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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 , 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.

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Turner launches HK’s 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 – 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 ’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. 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 Wars: Episode VII – The Force (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 kick off local platform the place to look for the jobs that matter

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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. This is a great opportunity to be part of a new venture and growing company. We are looking for a candidate with a minimum of three to five years selling experience in Asia, and exact territories will be dependent on the successful applicant’s experience. Reporting into EVP APAC, responsibilities will include: Producing and implementing a sales strategy; promoting all3media content and companies; building market place Streaming platform has turbocharged its ef- relationships and maintain a strong client base; identifying forts in Taiwan, adding more than 1,000 new local videos and exploiting new sales opportunities; going to relevant to its platform and tying up with a string of local con- markets and sales trips; negotiation, contract drafting tent partners, including Next Animation Studio, Eastern though to execution; and meeting annual sales target. Broadcasting and Chinese Television System. If you have a passion for content, a sound understanding of The global platform said during the formal launch of production, a network plugged into the Asian television market, Dailymotion Taiwan in Taipei on 31 March that Taiwan love to negotiate and make deals happen, and ultimately wish had in the past six months emerged as one of its top to be part of an exciting venture, please send your CV and 10 countries in the world, generating about 120 million cover letter to [email protected] by Monday, April 11th 2016. views a month. Figures presented at the launch event showed that Salary will be competitive and commensurate. 47% of Dailymotion’s three billion views a month come from Asia Pacific. 40% of views come from EMEA and 13% from the Americas. Click here to see more job listings Taiwan is the third largest market in the region after India/Pakistan and Korea. Taiwan is followed by Japan and Thailand. Mobile access in the region has doubled Zee Hiburan turns 1 since 2014. Dailymotion’s head of content for Asia, Antoine Naza- Indonesian reach at 1.4m homes ret, described Taiwan as “a key and unique locale with quality content produced every year”. Indian media company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ Indonesian Taiwan, he said, “represents the vision and strategy we general entertainment channel, Zee Hiburan, celebrated its first an- have in mind for Asia : high quality content led by media niversary in March with, among other things, the premiere of drama and creators in dynamic markets.” series Punar Vivah. The platform’s reinforced presence on the ground in Asia Pacific business head, Sushruta Samanta, said the channel now Taiwan includes marketing support, additional reach, reached more than 1.4 million pay-TV viewers in Indonesia with Indian tools for monetisation and content protection to key series and a range of Bollywood content dubbed and subtitled in Ba- partners, Nazaret said. hasa Indonesia. The channel is available on five Indonesian platforms – ICTA, K Vision, Orange TV, First Media and Dili Timor Leste ETO Telko. c ntentasia 4-17 april 2016 Page 6.

Jane the Virgin “Change or perish” – Shankar warns rocks ABS-CBN to roll out global this year

The premiere of the Filipino dubbed U.S. series Jane the Virgin on 28 March hit average TV ratings of 13% among urban and rural homes in the Philippines, beat- ing rival channels across the country, broadcaster ABS-CBN says. The closest competitor in the late prime-time slot came in at 7%, according to Kantar Media data. ABS-CBN said the show resonated “with the country’s conserva- tive culture, which values a woman’s virginity”. Jane the Virgin is the first U.S. series in years to be dubbed in Tagalog.

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newbies up 22% Mukesh Ambani, Uday Shankar and Ravi Shankar Prasad at Ficci Frames 2016

Final figures for this year’s Asia SportelA- Star India boss Uday Shankar has ham- Change or Perish,” he added. sia show 371 companies from 47 coun- mered India’s traditional television sector, At the same time, Shankar said the tries attended the event in Singapore. saying during the opening of this year’s power of stories was ongoing, overlaid in The show closed in March with a total FICCI Frames convention in Mumbai that the new environment with technology. of 736 registered delegates, 40% of the “tectonic shift” in consumer habits was “Technology and creativity are coming whom were “c-level” decision makers, being met with stagnation and denial. together to enhance the experience lit- organisers said. New companies partici- “Even though this change is happening erally, almost daily,” he said. pating were up 22% this year over the faster than anything we have ever seen, “The new screens have once again previous edition in Asia in 2014. Sportel our approach towards it seems to be one highlighted the importance of the story chief executive, Laurent Puons, said of incrementalism,” he told delegates in but they have introduced the centrality sports opportunities in Asia had risen his address. of the experience at the same time. De- over the past year, which accounted “I see an even more obsessive desire to sign and engineering can no longer be for increased interest. protect the antiquated business models divorced from the story – this is a radical that we have painstakingly built over the departure from everything that we were years and that technology and the youth taught all these years,” he said, adding are decimating like a bull-dozer rolling that engineers, designers and story tellers Euronews over glass bottles,” Shankar said. were “the three pillars on which we see “It is pretty clear to me that we are in future media and entertainment compa- boards SQ a battle. In this battle there are only two nies getting built”. options... we can either continue living in Shankar called on Minister Ravi Shan- European news channel Euronews has denial, hide back in our artificial walled kar Prasad, and other industry leaders, announced a carriage deal with Sin- gardens, watching as the bricks crumble to “deliver” an environment where “ev- gapore Airlines, bumping up its global down one by one or we can arm our- erybody can create value for himself or presence to 700 aircraft from 25 airlines. selves with the same weapons that our herself by sheer innovation”. Euronews programmes will be carried challengers possess, and venture forth “Let’s all hope that they do the right on SQ’s entire fleet, the French-based into battle, sometimes even against the thing, for it is in the best interest of this programmer said. same businesses that we have created. country they all must succeed,” he said. c ntentasia 4-17 april 2016 Page 7.

