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China preps Cannes take-over Mainland execs and deals flood Mipcom

Mipcom 2018’s Country of Honour, China, is preparing a Cannes take-over for the show (15-18 Oct). Chieftains of state au- thorities, broadcasters, streaming media behemoths and producers/distributors will crowd the Croisette in a record show of might as China makes its biggest play yet for a role in the global content space.

The full story is on page 2 Outdoor, Omni board iflix Linear + VOD deals across free and pay tiers

Emerging markets streaming platform iflix has picked up a slate of on-demand content as well as linear streaming channels from Gregg Creevey/Billy Kelly outfits, Multi Channels and Omni Channels Asia. The services roll out across 13 iflix markets over the next few weeks.

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S$1m content fund to promote S’pore S’pore Tourism Board eyes home-grown producers

Brand Singapore is in full swing, with a new US$724,000 Fast Forward fund for local creators to tell stories that will promote the country abroad. The theme is “Pas- sion Made Possible”, the tagline used to market Singapore internationally.

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Korea’s SM Entertainment China preps Cannes take-over eyes Indonesian i-pop Mainland execs and deals flood Mipcom South Korea’s enterainment/talent management giant SM Entertainment seems set to throw its weight behind a new Indonesian pop movement as part of its fledgling alliance with Jakarta- based PT Trans Media Corpora, owned by CT Corp. The two companies have already signed the MoU to boost media and entertainment in , and the plan is to set up a full-fledged JV in Jakarta by the end of the year. Accord- ing to local media, CT Corp chairman Chairul Tanjung is hoping for a wider Asia benefit out of the new venture, which will cover talent management, content production, events and mobile. Charul is quoted on news site kompas.com as saying: “We hope Indonesians can go global as well – not only Koreans. If Koreans have K-Pop, why don’t we have I-Pop?”

Peking opera feature premieres in Cannes The Nation’s Greatest Treasures, China

This year’s Country of Honour, China, is pre- China Radio, Film & Television Programs Ex- paring to take over Cannes for four days changing Center (CHNPEC), Jianing Shen, from Monday, 15 October, for this year’s will host a Chinese content showcase dur- Mipcom programming market. ing the market, including a screening of Chieftains of all-powerful mainland state an episode of CCTV cultural game show/ authorities, state-backed broadcasters variety/drama series, The Nation’s Greatest and streaming media behemoths as well Treasures, and the premiere of the interna- as producers and creators will crowd the tional version of two-part documentary, Croisette in a record show of might as The Great Wall, a co-production between China makes its biggest play yet for a role CITVC and Australia’s PreTV. Cao Cao and Yang Xiu in the global content space. CITVC’s mixed-genre slate this year State-backed China International Televi- includes contemporary romantic drama Peking Opera film, Cao Cao and Yang sion Corporation (CITVC) is bringing Peking Here to Heart, drama series All Out of Xiu, premieres internationally in Cannes Opera star Changrong Shang to the open- Love and the second season of costume on Tuesday, 16 Oct. Directed by Teng ing night party along with Chinese actor drama The Advisors Alliance set in the Junjie, the 3D Atmos Peking Opera Ye Liu (The Sniper), water shadow painting late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three movie promises “classic Peking Opera and Sichuan face magic. Kingdoms period. rejuvenated by modern technology The cultural showcase also includes Co-producing with China will be dis- on the big screen”. The film stars two paper-cutting, calligraphy, clay sculpture, cussed on Tuesday as part of the confer- of China’s biggest opera celebrities, embroidery, tea art and a VR Experience ence programme that runs alongside the Shang Changrong and Yan Xingpeng. Zone. market. The film is distributed by Shanghai In addition, CITVC exec vice president Expected China-related announce- WingsMedia. and general manager of marketing arm, ments involve formats, drama and kids.

