29 June-12 JuLY C NTENTASIA 2015 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.contentasiasummit.com CNN, TV18 call it Miller takes Kix over-the-top quits in India CTE channel kicks off turbo-charged digital strategy No word on what’s next for Turner’s news biz CNN and TV18 are calling it quits on their 10-year licensing deal for Indian news channel CNN IBN from January 2016. The joint announcement out of Turner’s New Delhi office said the end of the ar- rangement “will enable each company thereafter to chart its own growth tra- jectory independently in one of the most dynamic, complex and fast growing markets in the world”. Turner has not disclosed what its new plans for CNN in India are. Network18 group chief executive, A.P. Parigi, said the group had grown from Top Gear USA two news channels in 2005 to 17 news channels this year. Hong Kong-based Asian channel demand channels. The focus is extending Network18 was taken over by Mukesh operator, Celestial Tiger Entertainment the brand to create a dedicated service Ambani’s Reliance Industries last year. (CTE), is launching its first dedicated over- for connected mobile devices. The move was widely said to be part of the-top (OTT) linear channel feed. Kix 360 will offer a mix of combat sports, Ambani’s strategy for his 4G business. The strategy kicks off with action action series and movies, and both long- entertainment channel Kix 360, which is and short-form content. Titles mentioned scheduled to debut in Singapore in the so far include Bellator MMA, Glory World fourth quarter of this year. Series, Top Gear Korea, Top Gear USA India’s news battle Kix 360 has its own 24-hour schedule and and Top Gear Australia. Times Now vs India Today some dedicated content that will not be CTE’s new initiative follows demand included in the traditional linear channel. from pay-TV platforms, eager to fend off Two of India’s English-language news The OTT service, curated especially for the challenge from online services. majors are slugging it out in a battle for mobile viewing, will roll out across Asia in This is CTE’s third linear OTT service after the small but influential English-language the first half of 2016. cHK and Celestial Classic Movies (CCM), news market. Their most powerful current CTE will offer the authenticated service both of which are mirror services of the weapon is dual frequencies on pay- through existing pay-TV partners, which traditional channel. TV platforms. But the cost is high, and will have control over how the OTT option CTE’s chief executive officer Todd Miller there’s some doubt over how long they is offered to consumers in their markets. said the new channel was being curated can keep it up. CTE says the new linear service to ensure the optimal viewing experience Story on page 12 complements Kix’s existing linear and on- across devices. The all new contentasia.tv 29 June-12 JuLY 2015 page 2. C NTENTASIA 29 June-12 JuLY 2015 Page 3. “Proof” leads Nippon TV slashes Death Note window Warner TV in July New drama to screen shortly after domestic broadcast ©Tsugumi Ohba,Takeshi Obata / Shueisha ©NTV Proof Warner TV premiers drama series Proof, on Friday, 1 July, at 9pm. The series stars Jennifer Beals (The L Word) as a doc- tor charged with finding evidence that death is not the end, and is one of two new first and exclusive series on Warner TV’s July schedule. The second is season two of Two and a Half Men, which debuts Tuesday, 21 July, at 9.50pm. Two Warner TV series end in July – The Big Bang Theory season eight (7 July) and Death Note Person of Interest season four. Nippon TV’s new live-action drama se- day, 5 July, at 10pm. ries, Death Note , sets a new distribution In Asia, South Korean cable channel, record for the Japanese broadcaster in Channel J, will broadcast the programme July, broadcasting/streaming into 120 about a week after airing in Japan. Nat Geo buys countries/regions within a week of the Streaming platform Crunchyroll will up- two-part Hitler doc domestic airdate. load the series within days for the U.S., Eu- Nippon TV said this was record distribu- rope, Middle East and Africa. The show will tion for its dramas. also be made available on Mperience. Death Note, based on the comic book The comic book has already been about a notebook with the power of life versioned as an animated series, two live- and death, premieres in Japan on Sun- action movies and a musical. Dance India Dance returns for 5th season Hitler’s Death Army: Das Reich Zee TV’s dance format, Dance India report, in which Zee Entertainment National Geographic Channel has Dance, has returned for a fifth season Enterprises chairman Subhash Chandra picked up worldwide rights to the after a break of almost two years. predicted that Zee would be ranked US$1.1 million Hitler’s