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Bumper jobs issue C NTENTASIA #TheJobsSpace pages 11, 12, 13, 14 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.asiacontentwatch.com The Walking Dead kills ratings in four Asia markets Korea ratings 10x up, Philippines up 148% C NTENTASIA Fox International Channels’ (FIC) return of The Walking Dead this month beat previous seasons across four markets in Asia with ratings as high as 10 times up on past records. 2-4 September 2015 The second part of season five pre- miered on Fox channel’s prime time on 9 The Westin Singapore February, within 24 hours of the U.S. FIC said ratings in the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea were sig- nificantly up on season four. In Korea, the season five part two premiere achieved 10 times the ratings of the season four part two premiere in 2014 among audiences aged 18-49 with pay TV, according to Nielsen Korea data provided by FIC. In the Philippines, the prime-time tele- contentasiasummit.com cast was the number one show among facebook.com/ContentAsia @contentasia More on page 13 Creating whole new Oh My English! puts conversations about Malaysia on the content in Asia digital Emmy’s map Red Comms/Astro show one of 3 Asia nominees Malaysia’s educational series, Oh My English! has been nominated for an In- ternational Digital Emmy along with Fuji Television Network’s Werewolf: Who’s For agenda info, please contact Janine Stein at [email protected] the Liar? Village 05 (Japan) and Avex Digital’s Hanbun no Sekai (Half & Half) For sponsorship info, please contact Masliana Masron at also out of Japan. [email protected] or +65 6846-5988 Oh My English!, nominated in the For ticketing info, please contact CJ Yong at children/young people category, was [email protected] or +65 6846-5987 made by Malaysian production com- pany Red Communications for pay-TV More on page 12 23 February-8 March 2015 page 1. ƫ ƫāƫ ĂāčĀĀ ĥ ĂĂčĀĀ ĥ ĂăčĀĀ 7$.($ +,.( -2*21 <2808* 333ċ/1* *!$**!(/%ċ+) 23 February-8 March 2015 page 2. C NTENTASIA 23 February-8 March 2015 Page 3. India, Korea on top 10 Oscars movies pirate list Piracy of this year’s Oscar-nominated films is up 385% worldwide following the nominations announcement on 15 January, according to data released by content protection company Irdeto. India placed sixth on the list (which does not include the U.S.) and South Korea was ninth. In top spot was Russia, followed by Italy, the U.K. and Brazil. Australia placed seventh. In the U.S., despite early release dates, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Il- linois and Pennsylvania accounted for 5.8% of total global illegal downloads. American Sniper is the most pirated film Ann Osman on the list (and in the world right now), Malaysia’s fighter with 1,389,819 downloads worldwide Osman hits since 15 January, Irdeto said shortly after Muslim women are being given extra en in Al Jazeera screens this year’s Oscars telecast from L.A. Gone screen time on Al Jazeera English (AJE) Asia’. Girl was second with 1,252,074 pirate next month to mark International Women’s Other Muslim women lead downloads, and Birdman, which won Day. The March slate includes the first fo- s h o w s Int’l Women’s Day best movie, came in third with 796,697. cus on Malaysian mixed martial arts fighter, on the schedule Nominated films were pirated from Ann Osman, and a look at the first female Inter- a number of formats, including Blu-ray Muslim hip hop duo, Poetic Pilgrimage. n a t i o n a l discs, HDTV, CAM (cameras) and DVDs. Malaysia’s Woman Warrior on 19 March Women’s Day Hollywood screeners, distributed to film (with four encores the following week) schedule include Hip critics, awards voters and other industry is part of AJE’s long-running half-hour Hop Hijabis (Sunday, 8 March), professionals, accounted for 31% of the weekly documentary series, 101 East, about the U.K.’s first female Muslim hip total illegal downloads tracked between which airs Thursdays at 10.30pm. hop duo, Poetic Pilgrimage; and Turkish 15 January and 14 February, Irdeto said. The half-hour episode follows 28-year- soap operas and their depiction of strong Six nominated films not available for old Osman’s rise to Malaysia’s first entrant Muslim women. legal retail purchase account for an to top-level female cage fighting ranks Hip Hop Hijabis explores the musicians’ estimated US$40 million in lost revenue, and her quest to spread self-defense skills desire to reconcile Islam with strong femi- Irdeto added. They include The Imitation to young women in Malaysia. nist sensibilities and Jamaican roots. “Mu- Game, Wild and Selma. The feature looks at the debate among sic guides them to new discoveries about A gap between theatrical release and feminists, some of who are not convinced the wider world of the Islamic faith and the legal online options is driving