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Outdoor, Omni S’pore STB launches S$1m content fund board iflix Fast Forward fund supports home-grown talent Linear + VOD deals across free and pay tiers Brand Singapore is in full swing, with a new events, arts and culture, music and enter- S$1 million/US$724,000 fund for local crea- tainment and business. tors to make fabulous content promoting Funding applications run from 1-31 Emerging markets streaming platform Singapore to global audiences. January 2019 and are open to Singapore- iflix has picked up a slate of on-demand The Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) based filmmakers, vloggers, media com- content as well linear streaming chan- Fast Forward fund aims to unearth stories panies and creative agencies. nels from Gregg Creevey/Billy Kelly aligned with the country’s “Passion Made The fund is open to both original content outfits, Multi Channels Asia and Omni Possible” tagline used to market Singa- and adaptations of stories retold in a Sin- Channels Asia. pore internationally. gapore context. Outdoor Channel goes up as a linear Successful projects will receive up to 50% “As part of our marketing strategy, we service, as well as an AVOD/SVOD pack of qualifying costs capped at S$300,000/ want to support home-grown talent and of 100 hours. 20 new hours will be added US$217,000. This includes third-party costs showcase content about our people, every month. Titles include Outdoor origi- for creative development, production, spirit and attitude in an authentic way,” nals such as Carter’s War, Alaska’s Wild distribution and marketing. Content crea- the STB’s digital and content director, Ter- and Monster Fish. tors retain all rights following STB use across rence Voon, said this morning. The Omni Channels slate involves 500 its platforms for at least 12 months. Judges are Voon; Yuni Hadi, the Singa- hours of VOD content from TV4 Entertain- Acceptable topics are grouped around pore Film Festival’s executive director; ment’s suits of speciality targeted chan- the STB’s seven “passion tribes”, identi- Benjamin Lee (aka Mr Miyagi), Tribal nels, including all3media lifestyle network fied for the reasons people might visit Worldwide’s head of digital and social Inside Outside, Motorland, horror offering Singapore. These include food, shopping, content strategy; and Wee Li Lin, Bobbing Screambox and the All Guitar Network. exploring the outdoors, thrills/sporting Buoy Films’ director.

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Aus comedy goes global BBC Reel streams with strong Asia playlist South Asia dominates Asia videos in launch line-up

How To Stay Married Princess Pictures’ Aus comedy series, How To Stay Married, is going global in a deal with U.S.-based Dynamic Television. The eight-episode half-hour series, creat- ed, written and exec produced by Peter Helliar (I Love You Too) and directed by Natalie Bailey (Thick of It), premieres on Australia’s Network Ten in Nov.

TVNZ signs onto Parrot Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has Nepalese biker saves abandoned cows signed onto Parrot Analytics audience demand measurement platform to BBC Global News’ new global video Reel is commissioning across 40 coun- flesh out conventional ratings info. The features platform, BBC Reel, went live tries, as well as producing its own con- agreement covers TVNZ’s full schedule, this month a slate of Asia-related factual tent. Videos are between three and five including local shows such as Welling- videos commissioned specifically for the minutes, “but we are also experimenting ton Paranormal, Survivor New Zealand online service. with new formats like longer-form episodic and Project Runway New Zealand. Asia features include a story about a story telling,” Hogenboom says. Nepalese man who saves abandoned BBC said this was the first time ever that cows; Mumbai’s women’s-only train car; its digital video content was being offered Discovery Kids picks up and ’s rarest job for women. in a single site. Cat in the Hat SVOD While South Asia dominates the launch Themed playlists of four to five videos will Discovery Kids has picked up SVOD rights playslist, BBC Reel editor Melissa Hogen- be published on weekdays, combining for The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About boom promises geographic diversity in original content and a selection of videos That and two Cat in the Hat specials for 13 the overall playlist. from BBC verticals and brands, including countries, including China and Singapore, Coming up are videos from China and BBC Travel , BBC Future, BBC Culture, and from Canada’s Portfolio Entertainment. the , as well as more out of BBC Capital. Heading into Mipcom, India’s Viacom18 India, Hogenboom says. BBC Reel content will also be available and ’s Good TV acquired The Cat Reel will “tell stories with impact that on YouTube. in the Hat. ’s Television Broad- shape, inform and change our under- Themes for launch week include re- casts Ltd (TVB) signed new deals for Do standing of the world and our place in markable commutes and daring animal You Know? and Cat in the Hat. it,” she adds. rescues.

