C NTENTASIA 2-15 June 2014 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.asiacontentwatch.com ESPN breaks new TV ground Bahasa football show debuts on NET. free TV ESPN’s first local-language version of football show ESPN FC premieres on Indo- nesian free-TV channel today (2 June) in a deal between Indonesian media com- pany NET. Televisi Masa Kini and ESPN. The 30-minute show will air daily at 1pm. See page 2 for full story Thai Mono DTT picks up SPT slate Sony Pics volume deal drives new Thai channel Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has sealed a multi-year volume deal with Thai multi- platform entertainment outfit, Mono Group. The television slate – including Crossing Lines and The Black List – will drive the prime-time schedule of new digital ter- restrial channel Mono 29. Movies include Grown Ups, Resident Evil: Retribution and Terminator Salvation. See page 3 for full story Discovery takes over Eurosport Asia Promises investment in ‘must-have’ content Eurosport Asia will benefit from higher reach, scale and investment as a result of Discovery’s controlling interest in Eurosport International, the networks said as the deal closed. See page 2 for full story contentasia 2-15 JUNE 2014 Page 2. Lose ESPN, NET localise football platform for Indonesia Yourself 1st local ESPN FC for Asia launches 2 June To Find Indonesian company NET. Televisi Masa Kini has tied up with ESPN on a local Ba- Yourself hasa edition of football title, ESPN FC, for free TV in Indonesia. The 30-minute show, produced by NET, launches on 2 June and will air daily at 1pm (western Indonesia time). The Indonesia version of the football news and analysis programme is ESPN FC’s first local-language edition in Asia produced with a local partner. ESPN FC Indonesia The local-language ESPN FC is hosted by Ganindra Bimo and Temmy Rahadi. ESPNFC.com site for Indonesia and Singa- The Indonesia announcement follows pore/Malaysia later this year. ESPN’s news (ContentAsia Insider, 22 May) ESPN’s previous relationship with NET in- that it would launch local editions of the cluded airing the X Games in Indonesia. Discovery completes Eurosport Int’l acquisition Reach, scale & investment to boost Eurosport Asia Discovery Communications has complet- Group started in December 2012. ed its acquisition of a controlling interest The company said it would make “long- in Eurosport International, the U.S.-based term strategic decisions and targeted network said late on Friday night. investments to strengthen and expand In an announcement out of the U.S. Eurosport’s sports programming and serv- and France, Discovery said the “addi- ices”. No further details were disclosed. tional reach and scale combined with Discovery also said it would be “working increased investment in ‘must-have’ with Eurosport management and employ- content would create new value for ad- ees on a long-term business plan that fully vertisers, affiliates and audiences across optimises Eurosport’s channels as part of Europe and Asia”. Discovery’s suite of global networks”. Discovery’s interest in Eurosport Interna- The final deal gives Discovery the poten- 100% fi rst run, fresh tional increased from 20% to 51% as part tial to increase its ownership of Eurosport and exclusive original of the larger strategic partnership with TF1 International to 100%. programming Aus Network fate hangs in the balance Australia Network’s fate hangs in the ment of Foreign Affairs and Trade was balance as the Australia Broadcasting cancelled in May as part of the latest Corporation (ABC) figures out what to budget, which also cut ABC funding by do with the regional network without the about A$40 million/US$37 million over the A$220-million/US$204 million contract from next four years. the federal government. Additional cuts are expected in the www.multichannelsasia.com The 10-year contract with the Depart- wake of a review into the ABC and SBS. Outdoor_Vertical_2C.indd 5 26/2/14 10:09:15 contentasia 2-15 JUNE 2014 Page 3. SPT’s seals volume deal with Thailand’s Mono TV titles anchor DTT channel prime-time block from the horse's mouth ContentAsia’s take on industry events in the Year of the Horse Our eyes are wide open and ears peeled for the release of Pricewater- houseCoopers’ new Global Entertain- ment and Media Outlook 2014-2018 on Wednesday, 4 June. Data and details are under strict em- bargo and PwC’s global leader for en- tertainment and media, Marcel Fenez, isn’t persuadable on even a smidgeon of a spoiler to the big reveal. What Fenez will say in the run-up to the release is that, in addition to a ton Crossing Lines of country and media/entertainment Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has sealed a Spader. Both titles will anchor the chan- sector data, the report explores “how multi-year