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Malaysian -TV broadcaster and AWARDS producer, Media Prima, is cutting an- other 300 jobs from the end of July in the latest phase of a multi-year business transformation plan. Staffers were told on Monday, 29 June, and their last day is 31 July. The full story is on page 5 Three more days! q : What’s next? Send us your entries by Cleanup following Tencent deal begins Friday, 3 July 2020 iflix heads into another hard week cush- ioned somewhat by the might of Ten- cent and many tens of millions of dollars the Chinese streaming giant has agreed www.contentasiaawards.comwww.contentasiaawards.com to pay for the ailing Asian streamer. But some are said to be angry at the way things have gone down, and tough questions are bound to be asked at how the Tencent money may be divided among shareholders and creditors. And what happens to everyone else who has not made it onto the money A-list?

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India-China iflix: What’s next? conflict plays out Cleanup following Tencent deal begins in tech Ministry bans 59 “malicious” apps, cites “raging concerns”

The India-China border conflict is playing out in tech, with the 29 June India ban on 59 “malicious” mobile apps – includ- ing the wildly popular TikTok – that the Indian government says are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Marc Barnett, iflix defence of India, security of state and public order”. Tencent’s WeChat is also on the list, iflix heads into another hard week cush- are and what they are owed. What we along with Weibo, seven QQ-branded ioned somewhat by the might of Ten- do know is that the novation letter sent apps, Baidu Translate and Xiaomi’s Mi cent and many tens of millions of dollars out before the Tencent deal closed said Video Call as well as a host of photo/ the Chinese streaming giant has agreed very clearly that: “the acquiror will not scan/camera apps. to pay for the ailing Asian streamer. assume any liabilities of iflix”. The Ministry of Information Technology But some shareholders are said to In clause five, the agreement letter said the decision was made “in view of be angry at the way things have gone says “iflix shall continue to be responsible the emergent nature of threats”. down, and tough questions are bound and liable” for the outstanding amount. A statement cited “raging concerns” to be asked at how the Tencent money Legal opinion is mixed on what may relating to data security and “safe- (we don’t know exactly how much, but happen next, including the possibility of guarding the privacy of 130 crore we are told it’s less than US$100 million) legal action. Indians”. will be divided among them. Meanwhile, theories continue to be of- “It has been noted recently that such And then what happens to everyone fered on how iflix pulled off the sale. concerns also pose a threat to sover- else involved who has not made it onto A pre-pack insolvency is among the eignty and security of our country,” the A-list? theories, which means assets/business the ministry said, mentioning reports of Tencent is likely to be first to hold out an were acquired and the rest may be liq- “misuse of some mobile apps available olive branch, knowing full well that busi- uidated. on Android and iOS platforms for steal- ness will be tougher than it needs to be As much as some may hate the idea, ing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ if local programmers and players unite this is possibly the cleanest and most pro- data in an unauthorised manner to serv- against them... and side with rivals such ductive solution, that allows 100+ ers which have locations outside India”. as , , Disney+ and iQiyi (unless people to keep their jobs, production “The compilation of these data, its or until Tencent acquires them as well). houses to keep producing, and projects mining and profiling by elements hostile Not everyone will be inside Tencent’s to keep going. Even if the whole process to national security and defence of peace tent. will be very messy for a while. India, which ultimately impinges upon Our is that the VIP seats will be giv- Tracking iflix deals, see page 8. the sovereignty and integrity of India, en to high-value local production hous- is a matter of very deep and immedi- es that have driven iflix’s take up to the RELATED STORIES ate concern which requires emergency point that Tencent was willing to come measures,” the statement said. to the table. And who will continue to 24 June 2020 Sold: iflix goes to Ten- supply original programming as Tencent cent, Barnett stays on as CEO, big ques- www.contentasia.tv builds its Southeast Asia business. tions on who gets paid still unanswered iflix has a trail of other content partners (24 June 2020) www.contentasiaawards.com around the world with outstanding in- www.contentasiasummit.com voices, some of which were converted 23 June 2020 iflix poised to join Ten- to equity and others which remain un- cent stable? Streaming apps linked on paid. Google & Apple app stores; no official contentasia We have limited visibility into who they comment yet Starring David Tennant

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Media Prima cuts JKN boss takes Shark Tank seat another 300 jobs Anne Jakrajutatip joins judges for S2 of Sony format Staffers out by 31 July as latest transformation exercise kicks in

