via partnerships with Telekom and post-production facilities as well as 1988, and is the production arm of inte- Malaysia, Maxis, Digi and U Mobile. The a 65x65m green-screen water tank and grated media group, Vision New Media, offering includes local content from post-production facilities. Production which operates production and post- partners such as media conglomerate credits include Marco Polo S1/2 (Netflix/ production facilities. Media Prima and production/distribu- Weinstein Company), Lost in the Pacific tion house Double Vision, along with (Shanghai Hongliang Media & Culture Global Station Viu’s regional tentpole Korean offering Co, Asia Tropical Films), Asia’s Got Established in 2000, Global Station has from CJ E&M, KBS, MBS and SBS. Con- Talent S1/2 (FremantleMedia, Syco and been involved in the production of local tent for Malaysia is subtitled in Bahasa Sony Entertainment), Prey (Blumhouse adaptations of scripted formats, includ- Malaysia, English and simplified Chi- Productions), and Projek Komedi Warna ing telenovelas Dendam Aurora (Tuscan nese. Ad-free option with access to (Astro). Passion) in 2017; Lara Aishah (La Loba) premium content costs RM10/US$2.44 a in 2016; and Memori Cinta Suraya (A month and there is no limit to the num- Love to Remember) in 2015. Global Sta- ber of simultaneous access devices. Production tion was also involved in drama series, Haryati, in Indonesia, Wadi Unung (Aus- Only registered members can save/ Animonsta Studios download videos. tralia), Dia Bukan Maryam (Mecca) and Animonsta Studios specialises in 3D ani- Suria di Cordoba (Spain). Viki mated films/TV series and merchandis- ing. Its first production, BoBoiBoy, about Homegrown Productions A global streaming video service superheroes BoBoiBoy and his friends Launched in 2004, Homegrown Produc- launched in 2007 by Rakuten Japan, of- fighting aliens, aired regionally on Disney tions is mostly known for comedy reality fering TV series/movies from Korea, Chi- and was made into a movie released in Maharaja Lawak. The production house na, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand, among 2016. A second movie is slated for release was also involved in singing formats Malay- others, as well as original series. in Q4 2018. sian Idol and One in a Million season one. WebTVAsia Astro Shaw Ideate Media WebTVAsia was founded in 2013 by Prodi- Established in 1996 by Astro Malaysia Ideate Media develops, produces gee Media as an online multi-channel Holdings, Astro Shaw specialises in movie and commercialises high-end scripted network (MCN) for Asian content. The production, producing more than 75 ti- content for global audiences, working service, which offers over 1,000 channels, tles across genres in Malay, Chinese and across multiple formats and genres, in- hits about six billion minutes or two billion Indian languages. The company also cluding TV series, feature film and digi- views watched by 80 million millennials acquires and distributes movies for the- tal content. Production credits include monthly worldwide. atrical/non-theatrical release in Malaysia Sydney Sailboat, a pre-school animation YuppTV and the region. (in syndication worldwide); Tombiruo: Penunggu Rimba, a film adaptation of a YuppTV in Malaysia costs from RM9.99/ Biscuit Films novel by Malaysia’s Ramlee Awang Mur- US$2.40 a month. The service offers more Biscuit Films was involved in, among oth- shid; and two seasons of live-action TV than 250 live South Asian TV channels ers, the production of 2016’s comedy series, Dirk Gently, for BBC America and across 14 Indian languages, 5,000+ Bol- drama series Gap Year season one and Netflix worldwide. lywood/regional movies from India; and Netflix’s 2014/5 epic mini-series Marco 100+ TV shows. Polo in Malaysia. The company also pro- Juita Viden duces feature films, TV movies and TV Established in 1978, Juita Viden has mul- Production Facilities commercials. tiple production units under its banner. In addition to producing television (reality, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios Double Vision variety, drama, game shows) and fea- Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios Double Vision produces more than 200 ture films (Malay, Chinese) for the domes- is a fully integrated production facility hours of content a year across a range tic market. Juita Viden is also involved in offering 100,000 sq ft of film stages, 24,000 of genres. Credits include Malaysia’s first regional co-production with broadcast sq ft of TV studios with an audience live-animated/special effects drama for- partners such as SCTV (Indonesia) and Ho mat Ryujin Juwara; Malaysia’s first inter- Chi Minh TV (Vietnam).

