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Next Animation countdown to kids channel launch Suharjono returns Duntemann to Asia

Taiwanese animation house Next Anima- tion Studio (NAS) launches its nxTOONS channel this Friday (30 June), moving into original digital edu-tainment con- tent for kids for the first time. The initiative will be driven by veteran creative exec, Matthew Duntemann, who has returned to Asia from New York to join CEO Indra Suharjono’s Taipei-based team.

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True’s Thai drama on track for 500m China views Princess Hours Thailand breaks streaming records

Thailand’s leading pay-TV platform, True Visions, expects to hit 500 million views in China for its original scripted series, Prin- cess Hours Thailand, by the time the show airs its final episode on 3 July. True adapt- ed the 20-episode Princess Hours Thailand from the Korean drama. Episodes stream day and date on China’s Tencent Video. The day-and-date deal with Tencent is a first for Thai drama in China.

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Next Animation countdown to kids channel 30 June launch Suharjono returns Duntemann to Asia, kids creative kicks off with Out of this Word

Taiwanese animation house Next Anima- tion Studio (NAS) launches its nxTOONS channel this Friday (30 June), moving into original digital edu-tainment content for kids for the first time. The debut original series for the YouTube channel is Out of this Word, which follows two characters – adopted siblings Max the cat and Moon the rabbit – as they explore the meaning of commonly used words and idioms such as “sleep tight” and “big wig”. Out of this Word season one consists of 52 one-minute episodes. Three will be uploaded to launch the channel. This will be followed by two new episodes a week. The series is being produced using NAS’s news animation Moon the Rabbit in Out of this Word pipeline, which can create one episode every two days. and develop the nxTOONS ating value through our own IP,” she Max is voiced by Nathan platform, as well as oversee says. Sung and Moon is voiced by the development of NAS’s “The beauty of the digital platform is Sonia Fan, both out of Taiwan. four-year-old online news initia- that we can create and operate our own Matthew Duntemann The channel will be advertising tive, TOMONEWS creative and channel and work with YouTube to grow supported. other projects for the Ta i p e i - b a s e d and interact di- rectly with our au- Additional shows are in development, studio. dience and respond to their along with a series of social media stick- The studio cur- demands quick- ers to test characters ahead of new show rently operates 25 ly,” she adds. roll-outs. TOMONEWS chan- NAS’s ultimate Driving expansion into kids content nels in five active g o a l i s t o b e takes the studio to where young audi- languages (English, able to produce ences are consuming content and adds Japanese, Indone- 500 episodes of an educational, long-tail element with sian, Thai and Ko- animated shorts timeless content to NAS’s business, says rean). These include a year targetting chief executive, Indra Suharjono. the one-year-old kids. NAS also has nxTOONS launch coincides with the I n d o n e s i a n its first man- arrival of veteran kids creative exec, Mat- channel and g a s e r i e s , thew Duntemann, who was most recently the U.S. serv- Karen Senki, senior vice president/creative director ice, which has in produc- of Nickelodeon brand design based in 1.74 million tion with a New York. YouTube subscribers. target release date at Duntemann relocated to Taipei this Suharjono is determined end 2018. month to become NAS’s chief creative to ramp up original content officer, reporting to Suharjono. creation rather than priori- Part of Star TV’s original creative team tise OEM projects. in the 1990s, Duntemann returns to direct The focus is on “cre-

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“I was trying not to cry” – So says over Page 4. decision to deny the C NTspaceENTASIA HKTV a TV licence the placeJ to look for theb jobs that matter HK’s outgoing commerce minister comes clean on 2013 decision