Malaysian free-TV broadcaster and producer, Media Prima, is cutting an- other 300 jobs from the end of July in the latest phase of a multi-year business transformation plan. Staffers were told on Monday, 29 June, and their last day is 31 July. The Kuala Lumpur-based network told investors that it had wrapped up its discussions with five trade union groups on the accelerated next phase of a business transformation plan. This latest restructure was announced by Media Prima’s new boss, Iskandar Mizal Mahmood, at the beginning of June. Mahmood took over as group managing director on 1 April this year, replacing long-time boss Kamal Khalid, Shark Tank Thailand S2 and expanded his role as chief execu- tive of Media Prima Networks after the sudden exit of Johan Ishak. JKN Global Media boss & ContentAsia’s ened from the 75 minutes of the first sea- Media Prima said the approximately Asia Media Woman of the Year, Anne son to 60 minutes. 300 people involved would receive “fair Jakrajutatip, takes a seat at the Shark The show has also been pushed into the and equitable compensation”. Tank table in Thailand from this week- early evening slot from the original after- Despite breakout box office hits like end as one of five judges and the sole noon slot from 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Ejen Ali, Media Prima has in the past woman. The adaptation of the Tel- few years struggled to cope with disrup- Season two of the business competition evision’s U.S. business format was execu- tion to its traditional media business, series premieres on Thai free-TV station, tive produced by Media Tank’s owner, exacerbated by broader economic Bangkok Broadcasting & TV (Ch7HD) on Wichuda Nasongkhla Sriyaphai, along conditions and by what it described as Sunday, 5 July. with Songsuda Panich. “unknown variables” surrounding the The 17-episode series airs Sundays from Season one, which also ran on Ch7 in Covid-19 pandemic. 5pm to 6pm, with the finale slated for 25 Mar-June last year, was produced by “These factors have compelled the October this year. Media Tank’s sister production house, Group to expedite the next phase of its Season two episodes have been short- Wandee Media. transformation exercise, which includes revising revenue models and corre- sponding cost management. It involves Vinmeen replaces movies with daily drama operational changes at selected units to address cost inefficiencies arising Malaysian media platform Astro pre- ing local/acquired movies. The 26-part from work duplication,” the com- mieres supernatural series Kalvanai Kan- series, about a man by able to communi- pany said, adding that it was working dupidi on its 24-hour Tamil general en- cate with the dead, is directed by Karthik towards “a robust and sustainable tertainment channel, Astro Vinmeen HD Shamalan, and available on Astro Go and business model for the medium and tomorrow (1 July). on-demand as well. Cast includes Ling- long-term”. The series kicks off Astro’s first stripped kesvaran Maniam (Pei Vettai) and Pashini drama slot on weekdays at 9pm, replac- Sivakumar (Kanmani Anbodu Kathalan). C NTENTASIA 29 June-12 July 2020 Page 6.

HK govt ditches RTHK, Disney fills theatre gap in India TVB to produce 1 July 7 theatrical releases diverted to new multiplex offering handover celebrations

The Hong Kong government has dumped its government-funded would- be public broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), as the official pro- ducer/broadcaster of the 23rd anniver- sary celebrations of the change in rule from Britain to . For the first time since 1997, commer- cial broadcaster Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) will produce the 1 July flag- raising ceremony and celebrations. RTHK said at the weekend that it will still be producing a live pool feed for other media outlets. The government said TVB had been brought on board to produce a broader series of programmes to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the promulaga- tion of the Basic Law, which functions as Uday Shankar, a constitution for the special administra- tive region. Disney’s powerful India operation has Rajput, who died on 14 June this year. The flagraising ceremony and cel- rolled out a new Disney+ Hostar-brand- The film will be available for free to sub- ebrations are being billed as part of the ed Multiplex service that offers direct-to- scribers and non-subscribers “to com- wider production agreement. streaming premieres of Bollywood mov- memorate his invaluable contribution That’s as much of an official reason as ies from 24 July. to Hindi cinema,” Disney said during the is being given. The enhanced entertainment offering multiplex announcement on 29 June. RTHK spokesperson, Amen Ng, said the comes as Covid-19 cases in India soar. Disney+ VIP costs Rs399 a year. station had not been invited to partici- The curve looks nowhere near flatten- The Walt Disney Company APAC presi- pate in production of the 1 July events. ing, and theatres, if hopeful of opening dent and chairman, & Disney In- Local commentators are linking the in the next few months, remain closed. dia, Uday Shankar, said while theatres decision with conflict between RTHK The seven movies that are part of the remained a “special experience”, the and authorities about editorial indepen- Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex line up are hor- industry’s potential “can’t be capped dence and coverage, including the ror comedy Laxmi Bomb, action war film by the number of release windows and Hong Kong protest movement. Bhuj: The Pride of India, love story Sadak 2, theatres available”. Satirical RTHK programme, Headliner, crime drama The Big Bull starring Abhishek “Our initiative will dramatically in- which has been suspended as of 19 Bachchan, Dil Bechara, action thriller Khu- crease the number of films that can be June, has been singled out as one of da Haafiz and comedy thriller Lootcase. made, giving film-lovers more films to en- the drivers of the government’s decision, Disney+ Hotstar Premium and Disney+ joy and the creative community more as has RTHK’s line of questioning to the Hotstar VIP subscribers will have access films to make. We firmly believe that this World Health Organisation (WHO) on to the multiplex at no extra cost. will generate a massive momentum for . The multiplex initiative kicks off with Dil more and different kinds of films to be In May this year, RTHK apologised for Bechara, starring the late Sushant Singh made in India,” he said. Headliner’s portrayal of the police as mask-hoarding trash. The apology followed a Communica- www.contentasia.tv tions Authority (CA) ruling that the show had denigrated and insulted the police, www.contentasiaawards.com and has presented factually inaccurate information. www.contentasiasummit.com A government committee has been set up to review RTHK. contentasia DEATH IS HER LIVING

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Dead or alive: Tracking iflix content deals What’s going over to Tencent & what’s (maybe) not

