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Media Partners Asia (MPA) debuts APOS l Tech on Tuesday evening, setting hard-core tech/broadband/distribution conversations against the backdrop of one of China’s most scenic locations. MPA says media and telecom opera- tors are “at a critical crossroads amidst changes in CPE technology, the evolu- tion of broadband, technology con- solidation and the emergence of onine video”. The question, says executive director Vivek Couto, “is how operators are gear- ing to address these challenges with new and existing products”.

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LeSports, NBA in Turner Asia Pacific has entered mainland centres. HK, Macau tie-up China’s movie rush with a feature film The MoU was announced out of Beijing based on the 10-year-old Tuzki emoticon. on Monday (19 September). The project Alliance promises “most The decision to acquire 100% rights to will be managed by Turner’s team on expansive coverage ever” Tuzki and push forward with feature film the ground in . production catapults Turner into a new The feature-length movie will fuse CGI original content and licensing space in and live-action content. LeSports HK has become the NBA’s largest Asia. Tuzki is a popular emoticon on Ten- partner ever in and Macau. The film, which takes Tuzki beyond mo- cent’s WeChat platform, which has more The new five-year deal, which kicks in on 1 bile chat services and animated shorts than 800 million monthly active users. October this year, delivers about 400 NBA for the first time, is being co-developed The rabbit character was created by games a year and other programming with Shanghai Tencent Pictures Culture Momo Wang for Turner in 2006, and is across all platforms and devices. Media Co. now 100% owned by Turner. Le Sports HK will carry the league’s Production is expected to begin in This year’s power push behind the 24/7 dedicated channel, NBA TV, on its 2017, with a likely China release in 2018. property includes a Tuzki-branded res- platform. Tencent Pictures will be lead the film’s taurant, which opened in Shanghai in NBA packages include a 12-month production and distribution. Turner will April this year. Sports-themed exhbition, pass for HK$899/US$116 (early bird at lead the 360-degree licensing efforts, The World of Tuzki: Summer Sports Gala, HK$499/US$64) or a one-month pass for which include consumer products, live also opened at the Galaxy Macau this HK$139/US$18. A “Superfan” special of- experiences and family entertainment year. fer includes Le hardware. c ntentasia 19 Sept-2 Oct 2016 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 2. Page 2. 6 X 60ʼ

40% increase in Asia formats in 2016 But the mix has changed – ContentAsia Formats Outlook

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Asia heads into the last quarter of the ContentAsia’s ongoing formats up- year with more formats on air or com- date for this year so far shows 258 for- missioned in 2016 than ever before. mats on air or commissioned from Jan- But the mix is changing, with fewer uary to mid-August 2016. mega-format regional productions, a We’ve been better at counting this higher focus on country-specific pro- year than last, but it looks like an aver- ductions and straight licensing, and age increase of more than 40% in deals higher activity/bigger budgets in Chi- signed this year over the previous year, na, Japan and Korea. according to data provided by formats There’s also more concentrated ef- owners and rights holders. fort going into co-development, which As of 5 September this year, Endemol is our top trend going into 2017. Shine Group continues to top Asia’s for- This is led by the six-month-old ven- mats charts, with 57 titles/series – 22% – ture between Korea’s CJ E&M and of the total 258 shows on air or commis- Endemol Shine Group, which premiere sioned this year so far. their first co-developed format,The So- FremantleMedia Asia is a close sec- ciety Game, on tvN in Korea in Octo- ond, with 53 shows (21%), giving the ber. The new social experiment show two global giants a combined 110 se- explores communities and political ries in Asia, or 43% of the region’s for- systems. More on page 3 c ntentasia 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 3.

