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29 May-11 June C NTENT 2017 www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com Asia’s Next Top iflix rolls out live football streaming Model hits Thai Deal kicks off with Indonesian broadcaster TVOne Top 10 Thai viewers online vote Streaming platform iflix has added live of the Indonesian leagues in Indonesia. for drama, anime, talent football to its SVOD offering, kicking Coverage begins on 31 May at 8.30pm off its new era with Indonesian free-TV with Bali United F.C. vs. Persib Bandung. competition broadcaster TVOne. iflix will offer nine new matches a week. The live matches from premiere Seven of the matches are from Liga 1 leagues GO-JEK Traveloka Liga 1 and and two are from Liga 2. FOX Networks Group’s regional real- Liga 2 will air simultaneously on iflix and iflix will carry more than 200 live football ity modelling contest, Asia’s Next Top TVOne across Indonesia. matches – all TVOne pre-match and post- Model season five, made it onto Thai- The deal makes iflix the first internation- match programmes plus highlights of the land’s list of most popular shows for the al SVOD platform to offer live coverage GO-JEK Traveloka Liga 1 and Liga 2. week of 18 to 24 May, according to Par- rot Analytics demand expressions data. The series is the only regional original production that made the top 10. You’ll find the whole story on page 13 Eleven pulls live/mobile EPL out of S’pore Sports network’s bosses blame out-of-control piracy Crisis treads new ground for Singapore platforms spent this week three-match strategy, and says that at- scrambling to sort out English Premier tracting and retaining mobile subscribers Japan storylines League (EPL) broadcasts after a decision is challenging. Crime, politics, martial arts by Eleven Sports Network (ESN) to pull The network says it signed up about 45,000 the plug on a deal that gave it exclusive subscribers across all mobile platforms by & action blend in latest streaming rights to three live+encore EPL the end of the most recent season. Kansai TV/Fuji TV series matches a week. Subscribers will be contacted in the ESN, which sub-licensed mobile/stream- next few days and transitioned to a new ing rights from Singtel in 2016 in a multi- Eleven Value Plan by 16 June, the sports Japanese drama storylines take some- year deal, is also shuttering the Eleven network told ContentAsia. thing of a different turn in new series Plus linear service in mid-June. The value plan will be offered via Sing- Crisis – Special Security Squad, integrat- Singtel TV hasn’t said whether it will ulti- tel and StarHub as well as other platforms ing politically charged plots inspired by mately take back mobile/online rights to in Singapore. real events, stepping carefully through the three games for its own platform, but ESN’s new plan slashes subscription rates issues previously considered too sensitive said today that it was looking for alterna- by more than half, from S$214.90/US$155 for mass television audiences, and add- tive distribution partners. a year to S$99.90/US$72 a year. Monthly ing a level of action usually reserved for Singtel, which holds exclusive EPL rights, rates for the new plan are S$9.90/US$7, manga series. is forced to offer EPL matches on linear down from S$24.90/US$18. services to rival platforms in terms of the Billing the shift as a “nimble” change, You’ll find the whole story on page 6 country’s cross-carriage regulations. Ad- the network said Singapore viewers vanced interactive services are not sub- “clearly showed” a passion for their ject to cross carriage. favourite team rather than the entire Meanwhile, ESN’s Singapore managing league. The new pack offers subscribers www.contentasia.tv director, Shalu Wasu, blames the coun- Chelsea TV and MUTV, both of which air try’s rampant piracy for the failure of the The rest of the story is on page 5 C NTENTASIA 29 May-11 June 2017 Out Now! Page 2. ISSUE THREE 2017 C NTENT The big stuff $$ + sense in Balance of power PLUS Drama rules & crime pays in Asia, and other video Asia’s video industry Hollywood vs Asia consumption insights 1. AdCover layout.indd 1 15/5/17 14:01:22 The big stuff $$ + sense in Asia’s video industry Balance of power Hollywood vs Asia Plus Drama rules & crime pays in Asia, and other video consumption insights All in the June issue of ContentAsia...in print+online For editorial info, contact Janine at [email protected] To advertise in any of ContentAsia’s publications or online, contact Masliana at [email protected] (Asia, Australia and Middle East) or Leah at [email protected] (Americas and Europe) www.contentasia.tv @contentasia /contentasia contentasia.tv /company/contentasia15-28 MAY 2017 page 2. C NTENTASIA 29 May-11 June 2017 Page 3. Colors Infinity debuts India’s Essel Group turns 90 new food block Celebrations include not-for-profit world news channel Indian entertainment