If Hong Kong’s television history is ever written, a banner of regret will be hung SALES DIRECTOR, ASIA over the decision not to grant would-be broadcaster HKTV a free-to-air licence. Endemol Shine International, a leading global distributor of finished television That’s according to outgoing com- programming, is seeking an experienced Sales Director for Asia to be based merce minister, Greg So, whose parting in their Singapore office. shot this month included up-close-and- We are seeking a candidate with a minimum of three to four years direct personal insights into what went on for selling experience. Exposure to format licensing in addition to finished him in the run up to his 2013 announce- programming will be advantageous, along with local language skills. ment. So exits at the end of July. Key responsibilities include setting and achieving annual and monthly sales In a recent interview, So told govern- forecasts, growing revenues from new market streams and all aspects of ment-funded broadcaster, Radio Televi- commercial negotiation. The successful applicant will also work closely with sion Hong Kong (RTHK), that he almost the Endemol Shine local production companies to leverage distribution and cried when he had to announce the production relationships in the territory. decision not to grant a free-TV broad- To apply for this position or for further information please contact: cast licence to outspoken entrepreneur [email protected] Ricky Wong. The decision – supported by So’s boss at the time, chief executive Leung Click here to see more job listings Chun-Ying – put about 300 people out of work, not to mention crushing Wong’s ambitious video plan. So said he had argued hard for three licences in the name of competition. ITV Studios Weibo, Nielsen tie Only two were granted, to i-Cable’s Fantastic TV and to PCCW’s Hong Kong renews Seven deal up for China Television Entertainment Company. into 2021 digital ad ratings PCCW has since rolled out two chan- nels – ViuTV (Cantonese) in April 2016 ITV Studios Global Entertainment has ex- Research agency Nielsen is partnering and ViuTVsix (English) in March this year. tended its long-running first-look agree- with Chinese microblogging site Weibo Fantastic Television launched a Canton- ment with Australia’s Seven from July this in an initiative the two promise will “take ese service in May this year; the English- year. The new deal runs into 2021. digital audience measurement one language service follows by May 2018. Titles over the next few months include significant step further... [bringing] a new So didn’t go as far as to disclose the drama series Little Boy Blue, Hell’s level of calrity and granularity to the reasons behind the controversial HKTV Kitchen USA, Inside Kings Cross, Diana – measurement of online audiences”. decision. Those remain undisclosed to A Love Affair and Billy Connolly and Me. Weibo, which has more than 340 mil- this day. Widespread response at the The renewal was brokered by Augustus lion monthly active users and 100 million time was that the outcome was politi- Dulgaro, ITV Studios Global Entertain- messages posted every day, joins Ten- cally motivated. ment’s Asia Pacific executive vice presi- cent as a data provider for Nielsen Digi- So hasn’t said what he will be doing next. dent/COO for ITV Studios Australia. tal Ad Ratings measurement in China. c ntentasia 27 June-9 July 2017 Page 5.

Globo expands Thai drama on track for 500m China views Middle East biz True’s Princess Hours Thailand breaks China records

Above Justice

Dubai-based MBC has added two Globo drama productions – telenovela Time After Time and series Above Justice – to its line up for audiences across the Middle East. Both will be dubbed into Arabic. Time After Time is the story of true love overcoming the barriers of time. Above Justice involved four independent but connected stories asking questions Princess Hours Thailand about what’s fair and acceptable in extreme situations. Thailand’s leading pay-TV platform, True True Visions sells about 80 hours of con- The new deals follow MBC’s acquisition Visions, expects to hit 500 million views tent a year. Most of this is drama picked up of Total Dreamer and Hidden Truths. in China for its local remake of Korean by channels and platforms in China, Hong drama Princess Hours by the time the Thai Kong, Macau, Cambodia, Singapore, Ma- series airs its final episode on 3 July. laysia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Brunei. Louis Boswell joins The 20-episode Princess Hours Thailand True’s slate includes original drama se- (20x45 mins, Mondays and Tuesdays) ries such as The Master, Snap and A Gas Da Vinci Asia premiered in Thailand in April. Episodes Station. stream day and date on China’s Tencent True’s distribution goals include expand- Asia TV veteran Video. China views had topped 400 mil- ing into other parts of the world, says Louis Boswell has lion by the 17th episode. Bangxang. joined Da Vinci The day-and-date deal with Tencent is Besides Korean formats, TrueVisions also Media as general a first for Thai drama in China, and the im- produces game show formats such as manager for Asia. mediate window is credited with the rise Price is Right Thailand for sister digital ter- Boswell’s remit is to of Thai “lakorn” (drama) in China. restrial television (DTT) channel True4U. “rebuilt and rein- True’s managing director, content busi- Thailand has always been one of Asia’s vent” a suite of prod- ness, Attaphon Na Bangxang, says the day- top formats market. The country had 30 Louis Boswell ucts that includes and-date release with China both boosted formats on air or commissioned in the first education apps viewership and solved piracy issues. three months of this year, giving the mar- and a television channel. He will re- Princess Hours Thailand has already ket a share of about 14% of the regional port to founder and chief executive, smashed viewing records for True’s previ- total. The dominant genres are fun game Ferdinand Habsburg. Boswell was most ous Korean drama adaption, Full House shows, most of which are in second, third recently with Discovery Networks Asia Thailand. The series attracted about 200 or fourth seasons, and singing competition Pacific in Southeast Asia and Japan. million viewers in China in 2014 on CCTV’s (source: ContentAsia’s Formats Outlook He previously worked for A+E Networks. free digital service, Bangxang says. Q1 2017). c ntentasia 27 June-9 July 2017 Page 6.