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Kyanite TV air on the Media Prima group’s four com- Maxis Kyanite TV is an independent production mercial television channels (TV3, ntv7, 8TV, Maxis provides mobile and internet company with more than 10 years expe- TV9). The company distributes its content connection services to about 10 mil- rience with international companies and through Primeworks Distribution. lion subscribers, of which 8.1 million are advertisers. smartphone users with average usage of Prodigee Media 6.72GB per month (December 2017). Les’ Copaque Production Malaysian entertainment group, Prodi- Animation studio Les’ Copaque Produc- gee Media, was founded in 2005 as a TM tion is widely known for series Upin and music/artist management company and Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malay- Ipin, about a pair of five-year-old twins, has expanded to include film production sia’s broadband and integrated informa- Upin and Ipin, in a Malaysian village. The services. The company also operates on- tion and communications group, offers series has aired across the region. Les’ line platform WebTVAsia. communication services (broadband, Copaque was founded in 2005. data, fixed-line) to 2.35 million broad- Red Communications band customers and three million fixed Matavia Reka Red Communications launched in 1999, line subscribers (September 2017). Provides production and location ser- specialising in entertainment and infor- vices for film/TV companies. 2017 credits mative content focusing on women, U Mobile include Surviving Borneo and Wildlife De- kids and youth. The company’s produc- Launched in 2007, U Mobile offers data, fenders Sabah for Discovery Channel. tion slate ranges from documentaries to voice and messaging services via pre- branded content, long and short form paid, post-paid and broadband plans. U MFX series and feature films. Red Communi- Mobile launched Video-Onz, a free unlim- MFX has been creating visual effects and cations launched feature-film subsidiary, ited data service, in April 2016. The service animation since 2001. The company spe- Red Films, in 2004. allows free streaming of apps/sites, includ- cialises in design, special effects, 2D/3D ing YouTube, HyppTV Everywhere, Viu, iflix, animation. Youku, Astro Go, tonton, Eros Now, dim- TELCOS sum, YuppTV and Viki. MIG Pictures MIG Pictures started in 2000 and special- Celcom Government/Regulators ises in the production of Malay films and Mobile telco Celcom Axiata has 76% 4G coverage and 90% 3G coverage in TV drama series. Rhizophora Ventures Malaysia. The telco has 10.6 million pre-/ Rhizophora Ventures, a wholly owned post-paid mobile subscribers and about Nafalia Corporation subsidiary of Malaysian government in- 1.5 million mobile broadband customers Nafalia Corporation was established in vestment unit Khazanah Nasional, was set (September 2017). Dec 2002 specialising in TV/film produc- up to oversee Khazanah’s investments in tion and distribution of local/foreign Digi creative and media content. Khazanah’s syndicated content. Regional partners Digi.Com (Digi) provides mobile voice, biggest media investment has been Pine- include Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB), internet and digital services to more than wood Iskandar Malaysia Studios. China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting (JSBC) and 12.3 million customers (of which 8.5 mil- Singapore’s Suria. Malaysian Communications and lion are active internet users) in Malaysia. Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Digi has about 5.7 million 4G LTE subscrib- Primeworks Studios Aims to establish Malaysia as a global ers (September 2017). The company is Primeworks Studios is the content creation centre for communications/multimedia listed on the main market of Bursa Malay- subsidiary of media conglomerate, Me- information and content services. sia Securities Berhad and is part of global dia Prima. Primeworks Studios has been producing TV content since 1984 and telecomms provider, Telenor Group. Digi National Film Development Corpo- feature films since 1994, generating close commenced operations in Malaysia in ration of Malaysia (FINAS) to 4,000 hours of content annually for vari- May 1995 and obtained its 3G spectrum Established in 1981, FINAS is tasked with ous platforms. Primeworks’ productions licence in 2008. promoting film production in Malaysia.