volume deal with Thai multi-plat- nel’s prime-time block. organisations are dealing with the form entertainment outfit, Mono Group. U.S. movies include Grown Ups, Resident reality of a digital consumer and not The deal includes exclusive free-TV rights Evil: Retribution and Terminator Salvation just the threats”. Or, at least, how they to library movies and series for Mono’s along with Ghostbusters and The Karate could be. And we’ll bring you all the new digital terrestrial general entertain- Kid. rest in our ContentAsia Insider daily ment channel Mono 29. Mono 29, one of Thailand’s slew of news on Wednesday... Mono 29 will premiere global crime newly licensed DTT channels, launched drama Crossing Lines in Southeast Asia with the tag line, “Motion Non-stop Chan- • The talent hunt of the moment is as part of the slate, which also includes nel”. The channel schedules movies, series Scripps’ Food Hero search in Asia. TV drama The Blacklist, starring James and local news. Auditions launch today and run to 7 July. The idea is to discover two new faces for lifestyle channels Asian Food TV Tokyo rolls out new animation platform Channel and Food Network. There’s Japanese network TV Tokyo has launched mobile devices. Shows include TV Cham- all kinds of related online activity – in- a site offering original made-for-online pion Web, a compilation of champions of cluding voting – around the search at animation content. variety shows broadcast on TV Tokyo from www.foodhero.asia TV Tokyo Play is available online and on 1992 to 2008. 3-5 September 2014 Grand Hyatt Singapore More info from CJ Yong at [email protected] contentasia 2-15 JUNE 2014 Page 4. TVB, StarHub tie up on Star India shatters sports records new on-demand channel Online platform attracts 2.8m fans in a single day Star India’s online/mobile sports platform, than 55 million visits. Fans watched 450 starsports.com, says its IPL 2014 video million minutes of video on the platform, stream on 28 May attracted the highest which also crossed the one million video digital traffic ever for a sporting event views in a single day for the first time. outside of the Super Bowl in the U.S. starsports.com launched less than a The two playoff matches – Chennai year ago. “Our ambition was to redefine Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, and Kings the sports experience for the Indian fan,” XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders – gave says Ajit Mohan, Star India EVP and head, the platform a single-day high of 2.8 mil- new media. lion users. Star India COO, Sanjay Gupta, said the Over the course of this year’s six-week “Indian consumer is ready for a big shift in tournament, starsports.com recorded more video consumption”. DW, Indovision pick Indonesia’s best journalist Copyright: Television Broadcasts Ltd Broadcasts Copyright: Television Kate Tsui in The Ultimate Addiction German broadcaster Deutsche Welle Brent Goff, DW’s award- Singapore pay-TV platform StarHub has (DW) and Indonesia’s platform Indovi- winning news anchor tied up with Hong Kong’s dominant free- sion will announce the two winners of this and host of current af- TV broadcaster to launch the country’s year’s Journalist Competition on 5 June. fairs talk show Agenda, first subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) Two winners of the four-month hunt for will be conducting a channel dedicated to TVB drama. Indonesia’s best and brightest journalists workshop for the final- The new channel, TVB First, launches will travel to Bonn to take part in this year’s ists titled, “Produce once, on 2 June and costs S$19.90/US$16 a 2014 DW Global Media Forum. publish everywhere”. month. TVB dramas are being offered in original Cartoon Net’s Finn and Jake tour Taiwan Cantonese at the same time as they pre- miere in Hong Kong. A Mandarin sound- Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time char- Hong Arts Management. Six themed track will also be offered. The channel, acters, Finn and Jake, have opened a zones have been set up, all filled with available on traditional set-top box and three-and-a-half-month merchandise lines. StarHub TV Anywhere, will also offer past on-ground gig in Taipei. The exhibition moves on to Taichung episodes on demand. The exhibition, which and Kaohsiung, and possibly other centres TVB First launches with The Ultimate runs to 14 Septem- in the region, after Taipei. Addition, starring Bosco Wong, Elena ber at the National Adventure Times is the number one Kong and Kate Tsui. Two new titles will Ta i w a n S c i e n c e show on cable in its timeslot for kids 4-14, be offered every month, including Education Center, is according to Nielsen Taiwan data sup- Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain and a licensing deal with plied by Cartoon Network.