Okja enters final stretch Brilliant Chinese – Star China’s new glory Netflix’s big news this week is the pre- Co-developed Syco talent show tops CCTV-1 8pm slot miere of Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s Okja on Wednesday (28 June). A two- minute behind the scenes featurette was released on YouTube on Monday (26 June) in which he spoke about his inspiration for the story about the bond between man and animal told through the eyes of young girl Mija, played by An Seo Hyun.

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Vietnam In numbers Population ...... 90 million Households ...... 24 million TV households ...... 21.3 million Pay TV subscribers ...... 6.7 million Cable TV providers ...... 33 DTH operators ...... 3 DTT operators ...... 5 Fixed b/b internet subs ...... 7.6 million MobiFone mobile subs ...... 120 million

Source: companies, Vietnam’s General Statistics Office

Vietnam has an insatiable appetite for original production and formats, raging demand for modern cinema screens, Game show format Heaven or Hell Vietnam a gung-ho attitude, and little apparent fear of the new and the never-been- done-before. At the same time, the media environ- The market, which demand has al- Game shows rule ment is tightly controlled in a one-party ways been highest (and run longest) Communist system, censorship is strict, for game shows, had 17 game shows, Reality 5% Drama 2% and there’s no skirting fierce guidelines including long-running formats Deal or Dance and harsh penalties set by authorities for No Deal (season 12, to air on HTV7) and competition infringements. Who Wants to be a Millionaire (season 5% Vietnam topped the list of format 12 on VTV3). markets in Asia by volume in the first Singing competition had 12 titles, Cooking quarter of the year with 44 shows either including two seasons of It Takes competition on air or commissioned for 2017/2018. Two Vietnam (season one and 5% Entertainment Game show/quiz/kids This is 14 titles ahead of Thailand and 16 two) and two versions (adult Game show 39% Singing competition (kids/celebrity/lip-sync) ahead of China, which is third on the and kids) of Your Face Sounds 7% Talent competition/show/kids list, according to ContentAsia’s Formats Familiar Vietnam. Entertainment (Improvisation comedy/kids/sports) Talent competition Cooking competition Outlook Q1 2017. The rest of the formats were a 11% Dance competition The country’s 44 formats count gives mix of talent competition (five Reality - Modelling competition/social experiment the market a share of about 21% of the titles), entertainment (three ti- Drama - Telenovela regional total. This year’s first quarter tles), culinery/cooking competi- count is slightly down by three titles as tion (two titles), dance competi- compared to previous year’s Q1. tion (two titles), reality (one social Singing competition 27% During last year’s Q1, Vietnam had experiment and one modelling) and 47 titles, taking 24% of the 193 regional drama/telenovela (one title). total, and recorded 67 titles, which is Newcomers in the quarter include En- about 20% share of the 342 regional to- demol Shine’s singing competition The Source: ContentAsia’s Formats Outlook Q1 2017 tal for full year 2016 (source: ContentA- Band Rules Vietnam, FremantleMedia’s sia’s Formats Outlook Q4 2016). kids singing competition Idol Kids Viet- ContentAsia’s Formats Outlook for Q1 nam season two, Keshet’s game show this year shows that game shows and Boom! Vietnam, ITV’s talent competition nam are Endemol Shine with nine titles singing competition dominated, both Born to Shine Vietnam, and Globo’s tel- (20% of 44 titles), FremantleMedia with accounted for 66% of the 44 total for- enovela Hidden Truths Vietnam. seven titles (16%) and Talpa with seven mats count for Vietnam. The market leaders by far in Viet- titles (16%).