iflix’s high-profile, headline-generating deals have been a constant in the five or so years since iflix’s launch. The high- excitement and energy around the new platform with big dreams, giant plans and mega investors ran strong for a while and then dissipated across a series of strategic pivots and ground ar- rangements that didn’t work out quite the way they were supposed to. Fast forward a few years of lagging content licensing payments and requests to turn debt into equity... and here we are. The recent novation agreements signed with distributors/rights holders prior to the sale this month to Tencent are likely to have migrated the highest value contaent agreements to the Chinese streaming gi- From left: Patrick Grove; Yong Dal Kim, COO of JTBC; and Mark Britt ant and will power a turbocharged push into Southeast Asia though Tencent’s for a branded TikTok channel on iflix fo- What : No comment at the moment. own app, WeTV, running alongside the cusing on travel, comedy, pets, sports Official update to come if there is one. newly acquired iflix – for the moment. and lifestyle. What happens to the others – and the What now: “We will remove our content Media Prima (Malaysia) outstanding invoices? Impossible for us from iflix site because we have not ex- The Date: 25 Apr 2019 to say, but our bet is that if these haven’t tended our license to Tencent.” The Headline: Media Prima, iflix unveil been written off already, companies are content share deal; hint at future co- hoping for the best and preparing for Caracol TV production the worst. ContentAsia listed the con- The Date: 13 May 2019 The story in a nutshell: Media Prima titles tent deals announced over the past 18 The Headline: Asian streamer iflix pre- stream on iflix an hour after Malaysia months or so. And we asked distributors mieres two Caracol TV broadcast from June 2019. Media Prima involved in the announcements for an The story in a nutshell: Human trafficking also adds a Tonton channel with 1,000 update... drama Broken Promises (60x60 mins) and hours of library content to iflix in Malaysia. action series Made in Cartagena (63x60 Deal benefits touted included “greater Deutsche Welle mins) – scheduled for July/August last content monetisation opportunities for The Date: 27 Apr 2020 year across multiple iflix territories. Media Prima through iflix’s ad-supported The Headline: DW rolls out science pro- What now: Long-running payment dis- tier, iflixFree”, which launched in July gramme in new deal with iflix cussions ongoing. 2018. Details of content creation/co-pro- The story in a nutshell: The German duction plans were not released, and as broadcaster premiered its language- MNC (Indonesia) far as we can tell were not activated. customised magazine programme in The Date: 3 May 2019 What now: [no response] Indonesia (Inovator), Bangladesh (On- The Headline: iflix, MNC announce signifi- neshon) and Pakistan (Sawal) on 1 May cant digital partnership and investment JTBC (Korea) to more than 5.6 million iflix viewers. The story in a nutshell: A giant deal The Date: 24 Apr 2019 What now: “We have agreed with the that put MNC CEO David Audy on iflix’s The Headline: JTBC takes “strategic in- novation but no paperwork has been advisory board and gave iflix exclusive vestment” in SEA streamer iflix signed yet.” streaming access to 10,000 hours of lo- The story in a nutshell: Privately owned cal content, including Dunia Terbalik, TikTok More at www.contentasia.tv, includ- Cinta Yang Hilang and Top Tukang Ojek The Date: 16 Jan 2020 ing (Singapore): Yoshimoto Pengkolan – soon after TV broadcast. The Headline: iflix adds user-generated Kogyo (Japan); Starvision (Indonesia); Deal announced as talk of an Australia shorts to curated TikTok channel Screenplay (Indonesia); Wattpad; and IPO continued. The story in a nutshell: A first-time deal One Animation the C NTENT CONTENTASIA & AWARDS The Social Distance Edition

27-28 August 2020

The world is different, but our focus is exactly the same: Content in Asia & conversations that lead to making bigger, better and best video entertainment. As always. Of course.

Welcome to our virtual universe, which opens on 27-28 August and will run for a month, with live and on-demand sessions, multiple auditoriums, things to look at, a lounge to hang out in and people you can talk to.

We have everything from virtual “swag bags” you can fill with reports, data, intelligence and insights, to a dedicated auditorium you can hang out in to watch trailers from our first ContentAsia Awards nominees.

Plus there is animated entry experience… stay tuned!

The theme this year is “SPREAD THE LOVE”, and we will be tracking the new age of co-development, co-production and collaboration, as well as actively creating opportunities for new alliances.

Contact: CJ Yong at [email protected] www.contentasiasummit.com C NTENTASIA 29 June-12 July 2020 Page 10.

SVOD starts to scale in Southeast Asia’s capitals Consumers in capitals pay for two subscriptions, on track for 2.5, MPA/AMPD says

Subscription (SVOD) TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED has started to scale in Southeast Asia TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (SEA), with real consumption and month- INDONESIA - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) PHILIPPINES - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) ly spend accruing to between three and INDONESIA - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) PHILIPPINES - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) four platforms in each market, accord- 10 16 ing to research from Media Partners Asia 9 14 8 12 (MPA) affiliated AMPD. On average, 107 16 .) 6 .) 10

bil 9 bil customers now subscribe to two services 5 8 14 84 in capital cities across emerging SEA. The Mins ( Mins ( 6 12 3 7 4 .) number is trending past 2.5. 2 .) 10 61 2 bil bil “We believe that Covid-19 has ce- 0 0 5 Viu Netflix iflix Netflix Viu iWa nt 8 iflix mented and accelerated streaming 4

Mins ( Mins ( 6 video as the new normal,” says Anthony SINGAPORE3 - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) THAILAND - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) 4 Dobson, MPA VP & MD, AMPD Research. 2 3,500 3,000 “However,” he warns, “if we don’t see 1 2 3,000 2,500 a V-shaped economic recovery, churn 2,5000 0 TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED Viu Vidio Netflix 2,000iflix Netflix Viu iWa nt iflix TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTESamong STREAMED SVOD will be filled by AVOD 2,000 1,500 players (existing & new)”. AVOD remains 1,500

