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8-21 February C NTENTASIA 2016 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.contentasiasummit.com China’s talent show battle: Talpa vs Star China Star China loses “The Voice of China”, premieres home-grown “Sing My Song” An epic battle over The Voice of China, is raging across the mainland, with rights owner Talpa, owned by the U.K.’s ITV, demanding that Star China step away from the most lucrative competition se- ries ever after four seasons (and a start on season five) and backing up its fight with legal action. Star China, meanwhile, has premiered its home-grown song contest, Sing My Song, which is part of ITV Studios’ global formats catalogue. Full story on page 4 HGTV beats 60 English channels in Singapore Av. 40 mins viewing a day in 2015, Scripps says Scripps Networks Interactive’s HGTV channel recorded the highest average time spent – 40 minutes a day – among 60 English-language pay-TV channels in Singapore across 2015, including sports, movies and entertainment. The channel debuted on StarHub in December 2014. C NTENTASIA Full story on page 2 C NTENTASIA 8-21 February 2016 Page 2. Scripps tops lifestyle channels in Malaysia, Singapore HGTV beats 60 channels in average daily time spent in Singapore in 2015 Scripps Networks Interactive’s Asian minutes a day on the channel in 2014. entertainment, on pay-TV platform Star- Food Channel (AFC) and HGTV move The ratings come on the back of a Hub. The channel debuted on StarHub into the Year of the Monkey at the top slate of original productions in 2015, fol- in December 2014. of the lifestyle category among Malay- lowed in 2016 by shows such as season Scripps expectations for HGTV in 2016 sia’s 25 to 54 year old female viewers as two of Family Kitchen with Sherson, Ili by are high, driven by the first local version well as among professional/business au- the Sea and Papa’s Kitchen, AFC’s first of U.S. format, House Hunters. The show diences (source: AGB Nielsen data pro- Japanese co-production. is scheduled to premiere before the end vided by Scripps Networks Interactive). In Singapore, Scripps’ HGTV was the of March. The long-running U.S. version This is the second year running that the top lifestyle channel in 2015 among fe- has been a staple in Asia along with regional food channel has topped life- male cable viewers between 25 to 54 Beachfront Bargain Hunt, Selling New style channel lists in Malaysia. years old (source: Kantar Media, data York and Family Under Construction. For full-year 2015, the average time provided by Scripps). Scripps Asia-Pacific managing direc- spent a day on AFC in Malaysia increased HGTV also recorded the highest av- tor, Derek Chang says the channels’ per- by 11% compared to 2014, the network erage time spent – 40 minutes a day formance in 2015 “give us great confi- said. Viewers spent an average of 21 – among 60 English-language pay-TV dence to pursue even more relevant minutes a day on AFC in 2015, up from 19 channels, including sports, movies and and local content”. C NTENTASIA 8-21 February 2016 Page 3. Diva picks up Sony’s One tops int’l channels Chef in Your Ear AXN expands dominance, One commands prime-time Sony Pictures Television Networks’ Ko- lish-language general entertainment rean channel, One, was the top-rated channel in Singapore, Malaysia and international channel in Singapore and the Philippines, more than doubling the Malaysia during prime time (6pm-1am, primetime ratings of the next English- combined SD/HD) in 2015, ahead of language general entertainment, SPT Chef in Your Ear movies, kids and other entertainment says. NBCUniversal’s Diva channel has channels (source: Kantar Media Singa- AXN’s ratings grew by 28% in Singa- picked up rights to Canadian cooking pore/Nielsen TAM Services Malaysia). pore, Malaysia and the Philippines, show, Chef In Your Ear, from Asian dis- In Indonesia, One was among the buoyed by Asia’s Got Talent and new tributor Bomanbridge Media. The show top entertainment channels on pay-TV FBI drama series Quantico. aired on The Food Network in Canada giant Indovision, ranking number two Female-focused Sony Channel, mean- last year. The finished programme sale among 120 channels, the Singapore- while, improved its ratings by 277% in follows format sales to South Korea’s CJ based regional network