StarHub’s Formats in Asia (By Country) Shu Fen Lin exits COUNTRY HOW MANY No word on a replacement 52 China 44 StarHub’s VP and head of entertainment Thailand 36 and SmartLife services, Shu Fen Lin, is exiting the platform after 17 Cambodia 22 years. No official announcements have India 22 been made and it’s not clear what Lin, who joined StarHub in 1999 as intergrat- Philippines 20 ed marketing head, will be doing next. Indonesia 19 Korea 15 Wild Kratts in China Mongolia 7 New deals for -TV, Myanmar 7 online, consumer products Asia (regional) 5 Others 9 Canada’s 9 Story Media Group heads Source: Formats rights holders and distributors. Updated 5 September 2016. into MIPCOM with a national free-TV Others category consists of Japan, Singapore, and Pakistan deal in China for animated series Wild Kratts along with a slew of online sales. From page 2: Formats Cambodia has 22 series, including two Chinese national broadcaster China mats market in 2016 so far. seasons of MasterChef Cambodia as well Central Television (CCTV) is airing the Armoza (14), Talpa (13), Keshet (11) and as Who Wants to be a Millionaire Cambo- show on its CCTV-14 kids channel all3media (13) have a total of 40 titles, or dia. stripped Monday to Fridays at noon. 15% of the market. India has 22, including Youku/Alibaba have bought exclusive Vietnam is the biggest country by vol- Television’s sitcom, Everybody Loves Ray- rights to seasons one to three for online ume, with 52 series this year, followed by mond India, and four seasons of Big Broth- distribution. Season four will stream on China, with 44. er in various languages for different parts various online platforms, including CNTV, China, however, is by far the biggest of India. iqiyi, LeTV, PPTV, and SMG. market by volume, with budgets above The Philippines has 20 series, including US$10 million and rising not uncommon. two seasons of all3media format Cash Top adaptations in China include Sony Cab Philippines by activeTV for Sony Pic- StarWorld drives Pictures Television’s adaptation of Mad tures Television Networks Asia’s AXN Philip- About You and Discovery’s co-pro with pines feed. Indonesia tourism Bear Grylls, which has started production Indonesia, which has consistently been Four girls, five wonders in on season two. a vibrant formats market, has 19 shows on Thailand has 36 formats on air or com- air or commissioned for this year, includ- ad-funded showcase missioned, making it the third largest mar- ing local versions of Talpa’s The Voice and ket by number of titles. The Voice Kids. FOX Networks Group’s (FNG) has cre- ated travel series Four Girls and a Bucket List for Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism c ntent ContentAsia Formats mandate to drive tourism to Indonesia. Outlook @ MIPCOM 2016 The four 30-minute episodes for Star- Formats World feature Andrea Fonseka from Ma- Be included! laysia, Patricia Gunawan from Indonesia, Outlook Contact Aqilah at [email protected] or +65 6846-5987 Cara Grogan from Australia, and Aubrey to add your formats deals and productions in Asia Miles from the Philippines. 2016 c ntentasia 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 4.

PCCW Media on the Turner extends Indonesian footprint MOOV in Vietnam Trans premieres 1pm weekend block Music platform paves the way for other OTT services

Hong Kong’s PCCW Media has launched OTT music platform MOOV with telco Vietnamobile in Vietnam, paving the way for immersive media experiences being seen as the best way to fight piracy. The service is being offered with free data to Vietnamobile 3G subscribers. MOOV Vietnam has a localised user interface and customisable playlists with local and international content, includ- ing K-pop. Deals have been done with more than 150 local content providers, PCCW Media says.

The Powerpuff Girls

From page 1: APOS l Tech Indonesian mass-market broadcast newbie. Key themes of the new event include channel Trans TV has finally pressed start In April this year, the company extend- tackling operational issues involved in on a branded Cartoon Network block, ed its existing pay-TV channel carriage, moving to an all-IP on-demand envi- giving Turner national access to more adding WarnerTV and Oh!K to its pack ronment; big data and creating new than 200 million free-TV viewers. on subscription platform . The revenue streams; the pros and cons of a The block, dubbed in Bahasa Indonesia, deal meant Transvision carries six Turner device-agnostic approach and next- premiered on the national channel on Sat- channels. generation set top-boxes; and invest- urday (17 September) and will run Satur- The new free-TV deal comes against ments and partenerships to scale up the days and Sundays from 1pm to 2pm. spluttering subscription television growth product curve. Programmes listed so far include Ben in Indonesia. Most of the 4% growth a The opening keynote is by Wasu Group 10, The Amazing World of Gumball and year over the next five years to 36 million chairman, Wang Jianer, who will talk We Bear Bears. The new Powerpuff Girls subscribers by 2021 will come from the about Wasu’s path to innovation across will also be aired on the block. Philippines and Vietnam, according to new and future products, technologies Turner is by no means an Indonesian Media Partners Asia (MPA). and networks. Speakers include PCCW Media EVP for pay TV, Loke Kheng Tham; MNC Vision president director/CEO, Rudy Tanoesoedibjo; MD/CEO, Harit Nagpal; head of Asia, David Gold- Thailand slashes digital license fees stein; Telekom Malaysia chief strategy Relief as progressive rates replace fixed fee officer, Farid Mohamed Sani; and Fetch TV CEO, Scott Lorson. Thai regulators have greenlit a plan that will Commission (NBTC) ditches the fixed replace fixed fee digital terrestrial licenses annual fee of 2% of revenues. The new @contentasia with a progressive regime that means scale starts at 0.5% on revenue of up to struggling operators will pay a lot less. THB5 million/US$144,000, rising in stages /contentasia The draft approved by the National to 2% of revenue over THB1 billion/US$29 contentasia.tv Broadcasting and Telecommunications million. c ntentasia 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 5.

