#GreatJobs C NTENT page 7 www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com 4-17 March 2019 Malaysia’s Enjoy TV goes live Platform pushes legal streaming box message

New Malaysian subscription platform, Enjoy TV, took to market on 1 March with a hail mary message – being legal – in a market rife with illegal streaming boxes. Enjoy TV & Film Broadcasting Corpora- tion (ETBC) bosses obviously think their anti-piracy message is worth a try, urging rights holders to come on board and help nurture the industry.

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Discovery Asia digs in on Viet distribution split HGTV formally joins AFC at Thaole, Q.Net keeps Discovery

Discovery’s HGTV has publicly joined the Thaole Entertainment family in Viet- nam at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City, digging in on its channel bouquet split between rival distributors Q.Net, which distributes Discovery-branded channels, and Thaole, which distributes former Scripps channels, Asian Food Channel (AFC) and now HGTV.

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• StarHub slashes channel pricing by 75%, shifts value to fibre broadband • Sony’s Alistair Jennings takes on new role at MPAA in Asia • Gaumont greenlights India production • PLUS a whole lot more... C NTENTASIA 4-17 March 2019 Page 2.

Discovery Asia Malaysia’s Enjoy TV goes live digs in on Viet Platform pushes legal streaming message distribution split HGTV formally joins AFC at Thaole, Q.Net keeps Discovery

Property Brothers Launch of Malaysian subscription platform, Enjoy TV, in Kuala Lumpur on 1 March Discovery’s HGTV publicly joined the Thaole Entertainment family in Vietnam New Malaysian subscription platform, Details were not immediately available. at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City Enjoy TV, took to market on 1 March with Lead actor Wang Rui attended the En- this month, digging in on its channel a hail mary message – being legal – in a joy TV launch party. bouquet split between rival distributors market rife with illegal streaming boxes. The broadband-connected Enjoy TV Q.Net, which distributes Discovery- Enjoy TV & Film Broadcasting Corpora- box, with a built-in “smart home” solu- branded channels, and Thaole, which tion (ETBC) bosses obviously think their tion, offers a bundle of international distributes former Scripps channel, Asian anti-piracy message is worth a try, urg- linear television channels, including Food Channel (AFC), and now HGTV. ing rights holders to come on board and China’s CCTV channels, NHK World Ja- The former Scripps home/lifestyle brand help nurture the industry. pan, Arirang Korea and Deutsche Welle, has been testing with limited language Licensed under the MCMC’s CASP(I) along with video-on-demand movies customisation on VTVCab since Novem- Broadcasting License, Enjoy TV pledged and TV shows, smart home system as ber last year – six months after a renewal at the launch in Kuala Lumpur on Friday well as karaoke. row between VTVCab and high-profile (1 March) “to work hand-in-hand with “Enjoy TV aims to provide Malaysians distributor Q.Net that left channels from the government in their efforts to eradi- with a diverse and economical TV plat- HBO Asia, Disney, Fox Networks Group, cate piracy”. form,” Enjoy TV’s co-founder/CEO Yoko Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia, Enjoy TV’s promo price is RM390/ Chou said. Turner and Discovery off air. US$95.60, including a year of free En- In his speech at the opening, deputy Discovery channels are not yet back joy TV subscription. Subscription costs speaker of Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat, on air, although last month’s Lunar New RM365/US$89.50 a year. Haji Mohd Rashid Hasnon, described Year peace deal put six linear chan- Penetration targets in Malaysia are an the creative content and technology nels – CNN, BBC World News, Bloomb- initial 100,000 households in six months, industry in Malaysia as “fast growing, erg, Fashion TV, Fox Sports and Cartoon rising to 300,000 households by the end influential and high potential sector”. Network – back on the VTVCab/Viettel of year one in March 2020. He also urged the local and inter- dial from 1 February. HGTV is also part of Plans include a roll out in the rest of the national content incumbents to help Viettel’s Next TV’s line up. Asean region “to bring more Malaysian “strengthen and nurture the industry fur- New shows on the March schedule content to the international arena,” the ther by making their presence available include Property Brothers season seven company said during the launch. in all legal platforms such as Enjoy TV”. (premieres 15 April), Flip or Flop Nashville Enjoy TV also plans to co-produce a Enjoy TV, which will be at Filmart in (14 March premiere), Island Life season feature film,I Believe, with China’s CCTV. Hong Kong this month, has not disclosed five (from 15 March). The film will be directed by Yoko Chou. its acqusitions budgets. 4-17 march 2019 page 3. C NTENTASIA 4-17 March 2019 Page 4.

