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MPA’s APOS Suria counts down to Malay dance debut turns 10 First dance reality show follows 2018’s kids song format Value creation takes centre stage in Bali in April

APOS turns 10 in April, and Media Part- ners Asia (MPA), organisers of the annual media/telecoms/entertainment event in Bali, are marking the milestone with conversations themed around The Path to Value Creation.

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Yanxi Palace beats off rivals Mainland period show flies flag for Asian drama

Mainland Chinese epic period drama, The Story of Yanxi Palace, won stream- Dansa Mania ing giant iQiyi a place on Singapore’s top three digital originals list for the week Singapore -TV Malay channel Suria Singapore broadcaster . of 10-16 January, according to the latest premieres its first reality dance competi- The production budget, which comes data from Parrot Analytics. tion, Dansa Mania, on Monday, 4 Febru- out of Mediacorp’s government-funded ary, in a prime-time 8.30pm slot. public service broadcasting obligation, The full story is on page 13 The two-hour double bill finale will air has not been disclosed. Mediacorp re- on 25 March 2019 on both Suria and on ceives about S$250 million/US$183 mil- Singapore streaming platform Toggle. lion a year from the government’s Public Open to Singaporeans and perma- Service Broadcasting fund. nent residents between the ages of 13 Suria programmers said Dansa Mania China’s CGTN and 40 years old, Dansa Mania kicks off taps the popularity of dance within the with 11 groups chosen from the 100 se- youth demo. backs plastic doc lected during auditions in October last This is the second time in a year Suria April 2019 global premiere year. Groups are between three and 10 has experimented with reality compe- dancers. Every week one group is elimi- titions. Last year this time, the channel for Raw environment show nated. The winner receives S$10,000/ premiered its first kids reality singing com- US$7,358 cash. petition, Juara Mic Junior!, in the same China’s China Global Television Network The reality series is hosted by local ra- Monday prime time slot. (CGTN) has bought worldwide (ex U.K.) dio DJ and TV host, Dalina Jaapar, with Suria’s linear schedule is a mix of in- premiere rights for Raw documentary, resident judges entertainer Najip Ali, free- house production and acquisition of Ba- Drowning in Plastic. The 90-minute pro- style dancer Alif Aircho and performer/ hasa Malay and Bahasa Indonesia origi- gramme will air in April as part of CGTN’s choreographer Gani Karim. nals from Southeast Asian neighbours Big Story strand. Dansa Mania is produced by local shop Malaysia and Indonesia. Mediamorphosis for Suria, which is one of Dansa Mania replaces Reka, a DIY The full story is on page 5 seven television channels operated by decorating competition show. C NTENTASIA 21 January-3 February 2019 Page 2.

Solar buys Grammy rights Singapore ushers in new copyright rules Sterner measures against illicit streaming box vendors

Singapore authorities are amending the Singapore, with its ultra-fast broadband country’s copyright rules to, among other networks and digital infrastructure, has things, cut off money earned through been a happy home to pirate ventures, selling streaming boxes that enable ac- including a robust trade in illicit streaming cess to pirate TV channels and video-on- devices. demand programmes. Neil Gane, GM of regional industry “The measures, which are absent to- body Avia’s Coalition Against Piracy day, will make clear that acts such as the (CAP), said illicit streaming devices and import and sale of such devices are pro- their associated applications “are by far hibited,” the Ministry of Law says. the most important copyright infringe- The proposed amendments, intro- ment issue in Singapore”. Bruno Mars at last year’s Grammy Awards duced after a three-year reveiw and two “Liability for ISD retailers under the pres- Solar Entertainment in the Philippines rounds of public consultations, also en- ent version of the copyright act exists, but has added rights for this year’s Gram- hance IP rights of creators “to help them establishing it is not straightforward. We my Awards to its slate, joining Asian build their reputation and grow their busi- are pleased that the government has platforms including China’s Tencent ness”. This includes default ownership of recognised that this lack of legal clar- and Japan’s Wowow. The 61st annual commissioned works, including films, un- ity had allowed ISD retailers to mislead awards, hosted this year by Alicia Keys, less they agree otherwise. consumers that the content accessible airs live from the U.S. on Sunday 10 The proposals have, as expected, been through such TV boxes was legal and February. The rights deals were closed welcomed by an industry hobbled by pi- that requisite subscription charges went by Alfred Haber Inc. racy. to rights-holders – which they did not”.

