25 January- C NTENTASIA 7 February 2016 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.contentasiasummit.com Bastings kicks off the new Discovery Asia New era of higher presence in-country, ramped up digital team in Singapore Discovery Networks Asia Pacific’s new boss, Arthur Bastings, has started reshap- ing the pan-regional factual/sports net- work, ramping up on-ground presence across the region, expanding beyond the current linear channels business, and shrinking some functions at the Singa- pore HQ and expanding others. More on page 2 Haslingden’s ZooMoo cracks China in CCTV deal New partnership packages 60 half hours in Mandarin China’s state-backed national kids plat- form, CCTV Kids, is joining forces with David Haslingden’s ZooMoo Networks International to roll out original made-in- China content across the mainland. The deal involves repackaging ZooMoo con- tent into 60 half-hour episodes that will air on dedicated kids channel CCTV14 as the series Animal Friends. The new part- nership will also distribute animated con- tent from CCTV Animation Studios across ZooMoo’s global channels. Full story on page 9 C NTENTASIA 25 January-7 February 2016 Page 2. Philippines’ Bastings kicks off new Discovery SkyCable preps Higher presence in-country, ramped up digital team satellite platform Discovery Networks Asia Pacific’s Bastings has been under Regulator greenlights new boss, Arthur Bastings, has the spotlight since he expansion beyond cable, started reshaping the pan- arrived at the Singa- regional factual/sports pore-based network free-TV, DTT network, putting resources in September last into ramping up on- year, and the re-org ground presence across has been widely ex- Philippines’ cable operator, SkyCable, is the region, expanding pected. expanding to satellite television, adding beyond the current lin- Bastings replaced yet another track to an already power- ear channels business, and Arjan Hoekstra as Asia- ful multi-platform media play. building a specialist digital Pacific president and The country’s National Telecommuni- team that will be based in Sin- managing director. Hoek- cations Commission (NTC) greenlit the gapore. stra exited in February last year direct-to-home (DTH) satellite request A larger sports team to drive Eurosport after less than 18 months. by Sky Cable Corp, owned by con- channels and Setanta Sports in Asia will The new structure unveiled to staff this glomerate ABS-CBN Corp, just before also be based in Singapore. month is expected to be followed by a Christmas. Between 20 and 30 people are exiting rethink of Discovery’s brands in the re- SkyCable, which has about 800,000 as a result of the re-org. gion. No details are available yet. cable subscribers, has set aside a budg- et of about Ps250 million/US$5.2 million to set up the new satellite service. The company has also gone public with its thoughts on potential in a pay-TV Pakistan cracks down on live news market that has so far only reached 17% penetration. PEMRA note demands time-delay technology The Philippines has just over 14 million Pakistan’s regulators are cracking down PEMRA said channels failure to “ad- TV homes. on live news broadcasts, commanding here to law” would “compel PEMRA to Critics say the move to give ABS-CBN all channels to install time-delay tech- take further action”. It is not clear what even more video power violates the nology so that feeds can be monitored. the penalty might be. Philippines’ anti-monopoly rules. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regular- In addition to live feeds from the at- The loudest objections are from exist- ity Authority (PEMRA) issued its order to tack site that showed sensitive material, ing players, including the Philippines all news and current affairs TV channels PEMRA also quoted an incident on 20 Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), on 21 January. January during a live press conference which operates DTH platform Cignal TV, This was the second PEMRA advice in by Director the General Inter Service free-TV broadcaster TV5 Network, and as many days following the attack on Public Relations (DG ISPR). cable TV operators under the banner of Bacha Khan University in which more PEMRA said “a word” was allowed to the Philippine Cable Television Associa- than 20 people were killed by suspected air during the press conference that was tion (PCTA), local observers say. Taliban militants. “inappropriate” and said that the time- DTH satellite platforms Dream Satellite The first notice warned TV channels delay mechanism would have made it and GSat are also said to be opposing to be careful during live broadcasts, possible to avoid violating the country’s the NTC’s decision. specifically requesting they did not air content laws. Early indications are that the new plat- visuals of the premises or movement of Following the second incident, PEM- form will go up with a pre-paid subscrip- forces, reported local Pakistani daily, RA again urged all TV channels to in- tion of about Ps400/US$8.30 for a month The Nation. stall the mechanism as soon as possi- plus a one-time installation fee of about The order mandating time-delay tech- ble, saying they were determined, “to Ps4,000/US$83. nology at master control rooms was implement law across the board with- made in the second notice. out fear or favor”. 