StarHub slashes channel pricing by 75% Value shifts to “homehub” & fibre broadband

Singapore’s StarHub has slashed video The proposal we saw offered a two-year OUT NOW! channel subscription rates by 75% and fibre contract, including six basic/entry- dropped outdated mandatory extra level linear channel groups for S$13.91/ charges for “HD upsize” as part of its lat- US$10.27 – a steep dip from the previ- est fibre broadband contract bundles, ous cable subscription of S$55.64/US$41 according to subscription proposals seen (S$47.08/US$34.74 plus the not-optional by ContentAsia. S$8.56/US$6.32 “HD upsize”). At the same time as reducing the value The six basic packs are world news, ASIA C NTENT of video content, the breakdown of the education, entertainment, Chinese info- bundled broadband/TV subscription tre- tainment, Chinese entertainment and bles the price of broadband, replacing lifestyle. old cable plans with fibre connectivity. Upsize genre pack pricing remains the 2019 The “HomeHub Plus” offer includes same. This includes the Qiang Dang Yu Channels 1Gbps fibre broadband for S$68.80/ Le Pack at S$28.90/US$21.33 a month US$50.77 a month and six months free, and other HD packs at S$26.75/US$19.74 along with 1GB mobile broadband and a month. a digital voice home line at no extra StarHub’s new pricing is part of the com- charge. pany’s recent #HelloChange campaign, The fibre broadband plan replaces introduced at the end of last year under cable broadband, which costs S$22.90/ chief executive Peter K, who joined in July Asia’s definitive media content and services directory US$16.90 a month. last year.

@2_TBL_DIGITAL_COVERS.indd 1 17/02/2019 17:23 Ultimately though, once the free pro- #HelloChange, built around the “smart motional period is over, the total dollar home” concept, also includes 50GB “wor- value of the monthly subscription is much ry-free” data for S$20/US$14.76 a month the same – the big difference being the as an add-on option to existing mobile value shift away from content and to- plans and unlimited weekend data for an wards connectivity. additional S$6/US$4.43.

C NTENTASIA ESPN adds ICC clips to cricket site Digital deal puts ICC clips back on ESPNcricinfo

2019 Tech ESPN has acquired digital clip rights for the features in the run up to the tournament. International Cricket Council’s ICC Men’s ESPN said its digital cricket traffic tra- Cricket World Cup 2019 across 10 countries ditionally surged during the ICC Cricket in Southeast Asia as well as Hong Kong for World Cup, with the 2015 tournament 25-year-old cricket website, ESPNcricinfo, bringing growth of 163% across Southeast with additional rights – including Australia Asia and Hong Kong compared to the Asia’s definitive media content and services directory and the U.K. – for flagship site ESPN.com. 2018 annual monthly average for ESP-

@2_TBL_DIGITAL_COVERS.indd 2 18/02/2019 11:18 Using data from 2015, when ESPNcricinfo Ncricinfo. Video starts have also grown attracted more than 1.6 million unique over 175% across the region from 2015 users (source: Adobe Omniture) across to 2018. www.contentasia.tv Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, ESPN Star Sports, now owned by Disney as says the 2019 audience is expected to part of last year’s Fox acquisition, has top two million. global broadcast rights for all ICC events Digital clips from each match will fea- until 2023. The ICC carved out rights to contentasia ture highs and lows and reviews. The license in-match digital clips to third par- clips will run as part of a broader content ties from the main broadcast agreement initiative that includes a series of special with Star Sports. C NTENTASIA 4-17 March 2019 Page 5.