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Who’s who in Vietnam...

Free TV ​​ Hanoi Radio Television Hanoi Radio Television started broadcast- ing in 1979. The broadcaster operates two free-TV channels – Hanoi TV1 (gener- al entertainment) and Hanoi TV2 (news/ current affairs) – and cable TV service, Hanoi Cable Network Television (HCaTV). The channels run from 5am to midnight daily. Hanoi Radio Television seldom ac- quires foreign content; past acquisitions have included Asian drama series from Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Tai- wan and Philippines plus Hollywood mov- ies. Hanoi Radio Television also has inter- ests in radio and publishing businesses. Singing competition format Still Standing Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) regional channels, plus an international Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) is Ho Chi channel. VTV aims to launch a bouquet Tho and Lam Dong). Today, FPT TV offers Minh City’s official television station. HTV of 24-hour kids, news and 4K entertain- about 185 channels, a mix of local and operates two analogue channels – HTV7 ment TV channels by 2020. VTV also has international offerings, bundled in month- (entertainment) and HTV9 (educational/ interests in pay TV platforms SCTV, VTV- ly packages starting from VND100,000/ information) – and four digital channels Cab and K+. The broadcaster continues US$4.45 for 145 SD and six HD channels. – HTV1 (public info), HTV2 (general enter- to be actively involved in acquiring for- tainment), HTV3 (kids) and HTV4 (science/ eign formats rights. In 2016, VTV aired lo- Hanoi Cable Television (HCaTV) education). An active buyer of interna- cal remakes Big Star’s Little Star Vietnam Hanoi Cable Television (HCaTV) is the ca- tional formats, HTV has commissioned on VTV3 (ITV Studios), The Arbitrator (Ar- ble TV service operated by Hanoi Radio legal local versions of live celebrity enter- moza Formats), The Biggest Loser Vietnam Television. HCaTV offers about 92 SD/HD tainment format, I Can Do That (aired in on VTV3 (Endemol Shine), Dance Your Ass channels. HCaTV’s analogue package 2016), game show Deal Or No Deal (aired off Vietnam season two on VTV3 (NBCUni- offers 70 channels for VND110,000/US$5 2015) and entertainment/talent show versal International), The Kids Are All Right a month. HCaTV’s channels are a mix of Baby Ballroom (aired 2014), among oth- Vietnam season three on VTV6 (Endemol local and regional/international. ers. The station was established in 1975 as Shine), My Man Cooks Better Than Yours Saigon Television and renamed to Ho Chi Ho Chi Minh City Cable TV (HTVC) Vietnam season two on VTC3 (Fremantle- Minh City Television in 1976. Ho Chi Minh City Cable Television (HTVC) Media) and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was established in 2003 and is operated Vietnam season 12 on VTV3 (Sony Pictures Vietnam Television (VTV) by Ho Chi Minh City Television’s pay-TV Television), among others. National broadcaster Vietnam Television branch, HTV-TMS. The platform offers a (VTV) launched in 1970. VTV operates mix of regional and international chan- nine terrestrial TV channels: VTV1 (political, Pay TV nels (140+) covering film, music, sports, economic, cultural, social news), VTV2 news, kids, general entertainment, sci- (education, science, technology, news), FPT TV (FPT Thuyen Hinh) ence/educational and tourism/lifestyle VTV3 (sports, entertainment, economic FPT TV, a subsidiary of FPT Telecom, is an to about 700,000 subscribers in 29 cities news), VTV4 (home affairs, international IPTV service launched in 2010. In 2013, FPT and provinces in Vietnam. news), VTV5 (local news), VTV6 (youth), Telecom received a pay-TV licence to VTV7 (educational), VTV8 (cultural) and operate digital cable TV and analogue K+ VTV9 (Southern-oriented channel), as well cable TV services nationwide (exclud- K+ is the commercial brand of Vietnam as several terrestrial cable, satellite and ing major Vietnamese cities: Hanoi, Ho Satellite Digital Television Company Limited

