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Disney SEA reorg MICHAEL WEATHERLY from MAIN COLOR PALETAmitTE Malhotra takes charge10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT NCIS R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 R: 0 G: 0 B: 0 Take the green and the blue Take the green and the blue C: 30 M: 0 Y: 100 K: 0 C: 75 M: 68 Y: 67 K: 90 from the main palette. from the main palette. Opacity: 100% Opacity: 50% R: 0 G: 80 B: 255of integratedR: 138 G: 140networks B: 143 unit,Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue C: 84 M: 68 Y: 0 K: 0 C: 49 M: 39 Y: 38 K: 3 Natasha Malhotra exits

Disney has reorganised its Southeast Asia business, putting company vet- eran Amit Malhotra in charge of the new Disney Media Networks division as general manager. As was widely whispered at the ContentAsia Summit in last week, Natasha Malhotra, former head of Disney channels, exits the company as part of the reorg. The new unit consolidates televi- sion, mobile and online businesses in the region, including channels, media distribution, games, apps and Maker Studios. Sports network ESPN is not included. As part of the reorg and his new role, Malhotra relinquishes his two-year gig as general manager of studios, which put him in charge of Disney’s movie marketing and distribution. Malhotra, who has been with Dis- ney for 12 years, reports to Rob Gilby, managing director of The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia. Both are

based in Singapore. Inc. All rights reserved. © 2016 CBS Broadcasting Gilby said this afternoon that mobile and social media were “providing an exciting opportunity to extend and deepen the storytelling experience for our fans”. In addition to coming up with in- novative business models for the PREMIERES SEPT 21 new media environment, Malhotra is WEDNESDAYS 9PM (8PM JKT/BKK) charged with fulfilling the promise of “new, innovative ways for audiences to engage with our stories, brands and characters”.

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S’pore on alert for Warner TV enters Q4 2016 fully loaded 4th mobile operator Lethal Weapon, Wonder Woman @ 75 close out 2016

Singapore is on high alert for a fourth mobile broadband operator – and has a sharp eye on what the three existing operators (Singtel, StarHub and M1) are going to do about the looming competi- tion. Three companies – MyRepublic, airYotta and Australia’s TPG Telecom – have put up their hands for the new license so far. The winner is expected to be announced mid-October, and be up and running by the middle of next year. SkyCable, Destiny launch lifestyle fest

Philippines’ platforms SkyCable and Destiny Cable have thrown open the gates to their lifestyle kingdom for a week, offering a dozen channels for free to all pre-paid subscribers in a bid to boost take up. The free window runs Lethal Weapon from 9-15 September. The channels are Asian Food Channel, FYI, Travel Chan- Warner Bros Television’s new series, Lethal Gotham, Arrow and DC’s Legends of nel, Outdoor Channel, DMAX, Fashion Weapon, leads Warner TV’s schedule in Tomorrow. TV, HGTV, Food Network, Lifestyle Chan- Asia for the third quarter of this year. The new slate puts six titles on the Asia nel, Eve, TLC, and Discovery HD World. The drama will air in Asia on 22 Septem- schedule on the same day as the U.S. ber – the same day as the U.S. One more undisclosed show will The channel also celebrates Wonder premiere in November and iZombie is China up to 112 Woman’s 75th birthday in late October scheduled to return in 2017, pushing the with movies such as Lynda Carter’s 1976 number to eight. mins a day online original Wonder Woman, Man of Steel Lethal Weapon, based on the movie starring Henry Cavill, and The Dark Knight franchise, is the story of cop duo Martin China’s 710 million mobile internet users Rises with Christian Bale. Riggs (Clayne Crawford) and Roger spend an average of 112 minutes a day Warner TV Asia’s final quarter 2016 Murtaugh (Damon Wayans) working a online via their smartphones, platform iQiyi schedule also features Blindspot, crime-ridden beat in Los Angeles. reminded the world today. Estimates are that 32% of their time is spent on audio and video-related apps. c ntent ContentAsia Formats Using iResearch data, iQiyi said in its news- letter that Wechat, QQ and iQIYI were the Outlook @ MIPCOM 2016 top three most-used Apps in China. Formats In July, mainland Chinese users spent 5.3 Be included! Contact Aqilah at [email protected] or +65 6846-5987 billion hours on Wechat, 3.8 billion hours on Outlook to add your formats deals and productions in Asia QQ and 3.4 billion hours on iQiyi. Wechat has 560 million users, QQ has 490 million and 2016 www.contentasia.tv @contentasia /contentasia iQiyi has 330 million users. 17-20 OCTOBER 2016 // CANNES FRANCE