Jennings exits Gaumont, Dattani tie-up on new series Sony Pictures Television Preti Taneja’s King Lear tale shoots on location in India Asia for a role at MPAA

Indian producer Dina Dattani (Brahman U.S. television president, Gene Stein, de- Naman, Mukti Bhavan, The Ashram) is scribed Taneja’s debut novel as “a work collaborating with Narcos producer/dis- of epic scope and depth, providing a tributor Gaumont on a TV adaptation deep insight into today’s India, and the of Preti Taneja’s novel, We That clash of tradition with modernisation, Are Young. as well as nuanced sexual politics”. The story reimagines The series will be shot on loca- Shakespeare’s King Lear tion in India with “an elevated Alistair Jennings and is set in modern-day dramatic storyline with true India, tracking the battle global appeal”, Stein said. Alistair Jennings has exited Sony Pictures for power within a bil- The production timeline Television’s Hong Kong licensing/syndica- lionaire family dynasty has not yet been dis- tion Asia HQ after seven years for a role in a nation of constant closed. at U.S. studio-funded copyright protection transformation and for Dattani, previously agency, Motion Picture Association of the love and respect head of business and Asia (MPAA). The new role as vice presi- of a father disappear- legal affairs in India dent for Asia-Pacific content protection ing into dementia. for 21st Century Fox’s is effective from April and based in Hong In a statement out Fox Star India, is ex- Kong. Jennings was most recently SPT’s of the U.S., U.K. and ecutive producer Dina Dattani VP, sales, international distribution. Mumbai, Gaumont on the TV series.

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Viu rolls out in South Africa Freemium app goes live with SABC, eTV and Vodacom OUT NOW!

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@2_TBL_DIGITAL_COVERS.indd 2 31/01/2019 14:49 Viu launch in South Africa

PCCW Media’s Viu streaming platform SABC, including Imbewu and Scandal, has landed in Africa for the first time, de- and 18 library titles along with Viu originals buting in South Africa with a multi-level from around the world, including from In- pricing structure and content licensing dia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malay- deals with the country’s top broadcasters. sia. Local originals are being planned. Viu’s debut lineup pulls premium local PCCW Media’s MD, Janice Lee, said titles – Uzalo and SkeenSaam – off You- during the launch in Johannesburg on Tube as part of an exclusive digital rights 28 Feb that Viu had 30 million monthly deal with the state-backed South African active users, with more than 37.5 billion Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Viu minutes of video consumed. She also has also signed a licensing deal with pri- said Viu released more than 900 original vately owned eTV. episodes in 2018. The freemium platform, offered for R69/ Viu has partnered with telco Vodacom US$4.87 a month (or R20/US$1.41 a week to offer the premium on-demand service, or R5/US$0.35 a day), also has exclusive which is available from the iOS app store, rights to new and library titles from the Google Play and the Huawei app gallery.

Measat adds Himalaya TV HD to video hotspot

www.contentasia.tv Malaysian satellite Measat has added The new channel increases Measat’s linear television channel Himalaya HD video neighbourhood in Nepal to eight to its Measat-3 video neighbourhood for channels. Nepal and Asia Pacific. The nine-year-old Measat’s orbital slot at 91.5°E is home to contentasia privately owned channel, based in the three satellites – 3, 3a and 3b. Himalaya TV Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, airs news HD was acquired by local media brand, and entertainment programming. Online Khabar, in the middle of last year. C NTENTASIA 4-17 March 2019 Page 9.

Australia’s FetchTV ups transparency in partner app update 75% of Fetch users pay for linear subscription packs, Lorson says