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Singapore rocks demand for Yanxi Palace U.S., China follow in first week of October

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Singapore – a tiny market of 5.6 million lion views by the finale on 27August. people and 1.3 million households – A little over a month later, global audi- topped global demand for Chinese series, ences are in full binge mode. Story of Yanxi Palace on a per capita ba- For the first week of October, the U.S. sis for the week of 30 Sept to 8 Oct. was second after Singapore, with 2.94 Singapore logged 3 demand expres- demand expressions per capita, followed sions per capita for the epic drama series by China with 2.44. about a wily seamstress who enters the Denmark was the fifth country on the emperor’s court in 18th-century Beijing list after Singapore, the U.S., China and to find the truth behind her sister’s death. Malaysia, which logged 2.39. The show premiered on Chinese stream- The rest of the top 10 list for the series in ing platform iQiyi in July this year and set the same week included , India, a single-day record on 12 August with 530 , Thailand and Brunei. Hong Kong million viewers. The series garnered 15 bil- was 11th, with 1.05. 15-28 October 2018 page 9. C NTENTASIA 15-28 October 2018 Page 10.

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Game shows, reality rule Western interest in Asian formats Two genres make up 54% of intel requests, K7 Media says

Genre breakdown Country breakdown

Cookery Thailand Consumer / Shopping / 3% India 3% Makeover 8% 5% Talent 8% Game Show Japan 30% 8% Korea 33%

Pan-Asia Reality 17% 24%

Science and Tech Dating and 19% Relationships 3% Factual China 8% 31% Source: K7 Media

Western buyers are most interested in South Korea’s position as a leader Asia’s colourful game shows and reality in high-speed internet coverage & China’s formats, with the two genres accounting for 54% of the intel requests that U.K.-based reputation as a tech-driven society go some consultancy, K7 Media, received about way to explaining what’s driving interest.” Asia-Pacific markets in the past two years. Key words/phrases associated with Michelle Lin, Asia Pacific Researcher, K7 Media research requests into Asian formats mar- kets included “wacky” and “with a big “Western players are particularly en- and China’s reputation as a tech-driven twist” – a space that has been dominated amoured with how Asian producers are society, go some way to explaining what’s by Japanese titles such as Hole in the Wall tackling the subject; bringing artificial driving this interest locally, and it’s likely and Ninja Warrior, the company says. intelligence, virtual reality and other cut- both will continue to incorporate futuristic The two Japanese properties are ting-edge technologies into mainstream approaches to entertainment that will ap- among the highest ranking Asian titles to entertainment,” says Michelle Lin, K7 Me- peal globally,” Lin says. feature in the most recent edition of K7’s dia’s Asia Pacific researcher. South Korea accounts for 33% of en- annual top format sales report, Tracking This space includes shows that pitch hu- quiries K7 Media receives out of Western the Giants. Hole in the Wall was 16th and mans against machines, such as CCTV’s markets. China, where tighter regulations Ninja Warrior came in at 64th spot. Mission AI, Shenzhen TV’s big data dating limit international formats acquisitions, There’s also high interest in Asian en- show, Mom, Mate, Computer Date and CJ nevertheless makes up 31% of enquiries. tertainment shows with a science/tech ENM’s VR competition You Only Play Once. “As the country continues its strategic focus. Requests for intel on these genres K7 Media expects South Korea and brand shift from ‘Made in China’ to ‘Cre- made up almost 20% of the research K7 China to continue to dominate the hi- ated in China’, a high level of interest in Media undertook that involved Asia in the tech space. “South Korea’s position as a programming from Western buyers must past two years. leader in high-speed internet coverage, be somewhat encouraging,” Lin adds. OUT NOW!