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Run Run Shaw I want... drama to screen in A quick look at some of Asia’s buyers’ shopping list for this year. Cannes China flies the flag for Asia Who Buying Rights at MIPCOM’s international Lee Soo Hui Animation/Japanese anime Cable TV Head of Business Media Unit Arts Digital drama screenings StarHub, Documentary OTT Singapore Drama/*/Sci-fi Online Education Pay TV Entertainment/Music Feature film Formats/Lifestyle/Food Kids/Youth News/Sports Reality/Travel Telenovelas Ernie Deviana Animation Free TV Director of Content & Program Drama* Pay TV PT Karya Kreatif Bersama, Entertainment Satellite Indonesia Feature film Kids* Korean drama Movie* Telenovelas ... buys only international content The Last Tycoon Shao-Yi Chen Documentary Online Senior Manager Feature film* OTT China flies the flag for Asian drama during CatchPlay, ... buys local, regional and SVOD international content VOD Mipcom’s International Drama Screenings this year (17-20 October). The one Chinese drama on the list of eight premium titles on the screenings Munkhbat E. Adult DTH schedule is The Legendary Tycoon, based Content Acquisition Specialist Animation IPTV on the true story of Asia’s first movie mo- Univision/DDish TV, Documentary OTT gul, Sir Run Run Shaw. The series producer Mongolia Education Pay TV Entertainment is China Huace Film & TV Co. Feature film The seven screenings feature eight new Formats/Scripted formats* shows from the U.S., U.K., Germany and Lifestyle France. These include thriller The Missing Kids Japanese anime season 2 from all3media International. Sci-fi Organisers Reed Midem said that with ... buys local, regional and premium drama such an industry driver, international content. Also the drama screenings offer had been keen on co-production of formats/scripted TV series doubled this year. In addition to the International Drama Cecilia Leung Drama/Korean drama Online Content Acquisition Manager, (Asian/Western)* OTT Screenings, MIPCOM also presents a APAC Entertainment record number of World Premiere TV LeEco, Feature film/Movie* Screenings. These include Fox’s reboot of Hong Kong Lifestyle The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and World Reality Variety War l spy drama Mata Hari from Red Ar- row International. Source: Buyers, ContentAsia. *Buying more this year c ntentasia 5-18 September 2016 Page 5.

Celestial goes OTT for Miao Mi in S’pore Toggle, Cast deals for Mandarin kids channel

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Asian channels operator Celestial Tiger First and exclusive titles on the channel Entertainment (CTE) is going the digital include Peet, The Forest Detective from route in Singapore for its new Mandarin Korean educational broadcaster EBS; pre-school kids channel Miao Mi. Math Fun with Ria, an animated series Two new linear+SVOD distribution deals teaching preschoolers mathematical fun- are with Mediacorp’s OTT platform Toggle damentals; live-action series Peek-a-boo, and with Singtel’s new platform Cast. from ’s NHK; and Pleasant Goat Fun Singapore is Miao Mi’s second market Class, an educational series focused on in Asia. The channel launched in Indone- sports and animals featuring characters sia in January this year. from the Pleasant Goat franchise. 5-18 September 2016 Page 6.

10 Years Ago This Week... ContentAsia celebrated its 10th anniversaryProgramming: in March Mobi 2016. makers Among • other things, we’re marking the occasion bySports: looking Aus nets back slammed (and • maybe marvelling a bit at everything that’s happenedSchedule since) Watch: at what Jia Yu • C NTENThappened this weekASIA in 2006.... Wi-Fi: Taiwan plan flops • www.contentasia.tv Issue 11: July 24-August 20, 2006

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• Koos put Taiwan cable Propaganda not an issue, says Australia Network CEO platform, CNS, up for sale The new Australia Network and current • Astro ups regional ambitions – born out of the old ABC affairs slate, Asia Pacific – may be Aussie including the • Foreign content takes yet down to the bugs on screen, flagship Focus another hit in China but there’s not an Austral- current affairs ian it would rather have in its programme • M3 launch date set – program- audience over a true-blue (9pm, Tues- mers not celebrating yet Asian viewer. days and “This channel has been cre- Thursdays). ated for non-Australian audi- Focus will be •Chunghwa defies government Ian Carroll MOD order ences,” says Australia Network produced ex- CEO, Ian Carroll. “We live or die clusively by the news team is a more distinct Australian •Malaysian ministry “angry and dis- as a management team on from national broadcaster, the perspective, whether drama appointed” over WiMax tender the number of non-Australians Australian Broadcasting Corpo- or documentary,” Carroll says. who use the service.” ration (ABC). But, as much as some things • Maxis ups 3G spend to US$163m The new network launches “Our offer is a different change, others will stay the on August 7, turning the four- view, a different perspective, same. For one, the money (said • US$137 million digital gift for and-a-half year-old ABC Asia presented in a different way... to be some A$18 million a year) Taiwan’s PTS Pacific into a more streamlined That would be the number one is still coming from the Austral- channel with a simpler sched- difference. Number two is the ian government. • NDTV announces 24-hour news ule and a revamped news simpler schedule. And the third Continued on page 6 channel for ’s Astro Wake up for dead airtime PLUS MORE IN ... Japanese animation tops Asian kids’ TV charts Interactive format creator and Japanese animation remains PTS) and the U.S. (SpongeBob distributor, Cellcast, is finding a by far the most popular kids Squarepants on Philippines’ “very lively business” in Asia turning The headlines above along with programming in Asia, a poll of free-TV station ABC5). dead airtime into a revenue gen- the full news stories and more free-to-air television broadcast- The other four stations – Ja- erator with a slate of interactive were delivered during May to ers across the region shows. pan’s Fuji TV, Philippines GMA, auction/game show-type content subscribers to ContentAsia’s Of the 15 broadcasters asked ’s ITV and Japan’s NHK that attracts (mostly late night) TV Insider – a Blackberry-friendly by ContentAsia about their – said drama and educational viewers and keeps them attached service that gets you your kids slots, 11 – or 73% – listed entertainment shows topped through the day via mobile. Asian media news first, fast- animation (See chart on page their kids’ schedules this year. The company’s latest Asian est and more frequently. Fully 7) as the most popular genre Doraemon, the story of a ro- show, a local version of Insomnia, searchable archive access to among young audiences so botic cat that travels back in Continued on page 10 all ContentAsia magazine and far this year. time from the future to help ContentAsia Insider articles is in- Of these, 9 were from Japan schoolboy, Nobita Nobi, swept ContentAsia is taking a sum- cluded in your paid subscription. and two were from China (The the board with four of the mer break. The next issue will For more information, please email Legend of Kala on Taiwan’s be published on August 21. [email protected] Continued on page 7

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