Australia’s FetchTV has rolled out an up- New... date to its partner Ratings App that of- Activity Breakdown Activity Breakdown Activity Summary fers activity breakdowns, media source National @ -6min National @ -6min Media Source Media Source info and an activity summary. (243,648 households) (243,186 households) The activity breakdown function of- fers live insights into free-to-air usage (live, recorded, catch up), subscription (live, recorded, catch up), SVOD/Appa (consolidated), TVOD/EST/MovieBox (consolidated), and YouTube. The “media source” info shows the source of content viewing on Fetch – terrestrial, IP, hard drive – for ISP partners. The data does not yet include record- ings being made, just content being viewed, FetchTV chief executive, Scott Lorson, said this week. The new “activity summary” is a line graph that shows breakdown by view- ing type, and is similar to the channel summary. Additional info sent to partners this morning shows that 75%-80% of Fetch Already available... subscribers watch TV daily. Channel Ratings Programme Ratings Channel Summary In addition, 75% of Fetch subscribers National @ -6min National @ -7min have a linear subscription pack(s), and that 65% of Fetch subscribers have an SVOD service(s), Lorson said. Lorson also said that 82% of Fetch subscribers have access to YouTube, of which 40% use. Fetch’s Gen 2 set-top boxes do not support YouTube. 80% of Fetch subscribers use their Fetch set-top box to view free-to-air channels.

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Thailand

In numbers Population...... 69.04 million Households...... 23 million TV households...... 22 million TV penetration...... 98% Internet users (fixed/mobile)...... 45.2 million Broadband internet subs...... 9.3 million Mobile phone subs...... 124.81 million

Source: World Bank (population), Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, NBTC (internet, broadband, mobile)

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Channel 3/33HD/28SD/13Family Bangkok Entertainment Company (BEC) operates Channel 3, a nationwide ter- restrial analogue TV station (licence runs to March 2020). BEC is the free-TV arm Nakee, JKN Global Media of BEC World, which also holds three DTT licences – 33HD (general entertain- ment HD), 28SD (general entertainment competition MasterChef Thailand/Junior ment schedule is 70%+ in-house content. SD) and 13Family (kids/family). The DTT S2 and singing competitions Still Stand- Foreign offering includes a one-hour channels launched in April 2014 and are ing Thailand S5 and Singer Takes It All BBC First programming block (weekends operated by DTT unit BEC-Multimedia. Thailand S3 in 2018. 10pm), which launched in Feb 2019. In The group is also involved in radio broad- 2014, MCOT began broadcasting two casting, production and distribution of TV Channel 8 (SD) digital terrestrial channels – MCOT HD shows, sports events and music videos. RS Television, a subsidiary of RS Public and MCOT Family (aka MCOT 14). MCOT Company, launched digital terrestrial is also involved in radio and online news. Channel 5/HD (DTT) channel, Channel 8 (formerly Channel 5 was established in 1958 by delivered via satellite), in May 2014, of- GMM 25 SD/One 31 HD the Royal Thai Army aiming to bridge fering Indian drama, local drama and Thai media conglomerate GMM Gram- understanding between the army and sports (boxing), as well as variety shows, my owns and operates two variety digital the people. The 24-hour schedule covers animation, news and movies. Channel 8 terrestrial channels – GMM 25 (SD) and infotainment, news, factual, entertain- has about 400,000 regular viewers (Dec One 31 (HD). Both launched in April 2014. ment, educational and teleshopping. 2018). More than 90% of the content is Key genres are drama, variety and sports. The programming split is 70% informa- produced in-house. RS also owns and tive/30% entertainment. operates four satellite channels: Chan- Mono29 (SD) nel 2, Sabaidee TV, YOU Channel and Mono Group, which secured its digital TV Channel 7/HD Sun Channel. Local co-production part- licence (variety SD) in 2013 with a bid of Bangkok Broadcasting & TV (BBTV) ners include JSL Global Media, Kantana THB2,250 billion/US$71 million, launched launched Channel 7 in Nov 1967. In Group and Happy Together. Mono29 in April 2014. The 24-hour station 2014, BBTV launched Channel 7 HD, a offers local and international content, in- simulcast broadcast of the analogue Channel 9/MCOT HD/MCOT Family cluding drama series, movies, animation, service. The 24-hour SD/HD schedule in- Channel 9 is owned/operated by the game shows, variety and sports. cludes news, drama series, game shows, Mass Communications Organisation movies and sports. Channel 7 is one of of Thailand (MCOT), a former state en- Nation TV/Now 26 (SD) Thailand’s most active formats players, terprise under the Office of the Prime Nation Multimedia Group (NMG), having aired, among others, cooking Minister. The 24-hour general entertain- established in July 1971 as an English-