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Sky Castle on track MPA’s APOS turns 10 for record close Value creation takes centre stage in Bali in April JTBC drama hits 22% on pen-ultimate weekend

Sky Castle

The latest episodes of Sky Castle hit 22.316% ratings nationwide on Saturday, 19 January, topping a consist- ent rise since the premiere on 23 Novem- ber at 1.727% (source: AGB Nielsen) and setting new audience share records for cable drama. With two episodes to , JTBC’s Friday/ Saturday prime-time drama hit 24.5% rat- ings in for episode 18 on 19 January, up from the previous Saturday’s 21%. The performance puts Sky Castle ahead of Studio Dragon’s Goblin (2017), which closed at 18.68% average rating nation- MPA executive director, Vivek Couto, with Disney’s Kevin Mayer at APOS 2016 wide for its final episode in January 2017. Sky Castle is also way ahead of this year’s much-anticipated Studio Dragon APOS turns 10 in April, and Media Part- vators are forging new business models weekend drama, Memories of the Alham- ners Asia (MPA), organisers of the annual and strategies,” he adds. bra, which peaked nationwide at 10.025% media/telecoms/entertainment event “As distribution options multiply, the on 13 January. in Bali, are marking the milestone with need for scale, operating leverage and Sky Castle is the story of a group of conversations themed around The Path local relevance has never been greater, housewives living in a high-end Seoul resi- to Value Creation. driving M&A and astute partnerships with dential complex. Sky Castle’s final episode This includes a focus on “The New a heightened focus on content, data airs on Saturday, 26 January. Economics of Storytelling”, which ex- and direct-to-consumer relationships,” Produced by Bomi Moon’s HB Entertain- plores how producers and distributors he says. ment and Joonsuh Park of JTBC’s Drama- can make money on a sustainable basis Other sub-themes include a broader house, the surprise hit makes Sky Castle “amidst bubbles of volatile demand in goal for distribution, which looks at distri- the most successful drama in seven-year- online video and challenging unit eco- bution platforms’ new mantra as opera- old domestic cable/pay broadcaster nomics in TV,” says MPA executive direc- tors and markets transition from simple JTBC’s history. tor, Vivek Couto. bundles of linear video and legacy com- The 20-episode satire tracks the materi- APOS 2019 (23-25 April) will focus “on munications products to packaging alistic desires of upper-class parents in Ko- the foundations and catalysts that will together all kinds of digital services, data rea, and their relentless ambitions for their enable the healthy of capital, con- and content. children in Korea’s competitive education tent and distribution across a US$425- This year’s agenda will also look at lo- system. billion consumer broadband and video cal market momentum as global scale The 70-minute episodes are set in a ecosystem in Asia Pacific,” Couto says. accelerates under the banner of “local luxurious residential development called “Digital distribution continues to recali- clout meets global scale” and how the Sky Castle, populated by doctors and law brate revenues, costs and valuations in shift to direct-to-consumer changes the professors. Asia Pacific, where local and global inno- game. 21 January-3 February 2019 page 4. C NTENTASIA 21 January-3 February 2019 Page 5.

SK Broadband doubles China’s CGTN backs anti-plastic doc capacity to deal with April 2019 global premieres for Raw doc streaming demand

Korea’s SK Broadband wants to double data transfer speeds from 50 Gbps to 100 Gbps to accommodate the coun- try’s rising consumption, accord- ing to Korean news agency Yonhap. Company officials have not said how long it will take to negotiate adjust- ments to SK’s international network with foreign telcos. The report said Netflix had approx one million active users in Korea.