Mins (mil.) Mins (mil.) Mins 1,000 dominated by YouTube. SINGAPORE1,000 - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) THAILAND - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) INDONESIA - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) PHILIPPINES - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED 500(Q1 2020) INDONESIA - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES DobsonSTREAMED also says (Q1 much 2020) more is ex- PHILIPPINES500 - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES STREAMED (Q1 2020) 0 0 pected in 2H 2020 through Tencent, iQiyi Netflix Viu meWATCH Prime Video Line TV Netflix Viu WeTV TrueID 10 3,50016 3,000 10 and Disney+ in markets. Note:16 Data based on actual streaming minutes measured by using a passive panel of 4,000 users+ across Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand markets who have adopted the custom AMPD Vision® software. It 9 passively3,000 measures real consumption on all mobile devices using a permission-based panel of consumers who consent to the collection of their session-based activity. All charts exclude YouTube. 9 Regional streaming players Netflix 14 2,500 8 14 8 and Viu led SVOD across SEA in minutes Source: AMPD2,50012 Research 7 12 2,000 .) .) 7 streamed in Q1 this year, AMPD Re- 10 .) 6 .) 2,000 bil bil 6 search shows. The survey involves a pas- 10 bil 5 bil 8 1,500 5 sive panel of 4,000 users+ across Indone- 1,5008

4 (mil.) Mins (mil.) Mins Mins ( 4 Mins ( 6 1,000 Mins ( 3 sia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Mins ( 1,0006 3 4 2 Big local Q1 gainers include Vidio (Indo- 4 500 2 500 1 nesia) and Line TV (Thailand), while Ten- 2 1 2 0 cent’s WeTV is gaining rapidly in Thailand 0 0 0 0 Viu Vidio Netflix iflix 0 NetflixNetflix ViuViu meWATCHiWa nt Primeiflix Video Line TV Netflix Viu WeTV TrueID Viu Vidio Netflixand Baidu’s iQiyi is slowlyiflix rising in Indonesia Netflix Viu iWa nt iflix and Thailand. Note: Data based on actual streaming minutes measured by using a passive panel of 4,000 users+ across Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand markets who have adopted the custom AMPD Vision® software. It SINGAPORE - TOP PLATFORMS BY MINUTES iflixSTREAMED streamed (Q13.5b 2020)minutes in Q1 2020, passivelyTHAILAND measures real- TOP consumption PLATFORMS on all mobile BY devicesMINUTES using a STREAMED permission-based (Q1 panel 2020) of consumers who consent to the collection of their session-based activity. All charts exclude YouTube. driven largely by Indonesia and mostly 3,500 anchored to local movies and series. Source: AMPD3,000 Research 3,500 Korean content is a significant driver 3,000 3,000 2,500 3,000 across the board, including for regional 2,500 2,500 streamers such as Netflix and Viu and 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 also for local players such as Video 2,000 and RCTI+, which has been monetising 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 through AVOD. Viu maintains a freem- Mins (mil.) Mins (mil.) Mins 1,000 Mins (mil.) Mins 1,000 mium model (though pushing more con- (mil.) Mins 1,000 1,000 tent to SVOD in Thailand and Indonesia, 500 500 500 500 where is performing particularly well). 0 0 0 Netflix Viu meWATCHDobson says churnPrime Videomay increase in the 0 Line TV Netflix Viu WeTV TrueID Netflix Viu meWATCHsecond half of thisPrime year Video as consumers Line TV Netflix Viu WeTV TrueID Note: Data based on actual streaming minutes measured by usingburn a passive through panel libraries. of 4,000 users+ across Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand markets who have adopted the custom AMPD Vision® software. It Note: Data based on actual streaming minutes measured by using a passive panel of 4,000 users+ across Indonesia, Philippines,Note: Data Singapore based onand actual Thailand streaming markets minutes who have measured adopted bythe using custom a passive AMPD Vision®panel of software. 4,000 users+ It passively measures real consumption on all mobile devices using aThough permission local-based & panelregional of consumers freemium who plat consent- to the collection of their session-based activity. All charts exclude YouTube. passively measures real consumption on all mobile devices using a permission-based panel of consumers who consent toacross the collection Indonesia, of theirPhilippines session and-bas Thailanded activity markets. All charts who exclude have adopted YouTube. the custom AMPD Vision® forms are growing in key markets – CPMs software. It passively measures real consumption on all mobile devices using a permission-based panel of customers who consent to the collection of their session based activity. All charts exclude Source: AMPD Research and macro factors remain the key im- Source: AMPD Research YouTube. pediments to ad monetisation in 2020. Source: AMPD Research Who do you think should be on our list?

ContentAsia’s Top 50 Women in Media

ContentAsia is compiling a list of women who have done amazing things for the video content industry in Asia in the last year.

Our Power+ List debuts during the ContentAsia Summit (27-28 Aug) with profile and celebration across all our platforms and publications.

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Drama retains top formats spot in China Formats volume down, but market retains big-budget production capability

2018 2019 Singing contest 4% Adventure - Sports Adventure - Sports Reality 3% 16% 4% Dance contest Reality 20% Dance contest 3% 4%

Game Show 16% Game Show 8%

Factual Factual 4% 7% Entertainment Entertainment 4% 4% Entertainment 3% Drama 52% Drama 52%

