11-24 JuLY 2016 ! s r a ye 2 0 C 016 g 1 NTENT - Celebratin www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com PCCW’s Viu pushes into MAIN COLOR PALETTE 10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 premiumR: 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: 255 R: 138 G: 140 B: 143 Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue C: 84 M: 68 Y: 0 Singapore K: 0 C: 49 goesM: 39 Y: 38 live K: 3 with unlimited downloads & multiple pay points Uncontrollably Fond PCCW Media has added premium ver- sions of its Viu OTT platform to its offering in Singapore, supporting Singtel’s first bid to delink mobile video and set-top box TV subscriptions as well as offering a paid direct-to-consumer option. The full story is on page three HBO Asia kicks off Chinese martial arts FIRST AND EXCLUSIVE originals slate SAME DAY AS THE U.K. Brand New Season Mainland co-production Premieres Aug 28 Sundays & Mondays 10:30am (9:30am JKT/BKK) anthology confirmed Primetime Encore Sundays, Mondays & Thursdays 9pm (8pm JKT/BKK) HBO Asia has confirmed a slate of Chi- nese martial arts action TV features with prolific mainland Chinese producer, Chi- For carriage inquiries, please contact [email protected] na Movie Channel (CMC). ©2016 FremantleMedia & Simco Ltd. ©2016 FremantleMedia The full story is on page two C NTENTASIA 11-24 JuLY 2016 Page 2. HBO Asia ventures into Chinese film Maiden N. Asia co-pro with China Movie Channel HBO Asia is producing its first Chinese channels and on HBO Asia’s HBO and martial arts action TV features with pro- Red by HBO channels in 23 territories lific mainland Chinese producer, China at the end of 2016. Movie Channel (CMC). Both movies are set in ancient Chi- The first two titles in the anthology na at the end of the Qing dy- are Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar nasty. So and Master of the Shadowless Kick: Principal photography Wong Kei-Ying. has started in Heng Dian, CMC has produced/co-produced China, helmed by Chi- more than 1,700 domestic titles, includ- nese action choreogra- ing Slave Mother and The Taking of Tiger pher and director, Guo Mountain. Jian Yong (So Close, Chi- The Singapore-based HBO Asia con- nese Hero Zhao Zi Long). (Left) Jonathan Spink, CEO, HBO Asia: firmed the mainland slate on Monday (11 The CMC anthology takes (Above) Halfworlds season one July), a little less than two months after HBO into uncharted territory in North Asia news of the collaboration first emerged following its slate of English-language TV during the Cannes Film Festival. series in Southeast Asia and Australia. work at the end of this year. Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen These include fantasy series Halfworlds, Halfworlds 2 is the first time HBO Asia (The Transporter, X-Men) is executive which has been renewed for a second has renewed an original series. Previous producing the first two movies, which season. originals, Serangoon Road and Grace, will premiere across CMC’s network of The eight-part series returns to the net- ran for one season each. A NEW ORIGINAL COMEDY © 2 0 1 6 V i a c o m I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n c . A l l R i g h t s “ VER R Y F e UN s N e Y” r THE v HOL e LYW d OOD REPORTER . C NTENTASIA 11-24 JuLY 2016 Page 3. Viu adds premium tiers in Singapore the C NTENT Offers direct option or bundled with Singtel’s new Cast MAIN COLOR PALETTE 10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT 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: 255 R: 138 G: 140 B: 143 Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue summitC: 84 M: 68 Y: 0 K: 0 C: 49 M: 39 Y: 38 K: 3 1-2 September 2016 The Westin Singapore Uncontrollably Fond Hong Kong’s PCCW Media has added 12-month contract. premium versions of its Viu OTT platform Viu Premium, which offers unlimited to its offering in Singapore. downloads, rolls out in Singapore with The dual-option strategy gives viewers the premiere of new Korean series, Un- a choice of subscribing to Viu directly or controllably Fond. For agenda details, please getting the app as part of Singtel’s new The series is available on Viu with Eng- contact Janine at janine@ Cast bundle. The bundle pushes a 1GB lish subtitles right after the Korea telecast broadband data sweetener for an