BBC puts First above Entertainment Premium SVOD channel goes live on StarHub on 4 April, BBC Entertainment pulled

What does an old dog doing new tricks look like? Well, pretty much like BBC First on pay-TV platform StarHub in Singapore. Why? Because, in all the fuss of a new world order and panic over what tradi- tional linear players should be doing to survive, BBC First is going live for the first time in on 4 April with a pure on-demand, ad-free, multi-screen, premium drama service that tracks the global shift in viewing habits – AND (we think, although BBC Worldwide isn’t saying exactly) keeps its traditional, old-school pay-TV revenue. Or at least some of it. BBC Worldwide Southeast Asia general manager, Monty Ghai, also won’t say whether the new revenue matches what he got for general entertainment channel, BBC Entertainment, which, as part of the new Worldwide order, is being laid to rest Death in Paradise on 29 April after eight or nine linear years. BBC Entertainment, which has carriage a death knell for linear in Southeast Asia. support it, so why not? “Linear is strong, in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Ko- Far from it. He points to BBC Earth, a linear and there’s also a growing segment that rea, Taiwan and Thailand, will be phased service launched in Asia in October 2015 demands on-demand, specifically for out across the region as well. that topped Singapore’s factual charts for genres such as drama,” says vice presi- For all the unknowns in this new space, two months running in Dec 2015 and Jan dent of content, Ryan Shiotani. what we do know is that subscribers to 2016 (Kantar Media S’pore, 4+ pay-TV). Ghai and Shiotani talk about claiming StarHub’s Entertainment HD Upsize pack The plan is to roll out BBC First as a pure their space in premium land with a high- will not be asked to pay anything addi- on-demand offering in markets with infra- end offering that puts the brand way tional for BBC First, which will offer many structure that can support it. Ghai says the above the danger zone – that middle of its titles within 24 hours of the U.K. and, decision to veer away from a linear ser- market of okay channels that people like, in the best traditions of HBO, will be ad- vice in Singapore “allows us to do things maybe love at times, but can definitely live vertising free. Titles mentioned so far in- differently”. But not so differently as to without and will as they start getting more clude Orphan Black, Luther, Sherlock: break ties with long-time partner StarHub. of what they love all the time. This big bad The Abominable Bride, Death in Paradise In other markets in Southeast Asia, BBC “middle” is increasingly being seen as the and War and Peace. First will be offered as a linear channel. In programming place not to be. BBC First will also be available on Star- other parts of Asia, including Australia and As Shiotani says: “In this day and age Hub’s mobile service, StarHub Go, and New Zealand, BBC First is a linear channel. you need to have a clear proposition.” may also be offered as a stand-alone In Japan, BBC First is available as a pro- SVOD service through StarHub; details gramming block. An extended version of this feature is had not been disclosed at presstime. “It’s a market by market decision,” Ghai at www.contentasia.tv, including best & Ghai says the move to on-demand says. In Singapore, the technology is avail- worst case scenarios and the thinking be- does not in any way mean BBC is ringing able and StarHub has the set-top box to hind BBC First content acquisitions. Out Now!