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March 2018 5-7 FICCI Frames Mumbai, India 12-13 INTV Jerusalem, Israel 13-15 SPORTELAsia Singapore

19-22 Hong Kong FILMART Hong Kong

20-21 CASBAA OTT Summit Singapore

April 2018 4-6 Content Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 7-8 MIP Doc Cannes, France

7-8 MIP Formats Cannes, France

9-12 MIP TV Cannes, France

24-26 APOS Bali, Indonesia

May 2018 9-11 Busan Contents Market, BCM Busan, South Korea

15-23 L.A. Screenings L.A., U.S.A.

22-23 PromaxBDA India Mumbai, India

June 2018 6-7 MIP China Hangzhou, China

7-9 Vietnam Telefilm Vietnam

11-13 DW Global Media Forum Bonn, Germany

Shanghai International Film & TV 12-14 Shanghai, China Festival TV Market

25 CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum Singapore

26-28 BroadcastAsia Singapore

26-28 CommunicAsia Singapore

August 2018 28-29 ContentAsia Summit Singapore

September 2018 5-7 BCWW Seoul, South Korea

13-16 Gwangju ACE Fair Gwangju, South Korea

October 2018 13-14 MIP Junior Cannes, France

15-18 MIPCOM Cannes, France

23-25 TIFFCOM 2018 Tokyo, Japan

30 Oct-1 Nov CASBAA Convention Hong Kong

December 2018 3-4 PromaxBDA Asia Singapore

5-7 Asia TV Forum & Market, ATF Singapore

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Netflix streaks ahead in India But traditional titles beat digital originals by 4x C NTENT

Editorial Director Netflix titles sweep the top 10 digital origi- CBS Studios’ comedy, The Big Bang The- Janine Stein nals in India, taking all nine spots for the ory, attracted twice as many demand ex- [email protected] week of 1-7 Feb with the exception of pressions as its closest competitor, Game of Assistant Editor sixth place for CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Thrones, on the overall list followed closely Malena Amzah Discovery. by fantasy police procedural Lucifer. [email protected] Traditional titles, though, are still by far Stranger Things was the only one of Research Manager the most in demand in India, with the top the titles on the digital originals list that CJ Yong 10 overall winner – The Big Bang Theory crossed the 40,000 demand expressions [email protected] – coming in at just under 188 million de- mark, although the race was relatively Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus mand expressions. That’s four times the closely fought in the 30,000 band. [email protected] demand for the top digital original – The Indian version of Big Brother flies the Design Stranger Things, according to Parrot Ana- flag so far for local titles, which are still be- Rae Yong lytics demand expressions data. ing uploaded into Parrot’s database. Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, India: Top 10 Overall TV Shows International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions™ [email protected] 1 The Big Bang Theory 187,729,742 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 Game Of Thrones 94,946,706 Masliana Masron 3 Lucifer 90,197,242 [email protected] 4 Vikings 77,599,180 5 Friends 71,993,408 To receive your regular free copy 6 Modern Family 70,859,539 of ContentAsia, please email 7 WWE Monday Night Raw 69,806,201 [email protected] 8 Bigg Boss 69,606,479 9 The Walking Dead 64,547,378 Published fortnightly by: 10 The Flash 61,139,205 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road India: Top 10 Digital Originals Singapore 389641 Rank Title Platform Average Demand Tel: +65 6846-5987 Expressions™ www.contentasia.tv 1 Stranger Things Netflix 47,070,183 2 Narcos Netflix 38,819,918 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 3 Black Mirror Netflix 38,342,810 4 13 Reasons Why Netflix 37,329,821 Copyright 2018 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 5 Altered Carbon Netflix 36,621,655 All Rights Reserved. 6 Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access 32,545,729 7 The Crown Netflix 32,113,290 8 The End Of The F...ing World Netflix 31,953,399 9 Daredevil Netflix 31,392,753 10 Marvel’s The Punisher Netflix 31,041,920 C NTENT Date range: 01 - 07 February, 2018 Market: India Daily news with Demand Expressions®: A global metric standard developed by Parrot ContentAsia Insider Analytics which represents the total audience demand being expressed email [email protected] for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engage- for subscription details ment and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment. Note: Local/regional content in this country is still being onboarded by Parrot Analytics