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(VSTV), the product of a joint venture be- Next TV offers about 140 TV channels to Online/OTT tween VSTV and French broadcaster Ca- internet customers of Viettel. Basic pack- nal Overseas. K+ is a DTH satellite platform age costs VND65,000/US$3 a month. Amazon Prime Video (Vietnam) offering up to 130 SD and HD channels in a Launched in Vietnam in Dec 2016 as part SCTV variety of genres, including flagship sports, of the platform’s Asia/global push. news, general entertainment, music, mov- State-owned Saigontourist Cable Televi- ies, documentaries and kids, to about sion (SCTV), a joint venture between Viet- DANET 900,000 subscribers. All of K+’s international nam Television (VTV) and Saigontourist Vietnam’s TV production/distribution channels are language customised with Holding Company, was founded in 1992. specialist BHD operates DANET, an on- either Vietnamese subtitles, dubbing or Today, the company has more than 2.5 line video streaming service encompass- voice overs. The pay-TV platform offers million cable TV subscribers and aims to ing AVOD, SVOD and TVOD on multiple a Premium+ package with 77 SD chan- hit four million in 2020. Television options device platforms. The platform offered nels and 13 HD channels at VND125,000/ include analogue, digital and IPTV. VOD 2,000 movie hours in 2016 and plans to US$5.60 a month. K+ also operates a value- was added in 2014. The 175 digital chan- ramp up to 5,000 in year two. Hollywood added TV everywhere extension myK+ free nels include 50 in HD. Channels are a movie TVOD output deals have been to all Premium+ subscribers. mix of in-house, local and foreign. SCTV signed with Disney, Warner Bros, NBCUni- aims to offer 4K broadcasting in 2017. The versal, 20th Century Fox and Paramount MobiTV company also have interests in internet Pictures. TVOD movies cost between Pay-TV platform MobiTV launched in Nov and telecommunications services. VND12,000/US$0.53 and VND25,000/ 2011 as An Vien Television (AVG) and US$1.10 each. SVOD costs VND50,000/ Vietnam Multimedia Corporation rebranded in April 2016 as MobiTV after US$2.20 a month flat fee. The AVOD plat- VTC Multimedia Corporation (VTC) is a Vietnamese telco MobiFone acquired form offers regional/international drama, state-owned company operated by Viet- Audio Visual Global JSC in Jan 2016. The reality, and DANET original productions. nam’s Ministry of Information and Commu- new MobiTV, unveiled in July 2016, inte- Distribution partners include Viettel, VTV- nications. Established in 1988, VTC offers a grates TV and telecommunication servic- Cab, MyTV, FPT/FPT Play, Next TV, Mobi- variety of media access and content solu- es offering a mix of direct-to-home (DTH) Fone and Vinaphone. satellite/digital terrestrial (DTT), mobile TV, tions for TV (production, broadcasting, on- e-commerce and mobile connection ser- line TV, VOD) and telecommunications (in- iflix (Vietnam) vices. MobiTV’s basic DTT package offers ternet, VOIP, fixed line). VTC offers at least Streaming platform iflix launched in Viet- about 68 channels at VND20,000/US$0.90 92 SD and 22 HD (DVB-S) channels in a va- nam in Feb 2017, offering the full SVOD ser- a month; the basic DTH offers about 108 riety of genres to over 400,000 subscribers vice for VND59,000/US$2.59 a month. The channels at VND33,000/US$1.50 a month. via 1,500 agents/retailers nationwide. VTC annual rate costs VND540,000/US$24. The MobiFone has a total of 40 million cus- also operates an online global TV service, rate includes access on up to five devices tomers, of which 700,000 are MobiTV sub- offering 30 TV and four radio channels, at once, as well as download facility. scribers (Aug 2016). among other OTT services, to subscribers in countries including Singapore, Korea, POPS Worldwide MyTV Germany and France. POPS Worldwide is a multi-digital/plat- Created by Vietnam Post and Telecom- form entertainment network offering VTVcab munications Group, IPTV service MyTV about 290,000 of original/local and in- Free-TV provider Vietnam Television estab- launched in 2009. Today, the broadcast- ternational content from 1,500+ con- lished Vietnam Television Cable Corpora- er offers about 130 local and internation- tent partners worldwide. The service tion (VTVCab) in 1995. VTVCab serves al channels, including 25 high-definition has over 1.5 billion monthly views and about 2.5 million cable homes (March (HD) channels, available via a variety of 17 million subscribers globally, and has 2016) and offers local and international subscription packages. MyTV’s channel opened up viable distribution to chan- channels in a variety of genres, including genres include music, news/current af- nels such as Turner’s Boomerang. Boo- news, sports, movies and general enter- fairs, sports and movies. The service also merang hit 200 million views and more tainment. VTVCab currently offers about offers add-ons such as on-demand con- than 23 million hours of video consump- 70 analogue cable channels and 150 SD tent, games and music/karaoke. tion in Vietnam in Nov 2016, six months channels, including 30 in HD. Online TV is after the brand went live on the plat- Next TV available through VTVCab’s website. VT- form. POPS Worldwide is based in Ho Viettel trial launched Next TV in 2013 as VCab also operates VTVnet, which pro- Chi Minh with offices in Bangkok/Thai- Net TV and rebranded to Next TV in 2015. vides internet access over cable. land and Hanoi.

