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Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020

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Introduction Welcome to the K7 Quarantine TV Report.

This issue of the Quarantine Report comes out around Midsummer, the time of year when the industry normally slows down and many of us are counting the days before the summer holidays start. For many, if not for most, this year is different. There are countries like Denmark, with production back on track, reporting a very high number of titles currently being produced. There are markets making their first steps back on set, with a great deal of caution and uncertainty, particularly around production insurance and what another wave of the pandemic might bring. And then there are those, still severely affected. With many of us discovering the effectiveness of digital communication, along with a human survival instinct while no effective cure is found for C-19, uncertainty also surrounds the future of the media industry’s trade shows, markets and festivals – the business area we are going to review in close-up this time. One might expect everyone to be tired of spending so much time at home during the lockdown. Therefore, when looking at the current schedules and the upcoming Fall season, perhaps one of the biggest surprises is the number of shows involving participants ‘living together in a house’. Big Brother has already launched in Australia (where it is beating The Voice and MasterChef, by the way!), its comeback is announced from The Netherlands to Israel, and record numbers of candidates have applied to participate in the next Finnish series. The Safe House – a show with participants battling to get to live in the house, K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 instead of the garden, has premiered with strong figures in Spain. The house-based dating reality Singletown is currently casting in Norway and Denmark. UK’s Channel 4 has committed to more seasons of The Circle. This list could go on and on. Introduction We also expect most broadcasters to play safe, when deciding where to invest the currently limited ad dollars. And this means more likely putting them on formats and brands with an established track record. In this context, we think that ProSieben is sending a positive signal North America to all distributors and producers of new formats, by becoming the first to produce the variety game show Watch! from Canadian distributor Media Ranch. Initial feedback is also starting to come in from the scripted productions which have UK resumed in Europe, more specifically – in the Nordics. What’s encouraging is that most of them seem to be able to keep within planned production days, and the budget increase has

Aus & New been well below the projected levels of between 10 and 30 per cent. The producers of Easy Zealand Money – a Nordic show for Netﬂix, are reporting the increase as low as just 2%. The key additional expenditure goes towards extra staff to ensure safety, as well as more personalised catering and travel arrangements. The shoots are becoming more eco-friendly Europe too and some production crews have gone completely paperless. They are also challenging the extent to which online can substitute physical processes – with even rehearsals with actors moving online. For extras, it’s advisable to book people who are actual families, Asia partners or live together in real life. This not only helps manage risk, but also can make their interaction more natural, and therefore the scenes look more realistic.

Latin In the UK, the cost increase tracked so far is closer to 10 per cent, according to PACT. America Talking about return to production of the British soaps, such as Coronation Street and Emmerdale, MD of continuing drama at ITV John Whiston has noted, that simplicity is crucial when it comes to scripts: “We’ve gone from 21 scenes down to perhaps 16 or 17, we’ve made the scenes slightly longer but not as complex, we’ve taken out more actors, especially on domestic sets, which are quite small, where it’s hard to get more than two or three people in there.” The makers of Top Gear say that having to be more creative for them has been key. “We’re looking at doing something with a certain type of car, where in order to get around a social-distancing problem we’re looking at, can we put somebody on top of the car rather than inside the car? We would have never done it if it hadn’t been for this.”, admitted one of the show’s exec producers. When it comes to finding creative solutions to get some of the biggest TV brands on air, we can see that if format distributors and producers are able to find a common ground in order to adapt to the current situation, even the seemingly ‘impossible’ can become possible. Could anyone imagine just a few month ago that a show like The Voice could be hosted from a distance as in Mongolia, where the host was locked down in Singapore? Or judged remotely as in Australia, where Boy George and Kelly Rowland are unable to re-enter the country due to travel restrictions and are beamed into the studio via real time satellite links? In the US, since filming American Idol virtually, its showrunner Trish Kinane has noted that in some ways it has even helped the show to connect with the audience on a completely new level: “When contestants find out they’re advancing to the next stage, they’re captured celebrating at home alongside their family. That strengthens viewers’ connections to their professional and creative journeys.” The above examples suggest that perhaps audiences actually may prefer the shows to relate to the current reality, rather than showcasing ‘constructed normality’. In Chile, for example, the local TV dance competition show Dancing for a Dream received thousands