says, quoting 2015 in the Philippines, and Japanese E&M and Mongolia’s Mongol TV. data from Indonesian pay-TV platform anime channel Animax grew its fan Chef in Your Ear involves two chefs MNC. base to 11.2 million in 2015 up from 10 challenged to deliver meals by telling SPT Networks’ flagship AXN chan- million in 2014 in Southeast Asia (Animax someone else how to do it. Chef in Your nel, meanwhile, grew its market domi- full day channel reach ‘000 for 2014 Ear was created by The Format People. nance in 2015 as the top-rated Eng- and 2015). Your chance to be part of the next iconic moment Deutsche Welle | 53110 Bonn | Germany [email protected] dw.com Content Asia_190x120.indd 1 02.02.16 13:28 C NTENTASIA 8-21 February 2016 Page 4. China’s talent show battle: Talpa vs Star China Star China loses “The Voice of China”, premieres home-grown “Sing My Song” An epic battle over The Voice of China, is raging across the mainland, with rights owner Talpa, owned by the U.K.’s ITV, demanding that Star China step away from the most lucrative competition se- ries ever after four seasons (and a start on season five) and backing up its fight with legal action. Star China, meanwhile, premiered season three of its home-grown format, Sing My Song, on CCTV3 in a prime-time 7.30pm slot on 29 January. The studio- based singer/songwriter format is distrib- uted internationally by ITV Studios. Seasons five to eight of The Voice of China are switching to Zhejiang Tangde in a US$60-million deal announced as Sing My Song went to air. The new four-season The Voice of China agreement is part of a broad agreement Star China’s Sing My Song season three that also involves developing local Chi- nese formats Zhejiang Tangde has com- in its rights fees demands for new seasons The Talpa-Zhejiang Tangde deal in- mitted an additional US$50 million to the of The Voice of China. Star China Media volves developing and operating more development venture, bringing the total had hoped to premiere the show in the than 200 variety TV shows in China. The value of the deal to US$110 million. middle of this year. first series to air under the new deal is Talpa Media says Star China’s rights to Talpa rejects the allegations, saying celebrity dance contest, Dance Dance The Voice of China expired on 8 January, that Star China and its affiliate, Meng Dance. and that the company had gone ahead Xiang Qiang Yin Cultural and Broadcast Zhejiang Tangde has not said when “unlawfully” with production on season (Shanghai) Company, had expected it season five ofThe Voice of China will pre- five. to “accept a below-market license fee miere. Hong Kong’s High Court granted Talpa that neither reflected the popularity” of The season four finale on Zhejiang Sat- an injunction against Star China Media the talent contest nor “the significant rev- ellite in October last year had an audi- and Meng Xiang Qiang Yin on 22 Janu- enues that the show has generated for ence share of 27.39% with an average ary – a week before the Zhejiang Tangde the defendants over the past four series”. rating of 7.11% in 34 major cities, ending deal was announced. Talpa also said the proposals did not re- a record-breaking 13-week run at the top Star China says it is being treated un- flect “the current value of the sponsor- of China’s ratings charts. fairly, and has accused Talpa of extortion ship rights to the programme”. C NTENT ContentAsia Formats Outlook @ MIP TV 2016 Formats Please contact Aqilah at [email protected] or +65 6846-5987 to add your formats deals and productions in Asia to Outlook ContentAsia’s Formats Leaderboard 2016 www.contentasia.tv @Contentasia Facebook/Contentasia 2-3 April 2016 CALL The Discovery Showcase for The Global Formats Community FOR ENTRIES MIPFormats International Pitch New Ideas. New Talent. New Formats. In Partnership with Backed for the second time by all3media International, the distribution arm of the UK’s leading TV production group, the MIPFormats International Pitch PZ[OLPUK\Z[Y`»Z[VWÅPNO[WP[JOPUNJVTWL[P[PVUMVYJYLH[VYZHUKWYVK\JLYZVM innovative non-scripted entertainment formats. Jury President Stephen Lambert Submit your project on mipformats.com Deadline for entries: February 22 4-7 April 2016 25 January-7 February 2016 page 5. C NTENTASIA 8-21 February 2016 Page 6. 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