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Content Providers ber of Le Group of Companies, estab- Viet Content JSC lished TV unit Le Media Studio in 2006. Le Viet Content specialises in TV rights dis- Cat Tien Sa Media Group (CATS) Media Studio acquires television rights tribution, TV production and advertising, Founded in 1995, Cat Tien Sa Media Group and distributes to local TV channels, as for clients including major TV networks is a multimedia company specialising in TV well as develops concepts and formats such as VTV, VTC, K+ and HTV. and film production. The company is also in- and produces TV programmes. volved in branding, investment and consul- Vietba Media Multimedia JSC tation services. Clients include broadcasters Founded in 1999, Vietba Media is primar- Multimedia JSC, founded in 2005, has a VTV, HTV and Hanoi Radio Television. ily involved in content distribution, TV slate of fashion- and modeling-related production (Hole In The Wall Vietnam, DatVietVAC Group Holdings projects in Vietnam. The production port- Golden Goal Vietnam), events, publica- DatVietVAC Group, Vietnam’s first private- folio includes Vietnam’s Next Top Model, tion and licensing services. ly owned media and advertising agency, multiple seasons of Project Runway Viet- was founded in 1994. The focus is bringing nam and the first edition ofShe’s Got the VietCom Film Production international formats to Vietnam. DatViet- Look. Other Multimedia JSC properties in- VietCom Film Production (aka VietCom VAC is made up of a group of eight inde- clude the Vietnam International Fashion Entertainment) specialises in the pro- pendent companies that offer a variety of Week and modeling and talent agency, duction of non-scripted formats and TV services to marketers and media owners. BeU Models & Talent Management. game shows.

Dien Quan Media and Entertainment Q.net VMC/BHD Founded in 2008, Dien Quan Media and Founded in 2004, Q.net Entertainment Vietnam Media Corporation – BHD Co Entertainment produces and supplies & Communication distributes more than Ltd (VMC/BHD) started operating in 1996, content for both domestic and interna- 40 TV channels ranging from entertain- and is involved in content acquisition, pro- tional broadcasters, as well as media ment, kids to sports and news to multiple duction and distribution of local, regional agencies. The programmes and content TV platforms, including cable TV VTVcab and international content to TV operators produced span economy, society, tech- and IPTV MyTV, in Vietnam. around Vietnam. Big-budget formats have nology, culture, entertainment, cuisine, become a staple, with five seasons of The Thaole Entertainment movies and TV drama. Formats produc- Amazing Race Vietnam and three seasons Established in 2000, Thaole Entertainment tion line up includes documentaries, TV of MasterChef Vietnam since 2012, along provides broadcast consultancy, pro- magazines, factual, lifestyle, travelogues, with Vietnam’s Got Talent, Big Brother, a gramming strategy/development, logis- cooking series and reality shows. kids version of Vietnam Idol (2016) and Ju- tics and programming PR for companies nior MasterChef (2016). Other productions Galaxy Media & Entertainment seeking entry into the Vietnamese broad- include Star Academy, Sing If You Can Galaxy Media and Entertainment (Galaxy cast market. Content partners include and Killer Karaoke. BHD’s business also in- ME) is involved in movie production/distri- 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony cludes video streaming platform (DALET) bution, cinema exhibition, publishing and Pictures Television International, Lions- and multi-screen cinema chain (BHD Star digital content. The company ventured gate and Sesame Workshop. Cinema). into TV production/distribution in 2008. TV Hub International Media Corp (IMC) TV Hub is established to mainly focus on Regulators Established in 2008, International Media content production/media platform in MIC Corp (IMC) is a multimedia communication Vietnam. 2017 production credits include The Ministry of Information and Commu- group that develops and manages televi- the local remake of business format Shark nications (MIC) is Vietnam’s policy mak- sion channels and produces entertainment Tank, for VTV. ing and regulatory body in the fields of and economic news content, among other TVPlus press, publishing, foreign information, ad- operations. IMC’s channels include Today- TVPlus provides content for various Viet- vertising, posts, telecommunications, IT/ TV (general entertainment), SNTV (movies, namese TV stations, including VTV, SCTV electronics, radio, information and com- fashion, music, news, culture), YouTV (wom- and HTV. The company offers TV produc- munications infrastructure and intellec- en and family entertainment) and MTV tion and licensing of films and formats, tual property. (youth entertainment, music). among other, services. TVPlus has pro- Le Media Studio duced local versions of international for- Adapted from ContentAsia’s Publishing group Le Media J.S.C., a mem- mats such as Top Chef and Iron Chef. The Big List 2017