Censorship and regulatory issues have 20192019 2018 derailed China’s formats market some18 - 18 what, but the country remains able and 16 16 16 willing to invest in big-budget adaptations16 14 13 and co-development, particularly as14 part 13 12 of reciprocal international distribution12 arrangements. 10 At the same time, China still tops the10 list 8

of high-profile IP disputes. These 8 include 6 555 the long-running and recently settled 4 6 2 2 555 argument with Korea’s MBC over the 2 1111 111 1 Chinese version of Korean blockbuster,4 0 0 2 2 The Masked Singer. 2 1111Adventure - Dance contest Drama Entertainment111 Factual Game Show Reality Singing contest1 Sports Star China Media-affiliated mainland 0 0 production house, Shanghai CanxingAdventure on our - Dance chart contest(by volume) Drama in full year Entertainment 2019 were Factual TV Asahi Game with Show sports Realityformat, Beat Singing contest Culture Media (China’s Got Talent, So Sportscompared to fourth position in 2018. The Champions S3; Armoza with Dance You Think You Can Dance), produced China had 31 titles in 2018 and 25 in 2019. Smash; NBCUniversal with Saturday Night multiple seasons of a singing show called One of last year’s new titles was Freman- Live; and Endemol Shine with Family Food Guess the Masked Singer, and claimed tle’s singing contest The Chart. Fight. Fremantle’s final format under the the property as its original IP. Game show dropped from five to two old production model was World’s Got The arbitration application was filed titles, factual halved from two to one, and Talent, before the company migrated to in early 2019. In April this year, Chinese drama went from 16 to 13. a licencing structure driven by the com- arbitration body CIETAC ruled in favour Drama had the largest share of China’s pany’s Singapore-based licensing hub. of MBC, and ordered Canxing to pay format adaptations, making up more Discovery made an entry with Say all outstanding rights fees as well as the than half of all titles. To The Dress. cost of the arbitration proceedings. MBC, Shows include all3media’s Miss Fisher’s Right holders who dropped off China’s which fought this one for about five years, Murder Mysteries, BBC’s Life on Mars, En- charts in 2019 include Dori Media, Perfect hasn’t disclosed the amount awarded. demol Shine’s Broadchurch, Fuji TV’s First World Pictures (The Awakening and The According to ContentAsia’s Formats Class and ITV Studios’ Jekyll & Hyde. Little Nyonya), Nippon TV (Pharaoh! S4 & Outlook, China dropped to fifth position Other formats players in China last year S5) and Warner Bros (Gossip Girl). C NTENTASIA 29 June-12 July 2020 programmingpicks Page 13.

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In numbers Population...... 96.2 million Households...... 26.87 million Avg household size...... 3.6 TV households...... 91.9% Pay TV subscribers...... 14.5 million Mobile phone subs...... 130.419 million Mobile phone data users...... 64.638 million Fixed broadband subs...... 15.153 million - via FTTH...... 14.052 milion - via cable...... 959,641

Source: ’s General Statistics Office (pop- ulation, households 2019), Ministry of Information and Communications (mobile, internet in Jan 2020), Vietnam’s Central Committee for Propa- ganda & Education (TV/households, 2018)

Free TV ​​ Hanoi Radio Television started broad- Phuong Khau, Pops Worldwide casting in 1979, and today operates two free-TV channels – Hanoi TV1 (general news), VTV2 (education, science, tech- more than 180 linear local/international TV entertainment) and Hanoi TV2 (news/ nology, news), VTV3 (sports, entertain- channels and video on-demand content, current affairs) – and cable TV service, ment, economic news), VTV4 (home to over four million viewers across more Hanoi (HCaTV). Foreign affairs, international news), VTV5 (local than one million households in Vietnam. content acquisitions include regional news), VTV6 (youth), VTV7 (education- Basic packs cost VND80,000/US$3.40 a drama series and movies from Singapore, al), VTV8 (cultural) and VTV9 (Southern- month everywhere except HCMC and Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Philippines. oriented channel), as well as several Hanoi and VND100,000/US$4.30 for sub- Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) terrestrial cable, satellite and regional scribers in HCMC and Hanoi. channels, plus an international channel. Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) operates VTV also has interests in pay-TV plat- Hanoi Cable TV (Hanoicab) two analogue channels – HTV7 (entertain- forms SCTV, VTVCab and K+. The broad- Hanoi Cable Television (Hanoicab/ ment) and HTV9 (educational/info) – and caster continues to be actively involved HCaTV) is the cable TV service operated four digital channels – HTV1 (public info), foreign format adaptations, including by Hanoi Radio Television. HCaTV offers HTV2 (general entertainment), HTV3 (kids) game show ! Vietnam (premiered 180 SD/HD local and regional/interna- and HTV4 (science/education). An active March 2019, VTV3), game show Crazy tional channels. buyer of international formats, HTV has Market Vietnam (2019, VTV3), singing commissioned local versions of Face the contest It Takes 2 Vietnam (Apr 2019, Ho Chi Minh City Cable TV Clock (premiered March 2019 on HTV7), VTV3), docu-reality series Manbirth Viet- Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) was es- Master Class (Q1 2019, HTV3), Lip Sync Bat- nam (Q2 2018), Million Dollars Minute tablished in 2003 and is operated by Ho tle (April 2018, HTV7), Raid the Cage (2018, Vietnam season three (June 2018, VTV3) Chi Minh City Television’s (HTVC)pay-TV HTV7), I Can Do That! Vietnam (aired in and The Voice Kids Vietnam season five branch, HTV-TMS. The platform offers a 2017, HTV7) and drama series Hidden (2018, VTV3). mix of local, regional and international Truths Vietnam (aired in 2017, HTV9), channels (160+) covering film, music, among others. The station was established sports, news, kids, general entertainment, in 1975 as Saigon Television and renamed science/educational and tourism/life- Ho Chi Minh City Television in 1976. Subscription TV style. Monthly subscription for digital TV FPT TV (FPT Thuyen Hinh) services starts from VND99,000/US$4.27. (VTV) FPT TV, a subsidiary of FPT Telecom, is an National broadcaster Vietnam Televi- IPTV service launched in 2010. In 2013, K+ sion (VTV) launched in 1970. VTV oper- FPT Telecom received a pay-TV licence K+ is the commercial brand of Vietnam ates nine terrestrial TV channels: VTV1 to operate digital & analogue cable TV Satellite Digital Television Company Lim- (political, economic, cultural, social services nationwide. Today, FPT TV offers ited (VSTV), a joint venture between VSTV OUT NOW!