K7.Media !3 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 of complaints since returning to air, as the viewers have been complaining about the programme bringing a false sense of returning to normality. Where broadcasters prefer to play safe rather than be sorry, programmers are applying Introduction different ways to find the most appropriate substitution. The Finnish version of Temptation Island this year is shot in the local Finnish waters. The summer edition of Love Island, which had been due to air on ITV2 in the UK, has been replaced by the finished tape of the North America Australian version. The local version of the French format Couple or Not in Thailand has been replaced with a talk show True Love Couple, highlighting two celebrity guests talking about their love lives in a romantic and fun way. UK There are also various cases internationally where competition formats have come to the rescue to fill the gaps caused by cancelled sports events. Titan Games is currently airing on

Aus & New NBC in the US, while the recently created Container Cup is going to return for a second Zealand season in Belgium later this summer (and reportedly, the athletes are even calling up themselves to secure a spot among the contenders!).

Europe Another trend we see emerging, is the public’s growing interest in operations of healthcare and other services that are in the frontline of ﬁghting the virus, bringing access to those ﬁghting it from both a professional as well as personal perspective. This kind of

Asia programming can come in the form of an ob-doc, a documentary with a more scientific approach, or in a more popular setting of a reality show (e.g. in Belgium), giving its celebrity cast a chance to experience for themselves what real nursing involves. Latin America With the climb in online viewing numbers accelerated by the quarantine, it seems there's never a dull moment in the VOD space. Recent reports suggest that two of the biggest streamers in China may be planning to merge. China's Tencent, which operates streaming service Tencent Video, is looking into buying a major stake in the rival iQIYI from its parent company Baidu. If the deal happens - the two will have more than 200 million subscriptions combined – a subscriber base that would be bigger than Netflix! Also in streaming, HBO is moving to end brand confusion by scrapping the HBO Go service, as well as customers of its other stand-alone streaming offer HBO Now (which going forward will be called simply HBO) encouraged to migrate to HBO Max. Mobile-first video platform Quibi is reportedly hoping to further increase accessibility to the service, with the streamer said to be in talks with Roku and Amazon to include its app on the streaming devices. And finally, there are strong signals coming from ViacomCBS about its plans to expand CBS All Access premium video platform by doubling the number of hours of programming available, with a particular focus on attracting younger viewers, as well as strengthening the service’s sports offering. What's Next for TV Markets and Conferences? It’s almost four months since we have been learning to co-exist with the new reality and change our personal and professional habits accordingly. Until recently, physical attendance at trade shows, festivals, screenings and markets had been an integral part of our annual business cycle. During recent months we’ve seen everyone – from existing event organisers to publishers and analysts, rushing to establish their own online presence, and offering a variety of meeting and insight formats. Presentations and discussions in the form of webinars and panels, online one-on-one meetings and matchmaking, podcasts and even dedicated radio channels…the offering at times seems overwhelming. Many traditional event organisers, possibly due to a fear of being overlooked in the current noise, have amended

K7.Media !4 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 their format not just switching to online, but providing some kind of ongoing service, not limited to the existing event dates. In order to better understand the mood of those, targeted by the activities Introduction described above, K7 decided to ask its clients, representing the production, distribution and broadcasting community all across the world. Below are some of the ﬁndings of our survey. North America More than a half (55 per cent) of the respondents had been watching an online session curated by a TV market. The most popular among them appeared to be MIP TV, RealScreen, ATF and Edinburgh TV Festival. However, only less than a third (only three in 10) UK respondents said they had attended an online market/conference which they would not have gone to in person. This result suggests, that at least in the short term, the

Aus & New position of the established events is relatively strong, and unless the disruption Zealand continues into 2021, most of them will retain their current customer base. MIP China, LA Screenings and Conecta Fiction are also among those, mentioned in this context. Interestingly though, while around a half (52 per cent) of the surveyed companies are Europe planning the same budget for attendance of markets and festivals next year, every six out of seven individual respondents said they expected their companies to cut back on attendance. Asia On the other hand, we can actually expect some of these events to attract new customers thanks to the online offering. In particular, attendees from more distant geographical regions, Latin as well as smaller companies, which would normally view these events as too resource America consuming (time and money spent on international travel etc.) to consider a physical attendance. For this reason, it might be a good idea for these events to further develop a co-existing and non-cannibalising tailored online product. The online offering so far has been generally positively received. Particularly, since there is more flexibility as to when and how it can be consumed, than when a session needs to be squeezed into a busy schedule during an event. The main concerns are not much different from those monitored at physical events, including repetitiveness as well as discussions turning into companies and their product presentations, instead of focusing on the broader subject, such as global genre trends. Overall, the respondents did not sound any warnings about their business suffering a dramatic drop specifically due to the lack of physical events. They are noting that the ‘attendance at multiple markets is becoming less relevant’, there is ‘not much impact in terms of number of closed deals’ (some other factors, like the drop of advertising revenues and less new product have left a more critical impact), and that ‘we can cut costs and go for quality over quantity travel’. Some respondents are claiming that online meetings can actually be more precise and their attendees can ‘have more time for in-depth conversations’. The scope of impact can also depend on a specific region in focus, size of company or the stage of a specific project. For example, in Asia business sometimes only proceeds through face-to-face meetings, not via bunch of emails or phone calls. Thus, the Covid19 situation and the absence of markets, can be slowing down the speed of negotiations. Lack of physical events may also leave a bigger impact on younger companies needing to grow their contact base and relationships, and find new business opportunities or avenues for collaboration. Some respondents have particularly