Hulu picks up I want Ideate co-pro What Asia’s buying now (Press Release)

Who Buying Rights Dino Laurena Documentary (sports)* Cable TV Head, Integrated Sports Sports* Digital ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Digital terrestrial TV Philippines Free TV Online Pay TV

Psyche Revived bySydney Cupid’s Sailboat Kiss The Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I Ideate Media’s animated pre-school co-production, Sydney Sailboat, has been Magdalene Ew Animation Pay TV picked up by for the U.S. The series Head of Marketing, Drama* premieres on the streaming platform on 26 Creative and Content Feature film September. Sydney​ Sailboat co-produc- Home Box Office (HBO) ... buys local/regional and in- tion partners are Ideate Media (Malaysia), ternational content. Looking for action-packed, prestige Lemon Sky (Malaysia), Essential Media & drama, thriller and comedy Entertainment (Australia) and Telegael infused content (Ireland). The show also airs on ABC KIDS in Australia, Sprout U.S. and Tiny Pop U.K. Andri Detulong Animation series* Cable TV Head of Program & Acquisition Comedy series* Digital PT Satuvisi Abadi Chinese drama* Free TV NHK brings 8K (Onevision Entertainment), Entertainment Online Indonesia The Grand Gallery Feature film* Pay TV Louvre short to Kids Satellite TV ... Onevision’s core businesses in- Movie* MIPCOM clude TV programme syndication, Telenovela* movie distribution and merchan- ... buys only international dising content

Hammad Asif Animation IPTV Content Acquisition and Drama series* OTT Development Manager Entertainment Pakistan Telecom Company Limited Feature film TheThe Coronation of ofthe the Virgin Virgin (PTCL) Winged Victory of Samothrace Kids*

Images des collections et des espaces du musée du Louvre - Paris / Coproduction 8K NHK – Musée du Louvre Reality Japanese public broadcaster NHK is Youth bringing a 10-minute version of its first in- Sci-fi ternational 8K co-pro – The Louvre: A Time Telenovela ... buys local, regional (Bolly- Transcending Beauty – to MIPCOM in Oc- wood) and international (Hol- tober. Test broadcasts of the full 59-minute lywood/English-language) programme started in Japan in August. The content. programme was shot over 10 days in Janu- Amy Iamphungphorn Feature film (Asian) All TV rights ary this year and features nine of the world’s Acquisition Manager/ Movie (Asian) greatest pieces of art, including the Venus Head of International Sales ... buys only Asian movie de Milo and the Mona Lisa. Preview screen- Five Star Production, content Thailand ings for Louvre guests will be held in France at the end of October, NHK says. Source: Buyers, ContentAsia. *Buying more this year Coming Soon!

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Who was at... Asia Media Woman of the Year dinner

Clockwise L-R: Christine Fellowes, NBCUniversal; Rudy Tanoesoedibjo, MNC Allen Lau, ; Sunhee Kim, AfterToon Inc From left: Jonas Engwall, RTL CBS Asia; Alan Hodges, A+E Networks Asia; ; Todd Miller, Celestial Tiger Entertainment; Jonathan Spink, HBO Ricky Ow, Turner Asia Pacific; Indra Suharjono, Next Animation Studio; Asia; Rob Gilby, Disney; Janice Lee, PCCW; Zubin Gandevia, FOX; Jonas HK Ang, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks Asia Engwall, RTL CBS Asia; Alan Hodges, A+E Networks Asia; Ricky Ow, Turner; Indra Suharjono, Next Animation Studio; HK Ang, SPT Networks, Asia Janice Lee, PCCW Media Group & Asia Media Woman 2016

