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DC Super Hero Girls premieres on Cartoon Network in Southeast Asia on 2 Nov, bring- ing a whole new brand of girls TV to the region. The animated action adventure series tracks teenage versions of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Bumblebee, Batgirl, Zatanna and Green Lantern. “Girls get shortchanged in the cool department way too often,” show creator Lauren Faust told Mip Junior delegates in Cannes this month.

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Sing or Spin, Hunan TV/Endemol Shine China

4 Nov debut for 1st The premiere of Hunan TV’s new prime “in line with China’s push for innovation TV Tokyo, Piece of time talent show, Sing or Spin, topped its and content support”. slot on Friday (18 Oct) with ratings of 0.8% Endemol also said at Mipcom that Cake co-pro and reach of 3.42% across all provincial TV China’s Jiangsu TV has commissioned Japanese free-TV stations in China. a third season of Puzzle Masters to air in The non-scripted series, part of Hunan early 2020. broadcaster gives viewers TV’s China showcase at Mipcom, is a co- China emerged fourth in ContentAsia’s storyline control development with Endemol Shine China. Formats Outlook for the first half of 2019, The entertainment format is part of the with 23 formats aired/commissioned Japan’s TV Tokyo and media company Chinese broadcaster’s Biu Project initia- across the country. Piece of Cake, release their first drama tive to create a pipeline of pilots for its By volume, this puts China behind Thai- series co-production, House Unknown linear channel. land (45), Vietnam (37) and India (26). on 4 Nov.The eight-part short-form series Hunan TV says the Biu Project created The 23 titles accounted for 10.26% of the is based on a story sources from Piece of more than 500 hours of original non-script- total 224 formats across 15 countries in the Cake’s story platform Note. ed content in 2018. region (Jan-June 2019). Sing or Spin involves a revolving stage 13 (57%) of the 23 formats adapted in The full story is on page 2 that lets singers know how well they are China were scripted/drama series, includ- scoring. The co-development team was ing 30-episode Mandarin version of high- led by Rebecca De Young, Endemol end Australian mystery/crime drama, Miss Plus Shine China’s head of content reporting Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Miss S. • tops demand in Taiwan; to China managing director, William Tan, The 10 non-scripted titles were a mix of show 35% ahead and Lester Hu, Hunan TV’s head of formats reality, game shows, entertainment and • Radio, smart speakers lead news trends and international business. song contests, including World’s Got Tal- • The Naked Director tops Japan The partnership was approved by Chi- ent China (on Hunan TV from ) launches na’s National Radio and Television Admin- and Sweet Kiss Bitter Kiss China (Youku ... and a whole lot more istration and is being officially supported from TV Asahi). C NTENTASIA 21 October-3 november 2019 Page 2.

4 Nov debut for first TV Tokyo, Piece of Cake FROM THE SCREEN TO THE SOFA co-production Japanese free-TV broadcaster gives viewers storyline control

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House Unknown, TV Tokyo/Piece of Cake Call Centre Everyday problems, Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo and media company Piece of extraordinary solutions Cake, will release their first co-produced drama series, House Unknown (translated) on Monday, 4 Nov. The 8 x 15 minute series, about the lives of housemates, is produced by TV Tokyo’s Yu Ota and Tomohiro Goda. The series will air on TV Tokyo as well as on the network’s You- Tube channel and video streaming portal. The first 10 minutes of the show has been decided while the rest of the series will be determined by users. A contest in search for the best storylines started on 3 Oct on Piece of Cake’s storyline platform Note. House Unknown is part of a capital and business alliance between the two companies signed in August this year. The alliance was formed following a collaboration between TV Tokyo, Piece of Cake and publisher Gentosha on an essay/ comic writing competition in April 2019. “The contest was a triumph, with 4,212 entries... it would be a waste to end this [essay/comic] collaboration with Piece of Cake,” says TV Tokyo’s president and chief executive, Shigeru Komago. The alliance aims to, among other things, “create original content from a perspective that has never been seen before”. @all3media_int “In this era, we have to create programmes based on a all3mediainternational.com digital sense... it was essential to collaborate with internet companies,” says Komago. Launched in April 2014, Note is a web service that allows cre- ators to post text, manga, photos, and audio. Approximately five million works have been uploaded so far. The platform says it has 20 million monthly active users (August 2019).