K7.Media !5 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 stressed the importance of genuine reactions when pitching, which one can get only during a physical interaction. While library shows are generating their own enquiries without markets happening, it feels Introduction harder to get momentum behind new shows. According to one respondent, the normal launch cycle has been taken away: “Normally you get series ready for a market but we didn't really do that so it just drags on and takes longer, because the pressure North America is gone and things just take a lot longer on everything.” When talking about the return to doing business as we have known it for years, safe distancing and other precautionary measures guaranteed by event organisers, come on top UK as the most important criteria. However, it needs to be noted, that to a large extent the future of event attendance is down to a company speciﬁc policy. The companies, in turn,

Aus & New take into account not only such macro factors as opening of borders, safe travel, Zealand government policies, quarantine measures or local infection rates, but are also closely watching what others, including the competition is doing. Therefore, we expect it will require a strong positive signal from a number of ‘anchor’ attendees, before the Europe rest of industry is prepared to follow. Please continue reading the whole Report for more detailed news, as well as further case

Asia studies on the state of online and physical events around the world.

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Introduction US PRODUCTION North America • TBS's talent competition Celebrity Show-Off (based on Korean show My Little Television) debuts on Tuesday 23 June at 10pm. Hosted by UK Mayim Bialik. Each episode of the 10-part remotely-produced series features five celebrities competing to see who can provide the best 'digital Aus & New show’, presenting new talents, crazy stunts and Zealand DIY. Their digital shows go live on TBS's YouTube channel on Wednesday 24 June, with the total Europe number of views and audience engagement all contributing to each celebs' recorded performance. Each week the celebrities come together in a virtual studio to screen and discuss their digital shows. The lowest Asia performing contestant is replaced with a new surprise celebrity. Produced by Critical Content. • TBS also presents Jason Sudeikis-fronted seven-part comedy competition Tournament Latin America of Laughs on Sunday 21 June at 10pm. 32 comedians virtually go head-to-head in multiple rounds, producing and self-filming their own stand-up sets or song parodies. The audience votes for their favourite comedian after each episode, determining who goes through to the next round, until one comedian is deemed tournament champion. The final episode sees an expert comedy panel crown the winner. A donation is also made to the United Nations Foundation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and Black Lives Matter. Produced by The Jay & Tony Show. • TLC has ordered additional episodes of remotely produced dating show Find Love Live!. These begin on Monday 22 June at 11pm. Singletons are given the chance to find their future partner from the safety of their couch. One pre-selected singleton interviews three potential suitors via live video link. Viewers can play cupid in real-time and offer advice to the singleton, or even call in to win their heart themselves. Produced by Discovery Studios. • Organisation expert Cassandra Aarssen hosts self-shot series Hot Mess House, which debuts with back-to-back 30’ episodes on HGTV, on Wednesday 24 June at 8pm. Cassandra provides virtual coaching to families in need. She takes a virtual tour of each client’s home before providing them with the tools for a stress-free, cleaner life. • 1 x 60' special Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: Frontline Heroes premieres on Thursday 25 June at 10pm. Virtually hosted by Robin Roberts (Good Morning America), women on the frontline of the pandemic, e.g. doctors, nurses, teachers and researchers, are celebrated. The special also reviews the ways women are confronting domestic violence, homelessness, mental health and child education. Produced by Category 6 Media, Six for West Media group. The special is simultaneously broadcast on Lifetime and Variety's Facebook page. • Hosted by Kevin Hart, E! launches game show Celebrity Game Face on Monday 6 July at 10pm. Hart and his wife Eniko are virtually joined by other celebrity couples to compete K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 in a series of fun challenges at home. Viewers can play along at home in segments such as a tik 'talk' challenge, or a messy meal challenge where partners must feed each other. Featured star couples include Terry and Rebecca King Crews, Sarah Hyland and her Introduction fiancé Wells Adams, and Joel and Sarah McHale. Produced by Critical Content and HartBeat Productions.