Front L-R: Lina Abdul Hamid, Viacom; Charlene Lai, LeEco; Tina Anson Tan, PCCW Media Group Liberty Chapman Cai, Viacom; Aileen Joseph, StarHub; Syahrizan Mansor, Viacom Back L-R: Omar Gepiga, RTL CBS Asia; Anna Lee, Adeline Ong, June Yeoh, Viacom; Elyn Yong, iflix

Front L-R: Michael Logan, Next Animation Studio; Andrea Edwards, The Front L-R: Janey Draper, Michael Dick, Athreyan Sundararajan, FOX; Digital Conversationalist; Wendy Hogan, Oracle; Anson Tan, PCCW; Jennifer Ching; Kelly Jang, Jason De La Pena, FOX. Back L-R: Prakash Wilfried Runde, DW; Lina Tan, Red Films; Diane Le Douaron, NBCU. Back L-R: Ramchandani, Sam Leadsom, FOX; Dexter Ong, 21st Century Fox (Asia); Janice Boo, Measat; Masnaida Samsudin, Catherine Lee, Pinewood Janis Neo, Shing Yi Poon, FOX; Tina Pang, Amrita De La Pena, Twitter

Front L-R: Allen Lau, Wattpad; Sunhee Kim, AfterToon; Ivy Wong, VS Front L-R: Ann Gacuta, Chestine Lan, Candy Lim, Multi Channels Asia; Media; Anna Bengzon, MediaQuest/TV5; Marini Ramlan, Primeworks Gregory Ho, Turner International Asia Pacific; Natasha Storer, Sophia Distribution. Back L-R: Jannie Poon, 21st Century Fox (Asia); Ofanny Yuen, ITV; Jessica Wu, Next Animation Studio. Back L-R: Jenny Lam, CJ Choi, Celestial Tiger Entertainment; Janine Stein, ContentAsia; Leena E&M; Jennifer Doig, SPT Networks, Asia; Andy Chang, Celestial Tiger Singarajah, Scripps; Airin Zainul, ; Lee Mee Fung, DW Entertainment; Omar Gepiga, RTL CBS Asia c ntentasia 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 8.

Who was at... ContentAsia Summit Opening drinks with A+E Networks Asia

Mark Chan, SEA; Emma Ian Matthews “Darko”; Janine Stein, ContentAsia; Charles Less, A+E Networks Asia; Richard Woo, Vaughn, NBCUniversal; Alan Hodges, A+E Networks Asia Damon Runyan “Falco” in Gangland Undercover Waku Waku Japan

Dennis Lim, A+E Networks Asia; Sandie Lee, Rewind Meena Adnani, First Media Indonesia; Shilpa Jhunj- Magdalene Ew, HBO Asia: Joanne Lim, A+E Networks Networks hunwala, A+E Networks Asia; Aileen Joseph, StarHub Asia; Kwan Lay Hoon,

Ian Matthews (“Darko” in Gangland Undercover); Art Kaneearch Dandumrongsuk, ThaiTV3; Rushit Jha- Richard Silaraks, Planet Multimedia; Jeremy Kung, Kelly Jang, FOX Networks Group Asia veri, A+E Networks Asia; Tine Hansen, NBCUniversal HyppTV

Fera Rosihan, Steven Murphy, GroupM Entertain- Carol Tham, Nelson Mok, MM2 Entertainment Michelle Ng, Joy Atondo, Alexa Ng, A+E Networks ment; Alicia Lee, Scripps Networks Interactive Asia Asia party pics brought to you by c ntentasia 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 9.

Who was at... ContentAsia Summit Closing cocktail party with Disney

Rob Gilby, Disney; Janine Stein, ContentAsia; Mark Britt, iflix; Janine Stein, ContentAsia Atsushi Hatayama, Sakiko Sugioka, Meena Adnani, PT Linknet (First Media) Indonesia Hidetoshi Hiramatsu, Nippon TV

Joyce Lim, A+E Networks Asia; Karen Lee, Abid Hussain, Creative Stew; Morrakot Na Chiangmai, Antony Tulloch, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios; Panorama Worldwide; Byron Perry, Coconut Media Lina Tan, Red Films; Michael Lake, Rhizophora Ventures