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Indonesian regulator 2 Nov debut for DC Super Hero Girls in Asia suspends Trans talk show “Girls get shortchanged in the cool department,” creator says

Indonesia’s media regulator pulled Trans TV talk show, Brownis, for two days this month for multiple violations of the coun- try’s broadcast programming codes. In of the incidents, the Central In- donesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) said personal conflicts and situations, such as those of celebrities Nikita Mirzani and Barbie Kumalasari, had been dis- cussed. In another episode, two women were dancing and shaking their breasts. The KPI also objected to various con- versations and activities on the show, including a man pushing his friend’s head in an episode in August. KPI said the shows disrespected the right to privacy and values or the norms of decency and morality. “It is fitting for someone’s privacy or DC Super Hero Girls, Cartoon Network personal rights to be respected in every broadcast programme. Personal life is DC Super Hero Girls premieres on Cartoon “Most shows, too many shows, for girls related to married life, divorce, family Network in Southeast Asia on 2 Nov, bring- are less about inspiring them, less about conflict, personal conflict, infidelity, love ing a whole new brand of girls TV to the entertaining them, less about reflecting affairs, religious beliefs, and personal region. their experiences back to them. secrets. Especially the issues discussed in The animated action adventure series, “Too often they come across as lectures the programme are not related to the produced by Warner Bros Animation, in how we expect girls to behave.... they public interest,” KPI said. tracks teenage versions of Wonder Wom- end of being very soft, very nice, and an, Supergirl, Bumblebee, Batgirl, Zatanna everyone is very concerned about every- Zee closes raft of and Green Lantern. body else’s feelings all the time, and that’s “The tone of the show, with the cuteness important to a degree but is that really licensing deals and the silliness, sets us apart,” show crea- exciting to watch? And is that something Zee Entertainment’s Zee Global Con- tor Lauren Faust told Mip Junior delegates that’s going to follow you as you grow up tent Sales has licensed a slate of first-run in Cannes this month. and go on with your life,” she added. English drama series to African digital Faust said girls were portrayed too often “We’re seeing less and less of girls like platform Iroko as part of a raft of deals on TV as “perfect angels all the time... our shopping, and make up and talking on with, among others, the U.K., South girls have flaws and they mess up”. the phone a lot, and more and more Africa, and Bulgaria. Titles include Tashn- “I don’t know if you see that very often female characters across animation and e-ishq, Kumkum Bhagya, Gangaa and in girls shows, them just being idiots,” she live action that have more depth be- Yeh Teri Galiyan. ETV, South Africa’s larg- said. cause we are giving them the gamut of est private free-TV channel picked up “Girls get shortchanged in the cool human emotions not just what we think is marquee dramas – Qubool Hai and Yeh department way too often,” Faust said. exclusive to girls and women.” Teri Galiyan.

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Chinese streamer iQiyi is backing Gen Z gourmet restaurant series, Amazing Chinese Restaurants, from Amsterdam- based production house Zoomin. The companies say the 10-episode long-form show, hosted by actor Wu Gang, will premiere at the end of this year. The se- ries profiles owners and chefs of Chinese www.contentasia.tv/video restaurants around the world. 21 October-3 November 2019 page 5. C NTENTASIA 21 October-3 november 2019 Page 6.

Vietnam’s Pops boosts Radio, smart speakers lead news trends Thai channel with new But monetisation difficult, news leaders admit kids licensing deals