North America 2. United Kingdom UK UK PRODUCTION

Aus & New • Broadcasters are increasingly choosing to taking a trip down memory lane while Zealand production has ground to a halt. Shows like this work on two key levels: providing long term fans with a shot of nostalgia as they relive iconic TV moments, while introducing newer viewers to the best bits in an easy-to-digest package. Europe • To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Big Brother, hosts Davina McCall and Rylan Clark- Neal celebrated Big Brother: Best Shows Ever on Sunday 14 June on E4. They

Asia reminisce over the most dramatic, cringe and heartwarming moments from past series of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother. Produced by Initial (ESG). Dist: Endemol Shine International. The premieres rated very well with the show’s original young demo, drawing Latin a 13.93% share of 25-34s (slot average 2.31%). America • BBC2 premiered Greatest Escapes to the Country on Monday 22 June. The 15 x 30’ retrospective series airs stripped weekdays at 6.30pm. Jules Hudson looks back on the finest rural homes featured in Escape to the Country in the last five years. Produced by Boundless (Fremantle). • Matt Allwright and Kym Marsh present 15 x 45' daytime series Your Money and Your Life on BBC1. They offer advice on consumer issues as the nation emerges from lockdown. They answer an array of queries concerning safe travel when going on holiday, safety at work and life at home. Experts join the pair to provide the public with informed advice. Airs stripped weekdays at 10am from 15 June. Produced by BBC Studios. • In BBC2's 1 x 60' Keeping Britain Fed, Ade Adepitan and Sara Cox are granted access to some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets and their suppliers, to find out how they are coping during the pandemic. They investigate how farms, factories and depots have coped with the problems with supply and demand throughout the pandemic. Tx. Wednesday 17 June at 9pm. Produced by BBC Studios. • Channel 4 1 x 60' Sex in Lockdown: Keep Shagging and Carry On (airs as part of C4's ‘Lockdown Academy’ brand) on Friday 12 June at 10pm. Anna Richardson looks at how sex in Britain has changed over the lockdown period. She discusses love, romance and sex with her special guests, as well as reveals the results of a survey, commissioned to find out what Britons have been up to over this time. Produced by Curve Media.

K7.Media !8 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 LOOKING AHEAD • After three months at home wearing yoga pants, raiding our kitchen cupboards and avoiding mirrors, Channel 4 and Dr Michael Mosley are putting the UK on a Lockdown Introduction Diet (w/t). In the 3 x 60' series, six members of the public sign up for Michael's 21-day experiment to improve their health and ﬁtness and shed the pounds that have crept on during lockdown. Produced by Wall to Wall. North America • BBC1 is developing 1 x 60' Inside: This House is Full of Music (w/t). An exceptionally gifted musical family - comprising former BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his three siblings - are followed as they navigate life in lockdown. Produced by Swan UK Films.

Aus & New Zealand 3. Australia and New Zealand Australia Europe LOOKING AHEAD • Oscar-winning producer and partner in See-Saw Films, Emile Sherman, has called on the Asia government to work together with the industry to resolve issues around assuring insurance cover on Australian productions. The issue comes as insurance exclusions will apply to COVID-19, which will greatly impact the independent ﬁlm and television sector, Latin America meaning that only low-cost productions of big studio-backed shoots will be able to take on the risk of producing right now and assume costs of a shutdown were a second wave of the virus to happen, which would lead to expensive delays or even cancellation in a worst case scenario. Industry group Screen Producers Australia also backs the call, stating "With insurance policies most certainly to exclude coverage for COVID-19, we are asking the Government to step in and cover this risk, with reference to previous Government assistance in covering terrorism-related insurance issues... Without some form of assistance, production activity will stall, despite the best efforts and innovation of production businesses."