Pakistan threatens action against “malicious and indecent” content

Pakistan’s media regulatory author- ity, Pemra, has warned satellite TV channels not to criticise state institu- tions – and particularly the judiciary Drowning in Plastic – on air. Pemra described some of the discussions as “malicious” and “inde- Mainland China’s China Global Television of marine plastic pollution with wildlife cent”, and said ongoing anti-judiciary Network (CGTN) has bought worldwide biologist Liz Bonnin and some of the programmes on various channels were premiere rights (excluding the U.K.) for world’s leading marine biologists and “a matter of serious concern”. The Pa- Raw documentary, Drowning in Plastic. campaigners. kistan Press Foundation quoted Pemra The 90-minute programme will air in The global licensing deal, which makes as saying that strict action would be April as part of CGTN’s Big Story strand. CGTN a co-producer alongside BBC One, taken, including legal proceedings, Drowning in Plastic, which aired on was brokered by Indie distributor all3me- against this violation of Pemra laws. BBC One last year, tracks the dangers dia International.

ABS-CBN’s iWant reports 60m views in December Vietnam picks up Keshet’s Boom!

Philippines broadcaster ABS-CBN says Philippines’ GMA adds 78 eps to original order its rebooted iWant streaming platform recorded 60 million video views in De- Vietnam’s VTV will air the first local version (Bayon TV). cember 2018, and moved into the 2019 of Keshet show Boom! in March. The se- By mid-November last year, Keshet had with 11.3 million users. The revamped ries, produced by Aqua Blue for VTV, will eight titles on air in 2018 or commissioned app debuted in November 2018. New air as Qua Cau Bi An (The Mysterious Ball), for 2019 – just under 3% share of approx originals on the platform include this giving Keshet its third Asian landing spot 300 format titles in the region, according month’s romcom, Allergy in Love, writ- for the trivia challenge format. to ContentAsia’s Formats Outlook. ten and directed by Joross Gamboa, In a second Asia deal announced this In addition to Boom! Philippines, Keshet about a man with an extreme, poten- week, Philippines’ broadcaster GMA - titles include four titles in Vietnam – Lovers tially fatal, allergic reaction to physical work has ordered another 78 episodes of or Liars Vietnam; Manbirth Vietnam; Mas- intimacy; and erotic-drama anthology Boom!, which has been running as a live ter Class Vietnam; Masters of Dance Viet- series Hush, featuring individual jour- stripped segment in GMA’s variety show nam – as well as Rising season neys to self-discovery and fulfilment of Eat Bulaga. two; Rising Star Indonesia season three; sexual desires. Boom! has also aired in Cambodia and Who’s on Top? Indonesia. Driving the content economy

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Korea

In numbers

Population...... 51.18 million Households...... 19.8 million TV households...... 19.5 million Avg. TV households...... 2.5 TV penetration...... 98.5% Pay TV subscribers...... 30.8 million Internet users (fixed/mobile)...... 45.2 million Mobile subscribers...... 63.6 million