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From page 1: Streaming & distribution tion,” she said, adding that Caracol ing the pack in terms of UHD capacity. Companies such as Studiocanal said- Internacional had always considered Nothing looks more spectacular in 4K competition among buyers for premium digital platforms an important tool for its than natural history content and our drama was fierce. expansion plans. new Love Nature SVOD service will allow “High quality, event drama with well- Some programmers that own enough us to meet the growing demand for high known talent and creators has never of their own content were taking the quality, 4K content in this category,” she been more in demand,” said Studioca- plunge with direct-to-consumer stream- said. nal’s executive vice president, sales and ing services. Others were supporting tra- Scripps Networks Interactive, which marketing, Katrina Neylon. ditional pay-TV platforms as they com- operated four linear channels in Asia, Today’s acquisitions boom was likely plimented linear services with streaming was rolling out streaming options in part- to be followed by a shift into original on-demand options. nership with existing pay-TV platform production as streaming platforms built Canadian-born global natural history partners, said Leena Singarajah, head their subscriber bases, said Keshet Inter- brand, Love Nature, recently launched of ad sales and distribution for Scripps national Asia’s head, Gary Pudney. its direct-to-consumer SVOD platform, Networks Interactive, Asia Pacific. Pudney added that although stream- Love Nature 4K, in 32 countries, includ- “We are working closely with our affili- ing platforms had risen quickly, their ing Hong Kong. The service is available ate partners to use our content to help “substantial presence is already being in 4K on Amazon Fire TV, Nexus Player, them create more robust streaming felt as an essential part of our business”. Philips Smart TV, Roku streaming players, platforms as a compliment to their linear offering,” she said. At the same time, Singarajah was Overall I believe [streaming platforms] carefully monitoring demand for lifestyle have created a healthy competition, programming from the current stream- encouraging the channels to review ing drivers – movies, TV series and kids. their acquisition strategies.” “Streaming platforms are a growing mar- ket,” she said, adding: “As the need for Sabrina Duguet video streaming grows, so do the num- Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific, all3media International bers of options to service that need”. Distributors said they were not only “We now have discussions and ne- Roku TV models, Apple TV and Sony An- moving more product as a result of the gotiations with streaming platforms as droid TV and in HD on Xbox 360. streaming boom, they were also reshap- a matter of course, hand in hand with 4K was a key differentiator, said Jo Par- ing the way they did business. more traditional broadcasters,” he said. kinson, Love Nature International’s man- German programmer Deutsche Welle The same went for Caracol Internacio- aging director. has followed the healthy growth in sales nal, which had in the past partnered with Asia, which leads the push into 4K, “is to digital platforms with internal up- players such as Viki and VuClip for Asia. a key growth area for us given the fact grades. “Digital platforms have impacted sig- that platforms in the region are leading “We had to evolve our internal struc- nificantly our content distribution world- the way in terms of supporting 4K,” she tures so we can deal with data that wide,” said Maria Estrella, Caracol Inter- added. comes through,” said Deutsche Welle’s nacional’s Asia sales executive. “The demand for SVOD rights contin- Asia representative, Mee Fung Lee, add- “Nowadays, digital platforms have be- ues to grow across the region and Hong ing: “It is all good… we welcome the come a crucial way of media consump- Kong, Japan and South Korea are lead- change”.

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10 Years Ago This Week... ContentAsia celebrated its 10th anniversary in March 2016. Among other things, we’re marking the occasion by looking back (and maybe marvelling a bit at everything that’s happened since) at what happened this week in 2006....

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Steady year for Korean cable programming under seige prices in Asia Korean regulators have come Programme acquisition prices in under fire for hampering digital Asia in 2006 will be level or slightly cable progress, with the coun- up on 2005, according to Content try’s largest cable operators Asia’s latest research. Volume at pressing for a more progressive existing stations will be steady. regulatory environment that will The notable exception is South allow them to compete more Korea, which is looking at major effectively with new platforms leaps forward in its wireless and such as direct-broadcast satellite digital cable environment this and mobile. year and needs standout con- Fuelling cable operators’ fears tent to drive take-up. Program- are the well-funded ambitions by mers on the ground in Seoul talk telcos such as Korea Telecom, of a US$1-billion purse at telco which are backing wireless Korea Telecom to programme its broadband and IPTV platforms. new Wibro (wireless broadband MIP TV 2006 opens with strong Telecommunications companies Continued on page 5 hope IPTV will be allowed by the Japanese & Korean presence end of 2006. “Korea is the only Zone Vision launches country in the world that does The MIPTV 2006 programming International, which has inter- not allow telcos to be in this con- Club in Korea market opens on Monday, April national rights. The opening day vergent industry in earnest,” said Zone Vision Network Ltd launches 3, with more than 200 exhibitors announcement also includes a Young-Hui Lee, executive vice its 24-hour Club Channel in Korea and 250 buyers from across Asia, sale to Korea’s KBS, Discovery president of Korea Telecom. on Monday, April 3. 40% of the as well as a slew of deals ready Channel in India and Channel Cable operators will, how- content will be produced locally to announce. NewsAsia in Singapore. ever, be allowed to launch and the rest acquired. According to figures available Among the Korean deals that telephone services this year. The Zone Vision said the lifestyle four days before the market will be signed during the five telecommunications consortium channel’s initial subs base would opened, the biggest presence is day market are a co-production established by Korea’s cable be one million households. Finan- from Japan, which has 106 com- partnership between the Korean operators has been given the cial details of the deal with MSO panies represented. This is closely Broadcasting Institute and the go-ahead by the country’s Min- CJ have not been disclosed. followed by South Korea, which National Geographic Channel istry of Information and Commu- has 97 companies taking part. International. NGCI also launches nications to set up IP telephony Among the Japanese deals its co-pro, Inside the Forbidden services. Taiwan’s PTS ups int’l that will open the market are City, with China’s national broad- Korean Cable Telecom’s (KCT) drama/docs slate NHK’s HD acquisition of The First caster, CCTV, during the market. service could be fully approved Emperor: The Man Who Made The Japanese presence by June this year, “after working Public Television Service in Tai- China, which was produced includes 55-year-old Japanese on some issues,” according to wan plans to up acquisition of by Lion Television in association production house, Toei Com- Ministry director, Chan-Wang international documentary and with Hong Kong’s Phoenix Satel- pany, which is being honoured Eom. The application was ap- drama series this year. The station lite Television for Discovery USA by MIPTV this year with a life- proved on March 6. currently acquires 17% of its pro- and Channel 4 UK. The deal time achievement award for its Delegates at the Fifth Korea gramming from outside Taiwan. was negotiated by All3Media Continued on page 8 Digital Cable TV Summit in Seoul (SeeCN006_PrivateJets_192W40H page 9) 3/31/06 4:28 PM Page 1 Continued on page 7 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K