Vietnamese digital platform Pops has The biggest new trend in media may interactive features, with many still tied up with programme providers Eng- be radio, or at least a technology- treating it like a radio broadcast. lish Club TV, Cosmos-Maya and Dream upgraded version via smart speakers, Other content outlets were looking to Express for a slate of animated series such as Alexa and Echo, delegates at other formats to engage users. and edutainment content for its Pops the Digital Journalism World Summit in Reta Lee, editor-in-chief for Yahoo Kids YouTube channel in Thailand. Titles Singapore earlier this month heard. Lifestyle and Entertainment in South- include animated English-language Alyssa McDonald, managing director east Asia, said her company planned edu-tainment series Words to Grow, mu- for Asia digital at Bloomberg in Austral- to roll out mail products for Yahoo sic programme Okey-Dokey, Art Land, ia, said while the proportion of people email users, particularly in Indonesia, Kids in Action and Words Party from using smart speakers was relatively Malaysia and Singapore where user English Club TV (MZ Media), and Indian small, it was growing quickly. Key Asia numbers were high. comedy series Eena Meena Deeka markets using the devices were South In addition, Yahoo was considering Chase Comedy Show and Tik Tak Tail Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. introducing a Singapore-based aug- from Cosmos-Maya. Pop Kids Thailand The ability to multi-task – using a mented reality (AR) character similar has also localised The Salads from Thai hands-free and eyes-free interface – to MeiMei, which interacts with a live animated company Dream Express for made smart speakers a good tool for host, in Hong Kong. the YouTube Thailand channel. reaching listeners, she said. But she When it comes to fake news, Coco- noted monetisation had been difficult. nuts Media founder/CEO Byron Perry Kourtney Bitterly, research and de- pointed to potential ethical moneti- velopment lead at the New York Times sation: Articles debunking fake news Netflix greenlights in the U.S., said her company was also tended to perform very well on his Ghee Happy experimenting with creating products platform, he said. for smart speakers. That was after But he noted that combating fake Netflix has greenlit animated preschool finding users liked being connected news did not seem to be a priority of series, Ghee Happy, from director-ani- to media without aimless scrolling and the tech giants as they had chosen not mator-illustrator Sanjay Patel (Monsters falling down “rabbit holes”. to put articles debunking false reports Inc, Ratatouille). The series reimagines But she noted there was not much in front of everyone who had seen a native content engaging the devices’ hoax posting. – Leslie Shaffer

CJ ENM, CICC extend co-pro alliance New deal signed against China’s ongoing Korea freeze

Korea’s CJ ENM and China Intercontinen- two companies’ co-operation earlier this tal Communication Center (CICC) are year on three-episode 60-minute special Ghee Happy working on co-creating a slate of factual of Wok The World entitled Silk Road Deli- Hindu deities as kids discover their pow- content for 2020 that showcases China. cacies, Rice: Unearthed hosted by Mi- ers in a deity daycare centre. Ghee An MoU was signed during Mipcom; chelin three- chef Alvin Leung and his Happy joins animated series such as there’s no date yet on the final signatures. protégée, MasterChef Canada winner Rajiv Chilaka’s Mighty Little Bheem and The new deal comes amid the ongoing Eric Chong. upcoming titles such as DreamWorks freeze on Korean content in China over Among the new slate, CJ ENM and Animation’s Dragons: Rescue Riders, Korea’s support for the U.S. Thaad missile CICC plan to co-produce a second sea- Akira Shigino’s Dino Girl Gauko and Kid defence system. son of Wok the World as part of their new Cosmic from Craig McCracken. The new agreement follows on from the agreement.

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tvN returns Korean beauty Netflix expands non-English originals show for second season The Naked Director tops Japan launches

Get It Beauty on the Road

tvN Asia’s original series, Get It Beauty on the Road in Singapore, returns for season two on 29 October and will air Tuesdays at 7pm. The series, showcasing beauty and wellness tips, is hosted by Korean TV personality Kim Jung-min, K-beauty expert Kim Ki-soo and actress Julie Tan.