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language daily newspaper, owns and Subscription TV OTT/Online operates eight businesses. These include two 24-hour SD commercial digital ter- AIS Playbox AIS Play restrial TV channels – news Nation TV IPTV platform, AIS Playbox, offers linear Telco AIS’ OTT AIS Play service streams live (aka Nation 22) and variety channel TV/VOD, as well as access to streaming TV channels and VOD content to AIS mo- Now 26. Nation TV is predominantly local service iflix and Doonee, via the AIS fibre bile subscribers. AIS, which had 40.6 mil- news. Now 26’s line-up is a mix of local broadband network. AIS, which is also lion mobile subs in Sep 2018, recorded 1.8 and foreign content, including financial/ one of Thailand’s mobile operators, has million are active/paying AIS Play subs. economic/business news, lifestyle, enter- about 676,700 fixed broadband sub- tainment, formats and drama series. DTT scribers. AIS also has 40.6 million mobile Bflix services started in April 2014. The licence subs (Sep 2018). Content management/distribution com- runs until April 2029. pany, JKN Global Media, unveiled its DTV OTT platform Bflix at end 2018. Bflix offers NBT Thai satellite operator, Thaicom, provides live TV channels and VOD of Indian and National Broadcasting Service of Thai- broadband network, content services Philippines’ drama series. Subscriptions land (NBT) is a 24-hour news/information and satellite dish/set-top box sales via di- range from THB199/US$6.30/month to channel and a division of Thailand’s rect-to-home subsidiary DTV (established THB1,999/US$63/year. Public Relations Department. NBT was June 2009), which carries more than 200 established in 1985 with THB300 million/ SD/HD channels. Bugaboo TV/Bugaboo Inter US$8 million from the Japan International Founded in 2011 by broadcaster BBTV, Cooperation Agency (JICA) and began Good TV Bugaboo TV is an AVOD platform (geo- transmissions in 1988. DTH platform Good TV (formerly Free- blocked for Thailand) offering over View HD, launched in 2015), targets 35,000 library titles from free-TV Channel PPTV HD36 Bangkok/large cities. Subscriptions start 7 (CH7). Content includes drama series, Digital terrestrial station PPTV HD36 was from THB300/US$9.45 a month. news, sports, music and entertainment established in April 2014 by Bangkok available via online portal and mobile Media and Broadcasting. News makes PSI app. Bugaboo Inter, which is the SVOD up about 31% of the line-up, followed by PSI transmits to more than 10 million extension of Bugaboo TV, launched in variety (21%), sports (21%), drama and households nationwide. The platform of- mid 2018 and is available globally. Buga- other series. fers select TV content via its own PSI TV boo Inter offers over 5,000 hours of CH7 Anywhere brand available on internet- content at THB199/US$5.99 a month. Both Thai PBS connected devices. PSI launched in Thai PBS, launched in Jan 2008, carries services are managed by BBTV’s mobile/ 1989 as a free-satellite TV provider, and online subsidiary, BBTV New Media. 25% international content (docu, was recognised as a pay-TV operator by kids, animation, drama series, movies, regulator, the NBTC, in 2014. CH3Thailand/Mello education, edutainment). Thai PBS, CH3Thailand (formerly 3Live) and Mello which began digital transmissions in April TOTiPTV are online platforms from BEC World, the 2014, is also a network/service provider Thailand’s state-owned telco, Telecom operator of free-TV service Channel 3. CH- for other Thai DTT channels. of Thailand (TOT), launched IPTV plat- 3Thailand is an on-the-go service offering form TOTiPTV in Oct 2012 for TOT broad- real-time TV programmes from three BEC Thairath TV band subs in the Bangkok area. The ser- DTT channels (Channel 33HD, 28SD, 13Fam- Thairath TV, a variety HD channel by Tri- vice rolled out nationwide in Jan 2013. ily). Mello offers access to current/reruns of ple V Broadcast, launched in April 2014 The platform offers about 150 local/int’l Channel 3 shows. BEC operates two other with a 50:50 news:/variety schedule. The channels. Monthly subscriptions start online platforms: Krobkruakao, a news site; digital terrestrial licence runs for 15 years from THB150/US$4.70 for 90 TV channels. until 2029. and social media site CH3 Thailand. TrueVisions Doonee Workpoint TV (Channel 1) TrueVisions operates a pay-TV platform Doonee offers 10,000+ hours of fully lo- Workpoint TV, established in April 2014 with about 200 channels, including must- calised (dubbed/subtitled) TV content, by local production house Workpoint En- carry digital terrestrial channels. The including movies, TV series, factual and tertainment, is a general entertainment platform had four million subs (2.3 million animation from around the world. Sub- channel offering drama/soap opera, paying, Sep 2018), and said live broad- scription costs THB150/US$4 a month or game shows and variety programmes, casting and HD viewing remained key THB1,500/US$41 a year for unlimited us- among others. The 24-hour station also contributors for increasing subscription age and access by up to five devices. acquires foreign content. revenue.