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and French broadcaster Canal Overseas. Viettel TV Danet K+ is a DTH satellite platform offering Viettel trial-launched Viettel TV in 2013 Vietnam’s TV production/distribution about 130 TV channels in multiple genres, as Net TV, rebranded as Next TV in 2015, specialist, BHD (see Vietnam Media including sports, news, general entertain- and as Viettel TV in Oct 2018. Viettel TV Corporation – BHD under Content Pro- ment, music, movies, documentaries and offers more than 160 TV channels, of viders), launched Danet in 2016. Danet kids. All international channels are lan- which 60 are HD. Monthly subscriptions offers free content (Danet Go), SVOD guage customised with either Vietnam- start from VND215,000/US$9.30 for the (Danet Buffet) and a la carte movie ese subtitles, dubbing or voice overs. The Flexi Combo pack (15Mbps internet con- rental (Danet Cineplex) on multiple platform offers a Premium+ package with nection + TV). Viettel also offers mobile devices. 130 TV channels at VND125,000/US$5.40 a TV services at VND3,000/US$0.13 a day, month. K+ also operates a value-added VND7,000/US$0.30 a week or VND29,000/ Fim+ TV everywhere extension, myK+, free for US$1.25 a month. Fim+ offers more than 8,000 hours of Premium+ subscribers. local/international movies and series VivaTV bundled in four plans and pay-per-view. MyTV In eight years, pay-TV platform VivaTV Packages cost between VND50,000/ Created by Vietnam Post and Tele- changes names twice, from the original US$2 a month and VND450,000/US$19 communications Group (VNPT), IPTV An Vien Television (AVG) at launch in Nov a year. Geo-blocked for Vietnam, Fim+ service MyTV launched in 2009. Today, 2011, to MobiTV in April 2016 after being launched in Jan 2016. the platform offers about 200 local and 95% acquired by Vietnamese telco Mo- international channels, including music, biFone in Jan 2016. In Sept 2019, MobiTV FPT Play news/current affairs, sports and movies. changed its name to VivaTV after the FPT TV (see FPT TV under Subscription The service also offers add-ons such as contract to buy shares between Mobifone TV) launched FPT Play in 2013 offering on-demand content, games and music/ and AVG was unanimously cancelled live TV channels (news, sports, entertain- karaoke. Monthly subscriptions cost from by the two companies. VivaTV continues ment, movies) and VOD access to local VND42,000/US$1.80 for 141 channels to to integrate TV and telecommunication and international movies and TV shows VND72,000/US$3.10 for 178 channels and services offering a mix of direct-to-home from Europe, America, and access to streaming FIM+. (DTH) satellite/digital terrestrial (DTT), mo- China. Content partners include Danet, bile TV, e-commerce and mobile connec- HTV, VTV, VTC and Viettel. SCTV tion services to about one million paying State-owned Saigontourist Cable Televi- customers (Nov 2019). Monthly subscrip- HTVOnline/Hplus sion (SCTV), a joint venture between Viet- tion costs VND60,000/US$2.60 a month for OTT extension of pay-TV service Ho Chi nam Television (VTV) and Saigontourist 80+ DTT channels (109 DTH channels). Minh City Cable TV (HTVC). HTVOnline is Holding Company, was founded in 1992. an online portal, Hplus is an app. Television options include analogue, VTVcab iQiyi digital and IPTV. VOD was added in 2014. Free-TV provider Vietnam Television Mainland China’s iQiyi launched in The platform’s 175+ digital channels in- established Vietnam Television Cable Vietnam in July 2019. iQiyi offers Chi- clude 80+ in HD. Channels are a mix of in- Corporation (VTVCab) in 1995. VTVCab nese content with some Vietnamese house, local and foreign. The company offers local and int’l channels in a va- subtitles bundled in two plans – Gold also has interests in internet and telecom- riety of genres, including news, sports, VIP (monthly VND49,000/US$2.11, munications services. Subscriptions start movies and general entertainment. quarterly VND130,000/US$5.60, yearly from VND200,000/US$8.60 a month for the VTVCab also operates VTVnet, which VND499,000/US$21.50) and Diamond analogue plan to VND240,000/US$10.30 a provides internet access over cable. month for the HD plan. VIP, which charges VND59,000/US$2.50 a year or VND160,000/US$6.90 quarterly or Vietnam Multimedia Corporation Online/OTT VND599,000/US$25.80 a year. (VTC) VTC Multimedia Corporation (VTC) is Clip TV Keeng a state-owned company operated by Clip TV streams live TV channels and of- Viettel’s streaming service Keeng of- Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and fers on-demand access to Hollywood fers local/foreign movies and TV series Communications. Established in 1988, movies and local films/TV series. The (Keengmovies) and music (Keengmusic). VTC offers a variety of media access Clip TV set-top box costs VND1,390,000/ and content solutions for TV (produc- US$60; monthly subscription is myK+ tion, broadcasting, online TV, VOD) and VND50,000/US$2.15. Clip TV is operated myK+ is a value-add TV-everywhere ex- telecommunications (internet, VOIP, by Vega, a Vietnamese tech company, tension of DTH satellite K+ service (see K+ fixed line). VTC began providing 4K TV which has developed Clip TV, waka. under Subscription TV), offered free to on high-definition television channel VTC vn (eBook library) and nhac.vn (music Premium+ subscribers. Non-Premium+ sub- HD1 in June 2017. streaming) and other services. scribers pay VND125,000/US$5.40 a month. C NTENTASIA countryprofile 29 June-12 July 2020 Page 18.