Source: Statistics Korea

Free TV ​​​ Educational Broadcasting System Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) was founded in 1973 for educational establishments in Korea and launched in 1974 as a radio station under the Korean Educational Development Institute. TV broadcasting started in 1980. EBS was Sky Castle, JTBC re-established as a public corporation in 2000. EBS currently owns and operates seven TV channels: EBS1 (digital terrestrial public channel for general viewers); EBS2 KBS TV1’s driver content is news/current af- channels (drama, sports, music, variety, (digital terrestrial public channel offering fairs, cultural programming and historical women), four terrestrial DMB services English educational content for elemen- daily drama series. KBS TV2’s strength lies (two television, one radio, one data) tary/middle school); satellite channel EBS in its variety/entertainment family-oriented and three radio stations (AM, FM, stan- Plus 1 (supplements school education offering. KBS World is a global 24-hour dard FM). MBC distributes its content for college entrance exams, via satellite satellite service targeting Koreans living internationally via distribution arm iMBC. SkyLife, cable TV, IPTV); EBS Plus 2 (supple- overseas. KBS also offers six cable TV chan- ments primary/middle school education nels: KBS Drama, KBS Joy (quiz/variety), Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) and vocational training via satellite Sky- KBS Sports, KBS W (women), KBS Kids and Founded in 1990 and launched in 1991, Life, cable TV, IPTV); EBS English (English- KBS Prime (culture). The four KBS-branded Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) oper- language education via satellite SkyLife, terrestrial DMB channels are: U-KBS Star ates SBS, a national domestic terrestrial cable TV, IPTV); EBS U (education for (mobile versions of KBS TV1 current affairs), TV channel offering news, drama, en- children via IPTV); and EBS America (edu- U-KBS Heart (mobile versions of KBS TV2’s tertainment, sports, films and documen- cational channel in the U.S. via satellite/ entertainment shows), U-KBS Music (music taries; seven cable/satellite channels cable TV). EBS also operates several inter- channel) and U-KBS Clover (interactive (SBS Plus, SBS Golf, SBS funE, SBS Sports, net-/mobile-based educational services data/information). KBS subsidiaries include SBS CNBC, SBS MTV and and is involved in international co-produc- KBS Media, which manages local/global Korea); one DMB channel; and two FM tion and content distribution businesses. marketing of KBS content. KBS is funded radio stations. SBS also has interests in by viewer licence fees. OTT (pooq), specialised media technol- Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) ogy, computer graphics and art, TV Public broadcaster, Korean Broadcast- Munhwa Broadcasting Corp (MBC) programme production and distribu- ing System (KBS), was founded in 1926 as Established in 1961, Munhwa Broad- tion, and internet/new media. Kyeongseong Broadcasting Corporation. casting Corporation (MBC) is a public The public broadcaster added television broadcaster with 98% coverage of to its radio services in 1961. KBS operates Korea. The MBC network consists of Pay TV two general entertainment terrestrial TV one national terrestrial station (Channel B tv (Broad&tv) channels (KBS TV1, KBS TV2) and one inter- 11), five cable stations (drama, sports, IPTV service B tv was launched in 2009 by national satellite TV channel (KBS World). variety, music, women), five satellite TV SK Telecom’s broadband internet entity,

