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#GreatJobs page 5 ! s r a ye 2 0 C 016 g 1 NTENT - Celebratin www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.contentasiasummit.com 4-17 april 2016 Turner goes Distributors welcome streaming boom non-linear with Opportunity explosion going into Mip TV 2016 MAIN COLOR PALETTE 10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 BoomerangR: 0 G: 0 B: 0 in Take the green and the blue Take the green and the blue C: 30 M: 0 Y: 100 K: 0 C: 75 M: 68 Y: 67 K: 90 from the main palette. from the main palette. Opacity: 100% Opacity: 50% R: 0 G: 80 B: 255 R: 138 G: 140 B: 143 Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue C: 84 M: 68 Y: 0 K: 0 VietnamC: 49 M: 39 Y: 38 K: 3 Branded space up and running on Pops Kids from April 2016 Ganesh Rajaram Gary Pudney Katrina Neylon Leena Singarajah Mee Fung Lee Sabrina Duguet Turner has tied up with two-year-old Asia is in streaming overdrive. And con- “In recent years, one of our highest Southeast Asian digital entertainment tent owners and rights hold- volume multi-year agreements was with company, Pops Worldwide, to create a ers couldn’t be happier. Youku in China, and we’re currently Boomerang-branded space on the Pops Ahead of this year’s in negotiations for similar high volume Kids platform in Vietnam. Mip TV, which runs from deals with other SVOD players across the Boomerang’s animation content 4-7 April, ContentAsia’s region,” Rajaram added. launched on the non-linear platform on Malena Amzah asked Sabrina Duguet, all3media Interna- Friday, 1 April, exclusively in Vietnamese. programme distributors tional’s executive vice president for Asia Boomerang properties from across the genre Pacific, echoed the explosion in oppor- include The Powerpuff Girls, spectrum what differ- tunities for content. Ben 10, Foster’s Home for ence the OTT boom “Firstly, the streaming platforms give us Imaginary Friends and was making to their the ability to negotiate windowing and Dexter’s Laboratory. businesses in Asia. therefore maximise the exposure and Pops Worldwide found- All said the positive dif- revenue of our programmes,” she said. er and chief executive, ference was significant. “Secondly, the increased number Esther Nguyen, said the “This fast-growing sector of potential platform gives us chance kids platform had almost of the market has been a to place programmes that perhaps 400 million views per month total game changer,” said wouldn’t have found a home on stan- and more than 100,000 Ganesh Rajaram, Freman- dard TV,” Duguet added. subscribers. tleMedia International’s This was particularly welcome, given Most of the Singapore-based regional the substantial rise in local production/ shows on the executive vice president, content in Asia in the past few years. platform are sales and distribution. The trend had been squeezing acquired home-grown, “Not only have they pro- international content off schedules in including Goi Om vided us with new business Asia. Ke Chuyen, Sieu Nhan But opportunities, but are also “Overall I believe [streaming platforms] Chi, Dat Set Bien Hinh, Sac getting our shows in front have created a healthy competition, en- Mau Bong Bong, and Mam of even more audiences couraging the channels to review their Choi La. across Asia,” Rajaram acquisition strategies,” Duguet said. Pops Worldwide’s Viet- said. Channel operators – particularly those namese multichannel network High volume deals, who own their own content – were work- operates six channels, including many of which started with ing with long-standing traditional pay-TV kids, music and beauty. Chinese online platforms, carriage partners to compliment linear Financial terms of the Boo- were spreading to other parts services with streaming options. Ben 10 merang deal have not been of the region. More on page 9 disclosed. Nothing is random. Not even love. A couple brought together by fate has its love tested due to the wrath of an envious brother. VISIT US AT MIPTV STAND P0.A 1 Licensed by 4-17 april 2016 page 2. C NTENTASIA 4-17 april 2016 Page 3. Turner launches HK’s now TV talks up Q2 line up five channels on Live sports, express drama and movies top agenda Thailand’s AIS Turner has launched five channels – Warner TV, World Heritage Channel, HLN, Boomerang and Toonami – on telco AIS Thailand’s Playbox OTT service and Play mobile app. This is the first time World Heritage Channel and HLN will be available in Thailand. The carriage agreement makes Turner the first international broadcaster to provide content on the AIS platforms. Turner says the deal for live streaming and catch-up/on demand gives the five channels access to AIS’ almost 40 million mobile subscribers. Boomerang and Toonami – are pack- aged with an AIS mobile subscription and available to all