Censorship threats for The Naked Director Indian streamers? Unidentified sources in India are flagging Netflix says The Naked Director, which Netflix said the response to its lower- possible censorship on streaming video premiered on 8 August, was its biggest title priced mobile plan in India, introduced platforms, according to a report launch in Japan for the three months from in Q3, “has been better than initial testing citing unnamed sources. The platforms July to September. suggested, which will allow us to further are currently not required to comply The series, based on the life of porno- invest in Indian content”. with the same content codes as film graphic film director Toru Muranishi, is “While still only a very small percentage and TV broadcasters. The report says the among the slate of non-English-language of our total subscriber base, we’re con- government is being spurred into action originals driving penetration in internation- tinuing to test mobile-only plans in other by complaints about content that is “ob- al markets, which Netflix said accounted markets,” Netflix said. scene or insulted religious sentiment”. for 90% of its growth. Addressing looming competition, Netflix The Naked Director was renewed for a said it expected “some modest head- second season on 15 August. winds from new competition in the next Singapore’s Mediacorp Committing to expanding its non- quarter, but the long-term opportunity returns car challenge English-language originals, Netflix said 6.3 remains the same. Mediacorp returns car challenge Last million of the 6.8 million new subscribers in “In our view, the likely outcome from the Palm Standing for the 18th time in Nov. the third quarter of this year came from launch of new services will be to acceler- Four hundred contestants from nine Asian outside the U.S. The number of subscribers ate the shift from linear TV to on demand markets will compete in the urban endur- in Asia was not disclosed. consumption of entertainment”. ance contest to win a Subaru XV. The cur- Reporting its latest financials, Netflix said “We compete broadly for entertain- rent record for contestants to keep their Q3 growth was 12% up on the same quar- ment time, and have faced strong com- palm on the car is 82 hours, 16 minutes. ter last year, bringing the global subs base petition for years, including from Disney to 158 million. Q3 revenue grew to US$5.2 and Warner, but also YouTube and oth- billion, a 31% year-on year-increase, and ers,” Netflix said. BBC renews profit doubled to US$1 billion. “We’ve learned over the years that Measat capacity To date, Netflix has released 100 seasons whatever the competition, we need to fo- BBC Studios has renewed its satellite of local language, original scripted series cus on what Netflix does best – consumer capacity agreement with Malaysia’s from 17 countries and said it had plans for choice and control – and do it better. It’s Measat in partnership with Globecast. an additional 130 in 2020. Plans include why we’re investing in best in class shows The channels will continue to use the upping investment in local language and films across every genre around the Measat-3 satellite at 91.5°E across Asia. original films and unscripted series. world,” the streamer added.

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MasterChef Academy debuts in Asia Culinary experience follows Endemol Shine Medialink deal OUT NOW!

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Endemol Shine China has partnered with demol Shine China is celebrating the 30th Asia’s definitive media content and services directory IP Lab and The Big Things in Hong Kong to anniversary of iconic property Mr Bean in @2_TBL_DIGITAL_COVERS.indd 1 17/02/2019 17:23 open the first MasterChef Academy in the 2020 with a new partnership that boosts world. brand licensing in Greater China. The academy, which expands the Mas- The agreement, announced this month, terChef brand experience to kids and fam- is Endemol Shine’s first alliance with Hong ilies, debuts later this year as part of The Big Kong-based licensing agency Medialink. Things Kitchen and Cooking Studio at The The licensing deal follows the broadcast Mills commercial redevelopment. of season two of Mr Bean The Animated C NTENTASIA “Experiential is a real focus for the growth Series on CCTV-14 kids linear channel in of the MasterChef brand,” said Jane Smith, China, Hong Kong and Macau earlier this Endemol ’s group director, year. Season one aired last year. brand licensing and gaming, Endemol Shine China has also partnered

2019 Celebrity MasterChef China aired on Ji- with Zhejiang Education Publishing Group Programming: angsu TV and MasterChef China aired on to launch a new series of Mr Bean comic Syndication & Dragon TV. books in China. The comic books debuted Licensing In a second initiative with Hong Kong, En- in October.

Globe Studios sells Dead Kids to Netflix C NTENTASIA Asia’s definitive media content and services directory Mikhail Red film to premiere before year-end @2_TBL_DIGITAL_COVERS.indd 2 31/01/2019 14:49

Philippines’ telco Globe’s Globe Studios bonds with a group of misfits against www.contentasia.tv unit has sold exclusive global rights for an arrogant rich kid in a kidnapping Filipino film, Dead Kids, to Netflix. scheme that quickly turns deadly. The film is scheduled to premiere later Globe partners with Netflix on pay- this year. ment systems – including pre-paid op- contentasia Dead Kids, directed by Mikhail Red tions and video data plans – that make (Birdshot, Eerie), is based on a true story the streamer more accessible to local about a socially awkward teen who audiences. C NTENTASIA countryprofile 21 October-3 november 2019 Page 9.