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The War of The Worlds From Peter Harness comes the first British television adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds, produced by Mam- moth Screen for BBC One. Horsell Common in Surrey is struck by a huge meteor, and the inhabitants of Earth slowly fall victim to a vicious invasion. The three-part drama Prison follows one man’s attempt to escape Prison gives audiences a rare glimpse of the ruthless Martians – but they are determined to destroy all human life as they life behind bars. For the first time in more attempt to conquer the earth… Length: 3x60 mins ITV Studios Global Entertain- than five years, cameras have been ment Rooms 517-520, 5th Floor, Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road, Wan Chai granted access to make a documentary Hong Kong T:+852 2511 9700 MIPCOM Stand # ITV Studios House, C16 inside an English prison. Capturing first- hand the escalating drug problem, the Escape from Mafia – A Family Saga scale of violence that frontline staff and The epic story of one of the many Sicilian prisoners endure daily and the multiple families forced to emigrate to America in or- challenges of dealing with those suffer- der to escape from the mafia’s revenge. The ing from mental health issues, the series saga that develops around a courageous reflects the national issues currently fac- mother always ready to fight for her family’s ing the prison service and the human sto- survival and life, played by ry on both sides of the door. Length: 3x60 Luisa Ranieri, recalls the mins Blue Ant International Asia office: atmospheres of classics 21A South Bridge Road (Level 2), such as Once upon Kiri and Lou Singapore 058661 T: +65 6421 8300 a time in America. At the heart of the show is the relation- W: blueantmedia.com MIPCOM Co-produced by ship between unlikely best friends – Kiri, Stand # R8.D7 Rai Fiction and a feisty little dinosaur with overpow- Roberto Sessa’s ering emotions, and Lou, a gentle The Bridge Picomedia produc- and thoughtful creature. Joined by a tion supported by diverse group of characters, including Local adaptation of The Bridge Apulia Film Commis- motherly Pania, who offers advice, (Bron/Broen) originally created and sion fund. Original idea sensitive Dalvanius, who disappears written by Hans Rosenfeldt. A body and screenplay by Laura completely when he feels shy and is left on the border of Sin- Toscano and Franco Marotta, Sorry, a small but extremely fast little gapore and Malaysia. under the supervision of Simona animal who cares about everyone’s Two investigators, Izzo. Length: 4x100 mins Rai feelings, they navigate a forest of feel- one from each Com S.p.A. Via Umberto No- ings together with laughter, song and country, work to- varo 18, 00195 Rome, Italy T: adventure. Length: 52 x 5 mins CAKE gether to catch +39 06 3317 8250 MIPCOM 5th Floor, 76 Charlotte Street a killer bent on Stand # R7.D5 W1T 4QS, U.K. T: +44 (0) 207 307 3230 highlighting so- MIPCOM Stand # R7.D18 cial problems plaguing people on both sides of the border. The Crush Asian series appeal- Crush, which hails from Mediapro and ing to the diverse array Phileas Productions for TVE 1, is an excit- of people, cuisines and ing studio gameshow where two teams, ethnicities that call this area made up of friends and family, go head to head home, highlighting both the diversity for a chance to win a jackpot cash prize. With the and similarity between the two countries. help of a celebrity guest, they must answer a series Length: 10x60 mins Endemol Shine Inter- of questions to secure as much money as possible. national 11 Waltham Street, Artarmon But if they’re wrong, they face being crushed by a huge safe suspended above them. NSW 2064, Australia T: +61 285 871 315 Length: 10x60 mins NBCUniversal International Studios 1 Central St Giles, St Giles High MIPCOM Stand # R8.E1 Street, London WC2H 8NU, U. K. T: +44 20 3618 6832 MIPCOM Stand # P4-5 C NTENTASIA countryprofile 15-28 October 2018 Page 14. Mongolia

In numbers

Population...... 3.22 million Households...... 885,639 Avg. household size...... 3.6 Cable TV users...... 387,255 Internet users...... 2.66 million Mobile phone subscribers...... 3.845 million

Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia

Free TV ​​​ C1 Television Founded in 2006, commercial station C1 Culinary format Chef in your Ear Mongolia, premiered in September 2018 on NTV Channel via Television carries local and international satellite (DDishTV), cable (MNBC) and IPTV (Univision & SkyMedia) content ranging from drama series to sports, news and lifestyle. my); and MN-2, which launched in 2011 Edutainment TV Subscription offering mostly news bulletins and edu- Mongol Mass Media’s TV subsidiary, cational, culture and arts programmes Edutainment TV (aka EduTV), focuses DDishTV dedicated to ethnic minority groups. The on a mix of education and entertain- DDishTV is Mongolia’s sole direct-to- broadcaster produces 6,200 hours of pro- ment programming. The channel is also home (DTH) operator. The platform grammes annually. About 50% of MNB’s an active buyer of international for- delivers local/international SD/HD TV funding comes from the state and the mats and has bought rights to Next Top channels to about 320,000 subs nation- rest from licence fees (48%), social ad- Model and Got to Dance. The station wide. The company was founded in Jan vertising and grants. launched in July 2007. 2008 and officially started broadcasting in June 2008. TV5 Mongol Television Launched in Jan 2003, TV5 carries most- Mongolia Digital Broadcasting Mongol TV launched in June 2009, and ly local content spanning news, sports Launched in 2007, Mongolia Digital relaunched in Feb 2013 with an ambi- news/programmes, talk shows, kids, Broadcasting (MNBC) was the first broad- tious original production initiative – in- food, lifestyle, drama series and reality. caster to offer multichannel digital ter- cluding a live morning talk show, six Foreign content includes sports and Chi- restrial TV services in Mongolia. MNBC times a week, from HD studios in Ulaan- nese drama. deployed DVB-T2/MPEG-4 services in baatar. The network, which reaches 2013. The goal was to deliver digital tele- about 200,000 households, has always TV9 vision services to outlying areas that lack flown the flag for international formats 24-hour commercial-free-TV station TV9 broadcast infrastructure. rights. These include local versions of was founded in Sept 2003, and was the Got Talent and Shark Tank. first channel in Mongolia to broadcast 24 Sansar HD/Sansar Cable TV hours a day. MNB Established in Aug 1995 as the first ca- ble TV operator in Mongolia, Sansar HD Established in Sep 1967, Mongolia’s sole UBS (Sansar Cable TV) offers about 100 local/ public broadcaster, Mongolian National Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System foreign TV channels to households in the Public Radio & TV (MNB), operates MNB-1 (UBS) is a commercial TV station operat- capital city of Ulaanbaatar. (general entertainment content, includ- ing three channels: UBS, UBS Music and ing culture, education, science, econo- Ulzii TV.