piracy of that ultra-violent sport is an answer. revelation that they share this journey with other titles, including The Grand Buda- Among other questions asked is ‘can self- other Muslim women around the globe,” pest Hotel and Boyhood. defence prevent violence against wom- Al Jazeera says. contentasiasummit.com facebook.com/ContentAsia @contentasia C NTENTASIA Singapore 2-4 September 2015 creating whole new conversations about content in Asia Programme info from Janine Stein at [email protected]. Sponsorship info from Masliana Masron at [email protected] or +65 6846-5988 © MIPTV®, MIPDoc® and MIPFormats® are registered trademarks of Reed MIDEM - All rights reserved. The Tunnel: © 2015 Shine International - The Voice : © 2015 Talpa Holding - Utopia : © 2015 Talpa Holding - 23 February - 8 March 2015 8 March page 4. C NTENTASIA 23 February-8 March 2015 Page 5. Copyright: Getty Images Scripps launches HGTV in the Philippines Scripps Networks Interactive is launch- ing lifestyle network HGTV on SkyCable and Cignal Digital TV in the Philippines. SkyCable will debut the channel on 1 March. The launch date on Cignal has not been confirmed. HGTV launched in Asia in December last year in a deal with Singapore’s StarHub, and has carriage on Fetch TV in Australia and on Univision in Mongolia. Celestial tours William So for HK musical Getty Images Lean In Collection The top image requested out of China from Getty Images turns 1 Getty Images and Sheryl Sandberg’s non- found- Women “repictured” profit platform LeanIn.Org are celebrating er and in cliche-killing the first anniversary of the Getty Images chief ex- collection Lean In Collection – “a curation of im- ecutive, ages devoted to the powerful depiction Jonathan of women, girls and the communities who Klein, says the Hong Kong’s William So on tour in Singapore support them”. partnership with Celestial Tiger Entertainment’s Hong Getty Images says images from the col- LeanIn.Org “to break down stereotypes Kong entertainment channel, cHK, took lection have been licensed in more than and kill the cliché is changing the conver- Hong Kong actor/singer William So on 65 countries, including Korea, China, Ja- sation about the depiction of women in tour this month to promote the territory’s pan, Hong Kong and Singapore. visual communications and has delivered first-ever musical drama,Once Upon a The top three images requested from impressive bottom line results”. Song. The entire 16-episode drama is China are a mix of women and tech (see Two of the biggest sectors tapping the available in Cantonese on the cHK On picture), mother and baby, and friends in collection are technology and finance. Demand channel on Singtel TV. a field taking selfies. India’s top requests “Men and women should be equally include two business related photographs. represented at the boardroom table Singapore’s top three images are sports/ and at the kitchen table. To get there we activity related, while two of Korea’s top need reform of our policies, we need to CCTV Spring Festival three images are family focused and the encourage women to fulfil their ambitions Gala TV ratings dip, third is of a female artist working on a and we need to encourage men to do online soars painting. their part in the home – but we also need The six top images from around the to address how women and men are TV viewership of China’s Lunar New world include two older women, two lei- depicted, because you can’t be what Year Spring Festival Gala has slipped to sure pictures (a young woman with a bike, you can’t see,” said Sheryl Sandberg, new lows. The China Central Television and two young women in a convertible), Facebook chief operating officer and (CCTV) gala dipped to an eight-year and three women in business/commercial author of Lean In. low of 690 million viewers, says the China settings. More than 2,000 images have been Daily. At the same time, online access The Getty Images Lean In Collection part- added to the collection since the launch soared. iQuiyi reported a record 14 mil- nership was created to “repicture” wom- in February last year, bringing the total to lion online visitors. en and girls. One year on, Getty Images over 4,500. C NTENTASIA 23 February-8 March 2015 Page 6. US$400m deal part of Star India’s “unfinished agenda” Maa channels acquisition stirs up South India rivaly Star India’s US$400-million acquisition of Viewership share (% share in 2Q FY 2015) the four-channel Maa Television Network early in February ramps up the fight for au- Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Bangla Marathi Hindi diences in the South, consolidating rivalry Sun Network 41.6 18 27.7 12.1 na na na in the region to India’s big three program- Star India 13.2 21* 18 40.5 36.7 16.2 26.3 mers – Star, Zee and Viacom18 – instead Zee Network 3.8 17 10.6 na 27.9 48.3 18.2 of between myriad indie services.