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2 0 2 0 TELEVISION ABOUT INFO- COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IMDA) The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) leads Singapore’s digital transformation with infocomm media. To do this, IMDA will develop a dynamic digital economy and a cohesive digital society, driven by an exceptional infocomm media (ICM) ecosystem – by developing talent, strengthening business capabilities, and enhancing Singapore’s ICM infrastructure. IMDA also regulates the telecommunications and media sectors to safeguard consumer interests while fostering a pro-business environment, and enhances Singapore’s data protection regime through the Personal Data Protection Commission. For more news and information, visit imda.gov.sg or follow IMDA on Facebook IMDAsg and Twitter @IMDAsg 2 MADE-WITH-SINGAPORE CONTENT CAPTIVATING GLOBAL AUDIENCES Art Of Craft CONTENT COLLABORATION – THE WAY FORWARD As a thriving gateway to Asia, Singapore’s media ecosystem is uniquely positioned for growth. With international broadcasters, OTT platforms, tech companies and brands investing heavily in original content, there is tremendous potential within and beyond the region for “Made-with-Singapore” collaborations. Folklore, a six-part horror series based on customs and superstitions in six Asian countries is commissioned by HBO Asia and supported by the IMDA. Helmed by award-winning Singapore filmmaker Eric Khoo as showrunner, each episode is directed by a different director from various countries in Asia, including Khoo. Food Lore builds on the success of Folklore, and is made up of eight films by eight directors, each one inspired by their countries’ cuisine. FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS Nowhere Man Other partnerships with IMDA include Facebook Creator Lab – the first of its kind by Facebook in Southeast Asia where content creators learn how to build their business and grow communities on Facebook. IMDA’s collaboration with Disney to launch the Disney Content Studio will feature eight digital-first, multi-platform titles produced and developed with Singapore content creators for distribution on Disney’s platforms. Other initiatives include the newly launched Public Service Media Digital Partnership Fund and the Southeast Asia Co-production Grant (for films) that solidify the IMDA’s efforts to help Singapore talent secure regional and international co-production deals. ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES GLOBALLY Singapore content creators and companies have been garnering international recognition and making waves around the world. Crime thriller series Nowhere Man, is Netflix’s first Southeast Asian original commission and first Chinese language Original series. It is also, notably, Netflix’s first commission to a Singapore company, Infocus Asia. Oddbods Art Of Craft, a co-production between Singapore company, Beach House Pictures and Chinese broadcaster CCTV9, is a five-part series that explores the world’s leading master craftsmen and craft. Critically acclaimed animation series Oddbods by Singapore company, One Animation, has been nominated for an International Emmy Award and is shown on OTT platforms Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Video. With an exciting line-up of new productions to be released in 2020, the TV industry in Singapore is definitely one to look out for. Folklore Oddbods CONTENTS CHILDREN Voices: Memories On A Plate 21 Counting With Paula 8 Wild City 21 Dinosaur Train 8 Zeb’s Big Fish 22 Fox Tales 9 Hiccup & Sneeze 9 DRAMA Leo The Wildlife Ranger 10 Code Of Law 24 Oddbods 10 Drive 24 Rhythm Warriors 11 Folklore 25 Stoneboy 11 Food Lore 25 Teddies 12 Grisse 26 ZooMoo and ZooMoo’s Got Brains 12 Halfworlds 2 26 Lion Mums 27 DOCUMENTARY Nowhere Man 27 Scene City: Cash Only 28 Abandoned 14 Sent 28 Bajau Laut - The Last Sea Wanderers 14 The Teenage Psychic 29 Beauty And The Feast 15 CHILDREN Walk With Me 29 China At High Speed 15 China, Empire of Time 16 Dangerous Jobs 16 LIFESTYLE First Man Out 17 Art Of Craft 31 Frontier Borneo 17 Cake-Zilla 31 Living On The Edge 18 Chef In Hijab 32 Maritime Silkroad Reborn 18 Fixer 32 Nazi World War Weird 19 Gok’s Chinese Takeaway 33 Prison Food 19 Greener Pastures 33 Regardless Of Religion 20 Route Awakening 34 Tibet The 3rd Pole 20 SensAsia 34 CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN PRODUCER PRODUCER COUNTING WITH PAULA Omens Studios FOX TALES Chips and Toon (SEASONS 1-3) LANGUAGE IN DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE English, Mandarin, Russian, English, Mandarin Spanish FORMAT FORMAT 52 x 7 minutes 180 episodes x 11 minutes TX TX In development CCTV, iQiyi, Mediacorp, Amazon Prime, Canal+, YEAR OF RELEASE Televisio De Catalunya, CJ 2019 Entertainment, Al Jazeera SALES/DISTRIBUTOR YEAR OF RELEASE Chips and Toon Season 3 – 2018 TEL