New Zealand INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP SMITH – CEO, GREAT SOUTHERN FILM AND TELEVISION Do you have anything in production at the moment? Yes we have a number of shows in production - across factual, entertainment and drama in production or pre production. Note to world: NZ is open: we have live audiences for entertainment shows; drama crews in full shoot mode ... and the best tax breaks in the world - just 14 days of isolation, then it's all yours! How quickly were you able to resume production? We were fortunate that we didn’t need to completely stop; we make news shows that are deemed essential, such as the Maori current affairs show, The Hui. The shows that did

K7.Media !9 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 pause, were slowed down rather than cancelled - so they continued to work remotely to allow us to get moving with robust measures in place as soon as we could. All productions are now back. Introduction How did you have to adapt your processes for COVID? Making decisions with incomplete information was our biggest hurdle but the safety of our North people was ﬁrst and foremost our priority. We were fortunate to have a resilient team who America dug in during lockdown. We also learnt that we could run the company via a WFH model, but we have had ﬂexibility here in the past for our people, as a whole we won't be embracing this as the sole way forward. Creatively I believe we need a thinking environment, UK people jamming ideas - and you just can't feel the same buzz and excitement on an awkward, sometimes stilted video call!

Aus & New Zealand What were the biggest changes? What parts of the production process was most affected by COVID? Europe We have to adapt for Covid-19 impacted clients, such as the free-to-air broadcasters. in general, their revenues are falling, a recession looms, so how do we create for them and give them bang for buck? The change in their fortunes, is ultimately a change in our Asia fortunes. Conversely there are clients such as Netflix who have benefitted from the pandemic with an uplift in viewing patterns and subscriptions. But they too have their

Latin challenges - so the next year is about playing super smart. America Physically, shooting in the field had limitations, gatherings were banned. We had a light entertainment show in production, our audience for the first couple of weeks was replaced by cutouts, but have now reverted to real people with NZ currently being Covid free - it was a test to be agile and think creatively across all of our different shows! We also built mini studios in our people's homes - and our editors also set up suites at home. It all worked very smoothly considering. What has been the impact on budgets? I am assuming there is a significant cost? Contingency planning and Covid compliance has been huge and has increased budgets - but our biggest work on - globally for the industry - is insuring against a drama being shutdown by a pandemic. It is difficult to get cover for this - and if the international insurance industry doesn’t cover it, then we have a real problem. For drama finance plans we have recently factored in a Covid allowance, but in NZ there is currently a high chance it won't be spent, so it sits over and above the budget total. Have there been any benefits from the new way of producing? We have however seen the best work from people during some pretty tough challenges but in terms of the new way of producing, not really, we feel the creative community - working from our centralised hubs is overall better for our industry. If I was running a different type of business I would look at decentralising and sending everyone home - but I think it will ultimately prove a vibe sucker for many, the anti-socialisation. It's a little sad to work in your PJ's everyday! Our people like a bit of theatre, get dressed up for work, come in, tell a few stories, share observations ... that's how we formulate our ideas. Are there any changes to processes that you think will stay? Internationally we might not jump on a plane as much. Once you have a relationship with an international partner, built on trust, and previous encounters, then everyone is happy to

K7.Media !10 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 Zoom, but starting out will be harder for younger companies. It's harder to close a deal with total strangers. Also, the markets we attend, that will be reviewed, we will probably approach world travel with a different strategy over the next two years - more targeted, less Introduction general. I also think communication to staff has changed. we are sharing much more - making sure we're all invested and briefed more. This will continue. everyone has appreciated being a North America part of the historic journey. Have you had any key learnings about producing during COVID from other territories? UK The US is the fastest creative adaptor in the world, if there's a trend they already have a name for it, and have pivoted accordingly. But for this pandemic, the US has been tripped Aus & New up slightly. It has however given their key creatives and executives time to think - to read Zealand more - and strategise. They will be producing more outside of the US - that's amazing, especially drama. But the production industry seems to have moved in sync: slow down

Europe production; shoot when you can; edit remotely; send material on massive hard-drives to post houses; view and discuss online. What I just described often happens in a non-Covid environment so our industry has always been ﬂexible. Asia Are you still working remotely? NZ has been slightly ahead of the curve, and leading in some areas. We have zero cases in

Latin the country at this time and are are all back at work - it feels like normal (with some minor America restrictions in place). We have and will continue to give our teams the option to work from home or come back to work. Most have elected to return to work, and I think a return to normality was appealing to most. Is there anything that has surprised you about the impact of COVID on production? Not really, I think we took all the logical steps, self isolated; communicated through ﬁt for purpose technology, and waited it out. • Interview by Hannah Barnes