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SkyMedia offer direct-to-consumer interfaces. The began offering CDMA cellular service in IPTV provider, SkyMedia, launched in platforms are not customised for Mongo- 2001 and a WAP-based wireless portal July 2012. The platform is owned and lia. Apple’s iTunes (launched in Jan 2016) service in 2004, and received its 4G/LTE operated by mobile operator Skytel, offers music and movies to buy/rent, licence in 2016. and offers more than 100 local/interna- but no television titles. Netflix (launched tional channels, including 40+ HD chan- Jan 2016) and Prime Video G-mobile nels, bundled as part of its triple-play (launched Dec 2016) are also available. G-Mobile Corporation, a national cellu- offering starting from US$10 a month. lar operator, was established in 2006 and SkyMedia’s TV anywhere extension, Sky- ORI TV launched its services in 2007, servicing Media GO, costs US$3 a month. Mongolia’s broadcaster Mongol TV mainly users in the rural areas. launched ORI TV in March 2018 and had Supervision Digital Cable TV about 5,000 subscribers in August 2018. Unitel Supervision LLC launched Supervision The aim is for 10,000 by the end of 2018. Unitel began operations in June 2006 and Digital Cable TV in June 1998. The com- ORI TV provides live and on-demand now offers mobile phone, internet, IPTV pany also operates private channel Su- (2,000 hours) content, including locally and communication satellite services. pervision Broadcasting Network (SBN) adapted Japanese Silent Library format Television in Mongolia. from Nippon TV. Regulators

Univision SkyMedia GO Communications Regulatory Mongolia’s first IPTV operator, Univision, SkyMedia GO, the OTT extension of Sky- Commission of Mongolia (CRC) offers 170+ SD/HD TV channels – includ- Media’s IPTV service, offers local/inter- Mongolia’s CRC is an independent regu- ing international channels – for about national live channels and select video- latory agency established by the Com- MNT9,900/US$4 a month. Launched in on-demand (VOD) content at MNT6,900/ munications Act of 2001. It is charged 2010, Univision is the pay-TV subsidiary US$3 a month. with regulating/supervising competition

of triple-play operator Unitel, which also issues, fixed/wireless telecommunica- offers broadband and fixed telephone Telcos tions, TV, radio and satellite transmissions line services. Univision is available in and spectrum management, among major cities via high-speed fibre-optic MobiCom other areas. technology. Established in 1996 as a joint Mongolian + Japanese venture, telecommunications Communications and Information Technology Authority (CITA) carrier MobiCom provides mobile/fixed OTT/Online CITA is responsible for developing and communications services in Mongolia. implementing policies of communica- Mongolia has a lively range of global/ tions, posts, broadcasting and informa- regional streaming services, including Skytel tion technologies in Mongolia. India’s ALTBalaji (launched in April 2017), Skytel was established by Univcom (Mon- golia), SK Telecom (Korea) and Taihan Spuul (launched in April 2012) and Yupp Adapted from ContentAsia’s TV (launched in May 2015), all of which Electric Wire (Korea) in April 1999. Skytel The Big List 2018

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What’s on where...