South Korea

In numbers Population...... 51.7 million Households...... 17.123 million Avg. household size...... 5 Avg. no. of TV per household...... 1.31 Pay TV subscribers...... 32.2 million IPTV subscribers...... 15.66 million Internet users...... 46.12 million Broadband internet users...... 21.67 million Mobile subscribers...... 67.65 million Smartphone subscribers...... 50.52 million

Source: Statistics Korea/KOSIS (population/households), Ministry of Science and ICT (IPTV, internet, mobile), Korea Communications Commission (TV, pay TV)

Free TV ​​​ Lee Seung-gi in Vagabond, an action packed Korean espionage drama series, Netflix Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) current affairs, sports, cultural and docu- (two television, one radio, one data) was founded in 1973 for educational mentary programming. KBS TV2’s strength and three radio stations (AM, FM, stan- establishments in Korea and launched lies in its variety/entertainment family- dard FM). MBC distributes its content in 1974 as a radio station under the oriented offering. KBS also offers six cable internationally via distribution arm iMBC. Korean Educational Development TV channels: KBS Drama, KBS Joy (enter- Institute. TV broadcasting started in tainment), KBS Sports, KBS W (women), Broadcasting System (SBS) 1980. EBS was re-established as a pub- KBS Kids and KBS Life (docu/info/culture). Founded in 1990 and launched in 1991, lic corporation in 2000. EBS currently The four KBS-branded terrestrial DMB Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) oper- owns and operates seven TV channels, channels are: U-KBS Star (mobile versions ates SBS, a national domestic terrestrial including EBS1 (digital terrestrial public of KBS TV1), U-KBS Heart (mobile versions TV channel offering news, drama, en- channel for general viewers) and EBS2 of KBS TV2), U-KBS Music (music chan- tertainment, sports, films and documen- (digital terrestrial public channel of- nel) and U-KBS Clover (interactive data/ taries; seven cable/satellite channels fering English educational content for information). KBS subsidiaries include KBS (SBS Plus/UHD, SBS Golf, SBS funE, SBS elementary/middle school). EBS also Media, which manages local/global Sports, SBS CNBC, SBS MTV and Nickel- operates several internet-/mobile-based marketing of KBS content. KBS is funded odeon Korea); one DMB channel; and educational services and is involved in by viewer licence fees. two FM radio stations. SBS also has inter- international co-production and distribu- ests in OTT (pooq), TV programme pro- tion businesses. Munhwa Broadcasting Corp (MBC) duction and distribution, and internet/ Established in 1961, Munhwa Broad- new media. Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) casting Corporation (MBC) is a public Public broadcaster, Korean Broadcasting broadcaster with 98% coverage of System (KBS), was founded in 1926 and Korea. The MBC network consists of Pay TV added TV to its radio services in 1961. KBS one national terrestrial station (Channel operates two general entertainment ter- 11), five cable stations (drama, sports, B tv (Broad&tv) restrial channels (KBS TV1, KBS TV2) and variety, music, women), five satellite TV IPTV service B tv was launched in 2009 one international satellite TV channel (KBS channels (drama, sports, music, variety, by SK Telecom’s broadband unit, SK World). KBS TV1’s driver content is news/ women), four terrestrial DMB services Broadband. The service offers about