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SK Broadband. The service offers about LG telcos: LG Telecom, LG Dacom and by broadcasters SBS, KBS and MBC, by 234 SD/HD channels and 85,000+ VOD/ LG Powercom. the first half of 2019. The coalition came catch-up titles (movies/TV series) to 4.66 as part of the companies’ efforts to com- million subscribers (Sep 2018). Subscriptions pete with foreign/global streaming ser- cost from KRW16,500/US$14.70 a month for OTT/Online/Mobile vices Netflix and YouTube. the 136-channel B tv Basic pack without Consumers in Korea have access to a contract to KRW30,800/US$27.50 a month Olleh TV Mobile wide range of streaming/online plat- for the 234-channel B tv Prime Catch-on Olleh TV Mobile is the mobile extension forms, including ALTBalaji (Indian, from pack without contract. of IPTV Olleh TV service. The mobile US$1.99 a month); Prime Video offering includes 80+ free live TV chan- D’LIVE (US$5.99 a month); Netflix (also avail- nels and 80,000+ VOD titles, spanning D’LIVE is a cable pay-TV and OTT service able via D’Live Plus’ and LG U+’s set-top TV programmes, kids, sports, documen- provider in Korea with upwards of two boxes); Spuul; and YuppTV. tary and animation series delivered million subscribers. D’LIVE was Netflix’s EveryOn TV through LTE network. Non-KT customers first partner in Korea, offering the service EveryOn TV, a subsidiary company of Hyun- pay KRW5,000/US$4.50 a month. KT sub- through the D’LIVE set-top box. dai’s HCN and Pandora TV, launched in scribers get it for free. 2013. The multiscreen TV service provides KT Skylife/Olleh TV/Olleh TV Skylife Pooq more than 250+ TV channels for free in real Founded in 1981 as a fixed-line service Contents Alliance Platform (CAP) time via connected devices. provider, the former state-owned KT Cor- launched online TV platform Pooq in poration began providing satellite servic- Kakao TV July 2012. The service offers local/inter- es through KT Skylife in 2002. KT Skylife of- Launched in February 2017, Kakao TV of- national channels and programmes on- fers HD/SD TV and audio channels to 2.6 fers UGC, local TV content and interac- demand to four million users, of which million users (Sep 2018). KT also operates tive real-time chat priced at KRW7,900/ 700,000 are premium/paying subs (Jan IPTV service, Olleh TV/Olleh TV Air, offering US$7 a month. Kakao TV is owned and 2019). CAP, owned by terrestrial broad- about 211 channels and 150,000+ titles operated by Kakao Corporation, which casters – KBS, MBC, SBS – primarily en- (drama, movies, documentaries, con- was formed by the merger between vid- gages in the production and distribution certs, sports events, karaoke, shopping eo platform Kakao and content provider of broadcasting programmes, films and and education) to 6.1 million users (Sep Daum Communications in 2014. video/audio product in Korea. 2018). KT’s hybrid IPTV/satellite platform, Olleh TV Skylife (OTS), which provides a NAVER TV Telebee combo of satellite TV (SkyLife), IPTV (Olleh Ad-supported online video portal NAVER Satellite broadcasting company KT Sky- TV) and interactive services, had 1.7 TV was launched in 2012 by internet ser- life, launched video streaming service, million subscribers at the end of Septem- vice operator NAVER Corporation, which Telebee, in September 2017, offering ber 2018. KT produces its own content, is best known for its search portal/online access to live TV channels and select including drama, sports and talk shows, services in Korea. The platform offers Skylife TV programmes. The basic plan and has an interest in OTT (Telebee), ultra- Korean web series (drama/animation/ costs KRW3,300/US$3 a month for eight high-definition IPTV (Olleh GiGA UHD tv) entertainment) and UGC videos. NAVER local TV channels and the portable set- and broadband services. TVcast also carries some acquired Eng- top box is KRW70,000/US$63. lish-language content. U+ TV tving Established in December 2007 by LG Oksusu CJ HelloVision’s tving is an OTT/online U+ Corp, U+ TV is an IPTV service offer- Oksusu (“corn” in Korean) offers live TV TV/video service geo-blocked for Ko- ing VOD titles spanning entertainment, streaming channels and video on de- rea. tving offers real-time TV channels games and variety content as well mand (VOD) content, including movies from CJ ENM, its own in-house chan- as live channels. Monthly subscription and dramas, as well as original program- nels, and more than 50,000 VOD local/ plans cost from KRW7,700/US$6.90 for 75 ming to about 9.46 million subscribers, of international titles, including movies and channels to KRW27,390/US$24.50 for 174 which six million are premium/paying subs TV episodes via internet connected de- channels. U+ TV also has a mobile IPTV (7,000 monthly unique visitors, Sep 2018). vices. tving started off as a sub-menu version, U+ HDTV. LG, which had about Launched in Jan 2016, Oksusu is an inte- for TV video service under Gom TV (a 3.9 million U+ TV IPTV subs at the end of gration of SK’s former mobile TV B tv Mo- Korean video player app) in May 2010 October 2018, also operates broadband bile and VOD platform Hoppin. Oksusu and in March 2011, after six months of service Giga Broadband to 4.03 million is offered to all users in Korea, including development, re-launched as tving. CJ subscribers (Oct 2018). LG U+ was found- non-SK Telecom customers. SK plans to in- HelloVision is the internet television ser- ed in July 1996 by the merging of three tegrate Oksusu and Pooq, an OTT service vice affiliate of the CJ Group.