October 2018 13-14 MIP Junior Cannes, France

15-18 MIPCOM Cannes, France

23-25 TIFFCOM 2018 , Japan

24-26 APOStech 2018 Phuket, Thailand

30 Oct-1 Nov Asia Video Summit (AVIA) Hong Kong

31 Oct-7 Nov American Film Market (AFM) Santa Monica, U.S.

November 2018 28-30 Asian Animation Summit Seoul, South Korea

December 2018 3-4 PromaxBDA Asia Singapore

5-7 Asia TV Forum & Market, ATF Singapore

MYCONTENT (Dubai 9-10 Dubai, U.A.E. International Content Market)

January 2019 22-24 NATPE Miami, U.S.

March 2019 18-21 Hong Kong FILMART Hong Kong

April 2019 3-5 Content Expo Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

6-7 MIP Doc Cannes, France

6-7 MIP Formats Cannes, France

8-11 MIP TV Cannes, France

23-25 APOS Bali, Indonesia

May 2019 8-10 Busan Contents Market (BCM) Busan, Korea

27-28 DW Global Media Forum Bonn, Germany

June 2019 18-20 BroadcastAsia Singapore

18-20 CommunicAsia Singapore

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Malaysia falls for manga superheroes Arab-Israeli travel vlogger beats ’s C NTENT

Editorial Director Malaysia has fallen hard for superhero The top digital original – Netflix’s 13 Rea- Janine Stein manga series My Hero Academia, which sons Why – came in at just over 715,000 [email protected] topped the list of TV series most in de- demand expressions. This puts activity for Assistant Editor mand across the country for the week of the top digital title on par with Thailand Malena Amzah 27 Sep to 3 Oct, beating back everything (700,000 for The Handmaid’s Tale, 5-11 [email protected] from blockbuster Chinese series, Meteor July), which has more than double Malay- Research Manager Garden, and HBO’s Game of Thrones to sia’s number of internet users. At the end of CJ Yong The Voice and The Flash, according to last year, Thailand had 57 million users. Ma- [email protected] data science company Parrot Analytics. laysia had 25 million (Internet World Stats). Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus There wasn’t a stunning difference Facebook Watch made a mark for the [email protected] between first and last titles on the over- first time on the digital originals list with Ar- Design all list of TV shows. Mr Bean placed 10th ab-Israeli travel video blogger Nuseir Yas- Rae Yong with just over a million average demand sin’s Nas Daily, which beat Tom Clancy’s expressions. My Hero Academia had 1.5 Jack Ryan to make it to third place on the Associate Publisher million. digital originals list. (Americas, Europe) and VP, International Business Development Leah Gordon Malaysia: Top 10 Overall TV Shows [email protected] Sales and Marketing (Asia) Rank Title Average Demand Masliana Masron Expressions™ [email protected] 1 My Hero Academia 1,509,912 2 Meteor Garden (2018) ( ) 1,363,020 流星花园 To receive your regular free copy 3 Game Of Thrones 1,291,922 of ContentAsia, please email 4 The Voice 1,266,370 [email protected] 5 The Flash 1,246,625 6 The Walking Dead 1,220,225 Published fortnightly by: 7 The Big Bang Theory 1,155,913 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 8 America’s Got Talent 1,152,502 730A Geylang Road 9 American Horror Story 1,068,427 Singapore 389641 10 Mr. Bean 1,022,652 Tel: +65 6846-5987 www.contentasia.tv

Malaysia: Top 10 English Digital Originals MCI (P) 091/11/2015 Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions™ Copyright 2018 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 1 13 Reasons Why Netflix 715,009 All Rights Reserved. 2 Marvel’s Iron Fist Netflix 649,692 3 Nas Daily Facebook Watch 626,732 4 Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Amazon Prime Video 584,097 5 Orange Is The New Black Netflix 577,693 6 The Grand Tour Amazon Prime Video 520,493 7 Stranger Things Netflix 513,069 8 Maniac Netflix 504,785 9 Castle Rock Hulu 457,923 10 American Vandal Netflix 444,523 C NTENT Date range: 27 September-3 October, 2018 Market: Malaysia Daily news with Demand Expressions®: A global metric standard developed by Parrot ContentAsia Insider Analytics which represents the total audience demand being expressed email [email protected] for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engage- for subscription details ment and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment. Note: Local/regional content in this country is still being onboarded by Parrot Analytics