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235 SD/HD channels and 85,000+ VOD/ OTT/Online/Mobile tving catch-up titles (movies/TV series) to tving is an OTT/online TV/video service 5.05 million subscribers (Aug 2019). Consumers in Korea have access to a geo-blocked for Korea. tving offers Subscriptions cost from KRW15,400/ wide range of streaming/online plat- real-time TV channels from CJ ENM, its US$13 a month for the 136-channel B forms, including regional Prime own in-house channels, and more than tv Basic pack with a one-year contract Video (US$5.99 a month); Netflix (also 50,000 VOD local/int’l titles, including to KRW29,700/US$25 a month for the available via D’Live Plus’ and LG U+’s movies and TV episodes via internet 235-channel B tv Prime Catch-on pack set-top boxes); and others. There’s also connected devices. tving started off as with a one-year contract. the new JV by CJ ENM and JTBC, which a sub-menu for TV video service under promises a new streaming platform by Gom TV (Korean video player app) in D’Live early 2020. The new service will be mod- May 2010 and in March 2011, after six D’Live is a cable pay-TV and OTT service elled on CJ ENM’s subscription-based months of development, re-launched provider in Korea with upwards of two tving streaming service. Exiting the OTT as tving. million subscribers. space is KT’s Telebee. KT is pulling the U+HDTV plug on Telebee on midnight, 31 Dec KT Skylife/Olleh TV/Olleh TV Skylife Multi-platform U+HDTV offers live televi- 2019 saying the cut is part of the compa- Founded in 1981 as a fixed-line service sion channels and video on-demand ny’s move in reorganising its OTT strategy. provider, the former state-owned KT content. Subscription costs KRW5,500/ US$4.90 a month. A la carte VOD titles Corporation began providing satellite TV services through KT Skylife in 2002. KT Sky- cost from KRW500/US$0.40 to KRW5,500/ Launched in Feb 2017, Kakao TV offers life offers HD/SD TV and audio channels US$4.90 each. UGC, local TV content and interactive to 2.588 million users (June 2019). KT also real-time chat. Kakao TV is owned and operates IPTV service, Olleh TV/Olleh Watcha Play operated by Kakao Corporation, formed TV Air, offering about 211 channels and Founded in 2011, Kakao Ventures-backed by the merger between video platform 150,000+ titles to 6.472 million users (June Watcha Inc (formerly known as Frograms Kakao and content provider 2019). KT’s hybrid IPTV/satellite platform, Inc) launched SVOD service Watcha Play Communications in 2014. Olleh TV Skylife (OTS), which provides in January 2016. The service carries local/ international content, including drama, a combo of satellite TV (SkyLife), IPTV TV documentary and animation series. (Olleh TV) and interactive services, had Ad-supported online video portal Nav- 1.642 million subscribers at end June er TV was launched in 2012 by internet Wavve 2019. KT produces its own content, in- service operator , of Wavve, which incorporates cluding drama, sports and talk shows, best known for its search portal/online SKT’s Oksusu and Pooq (by free-TV giants and has an interest in mobile (21.5 million services. The platform offers Korean KBS, MBC and SBS), is a bid to compete subs, June 2019), OTT (Telebee), ultra- web series and UGC videos. Naver with global streamers, including Disney+ high-definition IPTV (Olleh GiGA UHD tv) TVcast also carries some acquired and Netflix. The newly launched plat- and broadband services. English-language content. form brings together a combined total subscribers of about 14 million; 10 million U+ TV Olleh TV Mobile from Oksusu and four million from Pooq. Established in December 2007 by LG U+ Olleh TV Mobile is the mobile extension Launched on 19 Sept 2019, Wavve of- Corp, U+ TV is an IPTV service offering of IPTV Olleh TV service. The mobile of- fers local/international content, includ- VOD titles and live channels. U+ TV also fering includes 100 free live TV channels ing movies and drama series priced at has a mobile IPTV version, U+ HDTV. LG, and 180,000 VOD titles, spanning TV KRW7,900/US$6.70 a month. which had about 4.32 million U+ TV IPTV programmes, kids, sports, documentary subs at the end of Aug 2019, also oper- and animation series delivered through YouTube Premium ates broadband service Giga Broad- LTE network. is Google’s video subscrip- band to 4.207 million subscribers (Aug tion service YouTube Premium’s (formerly 2019). Monthly U+TV and Giga Broad- Telebee YouTube Red) first Asian market. The ser- band internet combo subscription plans Satellite broadcasting company KT Skylife, vice launched in the country in Dec 2016. cost from KRW10,890/US$9.20 for 139 is pulling the plug on two-year old Telebee YouTube Premium offers original movies/ channels to KRW27,390/US$23.20 for 170 on midnight, 31 Dec 2019. KT launched series, music videos and ad-free (offline channels. LG U+ was founded in July 1996 the video streaming service in Sept 2017, feature) videos, and costs KRW7,900/ with the merger of three LG telcos: LG offering access to live TV channels and US$6.70 a month. Telecom, LG Dacom and LG Powercom. select Skylife TV programmes.