Death Army: Das The contest premiered on 27 June, and among the top global media brands Reich, from factual distributor ZED. The will run in a 9pm slot on Saturdays. by 2020. The plan for the next five two-part special will air later this year in Participants were selected from 17 years also involves achieving five times Asia as part of a 170-country screening. cities across India. Judges include Punit J. viewership growth and four times growth The series looks at the last year of the Pathak, one of season two’s finalists. in content consumption. Zee reported a Panzer division, best known for its mass The new season premiere co-incided 10% increase in after-tax profit to Rs9,775 murders on the Eastern front. with the release of Zee’s latest annual million/US$153 million. the summit Unboxing: Asia’s content industry unwrapped The 7th annual ContentAsia Summit opens the box on Asia’s current content industry, unwraps the trends & unpacks the latest thinking behind the content ideas and innovation driving video production, distribution, consumption and engagement in Asia. ContentAsia Production Wednesday, 2 September 2015 Venue: Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios ContentAsia Formats Thursday, 3 September 2015 Venue: Westin Singapore ContentAsia Summit Friday, 4 September 2015 Venue: Westin Singapore Our sponsors Supporting sponsor Media Partner MAB Contact CJ Yong at [email protected] for details contentasiasummit.com facebook.com/ContentAsia @contentasia 29 June-12 JuLY 2015 page 4. C NTENTASIA 29 June-12 JuLY 2015 29 June-12 JuLY 2015 Page 5. Page 5. C NTENT Asian broadcasters pick up 350 hours from Canada’s 9 Story Formats Outlook 2015 Q3 update out Wild Kratts on 2 September Canada’s 9 Story Media Group has sold almost 350 hours of kids and family programming to broadcasters in Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea. The where, when, The deal involves 130 half hours to Thailand’s TV3, including first seasons of pre-school titleDaniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood, what, why and Peg + Cat and Monkey See Monkey Do. The broadcaster has how of Formats also acquired all three seasons – 42 episodes – of 22-minute live action science series Finding Stuff Out. in Asia. Singapore’s MediaCorp and Taiwan’s PTS also picked up Peg + Cat, while Hong Kong’s TVB bought the first season of Wild Kratts. Korea’s Jei TV bought the first season of Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood. BE INCLUDED. Australia, Singapore sign TV, radio, online content swap Contact Aqilah at [email protected] Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting or +65 6846-5985 Corporation (ABC) and Singapore’s monopoly broadcaster MediaCorp are looking at sharing news resources, to add your formats programme exchanges and possible co-production. deals and productions The agreement signed in Singapore on 26 June involves in Asia international news services – the ABC’s Australia Plus TV and MediaCorp’s Channel News Asia – as well as MediaCorp’s other language channels and radio stations. The agreement covers television, radio and online. The partnership begins with news, lifestyle programming www.contentasia.tv and digital content. The amount of content involved in the @Contentasia agreement as well as co-production opportunities was still being explored, the ABC said. Facebook/Contentasia The two companies said the partnership was driven by “an increasingly interconnected and digital world” where media organisations “have to constantly seek partnerships and evolve to provide the best content for their audiences”. C NTENTASIA 29 June-12 JuLY 2015 Page 6. Social media’s political power on the rise in Asia But traditional media influence has not waned, DW Global Media Forum told Copyright Herand Müller-Scholtes Kamran Wajih, Express TV Handhi Kentjono, MNC Sky Vision Lotfullah Najafizada, Tolo News Jeremy Kung, TM Net Traditional media’s influence in four Asian political environment,” Najafizada said. oblivious to social media at the moment, markets – Afghanistan, Indonesia, Malaysia Social media was also driving the Wajih said. and Pakistan – has not waned as a result mainstream news agenda. “Social media In Indonesia, “the strength of social of social media, delegates at Deutsche plays a very powerful role in Afghanistan,” media has been in the eradication of Welle’s (DW) Global Media Forum (22-24 Najafizada said. “There have been days corruption,” said PT MNC Sky Vision’s vice June 2015) in Bonn were told. that certain engagement on Facebook president director, Handhi Kentjono. He also During a session entitled “The political is being translated into the agenda in highlighted the power of social media on power of digital media in Asia”, speakers Parliament the next day,” he added.