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Doonee trial-launched in Oct 2014 and movies, animation and TV shows, among TrueID rolled out commercial services in Jan others, bundled in two packages: THB250/ TrueID launched in 2017, replacing 2015. The platform is distributed via tel- US$7.85 a month and THB2,500/US$78.50 TrueVisions Anywhere (launched 2013). cos, broadband operators and smart a year. The Mono group launched the TrueID offers live-TV streaming, catch-up devices, including AIS, TOTiptv and Sam- SVOD service in 2011 as Doonung.com, and on-demand services for TrueVisions/ sung Smart TV. rebranded as Monomax in Feb 2016. True subscribers. The catalogue consists of TrueVisions’ premium channels and Hollywood TV MVHub TVOD titles/original series/live sports. Launched in March 2014, Hollywood TV Video streaming service MVHub is streams 10,000+ hours of VOD movies/TV scheduled to launch in Thailand at the Ving MCOT series/live channels from THB199/US$6.30 end of Jan 2019, promising over 30,000 State enterprise MCOT Plc, supervised by a month (unlimited access). Most Hol- hours of Chinese movies and entertain- the Office of the Prime Minister, started lywood titles are available with the origi- ment content from mainland China, testing its “Ving MCOT” service with nal English-language soundtrack and Hong Kong and Taiwan, with Thai- telcos AIS and True at the end of 2018. Thai/English subtitles. language subtitles. Subscription fees will Launch date has not been confirmed start from THB189/US$5.90 a month. TVB (as of Jan 2019). Hooq Hong Kong’s TVB Anywhere is part of Hooq launched in Thailand in May 2015, MVHub, which is owned and managed Viu offering Hollywood and local movies/TV by MV Television (MVTV), the operator Hong Kong telco PCCW’s regional mobile content. In Thailand, Hooq is available of six satellte TV channels in Thailand: streaming platform, Viu, launched in Thai- from THB45/US$1.44 for 7 days to THB1,069/ MVTV Family, Modern India TV, Major land in May 2017, and has a distribution US$34 for one year. Hooq is offered stand- Channel Mix, Five Channel, Esan TV and partnership with telco AIS. The premium alone or as part of AIS Playbox, free for 12 Major Channel Asian. The group aims to monthly subscription costs THB99/US$3.11. months with selected plans. extend the on-demand service in Myan- mar, Laos and Cambodia in the middle iflix of 2019 with subtitles in local languages. Production iflix rolled out in Thailand in Nov 2015. The premium iflixVIP plan is THB100/US$3.15/ OTV BDA Creative month or THB1,000/US$31.50 a year. iflix is Launched in Sep 2017, OTV is operated With offices in Singapore, Manila and available via telco AIS. by OTV Network, offering 5,000+ online Bangkok, BDA Creative produces long/ clips of local, regional and international short-form content, crafts stories for Line TV content ranging across drama, variety, brands, collaborates with broadcasters, Online streaming TV service Line TV is an music, news and short films. branding, design and promos for chan- extension of messenger app, Line. Line nels and for other media. BDA Creative TV launched commercially in Thailand in Tencent Online was founded in 2003. Feb 2015. Geo-blocked for Thailand, Line Tencent Online (formerly known as Sa- TV bundles TV series, variety, entertain- nook Online) is mainland Chinese giant GDH 559 ment, animation, music videos, sports, Tencent’s Southeast Asia beachhead. GDH 559 specialises in producing on- lifestyle and live/catch-up content from Tencent began buying into Sanook line TV content. Clients include Line TV. 161 local/international content partners in 2010, acquiring a 49% stake at end GDH’s first online series was 2013’s Hor- for free. Line TV, which started monetis- 2010 for just under US$11 million. By end mones, about Thai teenagers. Produc- ing content in late 2016 via pre-roll ad- 2016, Tencent owned 100%. The hold- tion credits include Brother of the Year vertising, is owned by Tokyo-based Line, ing company was renamed at the end (2018), I Hate You, I Love You (2017), a subsidiary of Korea’s Naver Corp. of 2016. The deal gave Tencent full Gasohug (2016) and Stay (2015). GDH control over Thai online content/UGC (Gross Domestic Happiness) is the pro- Luve portal Sanook! and music streaming duction subsidiary of Thai media con- Luve is a millennial-focused online service Joox. glomerate GMM Grammy. platform offering short-form mostly lo- cal videos across genres. Digital media TOTiPTV (MeTV) Heliconia H Group entertainment company, WebTVAsia, Launched in 2015, TOT’s streaming ser- Heliconia was established in 2005 spe- launched Luve in Jan 2017. vice, TOTiPTV, is an extension of the com- cialising in original/international TV for- pany’s IPTV platform. The OTT service mats, including game show Cash Cab Monomax bundles free movies/series and stream- Thailand S4 for Channel 9; and cooking Monomax offers 20,000+ hours of VOD ing services MonoMax and Doonee via competition MasterChef Thailand and content, consisting of local/international/ TOTiPTV set-top box. Iron Chef Thailand for Channel 7. Korean/Chinese/Indian drama series,