existing subscribers. Loke Kheng Tham, executive vice president of pay TV, PCCW Warner TV, World Heritage Channel and HLN are accessible with an additional Hong Kong subscription-TV platform, now hours of the U.S. fee or as part of a bundle package for TV, has put live sports, express drama Sports for the quarter kicks off with the selected accounts. All channels are series and movies at the top of its con- three-day Hong Kong Sevens. Now TV will available to all for a three-month trial. tent agenda for the second quarter of air all 71 matches. This is followed by live this year. coverage of the boxing match between The PCCW-owned platform, which op- Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley in Fox’s SCM signs erates free TV and streaming platforms Las Vegas, along with on-demand ac- as well, also promised a “new Netflix cess to highlights after the bout. Now TV two-year deal to air experience” via its set-top box from this also holds exclusive rights to the Copa HK Film Awards live month. América special edition and will screen Now TV is the first operator in Hong all 32 matches live in HD. Fox Networks Group has signed a two- Kong to deliver Netflix titles in 4K to TV Now’s movies on demand line up in- year deal to air the Hong Kong Film screens. cludes Academy Awards-winning feature Awards Presentation Ceremony live. The Now TV’s express drama slate for the filmsThe Revenant, along with The Danish agreement, announced on the eve of quarter includes Korean series Come Girl and Joy, as well as Hollywood movies this year’s ceremony on 3 April, makes Back Alive on the Now Entertainment such as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Star Chinese Movies (SCM) the official Channel within a week of its original Awakens and Deadpool. pay-TV broadcaster of the awards telecast in Korea, as well as high-profile The family movie slate includes The for 2016 and 2017. SCM has rights to shows from channel partners such as Good Dinosaur and The Little Prince in 15 of the movies nominated for this HBO’s Game of Thrones, which will air at addition to local productions Keeper of year’s awards. These include Ip Man the same time as the U.S., and Fox’s The Darkness and Imprisoned: Survival Guide 3, Murmur of the Hearts, Full Strike, Get Walking Dead, which airs in Asia within 12 for Rich and Prodigal (full version). Outta Here and Wong Ka Yan. The 15 films received a total of 35 nominations for categories such as Best Director and Best Cinematography, and Best Film www.contentasia.tv From Mainland and Taiwan. C NTENTASIA 4-17 april 2016 Page 4. FremantleMedia India launches first web series 4 April Facebook premiere for Confessions – It’s Complicated FremantleMedia India launches its first thing graduates – Sameera Saxena, Myntra clothing. online fiction series, Confessions – It’s Raka Ghosh and Nupur Murthy – from FremantleMedia India’s maiden ef- Complicated, on Facebook on 4 April. different parts of India who find them- fort into fiction online follows decades Three new episodes will be uploaded selves working and living under one roof of traditional reality and some semi- every week on Mondays, Wednesdays in Mumbai. FremantleMedia describes scripted drama production, driven on and Fridays, with a special episode ev- the show as a mix of “drama, love, ro- and off by a presence on the ground ery Saturday. mance and wit”. in India as well as FremantleMedia’s re- The show will be exclusively available The three will continue to tell their own gional office in Singapore. on Facebook for the first four hours of stories outside of the series across other Productions include India’s Got Tal- each episode and subsequently will social media platforms. ent and Indian idol. The company lists also be available on YouTube. The branded entertainment angle in- only one format on air in India – India’s Confessions – It’s Complicated in- volves e-commerce platform Myntra, Got Talent season seven – this year so volves Facebook Live, which lets view- which says the series’ celebration of far, trailing Endemol Shine, which has ers share their experiences in real time independent young women is close to nine, according to info supplied for as part of the show. its beliefs. And, of course, the three city ContentAsia’s latest Formats Outlook. The series follows three twenty-some- newbies will be wearing “shoppable” C NTENTASIA 4-17 april 2016 Page 5. Dailymotion rolls out Taiwan service theJC NbTspaceENTASIA 1,000 new videos kick off local platform the place to look for the jobs that matter Sales Manager – Formats - Asia With a rapidly expanding portfolio and plans for some exciting new ventures on the horizon, all3media International is looking for a Format Sales Manager to join the Asia Pacific Sales Team in the company’s new Singapore office.