Kim Sang-Im, SPT Networks Asia/AXN Korea; Masnaida Art Kaneearch Dandumrongsuk, ThaiTV3; Indra Suharjono, Next Animation Studio; Samsudin, Pinewood; David Collet, CNN International Marianne Lee, Turner Asia Pacific Leslie Lee, The Walt Disney Company SEA

Mark Chan, The Walt Disney Company SEA; Vivek Couto, Media Partners Asia; Monty Ghai, Jeremy Kung, HyppTV; Cora Yim, FOX Networks Joy Olby-Tan, Mediacorp BBC Worldwide Group (FNG) Asia party pics brought to you by ATF formats pitch 2016 advert 192x250mm.indd 1 19 september-2 October 20169/14/16 page 10:50 AM10. c ntentasia 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 11.

Who was at... ContentAsia Production with Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia

L-R: , Host, Asia 5; Sabrina Duguet, all3media international; Jef Lim, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia; Gary Pudney, Keshet International; Varavuth Jentanakul, Zense Entertainment; Carl Zuzarte, Scripps Networks Interactive Asia Pacific; Lina Tan, Red Films; Sunhee Kim, AfterToon; Andrea Edwards, The Digital Conversationalist; Omar Gepiga, RTL CBS Asia; Gregory Ho, Turner International Asia Pacific; Kelly Jang, FOX Networks Group Asia; Derek Tan, Viddsee; Azuan Muda, TEEBTV Networks

Michael Lake, Raymund Miranda, Rhizophora Ven- Nirav Haji, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia; Hidetoshi Hiramatsu, Nippon TV; Junko Hino, SKY tures; Janine Stein, ContentAsia; Luke Richardson, Richard Woo, Waku Waku Japan Perfect Broadcasting; Atsushi Hatayama, Nippon TV Andreas Brueckl, Imagica; Antony Tulloch, Pinewood

Steven Gilfeather, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Dhini Prayogo, Novy Fadillah, MNC Sky Vision Sunhee Kim, AfterToon; Mayuko Maeda, Fuji TV; Asia; Natalie Gee, NBCUniversal Morrakot Na Chiangmai, Panorama Worldwide

Janine Stein, CJ Yong, Masliana Masron, Masnaida Samsudin, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Stephanie Lee, Singtel; Azuan Muda, TEEBTV; Malena Amzah and Aqilah Yunus, ContentAsia Studios; Lina Tan, Red Films Mickey Ong, CJ E&M

Follow us... @contentasia /contentasia contentasia.tv company/ContentAsia 19 september-2 October 2016 page 12. c ntentasia MIPCOM Programming Picks 19 Sept-2 Oct 2016 Page 13.

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MARS MARS, from Brian Grazer and Ron How- Timeless ard’s Imagine Entertainment and Timeless follows a group of RadicalMedia, is an epic unlikely heroes thrust into the documentary-scripted adventure of their lives. event series that unpacks Chasing a mysterious group what the greatest minds of criminals through time in space exploration and encountering some are doing today and of the most seminal mo- dramatises the world Cooks vs. Cons ments in history, the group they are creating as Can a talented home cook beat a attempts to thwart a dark they pull off mankind’s professional, or does a true chef have conspiracy that is a threat to all greatest feat – interplane- skills that no amateur could match? of humanity. Length: 13x60 mins tary travel and colonisation. Find out in this honest cooking com- Sony Pictures Television 10202 West Set in both the present day and petition hosted by Geoffrey Zakarian, Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA a scientifically based, imagined 2033, this where only a blind taste test will prove 90232, U.S. T: +1 (310) 244 4000 series asks: “could we really make Mars who has the best dish. Length: Season MIPCOM Stand # C12 home?” Length: 6x60 mins FOX Networks Group Content Distribution Asia office: 1 1-2 18x60mins Scripps Networks Inter- Fusionopolis Link, #03-10 Nexus @One- active 1180 Avenue of the Americas, North, Singapore 138542 T: +65 6809 3500 15 Floor, New York, NY, 10036, U.S. MIPCOM Stand # C16.C MIPCOM Stand #P4.C20

Antarctica. The Journey to the End of the Earth With extreme shoots from a bird’s-eye view, this is the story about majestic landscapes and unique natural sources of Antarctica. The film draws attention to the global problem of whether Antarctica will be “the land of covenant”, opening a new vitally significant source of a freshwater and a variety of natural wealth, or a Pandora’s box, clashing civilizations for the sake of owning natural wealth. Length: 1x52 mins MK-Distribution LLC Kyiv 86G Kazimir Ma- levich Street, Office 404, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680 c ntentasia MIPCOM Programming Picks 19 Sept-2 Oct 2016 Page 14.