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U+HDTV Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and operator D’Live and, since December Multi-platform U+HDTV offers live televi- Australia), Mnet Japan (music channel 2016, is 5% owned by A+E Networks. sion channels and video on-demand in Japan), and Blue TV (carries general content. Subscription costs KRW5,500/ “hallyu” content, in Vietnam) as well as HB Entertainment US$4.90 a month. A la carte VOD titles online creator network Dia TV. The com- Established in 2006, HB Entertainment cost from KRW500/US$0.40 to KRW5,500/ pany produces and distributes content specialises in drama series and film pro- US$4.90 each. for the broadcast, film, music, live enter- duction. 2018 credits include the 20-epi- tainment sectors. CJ E&M was formed sode drama series Sky Castle, which Watcha Play in 2010 in a merger of CJ Media and On tracks the materialistic desires of upper- Founded in 2011, Kakao Ventures- Media (broadcast); CJ Entertainment class parents in Korea (aired on JTBC); backed Watcha Inc (formerly known as (motion pictures); Mnet Media (music); crime/mystery Partners for Justice (MBC); Frograms Inc) launched SVOD service and CJ Internet (games). The company and romantic comedy Lovely Horribly Watcha Play in January 2016. is headquartered in Seoul with branches (KBS). HB Entertainment is also involved in Asia and the U.S. in talent management services. YouTube Premium is Google’s video subscrip- Chorokbaem Media JTBC Content Hub tion service YouTube Premium’s (formerly Established in 1998, Chorokbaem Media (Drama House/Studio LuluLala) YouTube Red) first Asian market. The is a film and TV production company JTBC Content Hub, which is the distribu- service launched in the country in De- making hit films and series such as A Love tion arm of JTBC, oversees worldwide cember 2016. YouTube Premium offers of Life and Death, Jumong and K-Pop distribution of JTBC’s original content. It original movies/series, music videos and Star. The production company is major- is home to two content studios, Drama- ad-free (offline feature) videos, and costs ity owned by DMG Entertainment China, house, which creates primetime scripted KRW7,900/US$7.06a month. which acquired an US$21.5-million equity programming and Studio LuluLala, for stake in Chorokbaem in August 2015. digital scripted/unscripted and lifestyle shows across TV and online platforms Programming/ Company SangSang such as JTBC, JTBC2, JTBC4, Facebook, Production/ Company SangSang is a production and YouTube. Studio Lululala’s produc- Post Production company founded by Hyuk-Jae Jang tion credits include variety web series and Hyo-Jin Cho, the producers behind Wassup Man, which gained 1.6+ million 72 Seconds variety shows Running Man and Family followers in less than one year since Digital content studio 72 Seconds spe- Outing. Company SangSang also pro- launching in 2018. JTBC produces about cialises in the production of branded duced Netflix’s first Korean original vari- 12 scripted series and over 2000 hours content for third parties, including cable ety show Busted!. of unscripted programming annually, networks, and its own original line-up. including drama series Lady in Dig- Production credits include drama series EnterMedia Pictures nity (2017), Misty (2018) and Sky Castle Ordinary Life of Ms O (S1-3), about a 30- Founded in 2013, EnterMedia Pictures in (2018). year old single woman who balances Korea is a part of U.S.-based EnterMedia blind dates with being a boss at work; Contents. The production company has LYD Banana Actually (S1-S2), about the lives developed the Korean TV remake of U.S. LYD is a media and content distribution of four interconnected couples; and series legal drama Suits, and was involved company offering customised gateways Deux Yeoza (S1-S2), which follows the in- in adapting the U.S. version of Korean in and out of Korea. Based in Seoul, LYD timate telepathic (and not-so-telepath- drama, The Good Doctor. EnterMedia is provides channel, content and brand ic) communication of two girls as they also involved in television acquisition and representation within the local market deal with strange men, drunk girlfriends, distribution; digital content creation and while also securing international distribu- and scary sales associates. distribution; and motion picture produc- tion for its portfolio of Korean dramas on tion, acquisition and distribution. channels and global OTT platforms. CJ ENM KOSDAQ-listed CJ E&M merged with CJ iHQ Playlist Studio Group’s home shopping/e-commerce iHQ’s core business areas comprise of Digital content specialist Playlist Studio is subsidiary CJ O Shopping on 1 July 2018 two main divisions: entertainment divi- owned by video messenger company to become CJ ENM. The company con- sion that manages talents as well as dra- Snow, which is a subsidiary of Naver. tinues to operate 16 TV channels, includ- ma production, and media division that Playlist Studio focuses mostly on teen ing tvN (general entertainment service operates six TV channels and in-house romance content, including Love Playlist available in Hong Kong, Singapore, content production. The KOSPI-listed (S1-S3), Seventeen (S1) and Eighteen (S1). Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, company is majority owned by pay-TV