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4. Europe

Introduction Belgium PRODUCTION North America • From Monday 29 June De Stoel (Tr. The Chair) - a popular summer competition segment after the evening news - will be returning to Eén with a few UK tweaks to make it corona-proof. Viewers are traditionally shown images of the iconic chair in a random location and, if they are nearby, have to Aus & New rush there to be in with the chance of winning a Zealand prize. This year, De Stoel is taking the prize to them - savvy viewers within a 10km radius will Europe have 15 minutes post-broadcast to recognise their home town and register on Eén's website. The reportage team will then visit one random lucky viewer at home that same evening. If they can then win a simple game, they get a Asia 500 euro travel voucher as well as their very own chair - if not, the amount is carried over to the next week. • There's been a lot of focus on health workers over the past few months with admiration Latin America around the world for the work they carry out. A new format from VTM will highlight just what it takes to be a nurse this Autumn. Flemish celebrities will experience nursing ﬁrst hand, spending a number of weeks in various hospital departments – from geriatrics to oncology and maternity. After some intensive training, they will be fully immersed into the life of nursing - with early starts, night shifts and unpredictable patient care. Radio host Julie Van den Steen and pro-cyclist Niels Albert are already on board. Produced by De Mensen. LOOKING AHEAD • After a long break from the genre, VTM is developing a new telenovela Lisa, following the successful re-broadcast of noughties telenovela Sara. Sara began airing in place of current popular soap Familie (Family) on the 24 April when the latter had to take a break from ﬁlming due to the pandemic. The series had previously proven popular on VTM Go – 13 years after its original broadcast. The new series follows Lisa, a shy young woman who dreams of a career in a hip marketing agency near her house where she lives with her mother and half-sister. Filming is expected to start at the end of June. Produced by De Mensen.

Denmark SCHEDULES • The summer season is typically quiet in Denmark, with few new launches noted at this time. However, with production back on track the number of titles being produced right now is very high, and so it is expected that some premieres will be seen over the next couple of months, delayed from earlier in the year.

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Introduction Germany PRODUCTION North America • Working from home and home schooling has become the new normal for many in past weeks and months. ZDF has now ordered a new web UK series revolving around our relationship - happy or otherwise - with the home ofﬁce. The quick- turnaround comedy web series Lehrerin auf Aus & New Zealand Entzug (Tr. Teacher on Withdrawal) stars Christine Eixenberger as elementary school teacher Tina. Sick of the digital classroom, she is relieved to be Europe heading back to school after weeks of online teaching. Yet her excitement at a return to normality is dashed when she's asked to take over a sample online class - from home. The series will air in early July on ZDF Mediathek Asia and ZDFneo. Produced by Made For Film.

Italy Latin America SCHEDULES • Filming is to resume on daily period soap opera Il Paradiso delle Signore (Tr. The Ladies' Paradise) on 30 June. The ﬁnal episodes will air from September. Currently Rai1 is airing re-runs.

The Netherlands LOOKING AHEAD • In yet more evidence of the crisis driving creativity, a new feature has been added to NPO's VOD player NPO Start which allows several people to watch a show together, remotely. NPO Samen is an application which can be used via a computer/laptop, and allows users to use webcams to create a "virtual living room" whilst watching the same show together at the same time. Up to four cameras can be used in one virtual living room. The app will be available for at least the next three months, and was developed in response to the increased time viewers must spend alone at home, despite a gradual lifting of restrictions on the Netherlands.

Spain PRODUCTION • Following in the footsteps of HBO and RTVE, Amazon Prime Video is to premiere a Spanish scripted series set during lockdown on 3 July. Relatos con-fin-a-dos is described as "a series of five self-contained films" of around 15-20' each, which come from well-known Spanish directors: Álvaro Fernández Armero, Fernando Colomo, Miguel Bardem, David Marqués and a debut into the world of directing for actor Juan Diego Botto. Episodes are all filmed from home, each with a different tone, from romantic

K7.Media !13 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 comedy to thriller. Produced by Morena Films (also behind RTVE's Quarantine Diaries - see here) in collaboration with Gessas Producciones. EVENTS Introduction • The fourth edition of Conecta Fiction has been taking place online this week, with a schedule of panel discussions and other events hosted on the platform. Two in-person North days are to take place in Pamplona, Spain on 2-3 America September this year. We have been "attending", and have been impressed with the speed at which organisers have adapted to the new UK circumstances and the organising of an online event at such relatively short notice. We like the Aus & New fact that panel talks are still hosted from an (empty) Zealand auditorium, with the host ﬁlmed on stage, interacting with a panel of speakers appearing via videolinks on the backdrop. Europe A particular highlight has been the Cross Talks - group discussions which take place via Zoom (of course!) in which a panel of delegates host a discussion with participants able to