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JKN Global Media manufacturing and exporting com- and Money Drop Thailand for free-TV Listed Thai content management and pany, Shellhut. Shellhut Entertainment national broadcaster Channel 7, and distribution company, JKN Global Me- specialises in animation, offering full Crazy Market and Show Me The Money dia, specialises in factual production, production services, including pre- and for digital terrestrial channel PPTV. collaborating with international brands post-production. Zense also creates and produces origi- such as National Geographic, History nal content, including singing game and Discovery Channel. JKN is also in- TV Burabha show Singer Auction and talent show volved in news production, via entity TV Burabha is a production company The Producer. The two titles, which JKN News Limited, a global news and specialising in Asian documentary/fac- were created with a global audience news channel producer under the JKN tual, including wildlife and educational in mind, kicked off export of Zense’s CNBC brand. JKN also owns and man- entertainment, as well as food and own home-grown formats to the inter- ages five linear channels and OTT Bflix. travel series. national market in 2018.

JSL Global Media TV Thunder TV Thunder (TVT) was founded in Nov Regulator/Associations JSL Global Media set up in 1979 to produce content for the Royal Thai Army Radio and 1992 by former DJ Sompong Wannap- inyo, who switched to TV production Media Agency Association of Television’s Channel 5 and expanded to Thailand (MAAT) to avoid music piracy issues. Com- supply content for other TV channels. Publishes reports and promotes profes- mercial operations started in 1993. The sional advertising/business ethics. Kantana company has produced more than Kantana has, since 1951, expanded 200 TV programmes, ranging from big National Broadcasting & across media sectors, starting with radio international shows to controlled bud- Telecommunications and adding production, post-produc- get formats. Credits include La Banda Commission (NBTC) tion, movies, animation, facilities rental, Thailand, Take Me Out Thailand, The The NBTC was established to assign sports/eSports, airtime sales, marketing Price is Right Thailand and Take Guy radio frequency and to regulate the and broadcasting. The most recent TV Out Thailand. broadcasting and telecommunication shows are season two of Drag Race services in Thailand. Duties and respon- Workpoint Entertainment Thailand and The Face Thailand. sibilities are to regulate all broadcasting Workpoint Entertainment was estab- and telecommunication services in the Panorama Worldwide lished in 1989. The company produces country through formulating a master Panorama Worldwide was established original and localised international for- plan on broadcasting and telecommu- in 1993 and has produced over 300 TV mats and sells its own formats and dra- nications activities. documentaries and public relations pro- mas to broadcasters in Laos, Vietnam, grammes for organisations/companies Cambodia and Myanmar. Thailand Cable TV Association in Thailand and abroad. Panorama also Established in 1983, TCTA is tasked to de- Zense Entertainment produces TV programmes for cable and velop, support and supervise the cable Zense Entertainment was established in satellite TV platforms. TV industry in Thailand. 2010, and produces for broadcasters Shellhut Entertainment such as Channel 7 and PPTV. Formats Shellhut Entertainment was established credits include 13 adaptations for Thai- Adapted from ContentAsia’s in 2005 as a subsidiary of shellcraft land, including Still Standing Thailand The Big List 2019

