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19 October - C NTENT 1 November 2020 www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com 2020 winners at www.contentasiaawards.com Disney’s Hotstar debuts in SE Asia Indian premium platform premieres in Singapore Disney rolls out Indian streamer Hotstar in Singapore on 1 November, both direct- to-consumer and in a carriage deal with pay-TV platform StarHub. This is Hotstar’s first landing in Southeast Asia. See page 2 q Philippines’ TV5 steps into free gap ABS-CBN exit clears way for former third-runner Philippines’ free-TV network, TV5, contin- ues to step up, this quarter filling the gap left by the death of ABS-CBN with a multi- genre line up led by the 1st local version King of Masked Singer. See page 2 q WarnerMedia admits defeat India linear entertainment exit caps decades of disaster A POLITICIAN OF OUR TIMES WarnerMedia is killing HBO and WB – its last two linear entertainment channels in South Asia – bringing to a close decades of valiant, costly but ultimately lacklustre @all3media_int efforts. See page 12 all3mediainternational.com 5-18 october 2020 page 1. C NTENTASIA 19 October-1 November 2020 Page 2. Disney’s Hotstar Philippines’ free-TV net TV5 ramps up lands in Singapore ABS-CBN death broadens opportunity for former #3 Indian premium platform Philippines’ free-TV network, TV5, con- tale Bella Bandida (Nov); and folklore an- launches on StarHub and tinues to step up, this quarter filling the thology, Kagat ng Dilim (23 Nov). direct-to-consumer domestic broadcast gap left by the The schedule also includes a slate of death of ABS-CBN with a new multi-genre concerts with stars such as Sarah Geroni- entertainment line up led by the first Phil- mo and Martin Nievera. Disney rolls out Indian streamer Hotstar in ippines’ version of singing competition On the slate for the Viva TV5 2021 Singapore on 1 November, both direct- show, King of Masked Singer. block are the return of Born to be a Star; to-consumer and in a carriage deal with TV5 has traditionally struggled, languish- action adventure series Ninja Kids; a lo- pay-TV platform StarHub. ing as a distant ratings third behind the cal version of game show format 1,000 This is Hotstar’s first landing in Southeast country’s big two networks – ABS-CBN Heartbeats; and the Philippines version of Asia (other than a temporary service and GMA Network. Over the years, the Korean scripted format Encounter. during the early days of Singapore’s station has, usually in vain, attempted – Among other content initiatives, TV5 lockdown), and follows the September various fixes, including a pivot to sports in has also picked up talent such as actress launch of Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia. an alliance with ESPN. Maja Salvador and titles from the deci- Disney has given no indication of when A new way forward opened up in May mated Lopez-controlled network. Rated Disney+ will roll out in Singapore. this year when, having spectacularly lost Korina, a news magazine show formerly The Singapore service costs S$69.98/ its broadcast franchise renewal battle, on the ABS-CBN line-up, returns on TV5 US$51.50 a year for direct subscribers. ABS-CBN was forced off air. on 24 Oct (Saturdays, 4pm-5pm). There’s StarHub’s Indian+ pack subscrib- Already benefiting from a closer rela- also Sunday Kada (debuts 18 Oct, Sun- ers are being offered the Hotstar app tionship with sister PLDT/MediaQuest pro- days 3pm-4pm), a comedy gag show at no extra charge as part of 12- or grammer, Cignal TV, and with a major mirroring ABS-CBN’s Banana Sundae, 24-month contracts. Indian+ is available competitor out of the game, which was cancelled after 12 years on StarHub for S$15/US$11 a month on TV5’s advantage is following ABS-CBN’s shutdown. a 24-month contract or S$25/US$18.40 a clear. TV5’s latest upsize follows a new month on a 12-month contract. The re-energised round of acquisitions earlier this Hotstar Singapore goes live in time for line up is powered by year, not least of which are high- the IPL cricket playoffs/finals, which will some of the country’s profile rights to National Basketball be offered for free from 1-3 Nov to ev- largest producers, led Association (NBA) games as part of eryone who downloads the app. by Vic Del Rosario’s Viva Cignal TV’s exclusive arrange- Disney says Hotstar has 85,000 hours Entertainment, as well ment with the NBA, which of content, including ad-free viewing as with Albee Benitez’s kicked in in early August. of more than 2,000 movies and 900 TV Brightlight Productions, The network also shows, including Star Vijay’s Pandian which is adding six added its first Thai dra- Stores, Barathi Kanamma and Super titles to the line up this mas, starting with BEC Singer as well as Star Plus’s Yeh Rishta month. World/Channel 3’s Kya Kehlata Hai and Anupamaa. The station is also revenge/romance