Asia attend and get directly involved. Smaller breakout "rooms" are then opened up in which all of the participants are split off into individual groups of ﬁve to hold their own discussions, before returning to the main "room" to feed back. In the absence of in-person markets Latin and their networking opportunities, we enjoyed this as an alternative. America Turkey SCHEDULES • The premiere of Kanal D's remake of Indian series Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? has been delayed due to coronavirus setbacks. Ay ve Güneş (Tr. Moon and Sun) features Arnav, a wealthy business tycoon, who decides to ruin young girl Khushi's reputation after he wrongly believes she has sabotaged one of his business events. Produced by Es Film.

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Introduction MARKET AND EVENTS North America • Asia TV Forum and Market (ATF) (1- 4 December 2020) - interview with Yeow Hui Leng, Group Project Director of Reed Exhibitions. UK Could you outline the current plans for ATF 2020? Will you be preparing a digital event in

Aus & New addition to the in person event? Zealand ATF at the moment will continue as planned with a live event. We are also planning for a series of digital initiatives that will run concurrently with the live

Europe event. At the moment, ATF is running the Plugged-In online panels featuring buyers from various Asian markets as a run-up to the live event. Watch here. Could you tell us a little more about your initiatives to engage with the Asia industry in the run up to the market? For example, we enjoyed the Plugged In sessions - will there be more and could you share the feedback?

Latin The industry has been highly engaged in the ATF Plugged In Series 2020 so America far, after ATF did a buyers’ survey to check the pulse of the region during the pandemic. Our clients have thus far appreciated the opportunities to hear and interact directly with the buyers during the sessions, in the temporary absence of face-to-face engagements. The need to remain connected remains a priority for industry professionals; it is a relationship business after all. Moving forward, ATF is committed to continue to value-add through digital initiatives such as online matchmaking and editorials across 2020. Could you share your plans from an editorial standpoint? Do you foresee any major changes to the schedule and programme? As ATF happens in December, the industry remains hopeful that the live event will be able to take place with the progressive relaxation of restrictions. After all, face-to-face connections remain irreplaceable, and everyone is looking forward to meet after almost a year of hiatus. In line with the new norm due to COVID-19, we will be making adjustments to the live event to ensure the safety of our attendees, while delivering meaningful ROI. This includes tweaking the way meetings are organised at the market and the format of the conferences to ensure we adhere to safety guidelines. And of course, as mentioned earlier, we will be harnessing digital as a platform to supplement the live event in December. What are the greatest diﬃculties and opportunities at this stage? The COVID-19 situation has made it currently challenging to facilitate face-to- face connections, which is critical for any business, not just for events, though this will eventually pass, as with all past pandemics. But it has also expedited the adoption of digital, and impacted the way content is being

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North • MIP CHINA (28 - 31 July 2020) - Interview with Ted America Baracos, Director of MIP CHINA The fourth edition of MIP China will be held UK entirely online starting July 28-31, 2020. “Starting” being the operative word as the one-to-one sessions in July will be followed by additional opportunities to connect with partners and participate Aus & New in online sessions and meetings until the end of 2020. Zealand According to Ted Baracos, Mip China Director, “Nothing will replace the face to face meetings but buyers rely on the framework of a market to shop for Europe their programming. Mip China’s online event will provide that opportunity with carefully crafted meetings, organised in advance allowing partners to maximise their time, provide an immediate solution and boost content

Asia distribution.” Whilst the focus is primarily the Chinese market, the 2020 event will include participation from other countries in the APAC region, accommodating the Latin America North American, European and Asian time zones. The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA former SARFT) is lending support to the event which is good news for foreign distributors looking to do business with local channels in China. “There are definitely some side-benefits to the organisation of an online event and we expect future conferences to maintain some sort of digital component” added Baracos. MIP China costs 2,000USD per company and is free for buyers to register. PRODUCTION • India - The Indian Film and Television Producers Council has informally decided to resume shoots progressively from the 23rd of June. The government SOP indicates that the broadcasters/OTT platforms (not the producers) will have to apply for permissions beforehand. Production commencing week of 22nd June is predominantly for ongoing Daily Scripted shows. • South Korea - As the trend of non-face-to-face or "untact" continues in society and the programming field, CJ ENM's new small group reality show House On Wheels was launched on tvN on Thursday 11 June 2020. Top actors host the programme, building a small, portable house that enables them to experience life in various places around Korea. They live together and invite guests over for fun activities and heartfelt conversations.