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Fantasy/sci-fi tops Taiwan demand Wide genre mix characterises top 10 in last week Feb C NTENT

Editorial Director HBO’s Game of Thrones (GoT) topped iconic Spongebob Squarepants in fourth Janine Stein Taiwanese demand in the last week of place, sandwiched between Memories [email protected] February, beating back zombie drama of the Alhambra and U.S. sitcom Modern Assistant Editor The Walking Dead and the much newer Family, and followed by CBS’ sci-fi series, Malena Amzah Korean blockbuster, Studio Dragon’s Star Trek: Discovery (the only digital original [email protected] US$22 million fantasy thriller, Memories of on the overall list) and two local Taiwanese Research Manager the Alhambra. With a little more than a productions – tourism and cuisine series Su- CJ Yong month to go until the premiere of the fi- per Taste and variety show Mr Player. [email protected] nal season, GoT was the only show that While top spot on the digital list went to Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus broke through the one million demand CBS, the rest of the list for the week was [email protected] expressions mark, according to data sci- dominated by Netflix, whose clear run Design ence company Parrot Analytics. was broken by mainland Chinese drama, Rae Yong The rest of the top 10 list was an eclec- Story of Yanxi Palace and DC Universe’s tic mix of genres, including Nickelodeon’s Doom Patrol. Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Top 10 overall TV shows: Taiwan International Business Development Leah Gordon Rank Title Average Demand Expressions® [email protected] 1 Game of Thrones 1,015,175 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 The Walking Dead 969,400 Masliana Masron 3 Memories of the Alhambra (알함브라 궁전의 추억) 697,957 [email protected] 4 Spongebob Squarepants 657,225 To receive your regular free copy 5 Modern Family 639,378 of ContentAsia, please email 6 Star Trek: Discovery 634,891 [email protected] 7 Super Taste (食尚玩家) 633,856 Published fortnightly by: 8 Mr. Player (綜藝玩很大) 628,008 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 9 The Big Bang Theory 626,604 730A Geylang Road 10 True Detective 620,535 Singapore 389641 Tel: +65 6846-5987 Top 10 foreign digital originals: Taiwan www.contentasia.tv

Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions® MCI (P) 091/11/2015 1 Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access 634,891 Copyright 2019 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 2 Stranger Things Netflix 426,439 All Rights Reserved. 3 The Umbrella Academy Netflix 398,429 4 Narcos Netflix 358,776 5 Marvel's The Punisher Netflix 335,001 6 House of Cards Netflix 320,917 7 Sex Education Netflix 319,066 8 Black Mirror Netflix 309,725 9 Story of Yanxi Palace iQiyi 297,360 C NTENT (延禧攻略) 10 Doom Patrol DC Universe 290,099 Daily news with ContentAsia Insider Date range: 20-26 February 2019 email [email protected] Demand Expressions®: The global TV measurement standard developed for subscription details by Parrot Analytics, which represents the total audience demand being expressed for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the de- sire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/ download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.