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Studio Dragon series Secret Crushes (S1-S3), Always responsible for regulating broadcasting Studio Dragon, set up by CJ E&M as a sep- a Boyfriend, Never a Boyfriend (S1-S3) and communications services, protect- arate production unit in early 2016, listed and Office Watch (S1-S2). The com- ing users, and dealing with other matters on the KOSDAQ in November 2017, and pany also owns and operates two required for maintaining the indepen- said at the time it aimed to expand do- web-based channels, KOK TV (drama) dence of broadcasting services. mestic market share to 40% by 2020. Studio and KIK TV (entertainment), where the Dragon titles include The Crowned Clown, offering includes two new episodes Korean Broadcasters Association a story of a king who replaces himself with a week. The aim is to becaome a full- KBA was founded in 1974 by domestic a lookalike clown to escape political up- fledged channel network. terrestrial broadcasters. The aims are heaval and power struggles; Touch Your to develop the broadcasting envi- Heart, about a fading actress who falls in ronment and upgrade broadcasting love with a cold-hearted lawyer; and ro- Regulators/ qualities in Korea. mance thriller The Psychometric Guy, the Associations Ministry of Culture, Sports story of a boy who can read secrets. Korea & and Tourism Studio Gale Founded in 2008, the Ministry of Culture, Studio Gale was established in 2008 as Association (KCTA) Sports and Tourism is responsible for the a 3D animation studio specialising in The KCTA aims to provide diversified, areas of tourism, culture, art, religion the creation and production of global content, including UHD dramas in col- and sports. laboration with overseas companies to animation content. Studio Gale is best Seoul Film Commission (SFC) known for pre-school titles Pororo The cable TV users in Korea. Since its foundation in 2002, the SFC has Little Penguin, Tayo The Little Bus and Korea Communications provided support to more than 1,000 Grami’s Circus Show. Commission (KCC) film/TV productions. Offers incentive pro- Why Not Media The KCC was created in 2008, combin- grammes with the support of the Seoul Why Not Media specialises in the ing the former Korean Broadcasting Metropolitan government and other production of web drama series. Commission and the Ministry of Infor- agencies. Production credits include romance mation and Communication. KCC is

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Be included! Please send your details to Malena at [email protected] or +65 6846 5982 C NTENTASIA events 21 January-3 February 2019 Page 12.

What’s on where... January 2019 22-24 NATPE Miami, U.S.

February 2019 19-20 Avia OTT Summit Singapore

March 2019 5-7 SportelAsia Macau

11-12 INTV YMCA Jerusalem, Israel

12-14 FICCI Frames Mumbai, India

18-21 Hong Kong FILMART Hong Kong

19 Indonesia in View Jakarta, Indonesia

April 2019 2 Avia OTT India Mumbai, India

3-5 Content Expo Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

6-7 MIP Doc Cannes, France

6-7 MIP Formats Cannes, France

8-11 MIP TV Cannes, France

23-25 APOS Bali, Indonesia

May 2019 8-10 Busan Contents Market (BCM) Busan, Korea

14-17 L.A. Screenings (Independants) L.A., U.S.A.