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Insight TV signs up with Measat UHD factual channel to be delivered on Measat 3a C NTENTASIA

Editorial Director Television Entertainment Reality Network keted in Asia by Thema, is the second ul- Janine Stein International’s Insight UHD channel will be tra high-definition service distributed at [email protected] distributed across Asia and Australia on Measat’s 91.5°E video neighbourhood. Assistant Editor Malaysian operator Measat’s Measat-3a Insight UHD features original native Malena Amzah satellite. UHD content across a range of genres, [email protected] The factual entertainment channel, mar- from entertainment to extreme sports. Research Manager CJ Yong [email protected] Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus [email protected] Design Korea tops global av. connection Rae Yong Korea, Macau lead double-digit quarterly gains – Akamai Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Global average connection speeds in crease over the previous quarter. International Business Development 2015 were up 23% year on year to 5.6 Year-over-year, global 25 Mbps adop- Leah Gordon Mbps, according to Akamai Technolo- tion increased by 74%, in contrast to the [email protected] gies’ latest State of the report. 15% yearly decrease seen in the third Sales and Marketing (Asia) Masliana Masron In the fourth quarter of last year, South quarter. [email protected] Korea had the top average connection Each of the top 10 countries/regions speed at 26.7 Mbps, posting a 20% in- saw double-digit growth in 25 Mbps To receive your regular free copy crease over the same quarter in 2014. broadband adoption except for Hong www.contentasia.tvof ContentAsia, please email “This quarter’s report shows great year- Kong (15%), which posted a 9.8% [email protected] over-year growth in average connection change quarter-over-quarter. speeds and overall broadband adop- The global percentage of unique IP Published fortnightly by: tion,” says report author, David Belson. addresses connecting to Akamai that Pencil Media Pte Ltd “This is particularly important as con- met the 4 Mbps broadband speed 730A Geylang Road sumer expectations rise and many high- threshold increased 5.8% to 69%. Year- Singapore 389641 profile events, like the summer games in over-year growth was 17%. Tel: +65 6846-5987 contentasia.tv Rio, will be streamed this year,” Belson In the fourth quarter of 2015, 32% of said. unique IP addresses across the world MCI (P) 091/11/2015 He added that although “there’s still connected to Akamai at average work to be done, more parts of the world speeds above 10 Mbps, an increase Copyright 2016 Pencil Media Pte are increasingly able to support the de- of 15% over the previous quarter. Year- Ltd. All Rights Reserved. livery of broadcast-quality video content over-year, this was a 34% increase. online”. 19% percent of unique global IP ad- South Korea (95.3 Mbps) and the main- dresses connected to Akamai at aver- land Chinese territory of Macau (83.1 age “4K-ready” connection speeds of Mbps) were the only country/regions to 15 Mbps or above, up from 15% in the post double-digit quarterly gains in av- third quarter. c ntentasia erage peak connection speed. South Year-over-year, the global 15 Mbps Daily news with Korea was up 10% and Macau was up adoption rate grew 54% with nine of ContentAsia Insider 13%. the top 10 countries/regions seeing email [email protected] Globally, 7.1% of unique IP addresses gains ranging from 3.3% in South Korea for subscription details connected to Akamai at average speeds (63% adoption) to 102% in Norway (45% of at least 25 Mbps, a dramatic 37% in- adoption).