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Programming/ of Life and Death, Jumong and K-Pop production; and media, which operates Production/ Star. The production company is majority six TV channels and in-house content owned by DMG Entertainment China, production. The KOSPI-listed company Post Production which acquired an US$21.5-million equity is majority owned by pay-TV operator 72 Seconds stake in August 2015. D’Live, with a 5% investment from A+E Networks in Dec 2016. Production cred- Digital content studio 72 Seconds spe- Company SangSang its include 2019’s Level Up, a romcom cialises in branded content for third par- Company SangSang was founded by drama about how two people at odds ties, including cable networks, and its Hyuk-Jae Jang and Hyo-Jin Cho, the with one another work together to save own original line-up. Production credits producers behind variety shows Run- a game company that is going bank- include drama series Ordinary Life of ning Man and . Company rupt, and eventually fall in love amidst Ms O (S1-3), about a 30-year old single SangSang also produced Netflix’s first the chaos. woman balancing blind dates with be- Korean original variety show Busted!. ing a boss at work; Banana Actually JTBC Content Hub (S1-S2), about the lives of four intercon- EnterMedia Pictures JTBC Content Hub, which is the distribu- nected couples; and Deux Yeoza (S1- Founded in 2013, EnterMedia Pictures in tion arm of JTBC, oversees worldwide S2), which follows the intimate telepathic Korea is a part of U.S.-based EnterMedia distribution of JTBC’s original content. It (and not-so-telepathic) communication Contents. The production company has is home to two content studios, Drama of two girls as they deal with strange developed the Korean TV remake of House, which creates primetime scripted men, drunk girlfriends, and scary sales U.S. series legal drama Suits, and was programming, and Studio Lulu Lala, for associates. involved in adapting the U.S. version digital scripted/unscripted and lifestyle CJ ENM of , The Good Doctor. shows across TV and online platforms EnterMedia is also involved in television such as JTBC, JTBC2, JTBC4, Facebook, KOSDAQ-listed CJ E&M merged with CJ acquisition and distribution; digital con- and YouTube. Studio Lulu Lala’s produc- Group’s home shopping/e-commerce tent creation and distribution; and mo- tion credits include variety web series subsidiary CJ O Shopping on 1 July 2018 tion picture production, acquisition and Wassup Man, which gained 1.6+ mil- to become CJ ENM. The company con- distribution. lion followers in less than one year since tinues to operate 16 TV channels, includ- launching in 2018. JTBC produces about ing tvN (also a general entertainment HB Entertainment 12 scripted series and over 2,000 hours service available in Hong Kong, Singa- Established in 2006, HB Entertainment of unscripted programming annually, pore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines, Indo- specialises in drama series and film pro- including drama series Lady in Dignity nesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, duction. Credits include the 20-episode (2017), Misty (2018) and Sky Castle (2018). Australia), Mnet Japan (music channel drama series Sky Castle, which tracks in Japan), and Blue TV (Vietnam) as the materialistic desires of upper-class LYD well as online creator network Dia TV. parents in Korea (aired on JTBC), and LYD is a media and content distribution The company produces and distributes broke all ratings records for cable company offering customised gateways content for the broadcast, film, music, drama, closing on 1 February 2019 with in and out of Korea. Based in Seoul, LYD live entertainment sectors. CJ E&M was a nationwide rating of 23.8%; crime/ provides channel, content and brand formed in 2010 in a merger of CJ Media mystery Partners for Justice (MBC); and representation within the local market and On Media (broadcast); CJ Enter- romantic comedy Lovely Horribly (KBS). while also securing international distribu- tainment (motion pictures); Mnet Media HB Entertainment is also involves in talent tion for its portfolio of Korean dramas (music); and CJ Internet (games). management services. on channels and global OTT platforms. In April 2019, -custom- iHQ isation and post-production company Established in 1998, Chorokbaem Media iHQ has two main divisions: entertain- Iyuno Media Group has taken a stake in makes films and series such as A Love ment, which manages talent/drama LYD.