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The full list of events for the year is available at www.contentasia.tv/events-list c ntentasia 27 June-9 July 2017 Page 13.

China drama tops Taiwan’s Asia titles In the Name of People trails only The Walking Dead c ntent

Editorial Director Asian titles rocked demand in Taiwan in shows on the list are Japanese manga Janine Stein June, taking seven of the top 10 spots title Attack on Titan and Korean variety [email protected] on the overall list of TV titles for the week show Running Man. Assistant Editor of 15-21 June. Netflix Japan’s Midnight Diner: Tokyo Malena Amzah The top Asian show was mainland Stories appeared on Parrot Analytics’ [email protected] China’s drama series, In the Name of Top 10 lists in Asia for the first time, com- Research Manager People, about a prosecutor’s efforts to ing in at number two on the list of digital CJ Yong unearth corruption. originals in Taiwan for the week. [email protected] The list of Asian shows was dominated Black Mirror topped the digital origi- Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus by Korean dramas, led by Suspicious nals list, which is dominated by Netflix [email protected] Partner in third place, followed by Fight with nine of the top 10 spots. Amazon Design for My Way, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds Video’s The Grand Tour at number four Rae Yong and Jealousy Incarnate. The other Asian is the only Amazon original on the list. Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Top 10 Overall TV Shows International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions™ [email protected] 1 The Walking Dead 4,418,928 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 In The Name of People 3,796,405 Masliana Masron 3 Suspicious Partner 2,603,399 [email protected] 4 Fight For My Way 2,472,748 5 Moonlight Drawn By Clouds 2,329,944 To receive your regular free copy 6 Westworld 1,794,893 of ContentAsia, please email 7 America’s Got Talent 1,620,142 [email protected] 8 Jealousy Incarnate 1,481,884 9 Attack On Titan 1,433,285 Published fortnightly by: 10 Running Man 1,421,834 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road Singapore 389641 Top 10 Digital Originals Tel: +65 6846-5987 Rank Title Platform Average Demand www.contentasia.tv Expressions™ 1 Black Mirror Netflix 602,483 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 2 Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories Netflix 573,375 3 Marvel’s Iron Fist Netflix 459,598 Copyright 2017 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 4 The Grand Tour Amazon Video 379,548 All Rights Reserved. 5 House Of Cards Netflix 376,095 6 Stranger Things Netflix 317,239 7 Santa Clarita Diet Netflix 251,023 8 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Netflix 209,300 9 Orange Is The New Black Netflix 191,459 10 13 Reasons Why Netflix 172,278 c ntent Daily news with ContentAsia Insider Date range: 15 -21 June, 2017 email [email protected] Market: Taiwan, Republic of China for subscription details Demand Expressions™: Total audience demand being expressed for a ti- tle, within a country. [Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and consumption of content, 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