27-28 DW Global Media Forum Bonn, Germany

June 2019 5-7 MIP China Hangzhou, China

6-8 Vietnam Telefilm Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

14-10 Shanghai International Film & TV Festival TV Market Shanghai Exhibition Center, China

17 Avia Satellite Industry Forum Singapore

18-20 BroadcastAsia Singapore

18-20 CommunicAsia Singapore

August 2019 20-23 BCWW Seoul, Korea

28-29 ContentAsia Summit Singapore

September 2019 3 Malaysia in View Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

26-29 Gwangju ACE Fair Gwangju, South Korea

October 2019 12-13 MIP Junior Cannes, France

14-17 Mipcom Cannes, France

November 2019 4-6 Asia Video Summit Hong Kong

6-13 American Film Market & Conference, AFM Santa Monica, CA, U.S.

TBC APSCC Bangkok, Thailand

December 2019 4-6 Asia TV Forum & Market, ATF Singapore

9-10 Dubai International Content Market 2019 Dubai

The full list of events is available at www.contentasia.tv/events-list

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Yanxi Palace beats back digital rivals Mainland period show flies the flag for Asian drama C NTENT

Editorial Director Mainland Chinese epic period drama, secretly investigating her sister’s death. Janine Stein The Story of Yanxi Palace, won streaming As insanely popular as the series has [email protected] giant iQiyi a place on Singapore’s top been, it didn’t come anywhere close to Assistant Editor three digital originals list for the week of the demand for American studio titles such Malena Amzah 10 to 16 January, beaten only by Netflix as Brooklyn Nine-Nine or Game of Thrones [email protected] anthology sci-fi drama Black Mirror, ac- – the top two titles on the overall list and Research Manager cording to the latest data from Parrot the only two that topped the 500,000 de- CJ Yong Analytics. mand expressions mark for the week. [email protected] The 70-episode 2018 series, which beat Singapore’s biggest change over the Editorial Research Aqilah Yunus U.S. titles such as Marvel’s Daredevil, Lem- past six months is the leap in average [email protected] ony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events demand expressions from 364,000 for the Design and Stranger Things on the digital list for the top show (Westworld) in June last year to Rae Yong week, is the story of a young palace maid just under 600,000 for this year’s top title. Associate Publisher Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Singapore (Americas, Europe) and VP, International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Expressions® Leah Gordon 1 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 599,738 [email protected] 2 Game of Thrones 562,949 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 3 The Good Place 337,160 Masliana Masron 4 The Big Bang Theory 285,194 [email protected] 5 The Flash 275,539 To receive your regular free copy 6 Modern Family 265,243 of ContentAsia, please email 7 The Walking Dead 260,988 [email protected] 8 Arrow 222,582 Published fortnightly by: 9 Black Mirror 206,770 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 10 The Daily Show 199,822 730A Geylang Road Singapore 389641 Top 10 Digital Originals: Singapore Tel: +65 6846-5987 www.contentasia.tv Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions®

1 Black Mirror Netflix 206,770 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 2 Story of Yanxi Palace iQiyi 178,771 Copyright 2019 Pencil Media Pte Ltd. 3 Marvel's Daredevil Netflix 169,902 All Rights Reserved. 4 Young Justice DC Universe 168,564 5 Narcos Netflix 144,736 6 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Netflix 141,926 Unfortunate Events 7 Titans DC Universe 130,705 8 Stranger Things Netflix 118,276 9 Future Man 117,254 C NTENT 10 Marvel's Runaways Hulu 106,837 Daily news with Date range: 10-16 Jan 2019 ContentAsia Insider Market: Singapore email [email protected] Demand Expressions®: The global TV measurement standard developed by Parrot Analytics, which represents the total audience demand being for subscription details expressed for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the de- sire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/ download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.