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Twilight Sparkle has been assigned an important task by Princess Celestia. A studious unicorn intent only on enhancing her magical abilities, Twilight Sparkle has been tasked to “get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!” In Ponyville, she meets five new ponies, and learns about the most powerful magic of all, the magic of friendship! Length: 169x22 mins Hasbro Studios 4 The Square, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB11 1ET, U.K. Impossible Engineering Series 3 W: www.hasbrostudios.com MIPCOM Stand # R7.D32 Using 3D graphics, stunning footage SIX and expert interviews, mind-blowing New mini-series SIX is inspired by the real modern engineering structures and missions of SEAL Team Six, the unit best incredible historical inventions are known for killing Osama Bin Laden and revealed in this revolutionary series. popularised by hit films likeLone Survivor Length: 12x60 mins HD Twofour Stu- and Captain Phillips. dios Estover, Plymouth, PL6 7RG U.K. With a former Spe- W: www.twofour-rights.co.uk MIPCOM cial Operations Stand # ITV Studios House team mem- ber ensuring The Girl authenticity MacGyver Based on real life events, The Girl tells and accu- the story of a woman who is forcefully MacGyver, a reimagining of the classic racy while recruited by guerrillas and lives through series, is an action-adventure drama preserving the horrors of war first-hand. After many about 20-something Angus “Mac” secrecy of years, she leaves the armed group to MacGyver, who creates a clandestine classified mis- start a road back to society, which organisation within the U.S. government sions, SIX is the won’t be easy. When she begins the where he uses his extraordinary story of a brother- reintegration process she has to talent for unconventional hood of an elite Special face the rejection of many problem solving and vast Forces unit – the best at what they do. people, including her own scientific knowledge This series depicts the emotional truths family. Length: 82x60 mins to save lives. Length: of what it means to be in SEAL Team Caracol Television 150 13x60 mins CBS Stu- Six, including making the life and death Alhambra Circle, Suite dios International decisions that protect the United States. #1250, Miami, FL 33134, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los SIX is produced by The Weinstein Com- U.S. T: +1 305 960 2018 Angeles, CA 90036, pany and A+E Studios. Length: 8x60 MIPCOM Stand # P0.B1 mins. A+E Networks 235 East 45th Street, U.S. T: +1 323 575 5460 New York, NY 10017, U.S. T: +1 212 210 MIPCOM Stand # R7.E2 1400 MIPCOM Stand # P3.C10 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 15.

10 Years Ago This Week... Drama Conflict in Korea • ContentAsia celebrated its 10th anniversary in March 2016. Among Formats SPTI’s gamble • other things, we’re marking the occasion by looking back (and maybe marvelling a bit at everything that’s happened since)Show at review what BCWW • ASIA HD Korea goes Voom • C NTENThappened this week in 2006.... www.contentasia.tv Issue 13: September 4-17, 2006 NEWS Open season for on-demand TV in Singapore Two new platforms scheduled to launch in the next six months • MySpace’s Greenspan to invest US$50 million in Asia On-demand television picks up its launch this year. pace significantly in Singapore Anytime’s ambitions were • Korea’s SBS pays US$72.5 in the next six months, with fast-tracked in August, with the million for Olympics rights the launch of two new plat- announcement that Intel Capital forms and increased efforts by – the Intel Corporation’s venture • Korean Wave drama existing operations to market capital arm – had acquired an producers push for power their services. undisclosed equity stake in the The two new players are Singa- company. Anytime president • Star’s Indian DTH dreams fly pore-based Anytime TV, which is and chief executive, Craig with 55-channel platform scheduled to launch its first serv- Craig Zimbulis John Karantzis Zimbulis, said Intel’s involvement ice on its home turf by year end, would allow Anytime to launch • Wang out as Carlyle moves in and Australian IPTV content ag- A third on-demand platform its direct-to-consumer on-de- gregator and operator ReelTime – Singapore-based Real.com – is mand portal within the next six to • TVB profit down 14% for first Media Ltd. ReelTime has just been also expected to begin making 12 months. The new service, fea- half 2006, ad sales down 5% granted a five-year licence by more noise about its PC-based turing movies, television, games Singapore’s Media Development regional platform. A fourth and music, will be available on a • Malaysia’s ntv7 scrapes out Authority (MDA) and expects to player, M2BWorld, claims 2,000 variety of devices, Anytime says, of the red under Media Prima launch within six months. subscribers in the first month after Continued on page 5