channel, Colors Infinity, has debuted its revamped 8pm slot with a non-fiction food-related segment. Titles in the East@8 band include Come Dine With Me – Couple series three, Junior Bake-Off and My Kitchen Rules. The block premiered on Monday, 29 May, and runs alongside English-language series such as Orange is the New Black season five,America’s Next Top Model season 23, iZombie and The Night Shift. Aniplus’ Philippines free window closes on 15 July Philippines’ pay-TV platform SKY starts charging Ps100/US$2 a month for anime channel Aniplus Asia on 15 July, closing a free promo window that has been running since mid-May. The From left to right: Zee/Essel Chair, Dr. Subhash Chandra with India’s Prime Minister Narenda Modi and channel is available as an add-on to President Pranab Mukherjee at the launch of the DSC Foundation subscribers of SKY with One SKY, SKY- Zee Entertainment parent, the Essel Group, tainable positive change”. cable and Destiny digital subscribers in has celebrated its 90th anniversary with, Not-for-profit news network WION, among other things, a Rs5,000 crore/ which launched in December last year, US$774 million donation to the new Dr provides news from around the world Subhash Chandra (DSC) Foundation to from a South Asian perspective. support entrepreneurship and education. The network is operated by Zee Media Essel Group chairman, Subhash Chan- and targets upscale viewers in India and dra, also looped five-month-old English- the Indian diaspora. language global news network, World in The Essel Group described the channel One News (WION), into the celebrations. as “a medium for society and the nation The anniversary extravaganza was held to benefit”. at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in The promise is “a sophisticated transi- New Delhi. tion from the usual ‘breaking news’ phe- A third anniversary initiative – Sarthi – is nomenon” and “exclusive and insightful a network of government, private, com- content that often escapes popular © Fujino Omori-SB Creative Corp./Sword Oratoria Project Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in munity and volunteer institutions that media”. A Dungeon? aims to become “a guiding force that “The goal of the channel is to engage propels change in the lives of people and empower viewers through balanced Metro Manila. Aniplus Asia’s latest se- through constructive interventions”. The and extraordinary storytelling on digital, ries include Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong idea is to build a “well-informed and mobile and television platforms,” Zee to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, empowered nation to bring about sus- said. which airs in the Philippines right after the Japan premiere, and the second season of Attack on Titan, which airs @contentasia /contentasia contentasia.tv /company/contentasia on Sundays at 6pm right after Japan. C NTENTASIA 29 May-11 June 2017 Page 4. Thai streamers push Astro AEC celebrates 20th birthday for level regulatory Malaysian platform marks anniversary with four new originals playing field Thailand’s domestic streaming plat- forms have ramped up the pressure on the country’s regulator, pushing for a level regulatory playing field that ap- plies to both local and foreign digital players. Among the demands before the National Broadcasting and Telecom- munications Commission (NBTC) are local registration and company filing for global companies including Netflix, Facebook and YouTube. Local players, which offer SVOD/ AVOD-based services, say the move will help combat rampant online piracy. The NBTC, which is believed to be in favour of equal standards for all, has scheduled a forum for online operators to discuss regulatory issues in the first Asian Battleground week of June. The forum follows a decision in late Malaysian platform Astro’s Chinese chan- in December. April that VOD services offered by on- nel, Astro AEC, celebrated its 20th an- The Voice Malaysia/Singapore format, line platforms should be categorised as niversary this month, unveiling an original acquired by mm2 from Talpa in October broadcast businesses. production line up and various multi-screen last year, is the first multi-territory licensing initiatives it says “cater to the increasingly deal signed for The Voice format. FOX digital lifestyle of its viewers”. Networks Group (FNG) is believed to be StarHub boosts The channel has 2.1 million regular view- looking at a pan-Asian version but no cybersecurity muscle in ers across linear, mobile, online and social announcements have been made. The media platforms, according to Astro. format is widely produced in single markets US$14m acquisition Upcoming anniversary originals include in Asia, including four seasons each of The Call Me Handsome season two, a late- Voice and The Voice Kids in Vietnam, The Singapore’s StarHub has added cyber night variety show premiering on 8 July.