se- Hotstar Specials include premium origi- leveraging rela- ries Furious Fire, which nals such as Aarya starring former Miss tionships with sister aired in July. The oth- Universe Sushmita Sen, Special Ops with programmer – the er two acquisitions Kay Menon and the Indian remake of Is- 24-hour joint-venture were love triangle raeli format Hostages, starring Ronit Roy. general entertainment The Loyal Wife and Hotstar in Singapore will also offer channel, Sari Sari. Angel Heart, from exclusive movie premieres and a li- Flagship show, Masked the producer of Re- brary of Hindi, Tamil and other regional Singer Pilipinas, a co- percussion and Na- movies. Upcoming releases include production by Viva Tele- kee, starring heart- Akshay Kumar’s Laxxmi Bomb and Ajay vision and TV5, premieres throb James Jirayu Devgn’s Bhuj. at 7pm this Saturday as a young man who (24 Oct), followed by a takes refuge in a mon- contentasia second season of Ghost astery and overcomes a Adventures (31 Oct), with childhood of neglect. Benjie Paras as the ghost whisperer; super-heroine Billy Crawford, Masked Singer Pilipinas 19 october-1 november 2020 page 3. C NTENTASIA 19 October-1 November 2020 Page 4. Asia gears up for manic year end 11 events run online, 1st LGBTQ+ pitching, Comicon disappears, no news on Vidcon Asia is gearing up for a manic month, with more than 10 events running live from mid-November to the middle of December, followed by weeks (and in some cases months) of on-demand access. The line up includes the firstTaiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), backed by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), set up by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture last year. The hybrid on-ground/online festival, themed “The Human Touch: A Closer Fu- ture”, runs from 17-22 Nov and includes an international conference (18-19 Nov), GOL Summit 2019 (from left): Jin Ong (Producer, Shuttle Life), Noppharnach Chaiyahwimhon (Director, Writer and Executive Producer, GMM TV), Corentin Sénéchal (Producer, Business Affairs Manager, Epicen- a market (18-20 Nov), pitch sessions, a tre Films), Tsao Wen-chieh (President, Taiwan Public Television Service), Anusorn Soisa-ngim (Director, Pres- tech showcase and business matching. ent Perfect), Dave Kim (Film Producer, Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival Programmer), Jay Lin (CEO, Also out of Taiwan is the second edi- Portico Media), Chen Ming-Lang (Director, Tomorrow Comes Today), Ed Lejano (Producer, Filmmaker, Festival Director of QCinema International Film Festival), Zero Chou (Director, Spider Lilies), Joe Tsai (CCO, tion of the GOL Summit, Asia’s largest Result Entertainment) LGBTQ+ Filmmaking Conference, which runs online on 16-17 Nov. insights into major trends for domestic across two weekends (5-6 Dec & 11-13 The GOL Summit includes the first production companies. Dec), presented by esports platform PVP GagaOOlala Pitching Sessions for Dropping off the 2020 map of restruc- Esports. LGBTQ+ content. The sessions are being tured events environment is Singapore The gamer fest joins the SMF’s flagship held in collaboration with Taiwan Crea- Comicon Asia 2020, which has been market, the ATF Online+ (1-4 Dec), which tive Content Fest. GagaOOlala has con- cancelled this year. will use the same platform as Reed Mi- tent creation funding of US$230,000, and Singapore government agency, the dem’s Mipcom Online+ this month. The says the aim is to back the next wave of Infocomm Media Development Authority platform is up until end Feb 2021. LGBTQ+ content from around the world. (IMDA), which backs the Singapore Me- SMF events include ScreenSingapore Also in November is annual Japanese dia Festival (SMF), says Comicon couldn’t (SS), the Singapore International Film show, Tiffcom (4-6 Nov), kicking off with find a path to shifting online and is blam- Festival (SGIFF), and the Southeast Asian a keynote by Paramount Pictures Chair- ing “Covid-19 restrictions and restrictions Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market, man/CEO, Jim Gianopulos. on large-scale consumer events”. which is back this year, with entries from The Asia Video Summit (AVS) follows Instead, the IMDA is adding new 14 markets, including the U.S., the Neth- from 10-12 Nov, with a broad agenda esports event, the SuperGamerFest, to erlands and Japan. that covers free/pay-TV, streaming ad- this year’s Singapore Media Festival (25 No mention has been made of Viac- vertising, tech and gender equality. Nov-6 Dec). om’s Vidcon, which launched as part of In Korea, the Global Broadcast Trend SuperGamerFest – including watch the SMF last year. Viacom, which owns Academy (2-4 Nov) has invited 50 parties, masterclasses and meet-and- Vidcon, says the event is in discussion people to a closed-door session offering greets with esports personalities – will run but no decision has been made yet.