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Playlist Studio with a lookalike clown to escape po- KCC Digital content specialist Playlist Studio litical upheaval and power struggles; The Korea Communications Commission is owned by video messenger com- , about a fading (KCC) was created in 2008, combining pany Snow, which is a subsidiary of actress who falls in love with a cold- the former Korean Broadcasting Com- Naver. Playlist Studio focuses mostly hearted lawyer; and romance thriller mission and the Ministry of Information on teen romance content, including The Psychometric Guy, the story of a and Communication. KCC is responsible Love Playlist (S1-S3), Seventeen (S1) boy who can read secrets. for regulating broadcasting and com- and Eighteen (S1). munications services, protecting users, Why Not Media and maintaining the independence of Studio Gale Why Not Media specialises in web broadcasting services. Studio Gale was established in 2008 as drama series production. Credits include a 3D animation studio specialising in romance series Secret Crushes (S1-S3), Korean Broadcasters Association the creation and production of global Always a Boyfriend, Never a Boyfriend Korean Broadcasters Association (KBA) animation content. Studio Gale is best (S1-S3) and Office Watch (S1-S2). The was founded in 1974 by domestic ter- known for pre-school titles Pororo The company also owns and operates two restrial broadcasters. The aims are Little Penguin, Tayo The Little Bus and web-based channels, KOK TV (drama) to develop the broadcasting envi- Grami’s Circus Show. and KIK TV (entertainment), featuring two ronment and upgrade broadcasting new episodes a week. The aim is to be- qualities in Korea. caome a full-fledged channel network. Studio Dragon, set up by CJ E&M as a Ministry of Culture, Sports separate production unit in early 2016, and Tourism listed on the KOSDAQ in Nov 2017, and Regulators/Associations Founded in 2008, the Ministry is respon- said at the time it aimed to expand sible for the areas of tourism, culture, domestic market share to 40% by 2020. KCTA art, religion and sports. Studio Dragon titles include the 18-part The Korea Cable Television & Telecom- aka Korea’s Game munications Association (KCTA) aims to of Thrones; , about a provide diversified, content in collabora- hotel for ghosts; The Crowned Clown, tion with overseas companies to cable Adapted from ContentAsia’s a story of a king who replaces himself TV users in Korea. The Big List 2019

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Editorial Director Now why would South Park top the list of which included a social media “apol- Janine Stein titles in demand in Taiwan for the week of ogy” from South Park creators [email protected] 10-16 Oct? and Matt Stone. Assistant Editor Data science company Parrot Analyt- What other international shows in Tai- Malena Amzah ics cannot say why the property was 35% wan registered enough demand to rock [email protected] ahead of its closest competitor for the the top 10 list for the week? Not so much. Research Manager week, but maybe it’s not that difficult to The Walking Dead limped over the one CJ Yong imagine that it might be because of the million demand mark, but only just. Game [email protected] Band in China episode on 2 Oct. The sec- of Thrones fell just short of the one million Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus ond episode of season 23 of the Comedy mark, followed by Japanese anime series [email protected] Central series annoyed mainland au- My Hero Academia. China’s Grandmas- Design ter of Demonic Cultivation, from Tencent, thorities so badly they wiped the brand Rae Yong off the media map, and the aftermath, broke the U.S. domination of the digital list. Associate Publisher Top 10 overall TV shows: Taiwan (Americas, Europe) and VP, International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions® [email protected] 1 South Park 1,635,225 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 The Walking Dead 1,067,645 Masliana Masron 3 982,846 [email protected] 4 My Hero Academia 925,986 To receive your regular free copy 5 Masha And The Bear 831,991 of ContentAsia, please email 6 Stranger Things 763,107 [email protected] 7 743,424 Published fortnightly by: 8 The Flash 743,305 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 9 The Big Bang Theory 739,929 730A Geylang Road 10 Spongebob Squarepants 715,426 Singapore 389641 Tel: +65 6846-5987 Top 10 digital originals: Taiwan www.contentasia.tv Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions® MCI (P) 091/11/2015

1 Stranger Things Netflix 763,107 Copyright 2019 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 2 13 Reasons Why Netflix 616,570 All Rights Reserved. 3 Young Justice DC Universe 578,083 4 Titans DC Universe 435,455 5 The Handmaid's Tale 425,750 6 Black Mirror Netflix 425,721 7 Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation Tencent 423,183 8 Orange Is The New Black Netflix 403,817 9 The Twilight Zone (2019) CBS All Access 339,719 C NTENT 10 The Dragon Prince Netflix 320,849 Daily news with ContentAsia Insider Date range: 10-16 October 2019 email [email protected] Demand Expressions® (DEx): The global TV measurement standard devel- for subscription details oped by Parrot Analytics, which represents the total audience demand being expressed for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/ download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.