Onme July 2019. The platform offers Chinese Multimedia JSC Onme is a video streaming platform, content with select programmes avail- Multimedia JSC (est 2005) has a slate of jointly developed by VTVcab and Viet- able in Vietnamese substitles. Subscrip- fashion-related projects, including Viet- tel. The programming focus is on live tion costs VND25,000/US$1.10 a month nam’s Next Top Model, Project Runway events such as sports. The platform also (VND55,000/US$2.40 for three months Vietnam and She’s Got the Look. Other offers local/international TV channels or VND259,000/US$11 a year). properties include the Vietnam Inter- and VOD movies. Onme is offered free national Fashion Week and modeling to VTVcab/Viettel subscribers. Zing TV and talent agency, BeU Models & Talent Online TV service Zing TV offers movies, Management. Pops Worldwide animation, TV series, among others. Zing Founded in 2007, Pops Worldwide is a TV is owned by tech/digital provider Q.net Entertainment & digital entertainment network offering VNG, which also offers finance/payment Communication original/local and int’l titles from 2,619+ and cloud services. Q.net (est 2004) distributes more than 40 content partners. The service, which TV channels to TV platforms, including manages 693+ channels, had 3.2 billion VTVcab, MyTV and FPT. global monthly views, and 211 million Content Providers subscribers (Jan 2020). Thaole Entertainment Cat Tien Sa Media Group Thaole (est 2000) services companies TVB Anywhere Vietnam Founded in 1995, Cat Tien Sa Media seeking entry into the Vietnamese Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Ltd Group (CATS) is a multimedia company broadcast market. (TVB) launched mobile streaming platform specialising in TV and film production. TVB Anywhere in Vietnam in 2017, offering The company is also involved in brand- TV Hub over 5,000 hours of movies, including TVB’s ing, investment and consulting services. Production house TV Hub focuses on library titles with Vietnamese, Chinese and Clients include broadcasters VTV, HTV content production. Credits include English dubbing and subtitles. Subscrip- and Hanoi Radio Television. game show, Raid the Cage, for HTV7; tion costs VND3,000/US$0.13 a day or , She was Pretty Vietnam; VND15,000/US$0.65 a week. DatVietVAC Group Holdings and b Shark Tank, for VTV. DatVietVAC Group, Vietnam’s first pri- tving vately owned media and advertising Viet Content JSC Korea’s CJ E&M launched tving in Viet- agency, was founded in 1994. The focus Viet Content specialises in TV rights dis- nam in 2017, offering live TV channels is bringing international formats to Viet- tribution, TV production and advertising. and VOD content produced for CJ nam. DatVietVAC is made up of a group Clients include networks such as VTV, E&M’s 16 channels. tving also carries of eight independent companies that VTC, K+ and HTV. movies from Hollywood and Korea. tving offer a variety of services to marketers costs VND50,000/US$2.15 a month. and media owners. Vietba Media Vietba Media (est 1999) is involved in VieON Dien Quan Media and content distribution and TV production VTVcab launched video streaming Entertainment (Hole In The Wall Vietnam, Heaven or VieON in 2016 as VTVcab ON and in Dec Founded in 2008, Dien Quan Media and Hell, Golden Goal Vietnam, Don’t Lose 2018, rebranded the service as VieON. Entertainment produces and supplies Your Money Vietnam). VieON offers local/international TV chan- content for domestic/int’l broadcast- nels and VOD content for free to VTV- ers and media agencies. Production VietCom Film Production cab subscribers. includes documentaries, TV magazines, Founded in 2006, VietCom Film Pro- factual, lifestyle, travelogues, cooking duction (aka VietCom Entertainment) VTV Go series and reality shows. specialises in formats, TV game shows, VTV Go is a streaming mobile application drama series and movie production. operated by free-TV broadcaster Viet- International Media Corp (IMC) nam Television’s (see VTV under Free TV) International Media Corp (est 2008) Vietnam Media Corporation over-the-top subsidiary, VTV Digital. The develops and manages TV channels (VMC) – BHD Co Ltd Vietnam Media Corporation – BHD Co platform carries live TV channels, catch- and produces entertainment and Ltd (VMC/BHD) (est 1996) is involved up TV up to three months after broadcast economic news shows. IMC’s chan- in acquisition, production and distribu- and select local drama series, kids and nels include TodayTV (entertainment), tion. Feature films and formats have documentaries on demand. Paramount Channel Vietnam (classic movies), YouTV (women/family enter- become a staple, including multiple WeTV tainment) and MTV (youth entertain- seasons of The Amazing Race, Mas- Mainland Chinese gaming/digital giant ment, music). terChef, Price is Right, Big Brother, Viet- Tencent launched WeTV in Vietnam in nam Idol Kids and Junior MasterChef. C NTENTASIA countryprofile 29 June-12 July 2020 Page 19.

Productions include the Vietnamese version of Korea’s Descendants of the Sun, Star Academy, Sing If You Can and Killer Karaoke. BHD also operates Danet and multi-screen cinema chain (BHD Star Cinema). Be included! Mobile telco providers

Gmobile GTel offers nationwide mobile/data and entertainment services. ContentAsia’s directory listings are updated continuously. MobiFone Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services net- work (est 1993) is Vietnam’s third largest mobile network operator with nearly 50 If you would like to be included, send your million subs. details to Malena at Vietnamobile [email protected] Founded in 2009, Vietnamobile is a joint venture of Hanoi Telecom and Hutchi- son Asia Telecom, offering nationwide 2G/3G services.