K7.Media !16 of !18 K7 Quarantine TV Report Tuesday 23 June 2020 SCHEDULES • India - Post production on the music reality competition show Times of Music was completed just before lockdown so the launch on Sony Entertainment Television and MX Introduction Player was unaffected. Watch trailer here • Thailand - Can’t Stop Media’s Couple or Not show on North Channel 3 has been replaced by a talk show called True America Love Couple. The show is hosted by two Couple or Not hosts with each episode featuring two celebrity guests talking about their love lives in a romantic and fun way. UK The Couple or Not logo was redesigned to reinforce the link with the original show and to reassure the audience Aus & New that the show will soon return. According to Sorayuth Zealand Sagrikananda, Foreign Relations and Format Development Manager at Zense Entertainment, “This show will be on air for three episodes from 7th to 21st June on Channel 3 and for the moment the plan is for the original Couple or Not show to return on Europe 28th June. We believe True Love Couple will maintain the bond between viewers and the original show.” Watch the show here.

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Latin • South Korea - Eccho Rights has recently closed a series of deals in Korea for its Russian America and Romanian dramas. The deals for VLAD (Pro TV in Romania) and Trotsky (Sreda Production Company in Russia) were brokered by Seoul based Deborah Youn who has persuaded the likes of Catch On and some of the smaller linear channels to test dramas beyond the typical go-to Korean, Chinese or Japanese series. Turkish drama has proved successful in the territory, paving the way for other European producers to launch their series. Youn attributes this opportunity to a number of factors. “Netﬂix has brought many series to Asian markets; Atresmedia’s La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) for example would have been challenging to place in the past but now buyers are more open to considering European dramas.” These titles are often a cost-effective option with production costs on the rise. The pandemic has forced buyers to change their buying patterns with acquisitions teams opting for shorter series (under 50 episodes) and library titles. “These are challenging times but we are adapting working closely with our partners, showing ﬂexibility where we can. We need to get through this together!” Says Youn

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Introduction PRODUCTION • Brazil - On 30 June Warner Channel premieres Carenteners, a branded series made entirely in social isolation. The project has been developed by the Content Partnership, North America General Entertainment and Ad Sales areas at Turner Brasil, and counts Dell and Mapfre as the first brands to come on board. Ten episodes follow couple Cecília and Marco, a couple who must cope with the pressures of life on their fledgling romance, whilst also coping UK with the lockdown conditions. The series was filmed and directed remotely, with actors operating mobile phone cameras. Produced in collaboration with Huuro Entretenimento.

Aus & New • Mexico - YouTube Originals launched a Mexican original production on 9 June. Aislados, Zealand un documental en cuarentena (Tr. Isolated, a documentary in quarantine) is directed by, and stars YouTubers Luisito Comunica and Juanpa Zurita and was produced in collaboration with Europe YouTube Originals and DW Entertainment and Media. The documentary series of four episodes was produced in full confinement and portrays Asia what has happened in the last few months, combining it with testimonies from health experts, researchers and the experiences of other content Latin America creators like Casey Neistat, Sebas Villalobos, Kevsho, Mica Suárez and Wendy Sulca. It is free to the public on the YouTube creators' channels. See the trailer here. • Chile - In the last edition of the Quarantine TV Report, we reported that the Chilean version of dance competition format Bailando por un Sueño had resumed filming, attracting a number of viewer complaints in the process from those who felt that social distancing was not being observed and a poor example was being set. For a while the show remained on air, with episodes already filmed, but has now been removed. Canal 13 has announced that the current crisis imposes both the practical and financial inviability of the project. It has been replaced by a 2013 telenovela. LOOKING AHEAD • US Hispanic - With the impossibility of holding in-person events, Univision is the latest broadcaster to opt for an online version of its upfront presentation. Held on 16 June, the US Hispanic broadcaster presented the Virtual Upfront for the 2020-21 season, under the slogan "America’s Hispanic Superbrand", and stressed its mission to inform, empower and entertain the Hispanic community.

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