SALES/DISTRIBUTOR (65) 6386 8653 Omens Studios EMAIL TEL darrankuah@ (65) 8183 2808 chipsandtoon.com EMAIL Little Snow and her family have magical powers and live in a beautiful enchanted forest! With a swipe chisim@omens- and dab of her fuzzy tail, Snow is able to write Chinese characters in mid-air and magically make the studios.com Counting With Paula features Paula and her friends Tim, Billy, Chalky, Calc and the Numbers as they word real! Come and join Snow on her adventures as she learns new words and discover the world go on exciting adventures to colourful and exotic places. From the jungles of Amazon to the deepest around her. oceans, the hottest deserts and even outer space - Paula and friends solve problems and learn to have fun with numbers! Nominated for Best Nominated for Pre-School Programmme Best 3D Animation Asian Television Awards 2017 Asian Television Awards 2015 PRODUCER PRODUCER DINOSAUR TRAIN (SEASONS 1-5) Sparky Animation, The Jim HICCUP & SNEEZE (SEASONS 1-3) Beach House Kids (Seasons Henson Company (US) 1-3), Northern Pictures Kids (Seasons 2-3) LANGUAGE English LANGUAGE English FORMAT 200 episodes x 11 minutes FORMAT 120 episodes x 23 minutes TX PBS, ABC, TVO, Nick Jr, TX France 5, Korea Telecom Okto Jnr Hitel, Mediacorp Okto, 9 GO! Radio Televisyen Brunei, Cignal TV, Clan TV and YEAR OF RELEASE others Season 3 - 2018 YEAR OF RELEASE SALES/DISTRIBUTOR Season 5 – 2019 Boat Rocker Media (Jessica Watson) SALES/DISTRIBUTOR Sparky Animation TEL (65) 6921 7879 TEL Come see the world through the eyes of Buddy, a preschool-aged Tyrannosaurus Rex, on Dinosaur (65) 6281 0310 Hiccup & Sneeze is a live action pre-school puppetry series featuring lovable forest monsters – Hiccup, EMAIL Train! Buddy and his adoptive family of Pteranodons go on adventures on the Dinosaur Train to meet all Sneeze, roving monster reporter Ellard, and everyone’s favourite friend, Bibi. Each episode is a fun and jocelyn@ kinds of dinosaurs from different eras and learn fascinating new facts about these incredible creatures. EMAIL educational experience with plenty of zaniness. beachhousepictures.com sherry.tang@sparkyanim. [email protected] com Nominated for Outstanding Nominated for Outstanding Writing in a [email protected] Nominated for Best Pre-School Series Pre-school Animated Programme Pre-School Animated Programme Asian Television Awards 2016 43th - Daytime Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards 2014 & 2015 Emmy Awards 2016 8 9 CHILDREN CHILDREN PRODUCER PRODUCER LEO THE WILDLIFE RANGER Omens Studios RHYTHM WARRIORS Emofront, Presto Music IN DEVELOPMENT Production, Sparky (SEASONS 1-2) LANGUAGE Animation English, Chinese, Spanish LANGUAGE FORMAT English 112 episodes x 11 minutes FORMAT TX 52 episodes x 11 minutes Mediacorp, Amazon Prime, Discovery, Zoomoo, PTS, TX MTVA, Globalsat, Channel 1, In development CJ E&M and Tencent YEAR OF RELEASE YEAR OF RELEASE - Season 1 - 2015 Season 2 - 2020 SALES/DISTRIBUTOR Sparky Animation SALES/DISTRIBUTOR Cyber Group Studios TEL (65) 6281 0310 TEL Raphaelle Mathieu EMAIL (33) 6 88 06 28 73 sherry.tang@ Rhythm Warriors is a fantastical, musical comedy targeted at 4 to 7 year olds and their families. sparkyanim.com Chi Sim Packed with action and adventure, Rhythm Warriors features strong core values of teamwork and [email protected] (65) 8183 2808 friendship as a group of heroes battle to save their planet in the most unique way. Each episode is set Leo the Wildlife Ranger kickstarts a curiosity for flora and fauna in children between 3 to 6 years old within a different region of the fantastical world of “Rhythmos”, featuring music of a different genre. by introducing them to secrets and wonders of nature and wildlife. EMAIL chisim@omens- studios.com Winner of Best Pre-school Programme Nominated for Best 3D Animation Asian Television Awards 2016 Asian Television Awards 2016 PRODUCER PRODUCER ODDBODS One Animation STONEBOY Chips and Toon (SEASONS 1-3) LANGUAGE LANGUAGE Non- Dialogue Show No Language FORMAT FORMAT 120 episodes x 7 minutes 24 episodes x 3 minutes TX TX Boomerang/Cartoon Network, Boing, Nickelodeon, iQiyi, Tencent, Disney Channel, Pogo, iTV, Canal Plus & Channel Frederator, MAA Teletoon, SVT, Super RTL, Nickelodeon, TV, Mediacorp Carousel, E-Junior, ABC, Mango- Hunan TV, YOYO, PCCW, Mediacorp, EBS, RCTI YEAR OF RELEASE (MNC) 2010 VOD Partners: Play Kids, TF1 Video, VTR, SALES/DISTRIBUTOR Hulu, Toon Goggles, Kividoo, VOOT, Chips and Toon Discovery Kids, Netflix & Amazon Video TEL YEAR OF RELEASE (65) 6386 8653 Season 3 - 2019 EMAIL SALES/DISTRIBUTOR darrankuah@ One Animation Stoneboy is about the lives of Stoneboy, a happy-go-lucky caveman and his ‘best friend’, Stanley, who chipsandtoon.com Bomanbridge (SEA, including in-flight) hatches schemes to get ahead of his friend. Despite their complicated friendship, the duo have to Celebrating individuality and friendship in a