ad- in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and contentasia.tv ditional S$3/US$2.23 a month. Indonesia. Making the announcement, PCCW said “With the rise of digital content, we For all other info, Viu downloads had hit 1.6 million in Hong are seeing a rapid shift in the way media please contact CJ at Kong since its launch in October 2015. content is being consumed, especially A free Viu version launched in Singa- by millennials,” said PCCW managing [email protected] pore in January this year (ContentAsia, director, Janice Lee. 11 January 2016). Downloads hit 500,000 “86% of Singapore netizens regularly by early July, PCCW said. The telco also stream or download video content, of said average Viu viewing was 1.82 hours which 60% are watching dramas,” Lee a day. said. The free ad-supported service will con- Viu also has partnerships with CSL in tinue to be available in Singapore. Hong Kong; Telekom Malaysia Berhad, contentasiasummit.com Viu Premium direct costs S$5.98/ Maxis, Digi and U Mobile in Malaysia; US$4.43 a month. Monthly subscrip- and Telkom Indonesia in Indonesia. tions through Singtel cost S$6.98/US$5 (no contract) or S$4.98/US$3.70 on a An extended version of this story is at www.contentasia.tv C NTENTASIA 11-24 JuLY 2016 Page 4. 11-24 JULY 2016 page 4. C NTENTASIA 11-24 JuLY 2016 Page 5. ABS-CBN Ventosa on the march at SKY Cable brings back Philippines’ programmer ups national pay-TV ambitions Minute to Win It Philippines’ media conglomerate twice the industry rate, and driving Philippines’ free-TV network ABS-CBN is ABS-CBN Corporation has ap- take up of the video-on-demand bringing back game show Minute to Win It pointed Antonio “March” Ven- business under the SKY On De- on 18 July. The “last man standing” edition tosa as chief operating officer mand brand. promises “only the fittest survive” to claim of cable/broadband company, Ventosa joined ABS-CBN 10 the cash prize. The show is stripped Mon- SKY Cable Corporation. years ago as head of market- days to Thursdays. The first season of En- Ventosa, an ABS-CBN veteran, ing, and has led several of the demol Shine’s Minute to Win It Philippines takes over as the 25-year-old com- company’s units, including Studio aired in 2013/4, breaking global records pany expands its subscription busi- March Ventosa 23/ABS-CBN Sports and Action, and for being the first version to air daily as well ness from cable into satellite DTH Creative Programs Inc. as the first to air for more than a year. with the new SKYdirect platform in Prior to joining ABS-CBN, Ventosa May this year. was with the Leo Burnett group for 20+ Ventosa’s brief also includes expand- years as managing director of Leo Burnett ing broadband business SKYbroadband, Manila and president of Black Pencil and Stingray opens which ABS-CBN said today had grown at Arc Worldwide. regional A-P office Canadian music broadcaster, Stingray Digital Group, opens its first office in Asia Pacific later this year as part of ramped up Turner debuts Adult Swim on Aus free-TV expansion plans. Mathieu Sibille will drive the latest regional One-hour branded block launches on 9Go! agenda out of Singapore as managing director. Sibille retains his role as chief executive of iConcerts, which Stingray acquired in De- cember 2015 along with music outfit Digital Music Distribution. ATV staffers paid. Finally. Drama draws to a close Defunct Hong Kong broadcaster, Asia Television Ltd’s (ATV), debt to the majority of former staffers has been largely cleared in a mix of government compensation and funding from new station investor Si Rong- bin/Star Platinum Enterprises. Rick and Morty, Adult Swim According to local daily the South China Morning Post, the wage sage total runs to Turner’s young adult comedy brand, kicked off this weekend and involves HK$93 million/US$12 million. Adult Swim, has debuted on free-TV in shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Har- Free-TV broadcaster ATV went off air in Australia with a weekly one-hour block vey Birdman and Rick and Morty. on Nine Australia’s 9Go! channel. Nine has also acquired format rights to April this year, bringing to a close years of The syndication deal, which involves Adult Swim’s FishCentre, which will open ownership, political, management and catch-up and live streaming rights, the block every week.