Viettel Military-run Viettel offers mobile phone, internet and cable TV services to about 60m subs. The telco launched 4G ser- vices in March 2017 and received a 5G licence in Jan 2019.

VinaPhone VinaPhone (est 1996), was the first mo- bile operator to launch 3G services na- tionwide in 2009. Vinafone is a subsidiary of VNPT – Vietnam Post and Telecom- munications Group, owned by the Viet- namese government.

Regulators

Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) Vietnam’s policy making and regulatory body for press, publishing, foreign infor- mation, advertising, posts, telecomms, IT/electronics, radio, information and communications infrastructure and intel- lectual property.

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June 2020 29 June - 3 July AVIA OTT Virtual Summit - The Future of Video Streaming Virtual Conference

July 2020 21-23 APOS 2020 Virtual Series Virtual Conference

28-31 MIP China Virtual Conference

August 2020 18 AVIA Thailand in View Virtual Conference

27-28 ContentAsia Summit - The Social Distance Edition www.contentasiasummit.com

28 ContentAsia Awards www.contentasiaawards.com

26-29 Hong Kong Filmart Virtual Conference

September 2020 1-3 APOS 2020 Virtual Series Virtual Conference

8-11 BCWW Virtual Conference

10 AVIA Taiwan in View Taipei, Taiwan

10 AVIA Future of Video India Virtual Conference

17-20 Gwangju ACE Fair Gwangju, South Korea

17-19 Vietnam Telefilm Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

24-25 AVIA Satellite Industry Forum Virtual Conference

29 Sept-1 Oct BroadcastAsia/CommunicAsia Virtual Conference

October 2020 9-14 Canneseries Cannes, France

10-11 MIP Junior Cannes, France

12-15 MIPCOM Cannes, France

21-22 SportsPro OTT Asia Singapore

31 Oct-9 Nov 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo, Japan

November 2020 4-6 TIFFCOM Tokyo, Japan

9-11 AVIA Asia Video Summit Singapore

18-20 Asian Animation Summit Bali, Indonesia

December 2020 2-4 Asia TV Forum & Market Singapore

7-8 Dubai International Content Market Dubai, U.A.E.

January 2021 19-21 Natpe 2021 Miami, U.S.

April 2021 10-11 MIP Doc 2021 Cannes, France

10-11 MIP Formats 2021 Cannes, France

12-15 MIP TV 2021 Cannes, France

June 2021 14-15 DW Global Media Forum 2021 Bonn, Germany

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Animation sweeps Vietnam demand Peppa Pig leads eight of top 10 shows C NTENT

Editorial Director Hasbro’s Peppa Pig crushed demand in ma, Gao nep gao Te, took third spot. The Janine Stein Vietnam for the week of 17-23 June, rac- show, a remake of a Korean drama, is [email protected] ing past long-time favourite anime prop- one of two locally produced titles on the Assistant Editor erty One Piece as well as the local adap- top 10 of the week. Malena Amzah tation of singing competition format The The list of top 10 digital originals is spread [email protected] Voice of Vietnam. across titles from all the major streamers Events Manager According to data science company – Netflix, Disney+ (even though the plat- CJ Yong Parrot Analytics, Peppa Pig was one of form has not launched in Vietnam), DC [email protected] eight animated shows in the top 10 over- Universe, iQiyi and Prime Video. Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus all list for the week – making Vietnam Netflix leads with the number one title – [email protected] Asia’s top animation market by demand La Casa De Papel, followed by Disney+’s expressions. The Mandalorian and DC Universe’s Har- Design Ho Chi Minh City Television family dra- ley Quinn. Rae Yong

Top 10 overall TV shows: Vietnam Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Rank Title Average Demand Expressions® International Business Development Leah Gordon 1 Peppa Pig 15.6 [email protected] 2 One Piece 15.3 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 3 Gao nep gao te 13.4 Masliana Masron 4 The Amazing World Of Gumball 13.4 [email protected] 5 Naruto 12.3 6 Ben 10: Omniverse 12.1 To receive your regular free copy of ContentAsia, please email 7 Oggy And The Cockroaches 10.9 [email protected] 8 The Voice Of Vietnam (Gi·ªçng H√°t Vi·ªát) 10.1 9 Detective Conan 9.3 Published fortnightly by: Pencil Media Pte Ltd 10 Ben 10 (2016) 8.5 730A Geylang Road Singapore 389641 Top 10 digital originals: Vietnam Tel: +65 6846-5987 Rank Title Platform Average Demand www.contentasia.tv Expressions® 1 La Casa De Papel Netflix 4.9 Copyright 2020 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 2 The Mandalorian Disney+ 4.1 3 Harley Quinn DC Universe 3.9 4 Stranger Things Netflix 3.4 5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Disney+ 3.3 6 Bts: Burn The Stage YouTube Originals 2.9 7 Story Of Yanxi Palace iQiyi 2.8 8 DC's Stargirl DC Universe 2.8 9 Good Omens 2.5 C NTENT 10 The Expanse Amazon Prime Video 2.4 Daily news with Date range: 17-23 June 2020 ContentAsia Insider Demand: The total demand being expressed for a title, within a email [email protected] market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and viewership, for subscription details weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment. In this dataset we are comparing the de- mand that exists for each series in this market, against the average TV show. A difference of 1x represents the market average and 10x means a series is ten times more in demand than the average TV show in this market