• Malaysia, Indonesia join Media Prima upfronts forces to bust European and China’s online ad market tips US$552m American satellite dominance Malaysia’s dominant free-TV China’s online advertising the top four online advertising broadcaster, Media Prima Ber- market will reach RMB4.39 bil- vendors last year, with annual PLUS MORE IN ... had, parades its latest schedules lion/US$552 million for full year revenues exceeding RMB300 and strategies in KL on Friday, 2006, increasing 35.9% year- million/US$38 million. This ac- 8 Sept. The company, which on-year, according to a report counted for 59.6% of the total operates four TV networks –TV3, from technology, media and market. 8TV, ntv7 and Channel 9 – has telecom information provider, In the first half of 2006, China’s The headlines above along with a combined audience share of Analysys International. online advertising market was the full news stories and more 48% – up from last year’s 44%. The report, China Online RMB2.1 billion/US$264 million. were delivered during August Advertising Market Annual Re- Baidu increased its market to subscribers to ContentAsia’s port 2006, says China’s search share from 9.51% in 2005 to Korea’s BCWW 2006 closes Insider – a Blackberry-friendly engine advertising market will 15.37%. Google China and service that gets you your smaller but happy account for 32.37% of the total Tencent also increased their Asian media news first, fast- Despite being smaller than last market. market share by 1.1% and est and more frequently. Fully year, the 2006 Broadcast World- Last year, China’s online ad- 0.78%, reaching 4.82% and searchable archive access to wide (BCWW) event in Seoul vertising market size reached 4.25%. Yahoo’s market share all ContentAsia magazine and closed on Friday, 1 Sept., with RMB3.23 billion/US$406 million, decreased from 9.48% in 2005 ContentAsia Insider articles is in- satisfied programme distributors increasing 60% year-on-year, to 8.08% in the first half of 2006. cluded in your paid subscription. on the market floor and lively the report said. Sina, Sohu, Netease decreased from 7.41% For more information, please email discussion from the conferences. Baidu and Yahoo! China were Continued on page 8 [email protected] (See pages 3 and 6)

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Wissper, Tip the Mouse head for China Sean Chu adds two titles to WeKids slate C NTENTASIA

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Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, International Business Development Leah Gordon Wissper [email protected] Sales and Marketing (Asia) Sean Chu’s platform, Kong, and Macau. Masliana Masron WeKids Asia, has picked up multi-plat- The 52-part Wissper, a co-production [email protected] form rights to German company M4e’s involving India’s Discreet Art Produc- animated pre-school series, Wissper and tions, follows the adventures of a little To receive your regular free copy Tip the Mouse, for Greater China. girl with the ability to communicate www.contentasia.tvof ContentAsia, please email The deal, announced out of Beijing with animals. [email protected] and Munich last week, includes licensing Tip the Mouse is based on the chil- and merchandising across China, Hong dren’s books of the same name. Published fortnightly by: Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road Singapore 389641 Tel: +65 6846-5987 Inappropriate content tops Taiwan moans www.contentasia.tv 93% of all media complaints are about TV, NCC says MCI (P) 091/11/2015 Copyright 2016 Pencil Media Pte Taiwan’s National Communications Com- 32 (7.3%) of the total complaints were Ltd. All Rights Reserved. mission (NCC) received 410 complaints about business operations. about the country’s television programmes Just under 15% of complaints about – 93% of all complaints made about media content were about the unclear distinc- outlets – between April and June this year. tion between advertising and program- The NCC’s latest report says 390 (88.4%) ming. 4.1% of the complaints were about c ntentasia of the total 441 complaints against TV and harmful content for young audiences, Daily news with radio programmes were about inappro- while 1.1% of the complaints were about ContentAsia Insider sexism. The lowest number of complaints priate content, including comments by email [email protected] hosts or guests, financial programmes that was for inappropriate programme ratings for subscription details influenced the market, and programmes and illegal use of on-screen news flashes, about supernatural or miraculous events. both of which came in at 0.2%.