4-7 April 2016 // Cannes // France * tv MIPJust like Ben Silverman, thousands of talented people bring content to life. Come and mip them. Ben Silverman, Founder & CEO , Electus 4 days Join them 11,000 participants 20,650 m2 miptv.com 1,632 exhibiting companies 100 countries 3,915 buyers (including 1,050 VOD buyers) *Marché International des Programmes : Your content, your community. Any screen. The global TV and digital marketplace in April. bandeau MIP Silverman.indd 13 04/11/2015 19:09 25 January-7 February 2016 page 3. C NTENTASIA 25 January-7 February 2016 Page 4. ABS-CBN’s Ningning Mad About You China at #1 nationally finale hits top 10 SPT show tops satellite ratings + 109m Youku views Ningning The finale of ABS-CBN’s daytime drama Ningning on Friday, 15 January, made it to the top 10 rankings of the day and the sole weekday morning show on the list, ABS-CBN says. Ningning, which placed sixth, garnered a national TV rating of 18.8%, beating out its rival programme, The Ryzza Mae Show by 10 points, ABS-CBN said citing data from audience measurement company Kantar Media. Mad About You China The show stars actress Jana Agoncillo as Ningning, a girl who regains her eye- The China remake of Sony Pictures Tele- follower among top provincial satellite sight after the difficult process of finding vision (SPT) sitcom, Mad About You, has channels, Who’s Still Standing, on Jiang- a cornea donor. held the number one spot among na- su TV, for the last two weeks, first by 73% Ningning premiered on 27 July 2015, tional satellite channels two weeks run- among total viewers during the premiere and was stripped across the weekday ning since its 11 January 2016 premiere. week and then by 41% in the same cat- schedule in an 11.30am slot following the Stripped four nights a week on Dragon egory during its second week on air. Kapamilya Blockbusters block. TV’s 10pm slot, the show premiered with Mad About You China has also seen an average of two million viewers dur- large audiences online via AVOD plat- ing the first hour, garnering ratings of 1.1 form Youku, racking up 109 million views among total viewers and 1.2 among in two weeks. CNN Int’l adds sports adults aged 15-49, according to CSM Mad About You is Dragon TV’s sec- Media Research data released by SPT. ond weekly scripted series. The show sur- to Asia line-up Known locally as Xin Hun Gong Yu, the passed the first seriesLove Me If You Dare series doubled the audience from medi- (Thursday, 10pm) by +88% in total viewers cal documentary lead-in, Emergency and +102% among adults 15-49. CNN International is adding rugby and Room, in total viewers (+105%) and adults The series is a co-production between Formula E racing to its lineup with the 15-49 (+147%). Huaso Film/TV Digital Production (a JV addition of two new programmes. World The ratings are a significant improve- production company of Sony Pictures Rugby premieres on Thursday, 28 Janu- ment from Top Gear China season two, Television and CCTV6’s HuaCheng Pic- ary (5.30pm, HK time), and FIA Formula E which aired in the slot previously; CSM tures) and China’s Croton Media. series Supercharged debuts on Sunday, Media Research notes a lift of 53% among Mad About You China was written by 14 February (9.30am, HK time). World total viewers and a 64% bump amongst Shu Huan (Lost in Hong Kong, Lost in Thai- Rugby follows the Sevens World Series of the adult 15-49 demographic. land) and stars real-life couple Li Jiahang tournaments and leads up to rugby’s re- The Chinese adaptation of the famil- (New Princess Pearl) and Li Sheng (New turn to the Olympic games. iar sitcom has outperformed its closest My Fair Princess). C NTENTASIA 25 January-7 February 2016 Page 5. Netflix ramps up Asia originals, China remains a priority “We’re scratching the surface globally,” content head Ted Sarandos says Getting into China remains a top priority Netflix has not yet run into any problems “Asia is a really rich storytelling culture, for Netflix, as does sourcing and produc- with the region’s censors or regulatory and there’s fascination around the ing original programming in Asia for a boards.